In early April Prof. Boatwright presented "Above the Law? Crimes and Punishments of Imperial Women," at the Biggs Family Residency in Classics Reunion at Washington University in St. Louis (Apr. 11-13, 2018). For further details and a full program, see https://sites.wustl.edu/biggsreunion18/. Prof B photographs the Apis bull statue Hadrian donated to the Serapeion in Alexandria, in the Sunken Cities exhibit at SLAM. read more about Above the Law? Crimes and Punishments of Imperial Women by Tolly Boatwright »
John Aldrup-MacDonald and Sinja Küppers organized the first Duke-UNC First-Gen Graduate Student Symposium with Dr. Karri Holley, professor of Higher Education at the University of Alabama on 4/7. More such events to follow! read more about First Duke-UNC First-Gen Graduate Symposium »
Jed Atkins recently delivered a paper on "Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism in Cicero's De officiis" for the Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop at the University of Chicago on April 11, 2018. For a program of recent workshop speakers, see: https://voices.uchicago.edu/agarp/ read more about Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism in Cicero's De officiis by Jed Atkins »
Jed Atkins recently delivered a lecture on "Gratitude: An Ancient Virtue for the Modern World," at Wheaton College on April 11, 2018, as part of their Philosophy Speakers Series. The abstract for the lecture can be viewed here: http://intelligentevent.com/?event=gratitude-an-ancient-virtue-for-the-modern-world; the series program can be found at https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/programs/philosophy/speaker-series/2017-18-philosophy-speaker-series/ read more about Gratitude: An Ancient Virtue for the Modern World by Jed Atkins »
Students from Greek 332 and CLST 280 visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City with Professor Claire Catenaccio! read more about Greek Drama in New York »
Congrats to Adrian Linden-High on winning a Graduate Student Enhancement Grant, to attend DHSI this summer (http://www.dhsi.org). His project is called "IIIF - Unleashing the Power of Ultra High-Resolution Images in the Humanities". Unleash! read more about Adrian Linden-High wins GSTEG! »
John Aldrup-MacDonald defends his dissertation, "Athenian Democracy on Paper". You only *thought* there was no papyrology of Athens! read more about John Aldrup-MacDonald defends his diss! »
Jed Atkins delivered a paper with the title “Cicero on Athenian Democracy and Its Critics" on March 14, 2018 at Lille, France, as part of the seminar “Philosophie et Rhétorique dans l’Antiquité. Le De re publica de Cicéron.” Details of the event can be seen here: https://halma.univ-lille3.fr/index.php/event/seminaire-philosophie-et-rhetorique-dans-lantiquite-le-de-re-publica-de-ciceron-3/ read more about Cicero on Athenian Democracy and Its Critics by Jed Atkins »
Zach Heater (Classical Studies, '17) has just had accepted for publication yet another part of his senior thesis. This revised chapter will appear under the title, "On Believing Simonides: Plato and Polemarchus in Republic 1," in Stanford's Aisthesis Undergraduate Classics journal. The journal website can be found here: https://classics.stanford.edu/projects/aisthesis-undergraduate-journal. The publication will appear in the May 2018 issue. read more about Zach Heater ('17) publishes on Plato - yet again! »
Jed Atkins delivered a lecture on "Hope and Empire in the Dream of Scipio" at the Sorbonne, in Paris, France on March 9 as part of the Séminaire de philosophie hellénistique et romaine. The program with the full schedule of speakers for the Spring semester can be found here: https://zetesis.hypotheses.org/4360 read more about Hope and Empire in the Dream of Scipio by Jed Atkins »
On March 8, Kyle Jazwa presented a paper in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium at the conference: ASHLAR. Exploring the Materiality of Cut Stone Masonry in the eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age. His paper was entitled, "Accommodations to Building Design and Labor Organization for Cut Stone Masonry in Mycenaean Greece." Further details about the conference can be found at https://ashlar.minoan-aegis.net/ashlar read more about Kyle Jazwa presents on Mycenaean ashlar masonry in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium »
Sneak Peek at the CLST Fall 2018 Courses Here is a sneak peek of our courses for Fall 2018. Bookbagging begins March 26th. Registration for Summer I & II 2018 and Fall 2018 Courses Begins April 4th Registration for Summer I & II 2018 and Fall 2018 will begin on April 4th. To register please login to Duke Hub during your scheduled registration window. read more about Sneak Peak at Fall 2018 Courses »
Duke Professor Carla Antonaccio gave a lecture on Feb. 27 in Mainz at their invitation. The title was "Morgantina in Sicily. Re-Excavating an excavation". It was a public lecture, attended mostly by the museum staff and students in addition to the public. read more about Lecture by Carla Antonaccio at the Romish-Germaniche Zentralmuseum (Mainz) »
Duke Classical Studies for the first time hosted a national Latin Certamen. And what a Certamen it was! There were 30 preliminary contests in three rounds leading up to 9 semifinal contests, and then the 3 finals. The event included 9 novice teams, 6 intermediate, and 12 advanced. So, 27 teams, 132 students in toto, ranging from 8 grade to senior. The contest was won by high schools from DC and northern Virginia, with two Florida teams being the runners up. Organizing committee: Saumya Sao (Organizer and… read more about Duke hosts National Certamen »
After more than a year of planning, a piece of art that has been in storage for many years is now on display in our hallway in Allen: Neo-Assyrian Relief from North West Palace at Nimrud (Iraq) 865-860 BCE Cast of original gypsum in British Museum (inv. no. 124534) Ashurnasirpal II hunting lions. Two attendants, wearing conical helmets, and armed with bows and shields, stand ready to assist. Gift of Metropolitan Museum of Art Stop by to see it next time you are in the area… read more about New artwork on display! »
Jed Atkins delivered a paper, "Cicero on the Justice of War," at a conference that brought together leading scholars working on Cicero's philosophy. The conference was held in Durham, U.K. from Feb. 10-11. read more about Cicero on the Justice of War by Jed Atkins »
Zach Heater (Classical Studies, '17) has just had accepted for publication a revision to part of his senior thesis in Philomathes: An Online Undergraduate Journal for Research in the Classics. The article carries the title, “Emotion in the Tripartite Soul: A New Translation of Republic 4.439-443.” read more about Zach Heater ('17) publishes on Plato »
CLST Grad students met over lunch today in the beautiful Wellness Center to discuss teaching sensitive subjects in Classical Studies. Scarcely any subject in our field is free of material to do with, e.g., the awful reality of slavery, disturbing constructions of race and gender, and violence in its innumerable forms. What a wonderful community of students, coming together to share experiences and questions on incorporating this material in the classroom with sensitivity and to good effect! read more about Grad Workshop »
SCS Jed Atkins, Duke University : Approaching Christian Receptions of the Classical Tradition; Organized by Nicholas Kauffman, Gonzaga University, Alexander Loney, Wheaton College, and Jed Atkins, Duke University John Aldrup-MacDonald (Duke University) : “Intertextuality in Athenian Interstate Legislation: The Case of IG II^2 1" Hugh Cayless (Duke University Libraries) : "Modeling Servius for the Digital Latin Library" Kathryn A. Langenfeld (Duke University) : “Imperial Spies and Intercepted Letters in the Late Roman… read more about 2018 SCS/AIA Annual Meeting CLST Presentations »
Duke students recreate ancient technologies for the undergraduate "Ancient Science and Technology" course, such as a Roman watermill, Archimedes screw, functioning ballista, and hand-spun yarn. read more about Duke Students Recreate Ancient Technologies »
At the Society for Biblical Literature in Boston, panel session S20-313 focused on applications of William Johnson's work on ancient reading cultures to early Christian and Judaic studies, with papers by scholars from UNC, Boston College, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, and St. Mary's Twickleham. Johnson acted as respondent, presenting a paper entitled, "Authorship & Publication in late antique homilies and the gospel of Matthew." read more about William Johnson presents at SBL »
Duke is a sponsor of the wonderful exhibit, "Trajan: Building an Empire, Constructing Europe," that just opened in Rome at the Markets of Trajan. Prof. Maurizio Forte, his students, and his team, with the aid of the Provost, the Nasher Museum and others, created an entire section of the exhibit that showcases 'technology' to help us understand the past. Prof. Tolly Boatwright presented a paper at a related conference on "Women in the Age of Balance: First Ladies in Trajan's and Hadrian's Time." The attached is from an AP… read more about Trajan exhibit at Rome »
Kudos to Adrian High on the successful completion of his dissertation prospectus! "Slaves and Ex-Slaves in the Roman Military Community under the Principate." Taking a wide and inclusive view. Nice! read more about Kudos to Adrian High! »
Classical Languages major Gabi Stewart ('18) will be Duke's next Rhodes scholar! She will use the scholarship to continue her studies in ancient Greek and manuscripts and papyri at Oxford University. For the full story, see Duke Today. read more about Gabi Stewart wins Rhodes Scholarship! »
The students of Claire Catenaccio's Greek tragedy seminar (Greek 528) took an adventure-filled field trip to Paperhand Puppet Intervention in Saxapahaw to investigate the techniques of masked performance. read more about Greek Tragedy Mask Workshop »
Research Travel Award Winner (Undergraduate): Fall 2017 From the 21st to 24th of October, I was at Yale University conducting research for my undergraduate honors thesis. My thesis aims to trace the institutional history of the American Society of Papyrologists and, more broadly, to study papyrology’s development in the US throughout the 20th century. Yale was indispensable to papyrology’s spread across the Western Hemisphere. In the 1930s, Russian émigré and renowned historian Michael I. Rostovtzeff imported papyrology… read more about Gabrielle Stewart: Papyrology Research, Yale University »
Claire Catenaccio has received a generous Enhancement Grant from the Dean's Office for her undergraduate class Greek on Aristophanes. The class will now include a weekend trip to New York City at the end of March! Students will watch a production of Aristophanes' Frogs in Ancient Greek, put on by the Barnard/Columbia Ancient Drama Group. After the production, the class will have the opportunity to talk to the director, designer, and actors, and will also pay a visit to the world-class collection of vase-paintings and… read more about Frogs Take Manhattan »
John Aldrup-MacDonald will present a draft of a paper to be given at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies. The talk will be of interest to anyone curious about the nature of diplomacy and interstate law in Classical Greece, or anyone who wants to see how intertextuality functions in a body of writing that could be described as the central literary genre of democracy: the decree. read more about Intertextuality in Athenian Interstate Legislation: The Case of IG II^2 1 »