Lectures & Events

The following lectures and events have been scheduled so far for the 2018-2019 Academic Year.
Please check back to this page for updates as we schedule more events.

Fall 2018
*This lecture will be Rescheduled* Please check back for a new time and place for this lecture.	The Archaeology of Monastic Cooking and Baking in Egypt Abstract co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America	Dr. Brooks Hedstrom Professor, Director of Archaeology, and Chair Department of History Wittenberg University
Friday, October 26 Claxton & Kirkland rooms Elliott University Center 9 a.m. coffee & pastries 10-4:15 presentations	Classical Studies Undergraduate Symposium Full Schedule	Keynote Address: "How the Sirens Lost their Wings: Teratology and the Transformation of Homer's Musical Monsters" by Dr. Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne High Point University
Thursday, November 8 118 School of Education Building 5:30 p.m.* *reception at 5 p.m.	Climate on a Human Scale: Exploring Seasonality in Late Bronze Age Crete co-sponsored by the Archaeology Program and others	Dr. Jennifer Alice Moody Research Fellow Department of Classics University of Texas, Austin Dr. Moody is a recipient of the 1989 MacArthur genius award for her interdisciplinary archaeological research of the development of the landscapes of Crete and other Aegean Islands, drawing from ecology, geography, and anthropology.
Saturday, November 10 9:30 a.m.	Fall Forum and Classics Day	NC Junior Classical League & UNCG Classical Society

Spring 2019
Tuesday, April 16 6 p.m. TBA * wine & cheese reception at 5:30 p.m.	Going to the Games in Glorious Technicolour: circus mosaics and the realities of Roman chariot racing Oliver Lecture co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America	Dr. Hazel Dodge Louis Claude Purser Senior Lecturer in Classical Archaeology Department of Classics Trinity College Dublin