The Interdisciplinary Research Group in Antiquities brings together faculty and graduate students from Anthropology, Art and Art History, Classics, English, History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies for high-level, interdisciplinary dialogue on “antiquity,” broadly defined to include the ancient Greek and Roman worlds and other cultures around the Mediterranean basin, as well as west and south Asia and prehistorical cultures of the Americas. The group meets around 3 times per semester to discuss a pre-circulated piece of work, such as an article in progress or a dissertation or book chapter, by one of the members. In addition, we plan to host one nationally renowned scholar per year.

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Spring 2018

Thursday, Feb 1^st 12:30-1:30pm

Mihoko Suzuki, Director, Center for the Humanities and Professor of English

Title: Gender and Genre: Early Modern Women and Epic

Location: Richter Library, Center for the Humanities Conference Room, Suite 100

Wednesday, Feb 14^th 12:30-1:30pm

Gretel Rodriguez, ABD, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas

Title: The Iconography of Captives in Late Roman Monumental Art  

Location: Richter Library, Center for the Humanities Conference Room, Suite 100

Tuesday, March 20^th 12:30-1:30pm

Han Tran, Department of Classics

Title: When the Nereids Became Mermaids: Arnold Böcklin’s Paradigm Shift

Location: Ashe 511

Tuesday, April 24^th 12:30-1:30pm

Amy Koenig, Department of Classics   Title: The Tongueless Nightingale: Loss of Voice in   the Literature of the Roman Empire

Dr. Koenig will present material from her current book project, which explores the concept of muteness—the physical loss of voice and speech—in the literary imagination of imperial Rome, and ways in which it is much more than a simple synonym for disempowerment.

Location: Richter Library, Center for the Humanities Conference Room, Suite 100

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