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University of Reading Department of Classics Research Seminar
Spring Term 2011
Wednesdays at 4 pm, Ure MuseumJan 19
Andrew Laird (Warwick),
“Classical humanism and ethnohistory in early colonial Mexico. A Latin letter from the native rulers of Azcapotzalco to Philip II of Spain”Jan.26 Neville Morley and Christine Lee (Bristol),
“’Thucydides as a text for hard times”
(This paper is part of the series, “The Legacy of Greek Political Thought”).Feb.2
Anna Boozer (Reading)
“Beyond romanization: an archaeology of daily life in Roman Amheida, Egypt”Feb.9
Alan Greaves (Liverpool)
“Mantic practice in Ionia”Feb.16
Matthew Hiscock (UCL)
"The professor as oracle: Porson and the construction of academic authorityFeb. 23
Peter Parsons (Oxford),
"Kalligone in the Crimea. A new fragment of Greek fiction”Mar.2
Christina Riggs (UEA),
“’Shrouds and sorrow: mourning women in Roman Egypt’”Mar.9
Edith Hall (RHUL)
“Why was Euripides’ Tauric Iphigenia so popular in antiquity?”Mar.16
Oriol Olesti (Barcelona),
"The Roman occupation of the Pyrennes:Cities, landscapes and gold mines"Mar.25 (NB: Friday)
International colloquium: “The aulos in antiquity”All are welcome. Papers are followed by refreshments and in most cases dinner with the speaker.
For directions to the University of Reading, please see:
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/about/find/about-findindex.asp
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