College of Arts and Sciences

The annual City Dionysia keynote lecture will be given by Dr. Mary-Kay Gamel, Professor of Classics, Comparative Literature, and Theatre at University of California Santa Cruz on Friday, November 14, 4:30pm in Clark 309. Her lecture is titled, “Metamorphoses of Medea.”

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Dr. Vladimir L. Marchenkov, Professor of Aesthetics and Theory at the School of Interdisciplinary Arts at Ohio University will be speaking on “Magic, Fable, and Opera: Monteverdi and the Quest for Immortality” at the World Literature Colloquium on Wednesday, November 5, 6:00pm – 7:30pm in Guilford 323.

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The first World Literature Colloquium of the 2014-2015 academic year will be a lecture by Associate Professor of English, Sarah Gridley, entitled “Hic Sunt Dracones: Deep Edges in Eliade, Tolstoy, and Atwood.” It will be held on October 20 at 4:30 in Clark 206.

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The Annual Meeting of the Ohio Classical Conference will be held in conjunction with the City Dionysia on November 14-15, 2014 in Cleveland, Ohio. The registration form is now available for download.  Please click this link to access the registration form and additional information regarding the meeting.

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The Ohio-Lake Erie Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Arts is having an event on October 18 at 10:30am titled, Ilisus of Ohio: Exploring the Grecian Ruins of the 1837 Alfred Kelley House. The event will be held at the Visitor’s Center, Hale Farm and Village, 2686 Oak Hill Rd, Bath, OH 44210.

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Kevin Dicus, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, talks to the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities about his current excavations in Pompeii and the artifacts that have been found there. The full video is posted here.

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Classics major, Humzah Quereshy ’17, went to Turkey with Professor Paul Iversen to conduct an archaeological and epigraphical survey. For more information and to see some pictures of their trip click the link.

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The Department of Classics and the Baker Nord Center for the Humanities are please to announce the winners of the Latin Recitation and Art Contests during Vergil Week 2014. Thank you to all who participated in the events throughout the week and shared your talents during the contests. The...

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