Classicists
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Interesting interview: Things I’ve Learned with Matt Roller | Johns Hopkins Newsletter.
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Professor Francesca D’Alessandro Behr, Associate Professor of Classics and Italian Studies at UH, spoke about the historical figure Cato the Younger and how he fit into history on Tuesday during a lecture at the Honors commons. Behr was recently awarded the 2010 Ross M. Lence Teaching Award. This award is given to the teacher who…
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Greek society was not much more accepting of public nudity than modern societies are today, Paul Christesen said. The Dartmouth College classics associate professor said this may come as a surprise because of the numerous depictions of nudes in Greek art and the ancient Greek practice of participating nude in sports competitions. But in his…
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This looks interesting: Classical scholar Dr. Amanda Wrigley will talk about politics and propaganda on public radio Thursday, April 15, as a visiting lecturer at Western Michigan University. The free, public talk, “Politics, Propaganda and the Public Imagination: Ancient Greece on BBC Radio, 1920s-1950s,” will begin at 7 p.m. in Room 3025 of WMU’s Brown…
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Mary Beard was talking at the University of Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Department of Classics hosted a distinguished professor of classics for a lecture about the ancient Roman city of Pompeii at the Chazen Museum of Art Thursday night as part of the Year in Humanities. Mary Beard, a professor of classics from Cambridge…
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