Classical Studies

Classics Symposium

For the past 30 years, we have sponsored a one- or two-day event focusing on a single theme of current interest in classical studies. Two to four speakers, renowned scholars in their respective fields, are brought to campus to deliver public lectures and encourage dialogue about the ancient world.

Themes of past symposia have been:

• "Roman Spain and its Aftermath," 1988
• "Hades-Hell, Purgatory and Heaven in Literature, Theology, and Art from Antiquity to the Present," 1990
• "Philosophers Reading Ancient Literature," 1996
• "The Athenian Agora: Marketplace of Ideas," 1997
• "The Imprint of Rome," November 1998
• "Women in Rome," March 1999
• "Ports and Portals of Ancient Egypt," November 1999
• "Women and the Classics," March 2000
• "Meeting at the Crossroads: the Intersection of Judaeo-Christian and Graeco-Roman Worlds," November 2000
• "What Goes on in the House Next Door? Panderers and Prostitutes in Plautus," November 2001
• "Oratory and Education: Classical Rhetoric and the Liberal Arts," October 2002"
• "Caesar: The Man and the Myth," March 2005.