20 Thursday Apr 2023
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A video recording of Eric H. Cline’s lecture “1177 BC Revisited: Updating the Late Bronze Age Collapse” (April 13, 2023 at the University of Richmond) is available by clicking on the image above or using this link.
04 Tuesday Apr 2023
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Please join us on Thursday, April 13 at 6:00 pm for a lecture by
Professor of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at George Washington University
“1177 BC Revisited: Updating the Late Bronze Age Collapse”
Co-sponsored by the University of Richmond Department of Classical Studies,
the free lecture will be held in Jepson Hall 118 on the UR campus.
06 Monday Mar 2023
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Part of the AIA’s National Lecture Program, our March event will be held on Thursday, March 16 at 6 pm:
Emilia Oddo (Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Tulane University)
“In case of emergency, break pots: use and function of Marine Style pottery in Minoan Crete”
Abstract: Regarded as one of the most iconic and elegant ceramic styles of Crete, Marine Style vessels are included in general summaries of Minoan culture, together with other staple images of the Palace at Knossos and the bull-leaping fresco. The depictions of elaborate octopi with tentacles embracing the pot’s surface or nautili plunged in a landscape of rocks and seaweed are striking and hard not to consider artistic products. So, why do we find so little Marine Style in Crete? And why is it commonly found in shattered, not mendable, pieces? Something does not add up. This lecture takes you on a journey through the strange and elusive phenomenon that is Marine Style pottery. We will investigate who made Marine Style pots and for what purpose; we will explore how Marine Style was used and where. In the end, you will see that Marine Style was everything but typical.
Co-sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Richmond, the free lecture will be held in Jepson 109 (just down the hall from our usual location).
26 Thursday Jan 2023
Our first lecture of 2023 will be held on WEDNESDAY (not Thursday as usual), February 8 at 6 pm:
Chris Motz (Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Richmond)
“Connecting Ecology, Economy, and Craft in the Roman Fish-Salting Industry”
Co-sponsored by the University of Richmond Department of Classical Studies, the free lecture will be held in Jepson Hall 118 on the UR campus.
The lecture will be preceded by a reception honoring the Mediterranean Society of America, 5:15 – 6:00 pm in the same location.
09 Monday Jan 2023
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Please join us this Thursday evening for a special tour!
Thursday, January 12 at 6pm
Note: Meet in the Ancient Mediterranean Gallery
Join Dr. Peter Schertz, Curator of Ancient Art, for a tour of new acquisitions and installations in the Ancient Mediterranean Gallery!
Following the tour, we will head to Best Café for libations and conversation.
16 Wednesday Nov 2022
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Tomorrow’s lecture by Sonia Alconini on “Rethinking Andean and Amazonian Relations” will also be viewable via Zoom at https://urichmond.zoom.us/j/81025759227.
04 Friday Nov 2022
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On Thursday, November 17 at 6 pm, Dr. Sonia Alconini (Professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia) will present “Rethinking Andean and Amazonian Relations: The Taypi Yungas as Spaces of Encounter, Ethnogenesis and Sociopolitical Transformations.” Co-sponsored by the University of Richmond Department of Classical Studies, the free lecture will be held in Jepson Hall 118 on the UR campus.
11 Tuesday Oct 2022
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Due to illness, Jack Gary’s lecture scheduled for this Thursday (Oct. 13) has been postponed to a future date, yet to be determined. We wish him a quick recovery and look forward to hosting him at another time. We will post an update here when we know more, and you can join our email list for notifications by using the ‘Contact’ form (accessed through the tab above).
03 Monday Oct 2022
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Please join us for our first lecture of the academic year (and our first in-person event since Feb. 2020!): on Thursday, October 13 at 6 pm, Jack Gary (Director of Archaeology at Colonial Williamsburg) will present “Restoring Faith: Community Archaeology and the Search for America’s Oldest Black Baptist Church” (click here for recent news coverage of the project). Co-sponsored by the University of Richmond Department of Classical Studies, the free lecture will be held in Jepson Hall 118 on the UR campus.
11 Sunday Sep 2022
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Free lectures co-sponsored by the University of Richmond Department of Classical Studies
Lectures will be held at 6 pm in 118 Jepson Hall, 221 Richmond Way, Richmond, VA 23173. For directions and parking, see https://www.richmond.edu/visit/.
Thursday, October 13 – Jack Gary (Colonial Williamsburg), “Restoring Faith: Community Archaeology and the Search for America’s Oldest Black Baptist Church” (click here for recent news coverage of the project) [POSTPONED]
Thursday, November 17 – Sonia Alconini (University of Virginia), “Rethinking Andean and Amazonian Relations: The Taypi Yungas as Spaces of Encounter, Ethnogenesis and Sociopolitical Transformations”
WEDNESDAY, February 8 – Chris Motz (University of Richmond), “Connecting Ecology, Economy, and Craft in the Roman Fish-Salting Industry”
Thursday, March 16 – Emilia Oddo (Tulane University), “In case of emergency, break pots: use and function of Marine Style pottery in Minoan Crete”
Thursday, April 13 – Eric Cline (George Washington University), “1177 BC Revisited: Updating the Late Bronze Age Collapse”
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