Join Us for Ancient Studies Week at UMBC!

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:49:48 -0400

Dear members of the Ancient Studies Community,

Ancient Studies Week 2024 will take place during the week of Oct. 7-11.

The annual Homerathon kicks off the week on Tuesday, Oct. 8, from 10:00 am-6:00 pm at the Forum in front of the Performing Arts and Humanities Building. Come and hear the more than 80 readers of Homer's Odyssey.

On Wednesday Oct. 9 between 7:00 and 9:00 pm in Performing Arts and Humanities 234, Ancient Studies faculty and students are reading Aristophanes' Assemblywomen, a comedy in which women take control of Athens and collectivize the ownership of property, but their accommodation of an odd proposal from the city's old men leads to unexpected trouble. A few more readers are needed. Contact Dr. Rosenbloom (dsrose@umbc.edu) if you would like to read a part. Pizza and soft drinks will be served at the event.

OnThursday Oct. 10 from 4:00-5:00 pm in the A.O. Kuhn Library Gallery, Professor Phillip Mitsis, Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization, Professor of Classics and Hellenic Studies, and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy and Medieval and Renaissance Studies at New York University will deliver the Ancient Studies Week Keynote Lecture, "Plato on the Morality of Hate." A reception will follow in the Library Gallery.

Ancient artifacts from the Department's Spiro collection will be displayed on Main Street in the Commons from 1:30 to 3:30 pm on Friday, Oct. 11.

Please see the attached flier.

We hope to see you all there!