Magie Lecture
The Ancient Historiography of Numa

Christopher Smith ~ University of St. Andrews, Scotland

Location: 010 East Pyne

Sponsored by the Program in the Ancient World

Lecture
Apollonius and the Reception of Epic

Nita Krevans ~ University of Minnesota

Location: 010 East Pyne

Thursday, 9th to

Saturday, 11th

Annual Meeting
"Classical Association of the AtlanticStates (CAAS) "

Location: Westin Hotel, Princeton

More details at: http://www.caas-cw.org/2008program.html

Friday, 10th

8:00 p.m.

CAAS - Welcome
To welcome our colleagues to Princeton, we will be hosting a visit to the Firestone special collections library. Don Skemer and Alan
Stahl will introduce the exhibits on The Greek Book and The Mint of Antioch, respectively. Reception in East Pyne to follow.

Location: Firestone Special Collections Library.

Wednesday, 15th

4:30 p.m.

Prentice Lecture
"Eros and Empire: Sallust, Virgil and the Narrative of Civil War"

John Marincola ~ University of Southern California

Location: 010 East Pyne

Wednesday, 15th

5:30 p.m.

AIA Lecture
"Christian Destruction and Desecration of Images in Classical Antiquity "

John Pollini ~ Florida State

Location: 106 McCormick Hall

Sponsored by The Archaeological Institute of America and the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

For more information contact Alan Stahl at 609-258-9127 or astahl@princeton.edu

Friday, 17th

1:30 p.m.

Workshop
"lliadic Themes in Cavafy, Kazantzakis, and Seferis"

Michael Paschalis ~ University of Crete, Visiting Fellow at HLS

Location: 103 Scheide Caldwell House

Sponsored by Hellenic Studies & the Department of Classics

Seminar, Mini Conference
Varium Et Elegans: A Seminar Conference on Varro's Menippean Satires

Peter Wiseman ~  University of Exeter

Elaine Fantham ~ Princeton University

Kirk Freudenburg ~ Yale University

James Ker ~ University of Pennsylvania

Location: Chancellor Green 105

Sponsored by the Department of Classics & the Council for Humanities

Lecture
"Varro and Cicero"

Peter Wiseman ~ Professor of Classics and Ancient History, Emeritus at the University of Exeter

Location: 010 East Pyne

Wednesday, 5th

4:30 p.m.

Lecture
'The Latin Intertexts (Virgil, Ovid) of Alexandre Dumas' Queen Margot'

Michael Paschalis ~ University of Crete, Visiting Fellow at HLS

Location: 161 East Pyne

Wednesday, 12th

4:30 p.m.

Lecture
"The Poem Against the Pagans: Solved at Last"

Alan Cameron ~ Columbia University

Location: 010 East Pyne

Wednesday, 19th

4:30 p.m.

Lecture
"The Smarter Many and the Best Few: Decision Making in the Athenian Democracy"

Gabriel Herman ~ Hebrew University

Location: 209 Scheide Caldwell House

Sponsored by the Program in the Ancient World

Friday, 21st

9:00 a.m. - Noon

Conference
Ancient Sparta Mini Conference

Thomas J. Figueira ~ Rutgers University

"Ethnogenesis at Sparta and in the Early Peloponnesus"

Paul Christesen ~ Dartmouth College

"Spartans and Scythians, a Meet of Mirages: The Portrayal of the Lycurgan Politeia in Iphorus' Histories"

Michael Flower & Nino Luraghi, Respondents

Location: Aaron Burr Hall, Room 219

Tuesday, 17th

4:30 p.m.

Lecture
Catullus 62

Stephen Heyworth ~ Wadham College, Oxford

Location: Chancellor Green 103

Wednesday, 18th

4:30 p.m.

Faber Lecture
Ancient Goods: the tria genera bonorum in ancient philosophy

Brad Inwood ~ University of Toronto

Location: 010 East Pyne  

Wednesday, 18th

5:30 p.m.

Lecture
The Looting of the Iraq Museum

Donny George ~ Joukowsky Lecturer, SUNY Stony Brook

Location: McCormick Hall 101

Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America & the Department of Classics  

Wednesday, 25th

4:30 p.m.

Lecture
"Why Read Latin Literature Through Japan? Reflections on Latecomers and Their Literary Histories"

Wiebke Denecke ~ Columbia University

Location: Chancellor Green 105

Wednesday, 11th

5:30 p.m.

Lecture
Roman Paintings in the Luxor Temple

Susan Auth ~ Independent Scholar

Location: McCormick Hall 106

Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America & the Department of Classics  

Tuesday, 31st

4:30 p.m.

Lecture
Bones and History

Dr. Peter Garnsey ~ Cambridge University

Location: 010 East Pyne

Sponsored by PAW

Wednesday, 1st

4:30 p.m.

Lecture
Greek Trials from Homer to Demosthenes

Gerhard Thuer ~ Graz University (currently with the Institute for Advanced Studies)

Location: 161 East Pyne

Thursday, 2nd

4:30 p.m.

Lecture
Justice as Giving Each His Due: Aristotle, Cicero, Ulpian

Dr. Peter Garnsey ~ Cambridge University

Location: 161 East Pyne

Sponsored by PAW

Wednesday, 15th

5:30 p.m.

Lecture
Monumental Tombs near Troy - Recent Discoveries

Brian Rose ~ University of Pennsylvania; President, Archaeological Institute of America

Location: McCormick Hall 101

Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America & the Department of Classics  

Wednesday, 22nd

4:30 p.m.

Lecture
"Rewriting History from Inscriptions: New Perspectives on Hadrian and the Bar Kochba Revolt"

Professor Werner Eck ~ University of Cologne

Location: 010 East Pyne

Sponsored by PAW

Wednesday, 29th

4:30 p.m.

Lecture
"Deus nobis haec otia fecit. "Recontextualizing" Virgil's bucolic deus"

Petra Schierl ~ Basel University. Visiting fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion

Location: 161 East Pyne