Res Difficiles 4 | Difficult Conversations in Classics

The 2023 Res Difficiles conference will take place on March 24th 2023. Register for the conference here. Classics at the University of California Los Angeles, and Classics, Philosophy, & Religious Studies at the University of Mary Washington present Res Difficiles: A Conference On Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics. Co-organized by Hannah Čulík-Baird and Joseph...

Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal | How Many Grammars Does Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Have?

Kaplan Hall 365 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California

In this lecture, we will explore how languages evolve through linguistic diversity, aiming to shed light on the intricate relationship between language, its evolution, and its transmission through historical texts. Drawing on the principles of sociolinguistics, we will examine how speakers and writers of a language navigate between competing grammars. We will also explore the...

AchWorks 1 – Identity, Alterity, and the Imperial Impress in the Achaemenid World

Royce Hall 314 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Identity, Alterity, and the Imperial Impress in the Achaemenid World   The Inaugural Symposium of the Achaemenid Workshops Series April 12–14, 2023 | 314 Royce Hall Morning refreshments and check-in begin at 8:00 am.  Panels begin at 9:00 am. The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World is convening an international workshop on...

Maria Wyke | Feminizing Ancient Rome: Women at the Cinema from the 1900s to the 1920s

Audio / Visual Romans I Thursday April 20th 2023 Annual UCLA Joan Palevsky Lecture Professor Maria Wyke, University College London “Feminizing Ancient Rome: Women at the Cinema from the 1900s to the 1920s“ The medium of the moving image started out as part of variety programmes and women often appeared in it advertising to men...

Film Screening of Cajus Julius Caesar (1914) with live accompaniment and original score by Michele Sganga

James Bridges Theater 235 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, California

Audio / Visual Romans II Friday April 21st 2023 Film Screening with Live Accompaniment and Original Score by Michele Sganga Cajus Julius Caesar, 1914. Directed by Enrico Guazzoni A live screening at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater of the rarely seen yet remarkable Italian silent feature film Cajus Julius Caesar (1914, dir. Enrico Guazzoni) brought over especially from...

Pigments in Ancient Greek Painting & Medicine: Ecology, Materiality and the Alchemical Laboratory

Royce Hall 306 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, California

  Pigments in Ancient Greek Painting & Medicine: Ecology, Materiality and the Alchemical Laboratory lecture by Ioanna Kakoulli (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA) Saturday, April 29, 2023 3:00 p.m. 306 Royce Hall Reception to follow Ancient Greek paintings between the fourth century BC and the third century AD are characterized by a splendor...

Chris Gipson | Reader’s Digest: Extinguishing Kleos in Lykophron’s Alexandra

Dodd Hall 248 315 Portolo Plaza, Los Angeles

Please join the Department of Classics for a brownbag lunch talk by Dr. Christopher L. Gipson (Loyola Marymount University, Department of Classics) for a talk titled "Reader’s Digest: Extinguishing Kleos in Lykophron’s Alexandra." The lecture will take place in person in Dodd Hall 248 and via Zoom from 12–1pm. For the Zoom link, please contact...

Rob Sobak | Demsystifying the SLAC Job Application Process

Dodd Hall 232 315 Portolo Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

In this graduate workshop hosted by the Department of Classics, Professor Rob Sobak of Bowdoin College will take Classics students through the process of applying for a job at a small liberal arts college (SLAC) in the US.