Thursday October 31st at Common Hour in the Joslin Family 1823 Room, Library
The Princeps In Pittsfield: A Third-Century Inscription in the Berkshire Museum by John Higgins
Dr. Higgins is going to present an inscription in Greek from the eastern Roman frontier that’s now in Pittsfield, Massachusetts’ Berkshire Museum. It dates to the time of the ancient Roman emperor Gordian III, who ruled from 238-244 A.D. Dr. Higgins will talk about the inscription itself and what it means for our understanding of the Romano-Persian wars in which Gordian later died. He will also talk about how it came to Pittsfield, and the dealer who sold it to the Berkshire Museum.
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Thursday, September 19, 2024- Common Hour – Reese Room, Smith House
The Blues of Achilles: a musical performance by Joe Goodkin
Joe will perform selections from his music that adapts the ancient Greek epic poem the Iliad, steeped in ancient and modern war literature as well as interviews and his experiences playing music at VA hospitals as part of recreational therapy for veterans experiencing PTSD and other related war traumas.
Joe’s first-person songs capture the horror, grief, and love that permeate the Iliad and the combat experience. Each song takes on the perspective of different characters, from warriors like Achilles and Patroclus, to kings like Priam, and women like Briseis, Helen, and Andromache. |
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Thursday, April 18, 2024; Common Hour; Rittenburg Lounge
Psychedelic Art in the Aegean Bronze Age
Dr. Karen Polinger Foster, Yale UniversityThe hallucinatory visions engendered by the consumption of psychoactive substances, as well as the production of mind-bending imagery have inspired artistic creation far across space and time. Following a brief overview of the science of psychedelia, this talk investigates Aegean Bronze Age art for evidence of the principal psychedelic hallmarks. Two case studies are considered—Kamares Ware vessels of the Old Palace period on Crete, and the wall paintings on the upper floor of Xeste 3 on Thera. As argued here, both exhibit clear signs of psychedelic influence and intent. To help bridge the gap of 3500 years, analogous examples of modern psychedelic art are discussed and illustrated. |
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Tuesday March 28, 2023 – Common Hour – Rittenberg Lounge
The Blues of Achilles: a musical performance by Joe Goodkin
Joe will perform selections from his adaptation of the ancient Greek epic poem the Iliad, steeped in ancient and modern war literature as well as interviews and his experiences playing music at VA hospitals as part of recreational therapy for veterans experiencing PTSD and other related war traumas.
Joe’s first-person songs capture the horror, grief, and love that permeate the Iliad and the combat experience. Each song takes on the perspective of different characters, from warriors like Achilles and Patroclus, to kings like Priam, and women like Briseis, Helen, and Andromache. |
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Thursday, April 29, 2021 @6:00 pm via Zoom Webinar
Ancient Rhetoric in The Antisalvery Activist Writings of Rev. Peter Thomas Stanford
Kelly Dugan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Trinity College
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Thursday, April 22, 2021 @5:00 pm via Zoom Webinar
Classics and White Supremacism in the United States: a Brief History.
Rebecca Futo Kennedy, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Denison University
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March 30, 2021 @ 6:00 pm via Zoom Webinar
“The Gospel Truth”: Animated Narrative in Disney’s Hercules (1997)
Dan Curley, Skidmore College
Co-sponsored by the Departments of Classical Studies, English and the Film Studies program.
To view the recording
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March 2, 2021 @ 1:10 pm via Zoom Webinar
Politics & Pestilence in Early Imperial Rome
Hunter Gardner, Professor of Classics, University of South Carolina
Co-sponsored by the Departments of Classical Studies and TIIS
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February 25, 2021 @ 6:00 pm via Zoom Meeting
It’s What He Intended Translation, Authorial Intent & Racism in Classics
Shelley P. Haley, Hamilton College, NY
Co-sponsored by MRECC (Multiculturalism, Race, Ethnicity in Classics Consortium)
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November 5, 2020
Joe Goodkin’s Odyssey
Joseph Goodkin of Quell Records, Inc. will present a webinar titled “Joe Goodkin’s Odyssey”. Joe will perform original compositions based on Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. Also Joe will perform some of his new work based on Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad.
To view the recording
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October 17, 2019
Henry ‘Box’ Brown and Classical Rhetoric: A New Literacy Studies Approach to the Works of Formerly Enslaved Black Antislavery Activists in Antebellum America
Kelly Dugan, University of Georgia at Athens
Co-sponsored by Departments of English and History, Educational Studies Program, and Trinity Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies |
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March 28, 2019
Translating the Odyssey Again: How and Why
Emily Wilson, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Sponsored by Language and Culture Studies, The Dean’s Faculty Event Fund, English and the Women and Gender Resource Action Center |
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February 26, 2019
Athletes and Hero Cults: The Living and the Dead in Pindar’s Victory Songs
Hanne Eisenfeld, Boston College |
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Thursday, December 6, 2018
The Murder of Mesopotamia: War, Looting, and Cultural Heritage
Karen Foster, Yale University
Co-sponsored but The Trinity Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (TIIS), Art History, International Studies, Public Policy & Law |
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October 30, 2018
The OpenARCHEM project: A Collaborative Vision for Organic Residue Analysis & the Study of the Human Past
Andrew J. Koh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Co-sponsored by the First-Year Program, the Dean’s Faculty Event Fund, and the Program in Environmental Science |
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September 25, 2018
How to Build a Humanities Startup: Social Entrepreneurship and Future of the Liberal Arts
Jason Pedicone, Paideia Institute
Co-sponsored by Career Services, Dean’s Faculty Event Fund |
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September 20, 2018
The Aeneid in America: From First Contact to Final Frontier
Meredith Safran, Classical Studies Department
Part of the Faculty Research Committee Lecture Series |
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April 5, 2018
La MaMa’s Trojan Women Project: Ancient Greek Tragedy & International Conflict Today
Part of “Red Flags”, a series of events inspired by The Handmaid’s Tale.
Co-sponsored by the Departments of Classics, History, and Theater & Dance; the Programs in Women, Gender, and Sexuality; International Studies; Human Rights; and the Dean’s Faculty Event Fund. |
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March 20, 2018
A Woman or a Womb? Reproductive Legislation from Ancient Rome to Dystopian Futures
Serena Witzke, Wesleyan University
Response by Joan Hedrick, Department of History & Program in Women, Gender & Sexuality
Part of “Red Flags”, a series of events inspired by The Handmaid’s Tale. Hosted by the Trinity Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. |
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March-April, 2018
Red Flags – A Series of Events Inspired by “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Organized by Meredith Safran, Classics; Laura Lockwood, Women and Gender Resources Action Center; and Sarah Raskin, Psychology & Neuroscience |
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November 13, 2017
Enraged: Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths
Emily Katz Anhalt, Sarah Lawrence College
Co-sponsored by Departments of English, History, Philosophy & the First-Year Program |
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October 4, 2017
Tokyo on the Tiber: Screening Rome as Empire Nostalgia in Takeuchi Hideki’s Thermae Romae (2012)
Monica S. Cyrino, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Co-sponsored by Department of History |
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October 3, 2017
The Original Action Heroes – Biblical Epic Films in the New Century
Monica S. Cyrino, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Co-sponsored by the Humanities Gateway Program |
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December 1, 2015
Founding Memories? Moving Toward Rome in Vergil’s Aeneid
Aaron Seider, College of the Holy Cross |
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December 1, 2015
Neuroscience & the Humanities: Shaping Memory
Panelists: Elizabeth Casserly, Psychology & Johannes Evelein, Language & Culture Studies
Special Guest: Aaron Seider, Department of Classics, College of the Holy Cross
Moderator: Meredith Safran, Classics
Part of “25 Years of Neuroscience at Trinity.” Co-sponsored by the Trinity Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. |
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February 25, 2015
Winning Isn’t Everything: The Moral Power of Defeat at Rome
Jessica Clark, Florida State University
Co-sponsored by the Department of History |
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