2009-10-26

Upcoming Talk

Thursday, November 12th, 5:30 pm
Newcomb Faculty Lounge (Room 114, Newcomb Hall)

Mark Alonge
Department of Classics
Boston University

"Was Zeus a god of fertility?"

2009-10-15

Service Learning & archaeology at Tulane

Check out this piece in the New Wave about the service learning TIDE "Loot, Plunder, & Pillage".....

2009-10-06

Upcoming Murphy Institute lecture

Lecture by Professor Campbell Grey

“Urban Poverty, Charity and Conversion in Late Antique Asia Minor”

Friday, November 6, 2009 | 4:00 PM
Race Room (LBC 201) in the Lavin Bernick Center

Prof. Campbell Grey holds a Ph.D. in Classics from St John’s College, Cambridge, an M. Phil. in Ancient History from the University of Sydney and a B. A. in Ancient History and Archaeology from the University of Auckland. An Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Grey’s primary research focus is late antique Roman social, legal and economic history, with emphasis on non-elite and marginal populations. His work has appeared in Classical Quarterly, the Journal of Interdisciplinary History, the Journal of Roman Archeology, the Journal of Roman Studies and the seminal volume, Poverty in the Roman World, edited by Margaret Atkins and Robin Osborne. In addition, he has been awarded research fellowships by the Loeb Classical Library Foundation and the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.

2009-06-30

Rome in the summer

The blog has been quiet for a rather long time, so here are some photos from Rome. The first is Prof. Lusnia with Marykate Romagnoli at Ostia. Marykate participated in the UGA Rome summer program in late May and June.



A classic car seen at Ostia, parked by the wall of the Castello di Giulio II.


A view of Rome from the Janiculum hill.

2008-12-11

Snow!

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It snowed for almost 2 hours this morning here in New Orleans. Now it has changed over to sleet. This video was shot around 9:20 am outside of Jones Hall.

2008-10-14

Classics Club: Like world domination?

Watch HBO's Rome from the beginning with the Classics Club on Tuesday nights, starting October 14, at 7:30pm in Jones 204.

Join us each week for action, romance, and political intrigue.

Refreshments, too!

2008-10-12

History Department Talk


Prof. Jon Mikalson of The University of Virginia will speak on the Delphic Oracle on Monday, Oct. 13 at 4 pm. The lecture will be in Tilton Hall 301. The lecture is sponsored by the History Department with funding from the William Paley Foundation.