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“Architectural Memory and the Varieties of Late Antique Appropriation: The Case of S. Paolo fuori le mura,” by Ann Marie Yasin @ Arts 1341

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Mar 14 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Ann Marie Yasin is Associate Professor of Art History and Classics at USC. She also serves as Exhibit Review Editor for Studies in Late Antiquity.

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School visit: San Luis Obispo High School @ HSSB

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Mar 17 @ 4:00 pm

Our annual meet-and-greet with Latin and Classics students from SLO High! Professors are encouraged to make themselves available to welcome and encourage the next generation of students curious about our discipline.

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“Twenty-first century Classics and the Matter of ‘Black Lives’,” by Patrice Rankin @ HSSB 4080, UCSB

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Apr 14 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Patrice Rankine is Dean of Arts and Sciences at Richmond University.

This lecture is part of the ‘Black Classicism’ lecture series presented in conjunction with the ‘14 Black Classicists‘ exhibition hosted jointly by the Museum of Art, Architecture and Design and the Library.

Co-sponsored by the Argyropoulos Endowment for Hellenic Studies, the Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, and the departments of Black Studies and Classics.

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“Let us go upon the Acropolis: John Wesley Gilbert in Greece, September 1890-April 1891,” by John Lee (UCSB) @ UCSB Library, Instruction & Training 1312

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Apr 19 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

John Wesley Gilbert (ca. 1865-1923) was born in Hephzibah, Georgia. He received his BA from Brown University in 1888, and as a Brown MA student in 1890-1891 he became the first African American to attend the fledgling American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA). Drawing on Gilbert’s own writings and other contemporary documents, this talk examines the historical significance of Gilbert’s year in Greece, including his participation in the ASCSA excavations at Eretria.

John W.I. Lee is Associate Professor of History at UCSB. This talk is part of the ‘Black Classicism’ lecture series presented in conjunction with the “14 Black Classicists” exhibition hosted by the AD&A Museum and the UCSB Library.Co-sponsored with the Argyropoulos Endowment in Hellenic Studies, the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, and the departments of Classics and Black Studies.

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“Controlling women, founding the city: the role of Prokne in Aristophanes’ Birds”, by Deepti Menon @ HSSB 4065

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Apr 21 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

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“Like Frogs Around a Pond: Maritime Religion in Ancient Greek Culture,” by Amelia R. Brown @ HSSB 4041

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Apr 24 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Prof. Amelia R. Brown (Greek History & Language, University of Queensland) holds a Discovery Early Career Research Award from the Australian Research Council to study the role that sailors and travelers had on the development of Greek religion and identity.

This lecture is presented by the IHC Research Focus Group in Ancient Borderlands.

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‘Sophocles on Robben Island’ @ HSSB 4065

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Apr 28 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

A lunch-time colloquium offered by our Sullivan Lecturer, Prof. Grant Parker of Stanford University.

JP Sullivan Memorial Lecture: “The art of darkness: how the Romans invented night,” by Grant Parker @ HSSB 4080

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Apr 28 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Night occupies an intriguing place in Roman culture: my aim will be to tease out some of its aspects. In particular, we may well ask about the role of night in relation to social boundaries, or how to make sense of its frequently negative representation in Latin literature. Were there changes in this over the course of historical time, particularly in late antiquity?

Grant Parker is Chair and Associate Professor of Classics at Stanford University.