Day: January 13, 2009

Reading Seminars

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The Department of Classics at the University of Reading announces an updated list of seminars for spring 2009:

4 February 2009, Wednesday, 4 p.m.
Room: Palmer G04
Professor Michael Fulford (Reading):
“Pompeii: Recent Excavations in the House of Amarantus”

11 February 2009, Wednesday, 4 p.m.
Room: Palmer G04
Professor Henrik Mouritsen (King’s College London):
“Writing and space in the Roman house”

18 February 2009, Wednesday, 4 p.m.
Room: Palmer G04
Professor Kate Gilhuly (Wellesley):
“Corinthian Prostitutes and the Athenian Imaginary”

25 February 2009, Wednesday, 4 p.m.
Room: Palmer G04
Virginia L. Campbell (Reading):
“Words, Words, Words: A Look at Pompeian Funerary Inscriptions”
and
Dave Newsome (Birmingham):
“Pompeii’s imperial forum: Rome’s logica chiusa”

4 March 2009, Wednesday, 4 p.m.
Room: Palmer G04
Professor Robert Fowler (Bristol):
“Herculaneum: Challenges and Prospects for Future Development”

Please note that there will be no seminar on 21st January.

For directions to the University of Reading, please see:
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/about/find/about-findindex.asp

For further information, please contact Phiroze Vasunia at p.vasunia AT reading.ac.uk,
or write to the organizers at:
Department of Classics
The University of Reading
Whiteknights
Reading RG6 6AA
U.K.

Telephone: 0118 378 8420
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/classics/

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