2024-25 UTM Annual Classics Seminar Series

Please join us for this years UTMACS for our exciting talks on a wide range of topics! All in-person events will take place at CDRS (MN3230) from 3–6 pm. We will also broadcast live via Zoom for those who cannot attend in person. Our events begin with a seminar-style discussion from 3–4 pm focused on one item as listed below. After a short break from 4:00–4:20 pm, we resume for the lecture by our guest researcher from 4:20–6:00 pm. Further details will be announced as the information becomes available.

Zoom link and readings will be circulated one week in advance.

Religion, Cognition, and Community in Antiquity A Colloquium in Memory of Roger Beck

Schedule - Fall 2024

  • Oct. 18 - Cillian O’Hogan (University of Toronto): "Martial’s books and the novelty of the codex"
  • Nov. 22 - Fabio Colivicchi (Queens University): “The gift of Clepsina: a water feature at Caere and the formation of Roman Etruria” - online only via Zoom

Schedule - Winter 2025

  • Feb. 28, 9am-5:45pm - Religion, Cognition, and Community in Antiquity: A Colloquium in Memory of Roger Beck
  • Mar. 13-14 - Classics and the World Today 7
  • Apr. 11 - Moshe Blidstein (University of Haifa): "Can we write a history of ancient vowing? Close and distant readings"

 

 

A full list of seminars is available on the Department of Classics' Events Page