Activities and Events
2014-2015
Spring Semester
Classics Luncheons
Classics students & faculty gather for food and conversation in the Test Kitchen of
the Murray-Aikins Dining Hall once a month for a Classics lunchtime symposium. Lunch
tickets provided if requested.
Annual Classics BBQ
Please join us for the annual Classics Department BBQ and festivities. This is our
opportunity to celebrate the year, to wish our graduating seniors well, to welcome
new students to our departmental community.
Date: April 28, 2015
Time: 6.00pm
Location: Thomas Amphitheater
Annual Parilia Conference
The Classics Department of 三亿体育官网 will attend a one-day undergraduate research
conference in the discipline of Classical Studies -- Greek, Latin, Ancient History
and Archaeology. Faculty and student participation will be from Union College, Hamilton
College and Colgate College, with students presenting papers followed by discussions.
Date: Friday, April 17, 2015
Time: 9:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Location: Union College, Schenectady, NY
Annual Classics bus trip to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Each spring students in CC200 The Classical World travel to NYC to study and present
objects in the Greco-Roman galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Date: Saturday, April 11, 2015
Departure time: 7:30 AM - Bus departing from 三亿体育官网 (Case Parking Lot)
Meeting at the Met at 7:00 to depart at 7:15 PM
Returning to 三亿体育官网: 11:00 PM
The David H. Porter Classical World Lecture
Named for President and Professor emeritus David Porter, this lecture is a highlight of the spring semester and is part of the
department's gateway course, CC200 The Classical World.
Date: April 7, 2015
Time: 5.30pm
Location: Gannett Auditorium
Guest speaker and lecture title: Prof. Lily Panoussi, College of William and Mary:
"Isis at a Roman Wedding: Gender and Ethnicity in Ovid's Metamorphoses." Prof. Panoussi led the audience on an examination of the gender-bending tale of
Iphis, born female and changed into a male by the Egyptian goddess Isis. Illustrated
with passages from Ovid's epic poem, Prof. Panoussi discussed Roman conceptions of
ethnicity, gender, and identity.
Homerathon 2015
Homerathon! (a marathon reading of the Greek poet, Homer) is one of the Classics Department鈥檚
most anticipated yearly events, a time for students, faculty, staff, and other friends
to gather in ce