Ancient Societies Workshop

Winter 2017 Schedule

Dear Ancient Societies Workshop Participants,   Welcome back to Chicago and happy New Year!  We have an exciting schedule of speakers lined up for this quarter continuing the theme “Political Economies.”  All talks are in Classics 21 at 3:30pm.  All talks are on...

Autumn 2016 Schedule

Dear Ancient Societies Workshop participants, Welcome back to Chicago for a new academic year!  We have an exciting group of talks lined up for this autumn with the theme “Political Economies.”  All talks will be held at 3:30 in Classics 21, with a reception...

Spring 2016 Schedule

Welcome back to a new quarter! We have a great group of speakers lined up for spring:   April 5th Andreas Schwab (Heidelberg/Wisconsin-Madison) “From God to Genealogy: Achaemenid Royal Ideology in Xerxes’ Rhetoric (Hist. 7.8-11)” cosponsored with Rhetoric &...

Winter 2016 Schedule

January 26th CAMWS mock talks February 9th Kiersten Neumann (UChicago) “More Than Meets the Eye: The Multisensory Experience of the Neo-Assyrian Temple” February 18th Paul Vadan (UChicago, Classics) “Hellenistic Risk Agenda” February 23rd Anthony Kaldellis (Ohio State...

Winter Quarter 2015 Schedule

Please find below the Ancient Societies Workshop schedule for this quarter. We are excited about the speakers that we have scheduled for this term, and we are looking forward to the conversations that their work will bring about. January 13th, 4:30 pm Kent Rigsby...

Updated Fall 2014 Schedule

Dear Ancient Societies Workshop Participants, I would like to announce a revision to the Ancient Societies workshop schedule for this quarter. Please find the revised schedule below. Please note that because of the Classical Lecture Series lectures, we will not be...

Fall Quarter Schedule 2014

Welcome back to a new academic year and to the fall quarter of the Ancient Societies Workshop. As was announced at the end of last year, I will be the student coordinator of Ancient Societies for the 2014-2015 academic year, and the faculty sponsors are Chris Faraone...

Jocelyne Nelis-Clément and Damien Nelis, April 29

Please join the Ancient Societies Workshop for our next meeting of the 2013-14 academic year. Tuesday, April 29, 3:30PM Classics 21 Jocelyne Nelis-Clément (CNRS | Ausonius, Université Bordeaux Montaigne) and Damien Nelis (Université de Genève) on “Time to write...

Walter Shandruk, April 22

Please join the Ancient Societies Workshop for our next meeting of the 2013-14 academic year. Tuesday, April 22, 3:30PM Classics 21 Walter Shandruk (UChicago, Classics) on “Networking your way through magical gems” A reception will follow in the Classics lounge....