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David Petrain presented a paper at the conference "Double stories – double lives: Reflecting on textual objects in the pre-print world," at Yale University (13 – 15 April 2012).

David Petrain presented a paper at the conference "Double stories – double lives: Reflecting on textual objects in the pre-print world," at Yale University (13 – 15 April 2012). His paper is entitled "Texts in two and three dimensions: Magic squares on the Tabulae Iliacae and elsewhere".  Read More...

Bronwen Wickkiser delivered the keynote address at the annual Tennessee Junior Classical League convention

 Bronwen Wickkiser delivered the keynote address at the annual Tennessee Junior Classical League convention in Murfreesboro, TN on Friday, April 13, 2012.  Read More...

Prof. Barbara Tsakirgis has received a Franklin grant from the American Philosophical Society

Prof. Barbara Tsakirgis has received a Franklin grant from the American Philosophical Society for the summer to support her research for the publication of the houses around the Agora.  Read More...

Classics major Sarah Best has been chosen for the Undergraduate Writing Symposium.

Classics major Sarah Best has been chosen to attend the Undergraduate Writing Symposium on Sunday, March 25“ for her paper on "The Increasing Aggression of the Tribunes in the Second Century B.C.”  Read More...

Joseph L. Rife has been appointed the Director of Record for the Kenchreai Excavations (Greece) by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Joseph L. Rife has been appointed the Director of Record for the Kenchreai Excavations (Greece) by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.  Read More...

Joseph L. Rife delivered the Zarbin Memorial Lecture on his work at Kenchreai at Dartmouth College, as well as the keynote address for the "Real Greek Week" at Millsaps College.

Joseph L. Rife delivered the Zarbin Memorial Lecture on his work at Kenchreai at Dartmouth College, as well as the keynote address for the "Real Greek Week" at Millsaps College.  Read More...

Bronwen Wickkiser presented a paper at a Music Archaeology Conference at the invitation of the University of Valladolid, Spain

Bronwen Wickkiser presented a paper at a conference sponsored by the Study Group for Music Archaeology, at the invitation of the University of Valladolid, Spain (September 20-24, 2011).  She will deliver a paper entitled "Music, Performance, and Therapy in Ancient Greek Cult."  Read More...

Tom McGinn presented a paper entitled "Stranger Than Fiction: The Survival of a Roman Rule in the Common Law of Twenty-First-Century Colorado"

Tom McGinn presented a paper entitled "Stranger Than Fiction: The Survival of a Roman Rule in the Common Law of Twenty-First-Century Colorado," at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico City) during the "Tercer Congreso International de Estudios Clásicos."  Read More...

Bronwen Wickkiser and Betsey Robinson are 2011/12 Robert Penn Warren Center Faculty Fellows

Bronwen Wickkiser and Betsey Robinson are 2011/12 Robert Penn Warren Center Faculty Fellows in a seminar on "Sacred Ecology: Landscape Transformations for Ritual Practice."  Read More...

Tom McGinn presented a paper entitled "Roman Children and the Law," at a conference on "Childhood and Education in the Classical World," held at the University of Manchester (UK).

Tom McGinn presented a paper entitled "Roman Children and the Law," at a conference on "Childhood and Education in the Classical World," held at the University of Manchester (UK).                                          Read More...


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