Tulane Classics

AIA New Orleans Society Archaeology Lecture

2012-01-23T11:36:00.002-06:00

Archaeological Institute of American lecture series

“The Lost Eagle: The untoldstory of the legionary eagle on Rome's most famous statue”

A Lecture by

Dr. Bridget Buxton

The Peter H. von Blanckenhagen MemorialLecture

Archaeological Institute of America

Monday, February 6, 2012

Nunemaker Auditorium

Monroe Hall, 3^rd floor

8 pm

free admission and free parking on campus

Co-sponsoredby the Office of the Provost, the Classical Studies program and the New OrleansSociety of the Archaeological Institute of America

New Orleans Society of the Archaeological Institute of America

2011-11-07T10:00:00.002-06:00

“Astronomy, Space, and Time in Medieval Churches”

Christ inmajesty surrounded by the zodiac and the labors of the months. Centraltymapanum of the west portal of the Abbey Church of Sainte-Madeleine, Vézelay, France(early 12th. c.).

A Lecture by

Dr. Stephen C. McCluskey

R. S. Webster National Lectureship

Archaeological Institute of America

Monday, November 14, 2011

Nunemaker Auditorium

Monroe Hall, 3^rd floor

8 pm

free admission and free parking on campus

Co-sponsoredby the Office of the Provost, the Classical Studies program and the New OrleansSociety of the Archaeological Institute of America

Department Colloquium

2011-10-24T13:04:00.001-05:00

Women and the Construction of Male Identity in Tragic Recognition

Prof. Laura McClure
University of Wisconsin - Madison

Thursday, November 3, 2011

5:00 pm

Faculty Lounge, 114 Newcomb Hall

Classics Club & Eta Sigma Phi Lecture

2011-10-20T15:33:00.001-05:00

The Classics Club is sponsoring a lecture by Prof. Lisa George (Tulane) titled, "The Musings of Sappho." The lecture will be on Tuesday October 25 at 6:00 pm in 210 Woldenberg Art Center, Stone Auditorium. Everyone is welcome.

Why study Classics?

2011-09-01T08:38:00.002-05:00

Classics Club / Eta Sigma Phi: Spring Lecture

2011-04-14T09:11:00.003-05:00

Sunday, April 17, 5:30 pm in LBC 202

Prof. Katherine Welch (NYU/ Institute of Fine Arts)

"Judicial Process and Public Visibility in the Greek Agora, Roman Forum, and in Pagan and Early Christian Basilicas"

Classics Club / Eta Sigma Phi: KING CAKE & A LECTURE

2011-02-11T17:51:00.003-06:00

Archaeology Lecture - February 21, 2011

2011-02-11T17:48:00.002-06:00

"Military Dress Boots of the Roman Emperors"

Prof. Connie Rodriguez
Loyola University, New Orleans

Monday, February 21, 8:00 pm
Nunemaker Auditorium (Miller Hall)
Loyola University
New Orleans, LA 70118

The state of antiquities in Egypt

2011-02-02T09:21:00.002-06:00

Dr. Zahi Hawass has been writing updates on the state of the cultural heritage of Egypt, its musuems, and sites. Looting has occurred, and at least two mummies in the Cairo museum were damaged.

Tulane's president nominated to White House council

2010-12-14T16:13:00.005-06:00

Tulane President Scott Cowen has been nominated to serve on President Obama's White House Council for Community Solutions.

Classical Studies alum wins prize for innovation

2010-12-01T12:22:00.003-06:00

A 2001 graduate in Latin from the Department of Classical Studies wins a prize for an innovative bio-diesel project.

AIA talk on November 2 at 8:00pm

2010-10-31T17:03:00.002-05:00

"The Petrified City: Reading the Marble Plan of Ancient Rome"

Prof. Susann Lusnia
Department of Classical Studies
Tulane University

Tuesday, November 2
8:00 pm
Nunemaker Auditorium
Miller Hall
Loyola University
New Orleans, LA

Papyrology at U of Cincinnati

2010-10-31T17:01:00.001-05:00

Interesting article on the role of papyrology in understanding ancient history.

Classics Club Dinner & Movie Night

2010-10-03T15:51:00.004-05:00

The Classics Club is sponsoring its first event of the year, Dinner & Movie Night. Come join them on Thursday, October 7, at 8 pm in Boggs 105 for dinner and a classically themed movie.

Archaeological Institute of America Lecture

2010-09-30T13:45:00.003-05:00

"Meanings in Early Celtic Art"

by
Professor Peter S. Wells

Monday, October 4, 2010
Nunemaker Auditorium
Monroe Hall, 3rd floor
Loyola University main campus
8:00 pm

Tulanians in Italy this summer

2010-05-30T02:13:00.004-05:00

David Elias (left) and Jon Salman (right) in the Museo Nazionale Tarquinia. David and Jon are both participating in the University of Georgia's Rome Summer Program, led by Prof. James C. Anderson, jr. Prof. Susann Lusnia has been in Rome, too, and has joined the group on some of their trips, such as this trip to Tarquinia and Cerveteri.

Classics Club Lecture

2010-04-09T12:16:00.003-05:00

On Monday, April 19 at 6:00 pm, Mr. Seth Bernard (University of Pennsylvania, doctoral candidate) will speak on "Lifting and Labor in Roman Republican Architecture". The lecture will be in Woldenberg Art Center, room 210 (Stone Auditorium), on the Uptown Campus of Tulane University.

About the lecture
In ancient Rome, as in any pre-industrial society, building projects relied on the effort of human labor complimented by animal power and simple machines. The larger and heavier the building materials a construction project required, the more manpower that was needed to lug, haul, and lift that project to completion: seen in these terms, monumental architecture was one of the costliest enterprises in antiquity. How then did the construction of an impressive city such as Rome impact its urban population, which was no doubt involved in the building process? This paper seeks to understand the relationship between the process of construction and the social structures of Rome during the formative period of the Middle Republic (4th-2nd centuries BCE) when many urban aspects at Rome arose for the first time. In particular, I investigates the development of technology for heavy lifting—the most labor intensive components of Roman construction, and I present the results of fieldwork in Rome both tracking evidence for technological change and contextualizing that evidence in the social history of the period.

The Value of a Classics Major

2010-03-12T11:44:00.003-06:00

Two posts on the Psychology Today website on why Classics is a valuable undergraduate major and how the Classics major can 'sell' him-/herself in the job market.

Post 1, the value of Classics as a major

Post 2, Classics majors on the job market

Conservation & Field School opportunity

2010-03-01T12:13:00.002-06:00

Follow the link above to get information about the San Gemini summer programs in conservation and field school (at Carsulae).

Archaic "palace" found at Gabii

2010-03-01T10:23:00.001-06:00

Possibly linked to the Tarquins, among the last legendary kings of Rome.

Tulane in the Chronicle for Higher Education

2010-02-22T11:50:00.002-06:00

Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Dr. Susann Lusnia, is interviewed in this article about the service learning requirement at Tulane University.

Stand with Haiti

2010-01-22T11:56:00.001-06:00

Classical content in the Sunday funnies

2010-01-12T12:41:00.002-06:00

Upcoming Talk

2009-10-26T09:19:00.000-05:00

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?"

Service Learning & archaeology at Tulane

2009-10-15T11:16:00.002-05:00

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

Upcoming Murphy Institute lecture

2009-10-06T15:33:00.004-05:00

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.

Rome in the summer

2009-06-30T01:21:00.005-05:00

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.

Snow!

2008-12-11T09:49:00.003-06:00

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.

Classics Club: Like world domination?

2008-10-14T09:45:00.003-05:00

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!

History Department Talk

2008-10-12T15:19:00.003-05:00

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.

FYI: Classical Studies web site oddities

2008-09-03T14:13:00.004-05:00

If you try to access the Classical Studies web pages on the Tulane website, you may encounter the previous version of our web site. I'm not sure why this is occurring. It may mean that the university is using some older backup system for part of its web site at the moment. Whatever is the reason, once everything has settled down and we are back in NOLA, I can easily restore the newer site to the server. -- S. Lusnia

Classes to resume on Monday, Sept. 8

2008-09-01T05:52:00.001-05:00

From the Tulane website:
"The mandatory evacuation of Orleans Parish makes the logistics of reopening Tulane University on the originally stated dates--Wednesday, Sept. 3 and Thursday, Sept. 4--very difficult. Therefore, we have decided to resume normal business operations on Saturday, Sept. 6. The dorms will reopen on Sunday, Sept. 7, and classes will resume on Monday, Sept. 8."

Tulane closing due to threat of Gustav

2008-08-28T23:06:00.004-05:00

Tulane University is closing at 12:00 pm (noon) on Friday, August 29. Classes are scheduled to resume on Thursday, September 4. For further updates, please see the university's emergency site (http://emergency.tulane.edu) or contact the Tulane Alert Line, 862.8080 or 1.877.862.8080.

In the event that the university's main website were to become unavailable, the Department of Classical Studies will post all relevant university information that we receive to this blog page.

Congratulations, Graduates!!

2008-05-12T17:04:00.003-05:00

Commencement 2008 is this Saturday, May 17 at the Louisiana Superdome.

The Department of Classical Studies will celebrate its graduating majors and minors with a reception on Friday, May 16, from 11 am to 1 pm at the department office suite.

The blog will go on holiday for the summer break. Watch for news and info about next year's lectures and events coming this fall.... Buona vacanza!!

Ostia Antica & Insulae

2008-04-21T00:35:00.002-05:00

The Tulane Classics Club is bringing in a speaker, Dr. Joanne Spurza of Hunter College, New York, who will speaking on the ever-cool Ostia Antica, the ancient port of Rome. Her talk is entitled: "Re-imagining and Re-imaging the Ancient City: The Apartment Insulae of Roman Ostia". This should be a great lecture by one of America’s leading experts on Ostia. Come support the club and our speaker that we are bringing in, thanks to funds from USG and the Classical Studies department.

What: "Re-imagining and Re-imaging the Ancient City: The Apartment Insulae of Roman Ostia"
Who: Dr. Joanne Spurza
When: Tuesday, 22 April, 6p
Where: LBC 201
Why: Because ancient apartment complexes are cool.

Also at the lecture, we will have birthday cake for Rome, whose birthday is 21 April. And we hope to have classics club t-shirts ready to buy. Stay tuned for information and pricing, coming in the upcoming days.

This should be a wonderful event to end the semester, so take a break, eat some cake, learn a little, and talk with fellow classical aficionados. Bring your friends!

Hydraulic Systems of Athens!

2008-03-03T09:32:00.002-06:00

Please mark your calendars for the following event sponsored by the Classics Club:

What: "Watering Ancient and Modern Athens: the use and reuse of a Roman hydraulic system in Greece"
Who: Dr. Shawna Leigh
When: 11 March 2008, Tuesday; 6p
Where: LBC 208
Why: Ancient Technology is just plain cool.

Refreshments as always.

Clash of the Titans

2008-02-07T17:53:00.001-06:00

The Tulane Classics Club will be showing a screening of Clash of the Titans, the campy 1981 film, complete with clay-mation, Harry Hamlin, Maggie Smith, and Laurence Olivier. (See the original trailer below.) We will also have a brief introduction by Dr. Lisa George.

Clash of the Titans
12 February 2008, Tuesday
6pm
LBC 208
Refreshments, as always

Georges Lecture, 7 pm on Monday, February 25

2008-02-06T14:08:00.000-06:00

The Dennis A. Georges Lecture in Hellenic Culture will be held on February 25 at 7 pm in the Freeman Auditorium in the Newcomb Art Building, Room 205.

The speaker will be Vassilis Lambropoulos, whose topic is "Hubris in Greek Theater and Politics." Prof. Lambropoulos is the C. P. Cavafy Professor of Modern Greek Studies and Professor of Classical Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan. His scholarly interests include modern Greek culture, the ancients and the moderns, ethics and politics, literature after cultural studies, and theories of tragedy. Prof. Lambropoulos received his doctorate in Modern Greek in 1980 from the University of Thessaloniki. He is the author of
Literature as a National Institution and The Rise of Eurocentrism, both with Princeton University Press, and he is co-editor of The Text and Its Margins.

For further information, call 865-5719.

Archaeology Lectures – Spring 2008

2008-01-31T12:33:00.001-06:00

Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 8:00 PM
James Delgado, Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Texas A&M University
Adventures of a Sea-Hunting Archaeologist
Where: Loyola University, Miller Hall, Room 114

Monday, April 21, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Nikola Theodossiev, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski; American Research Center in Sofia (Kress Lecture)
The Monumental Late Classical and Hellenistic Tholos Tombs in Ancient Thrace
Where: Loyola University, Miller Hall, Room 114

Society Contact
Connie Rodriguez
504-865-2287
rodrigue@loyno.edu

Major Week: January 22-25

2008-01-14T17:08:00.000-06:00

The Department of Classical Studies, in conjunction with Women's Studies, is sponsoring a Major Week, January 22-25. Each day there will be at least one event to highlight and answer questions about majors in classics and women's studies.

The Classical Studies events will be –
• Tues, Jan 22: Come visit our table in the LBC from 11:30 am to 2 pm
• Wed, Jan 23: You're Majoring in What?! - a roundtable on what you can do with a major in classical studies. Join faculty, majors and graduates for pizza and discussion. 5:00 - 6:30 pm, LBC 208 (Korach Conference room)
• Thurs, Jan 24: Drop-in Resume Workshop: 12:30 - 2 pm, LBC 201, Race Conference Room
• Fri, Jan 25: Study Abroad Lunch, in the Newcomb Faculty Lounge, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm: come learn about study abroad opportunities in classics and women's studies.

Please join us for any and all events! For more info, contact Prof. Lusnia.

Lecture with Dr. Fred Naiden

2007-11-05T21:51:00.000-06:00

The War Aims of Alexander the Great, 334-324 B.C. by Prof. Fred S. Naiden, formerly a professor at Tulane, now at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Friday, November 9, 2007, 11 AM, Herbert Room 201. Sponsored by the Dept. of History; funding provided by the William S. Paley Foundation. Please email Dr. Ken Harl with an questions (kharl@tulane.edu).

Oct. 23 - Mummy Lecture!

2007-10-23T09:27:00.000-05:00

Tonight, Oct. 23, in LBC 201, Dr. John Verano will lecture on a female mummy from northern coastal Peru. Sponsored jointly by the Classics Club and the Tulane Anthropology Student Association.

November 12: AIA Lecture at Loyola

2007-10-23T09:23:00.000-05:00

The New Orleans Society of the AIA announces a lecture on November 12 (Monday) 8 PM in Miller 114 on the campus of Loyola University.

Lecturer: Eugene Cruz-Uribe, Northern Arizona University

Title: Christians Lost in the Desert?

The transition from the traditional religious practices in ancient Egypt to the upstart Christian practices was a long and complicated affair. Based upon field research mainly in Kharga Oasis (Egypt) at the sites of Bagawat and Gebel Teir (among others), this presentation looks at the process of the conversion of Egypt to Christianity using the communities in Kharga Oasis as a guide and model. We will look at how the Egyptians adapted traditional practices to Christianity, as well as how the two groups went from friendly neighbors to serious competitors between rival cults is examined.

Eugene Cruz-Uribe
University of Northern Arizona

Dr. Eugene Cruz-Uribe is currently Full Professor of History at Northern Arizona University. Cruz has been at NAU for fifteen years, including time as Associate Dean in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Trained as an Egyptologist (BA, MA, PhD at the University of Chicago ), he has continued his research activities in the languages, religion and history of that ancient land. He is currently working on a field project analyzing the nature of ancient graffiti, especially in temple and quarry sites. He has served as a grant reviewer for NEH and NSF as well as a one-year stint reviewing grants for the Arizona Humanities Council. He is currently on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Humanities Council (Governor’s Appointee) and on the Board of Trustees for the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquity (Toronto, CA).

Watch "Rome - Season 2" with the Classics Club!

2007-09-19T14:29:00.000-05:00

Every Tuesday evening the Classics Club will watch an episode of the second season of HBO's drama series, "Rome." Come join the fun. Tuedays, 6:15 pm in LBC 208.

Welcome Back!

2007-08-14T17:07:00.000-05:00

We hope everyone had a relaxing, productive, or otherwise good summer break. Classes are about to start here at Tulane -- August 29, mark the date! Here in Classical Studies we are starting this academic year with a variety of new additions. First, check out our new department web site at http://www.tulane.edu/~classics. Second, we are welcoming three new faculty members to the department this fall: our new lecturer (professor of practice), Lisa R. George, and 2 visiting assistant professors, Shawna Leigh and Jim Sullivan. And finally, we'll have all new carpet in our offices when you return - no more ugly, stained carpet -- hooray!

Note to alumni: on the new web site there is a page for alums where you can contact us and send us info on where you are and what you're doing. We'd love to hear from you!

We're looking forward to seeing you in classes and around campus soon. Have a safe trip back to New Orleans!

Weiss Presidential Fellow

2007-05-23T01:30:00.000-05:00

One of the two Weiss Presidential Fellows named this year at commencement is Dr. Susann Lusnia of the Department of Classical Studies. Follow the link above to learn more about the award, which is given for excellence in undergraduate teaching at Tulane University.

Happy Birthday, Rome!

2007-04-21T12:23:00.000-05:00

Join the Classics Club as we celebrate the 2760th Birthday of Rome!

Tuesday, April 24th
6pm
LBC 201/202

There will be cake and party favors, along with a screening of "I, Claudius."

Hope to see you there!

AIA New Orleans Society lecture

2007-04-17T09:19:00.000-05:00

Sunday, April 22

"Surveying the Port of Imperial Rome"

by Professor Martin Millett
(Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge)

Loyola University, Miller Hall Room 114

8 PM

Between 1998 and 2004 a small team has been surveying Portus, the port of imperial Rome constructed at the mouth of the Tiber by Claudius in AD 46 and extended by Trajan in the early second century AD. The work combined archive work with conventional topographic survey and geophysical prospection. The work has resulted in a completely new understanding of this major but neglected site which was the principal harbor of imperial Rome. The lecture will explore the methods used in the study of the sites, present the results of the work and discuss their implications for our understanding of Rome itself.

Georges Lecture

2007-03-19T16:23:00.000-05:00

Prof. Angelos Chaniotis

"Petrified Voices, petrified emotions: Understanding ancient graffiti in Aphrodisias"

Thursday, March 29 at 7:00 PM
Stibbs Conference Room
(in Lavin-Bernick University Center)

A reception will follow in the 1834 Club (Faculty-Staff Dining Room, 215 LBC)

Onassis Foundation Lecture

2007-03-12T09:24:00.000-05:00

Wednesday, March 14
8 pm
102 Jones Hall

Prof. Kurt Raaflaub
Brown University

“The Use and Purpose of History in Ancient Greece”

Reception to follow.

4th Department Colloquium

2007-03-12T09:16:00.000-05:00

Tuesday, Mar. 13
5:00 pm

Newcomb Faculty Lounge

Prof. Kurt Raaflaub
(Brown University)

“The Quest for Peace in the Ancient World: Why Greece?”

Light refreshments will be served.

Department Colloquium

2007-02-27T12:02:00.000-06:00

Students and faculty are invited to our third departmental colloquium.

Wednesday, March 7 at 4:30 pm in the Newcomb Faculty Lounge.

Speaker: Dr. Claudia Zatta
Topic: "Aristotle's Poetics and the Political Thought of the Tragic Heroes"

I, Claudius

2007-02-09T00:08:00.000-06:00

The main programming this semester of the Tulane Classics Club is going to be the great BBC miniseries, "I, Claudius," based off of Robert Graves' interesting book, which, at some point or another, was based off of history. (Thanks, Suetonius.) The long miniseries covers roughly the first 70 years of the Principate (i.e. Augustus to Nero). It looks to be a good time, with the likes of Derek Jacobi (one of the senators in 'Gladiator'), Brian Blessed, and even Patrick Stewart, as Sejanus!

Specifics:
Every Tuesday (with the exception of holidays...)
Room: 201/202, LBC/UC! (NOT Jones!)
6pm.
Refreshments provided.

Email Dylan at drogers3@tulane.edu with questions.

Departmental Colloquium

2007-02-01T20:16:00.000-06:00

Students and faculty are invited to our second departmental colloquium.

Wednesday, February 7 at 4:30 pm in the Newcomb Faculty Lounge.

Speaker: Dr. Galen Marquis
Topic: "A Hitherto Unnoticed Covert Name-Derivation for King David"

Wed. Jan. 31 at 5 pm: Archaeology Lecture

2007-01-27T11:09:00.000-06:00

Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 5 pm

Prof. Justin Walsh
Art Department, Louisiana State Unviersity

"Exchange and Influence: Hybridity and Gate Relief Sculpture at Thasos"

Prof. Walsh uses the archaeological theory of hybridity to explain some important aspects of archaic and classical Thasian art. In particular, he will be talking about how Thasos, being an important trading center in the north Aegean, was influenced by many different cultures -- Greek, Phoenician, Persian, Thracian, and probably others, too -- and how Thasian artists adopted and adapted those influences to produce their own localized art forms.

Classics Colloquium

2006-12-01T10:35:00.000-06:00

The first Classics Colloquium of this academic year will be next Friday, Dec. 8.

Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Kosmetatou, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies

Topic: "Philetairos of Pergamon from Eunuch-Ruler to Founding Father."

Place: Jones 204
Time: 3 pm

Accompanied by light refreshments.

Major Discovery in Rome

2006-12-01T10:25:00.000-06:00

A major archaeological discovery has been announced out of Rome. Imperial insignia and military standards dating from the time of Maxentius have been found buried in the area between the Via Sacra and the Clivus Palatinus. The standards and insignia were wrapped in linen and silk, placed in wooden boxes, and buried. Follow the link to the English version of the article from Corriere della Sera.

Summer grants

2006-11-07T16:40:00.000-06:00

SUMMER GRANTS : The department gives grants, typically ranging from $500 to $1000, to qualified undergraduate majors to help defray expenses associated with summer research or study in programs deemed appropriate by the department. To apply for such a grant, students should send a letter, outlining the project or program and a budget, to the department chair. DEADLINE: March 15.

A Night at Troy, with Dr. Ken Harl

2006-11-02T17:39:00.000-06:00

Join us Tuesday, November 14, at 6.15pm in Herbert 201, for a screening of "Troy" (2004) starring Brad Pitt, Peter O'Toole, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, et al., with a brief introduction by Dr. Ken Harl.

Dr. Harl of the Tulane History Dept. will give a brief talk on the historical and archaeological context of the film. Please join us this evening with Dr. Harl, as in the Spring he will be a visiting professor at another institution.

This looks to be an interesting evening- come for as long as you can, especially to hear Dr. Harl!

New courses for Spring 2007

2006-10-25T13:00:00.000-05:00

Keep an eye on this space as we may add more descriptions of special topics and seminar courses being offered in Spring 2007.

CLAS 481-01/681-01 (same as ARHS 685-01) Greece in the Archaic Age T 3:30 - 6 pm
Prof. Carter
The Archaic Age was the formative period of ancient Greek culture. During this time, the Greek city-state took shape, and Greek sculpture, architecture, and vase-painting attained the characteristic forms that persisted in the Classical Period. This course will concentrate on the arts and material culture of Greece in the context of the social, political, and intellectual history of the Archaic period.

CLAS 381-01H (same as ARHS 391-01H) Art and Culture in the Roman Republic MWF 1-1:50 pm
Prof. Lusnia
The period of the Roman Republic, 509-44 BCE, saw a village on the banks of the Tiber grow to become a city of nearly one million inhabitants that ruled an empire stretching from the Atlantic coast of Spain to the eastern Mediterranean shores. This course tracks the art and material culture of Rome during the Republic in the light of cultural and political events of that time.

CLAS 381-02 (same as JWST 310) Jews and Christians in Antiquity MWF 3:00-3:50 PM
Prof. Lahey
The course will consider Jewish-Christian interaction for the first six centuries. Topics include disputation and polemic, laws and persecutions, and comparison of religious practices and Bible interpretation.

CLAS/JWST 314: The Epic Conflict of Saul and David TR 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Prof. Marquis

The biblical characters of Saul and David have inspired many works of art in painting, music, and literature. Yet the biblical source of these is seldom appreciated for the epic work of literature that it is. Most readings have concentrated on either the character of Saul or of David. The course will concentrate on the dynamics of the conflict between these two major characters as the primary narrative arch of the books of Samuel. A close reading of the biblical text will highlight narrative strategies of repetition, variation, and gradation that help define and give meaning to an epic story cycle portraying the conflict between two major characters in the corpus of biblical literature.

Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans Society

2006-10-19T17:28:00.000-05:00

On Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 8 pm, the AIA New Orleans Society is sponsoring a lecture by Professor Nancy T. de Grummond. Prof. de Grummond is a classical archaeologist who teaches at Florida State University. She will be speaking on "How to Bury a Scythian King." The lecture, at 8 pm, will be held in MILLER HALL 115 on the campus of Loyola University. The event is free and open to the public.

HBO's "Rome"

2006-09-25T17:02:00.000-05:00

The Tulane Classics Club will start showing the second half of HBO's "Rome" again. So mark your calendars for Thursdays.

Thursdays, starting 28 Sept.
6.30 pm
Jones 204, next to the Classics Dept.

The 28th will also be an informational meeting about the Club, including info on dues, t-shirt ideas, amongst other things.

Tell all of your friends. And contact Dylan Rogers (drogers3@tulane.edu) with any questions.

Summer Study Abroad

2006-09-22T13:17:00.000-05:00

Students interested in summer abroad programs in Classics should see Dr. Lusnia, especially if they want to find a program in Rome or Italy.

Upcoming Lectures

2006-09-22T13:13:00.000-05:00

The local society of the Archaeological Institute of America sponsors several lectures during the academic year. The first for this year is on Wednesday, October 25, at 8 pm. The speaker will be Prof. Nancy de Grummond of Florida State University. Her topic is "How to Bury a Scythian King."

The lecture will be held at Loyola University in Nunemaker Auditorium. Contact Prof. Connie Rodriguez, 504-865-2287, rodrigue@loyno.edu, for more information.

Welcome Back!

2006-08-27T16:45:00.000-05:00

The 2006-2007 school year is just beginning. I am trying to resume posting announcements and notes of interest to students, faculty, and others connected to the Classical Studies department here at Tulane. Watch this space for information on upcoming lectures, Classics club events, and the like.

Jones Hall, post-Katrina

2005-10-07T12:03:00.000-05:00

What you can't see in this picture are the multiple air ducts running into the building to help dry out the flooding that occurred in the basement of the structure. Looks kinda like the building is on life-support...

Pictures of Howard-Tilton Library

2005-10-07T08:45:00.000-05:00

Click the title link of this post to go to a collection of photos taken by Andy Corrigan of the main library at Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library. The last 5 show the basement losses. One photo in the collection also shows what looks like a piece of heavy plate glass that was driven through the wall of a faculty carrel on the 4th floor.

What's the Classical Studies faculty up to these days?

2005-10-04T09:39:00.000-05:00

Take a look at the comments posted here to find out what the faculty of Tulane's Department of Classical Studies are doing while scattered to the four winds following Hurricane Katrina.

Provost's Statement on Promotion & Tenure Reviews for 2005-6

2005-09-23T09:40:00.000-05:00

Provost Communication to all Deans

As we have discussed previously, all tenure clocks have been suspended for the 2005-2006 academic year as a result of catastrophic disruptions caused by Hurricane Katrina to our personal and academic lives. Therefore, for the 2005-06 academic year, there will be: a) no first year or second year reviews b) no third year reviews c) no promotion and tenure reviews d) no reviews for promotion to full professor e) no hearings of requests for reconsideration of last year’s unsuccessful third year reviews and/or promotion and tenure cases All faculty on the tenure track will have an extra year automatically added to their tenure clock. We ask that faculty seeking promotion to full professor wait for a more propitious time to seek promotion. For schools that have already convened their Promotion & Tenure committees or begun the review process for mid-year hires, please contact all involved as soon as possible. It is also important to contact external evaluators who may have already been asked for review letters, letting them know of this postponement. We will need their reviews next year. Please communicate this information to all your faculty, but especially to those coming up for either third-year review or promotion and tenure and those seeking reconsideration of negative decisions last year. This information should also be posted prominently in your websites.

Welcome to the Tulane Classical Studies Dept. Blog!

2005-09-22T10:52:00.000-05:00

We've created this blog to help keep our undergraduate and graduate students, majors and minors, faculty and other interested persons informed about the status of our department. Since we are now scattered across the face of the earth, we thought it would be good to have a central place for news and announcements about our activities in this post-Katrina world.

This blog is linked to our department web site (many thanks to Dr. Chris Brady for putting that back on the web for us!!), and we encourage our students, colleagues, and friends to visit both the blog and website regularly and to contact us whenever needed.

We will do our best to keep the information updated and accurate.

Tulane Classics

AIA New Orleans Society Archaeology Lecture

New Orleans Society of the Archaeological Institute of America

Department Colloquium

Women and the Construction of Male Identity in Tragic Recognition

Prof. Laura McClureUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison

Thursday, November 3, 2011

5:00 pm

Faculty Lounge, 114 Newcomb Hall

Classics Club & Eta Sigma Phi Lecture

Why study Classics?

Classics Club / Eta Sigma Phi: Spring Lecture

Classics Club / Eta Sigma Phi: KING CAKE & A LECTURE

Archaeology Lecture - February 21, 2011

The state of antiquities in Egypt

Tulane's president nominated to White House council

Classical Studies alum wins prize for innovation

AIA talk on November 2 at 8:00pm

Papyrology at U of Cincinnati

Classics Club Dinner & Movie Night

Archaeological Institute of America Lecture

Tulanians in Italy this summer

Classics Club Lecture

The Value of a Classics Major

Conservation & Field School opportunity

Archaic "palace" found at Gabii

Tulane in the Chronicle for Higher Education

Stand with Haiti

Classical content in the Sunday funnies

Upcoming Talk

Service Learning & archaeology at Tulane

Upcoming Murphy Institute lecture

Rome in the summer

Snow!

Classics Club: Like world domination?

History Department Talk

FYI: Classical Studies web site oddities

Classes to resume on Monday, Sept. 8

Tulane closing due to threat of Gustav

Congratulations, Graduates!!

Ostia Antica & Insulae

Hydraulic Systems of Athens!

Clash of the Titans

Georges Lecture, 7 pm on Monday, February 25

Archaeology Lectures – Spring 2008

Major Week: January 22-25

Lecture with Dr. Fred Naiden

Oct. 23 - Mummy Lecture!

November 12: AIA Lecture at Loyola

Watch "Rome - Season 2" with the Classics Club!

Welcome Back!

Weiss Presidential Fellow

Happy Birthday, Rome!

AIA New Orleans Society lecture

Georges Lecture

Onassis Foundation Lecture

4th Department Colloquium

Department Colloquium

I, Claudius

Departmental Colloquium

Wed. Jan. 31 at 5 pm: Archaeology Lecture

Classics Colloquium

Major Discovery in Rome

Summer grants

A Night at Troy, with Dr. Ken Harl

New courses for Spring 2007

Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans Society

HBO's "Rome"

Summer Study Abroad

Upcoming Lectures

Welcome Back!

Jones Hall, post-Katrina

Pictures of Howard-Tilton Library

What's the Classical Studies faculty up to these days?

Provost's Statement on Promotion & Tenure Reviews for 2005-6

Welcome to the Tulane Classical Studies Dept. Blog!

Prof. Laura McClure
University of Wisconsin - Madison