Events

  • Classics and Archaeology High School Day

    Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | By

    On Saturday, April 6th, fourteen students (and three parents) from six high schools in the Niagara Region visited the Department to participate in Classics and Archaeology High School Day, an event organized by our Recruitment Committee.

    Katharine von Stackelberg, Angus Smith, Allison Glazebrook, Michael Carter, and Adam Rappold introduced students to ancient artifacts, Roman coins, the Greek alphabet, and traditions of games and play–including a scavenger hunt in the Department.  We hope the experience leads some of our visitors to choose Brock for their studies!

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  • Humanities Research Institute’s Spring Term Symposium

    Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | By

    The Department of Classics and Archaeology will be well represented at the Humanities Research Institute’s Spring Term Symposium, featuring in-progress work by graduate students and faculty in the Humanities. Nadine Brundrett and Michael Carter will present in the morning session, “Rediscovering a lost Roman inscription: From provenance to provenience for CIL X 1074.” In the afternoon Fanny Dolansky and M.A. student Sarah Murray will address, “Pedagogies in progress: Creating a Latin commentary for classroom use as a component of a Major Research Paper in Classics.” The full program is available here.

    Join the event in person on Monday, April 15, 2024, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. in the Charles A. Sankey Chamber or virtually via Lifesize. For best performance use the Chrome browser.

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  • Madelyn Huston to present at Mapping the New Knowledges

    Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | By

    Congratulations to Classics (Text and Culture) M.A. student Madelyn Huston, who will deliver a presentation titled “Briseis’ Lament and the Agency of Enslaved People” at Brock’s Mapping New Knowledges Research Conference on Wednesday, April 10th. The conference includes 21 paper sessions and a poster presentation featuring graduate and undergraduate research across campus, as well as a keynote address by Dr. Adam Dickinson (Department of English Language and Literature) titled, “Writing Metabolism: Art, Science, and Research Creation.” The full program is available here.

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  • Brock welcomed Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis for final 2023-24 AIA Lecture Series talk

    Wednesday, March 20, 2024 | By

    Brock welcomed a renowned guest on Friday, March 15, 2024 when Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis, CEO and Director of the Aga Khan Museum, gave a public lecture “An Alternate Perspective on “The Museum.” This was the closing event of Brock’s 2023-24 Public Lecture Series on Archaeology, sponsored by the Niagara Peninsula Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. Other topics this year included the Bronze Age Collapse of 1177 BCE, and the lives of early Black Canadians in Niagara. We look forward to more great public programming for our 2024-25 season!

    For more information on the Niagara Peninsula Society AIA please visit https://brocku.ca/humanities/classics/outreach/aia-niagara/.

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  • Join the Department’s Latin Table (Mensa Latina)

    Monday, February 12, 2024 | By

    In winter term 2022, the first gathering of the Mensa Latina was held in the department; now two years later, the Mensa Latina (Latin Table) is still going strong! Once a month, a group of undergraduate and graduate students interested in learning more about the Roman world and Latin and expanding their knowledge beyond the classroom meet with professors Sarah Parker and Fanny Dolansky to explore a wide range of topics. Previous sessions have focused on Roman humour; petkeeping; manuscripts and paleography; medicine and the body; and the poetry of Catullus and Martial. We’ve also tried our hands at playing Roman games and our tongues at speaking conversational Latin. On January 25, students learned about Roman satire; February 26 participants examine the calendar and Roman festivals. In the final meeting of the term on March 25, Dr. Katharine von Stackelberg introduces Roman cuisine and authentic Roman recipes from Apicius’ nearly two-thousand-year-old cookbook. No knowledge of Latin is required and everyone is welcome.

    Mensa Latina – Winter 2024 dates

    Students and faculty participate in the Mensa Latina.

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  • Humanities Graduate Student Symposium, “Narratives of Identity

    Monday, February 12, 2024 | By

    Kudos to Daniel Belanger, Miranda King, and Cassidy Robertson for their roles in the 2024 Humanities Graduate Student Symposium, “Narratives of Identity,” which took place on Saturday, February 10th. King spoke about “The Small Finds from the Sanctuary of Venus at Pompeii” in Panel 2: Voicing the Visual. Belanger presented, “Hepatitis Bee: The influence of Roman culture on their understanding of bee disease” in Panel 4: Negotiating Nature. Robertson served as Administrative Coordinator for the conference. Click here for more information about the papers and presenters in this celebration of Brock Humanities graduate student research.

    Humanities Graduate Student Symposium poster

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  • 10th annual Saturnalia makes Brock News

    Wednesday, December 07, 2022 | By

    The Department of Classics and Archaeology’s annual Saturnalia event marks its 10th anniversary and makes Brock News by bringing a taste of an ancient Roman experience to students:

    Brock University students are invited to experience a bit of ancient Roman Thursday, Dec. 8 when the Department of Classics and Archaeology holds its 10th annual Saturnalia event.

    Based on an ancient Roman festival, the event gives students the opportunity to connect with each other and with faculty in a fun environment while learning about the ancient Mediterranean world.

    “It’s an opportunity to embrace everyone’s company and celebrate that we’re a community of people who really love learning about ancient Greece and Rome,” says Fanny Dolansky, Associate Professor and one of the organizers for this year’s event.

    Continue reading here: Experience ancient Rome at Brock’s 10th annual Saturnalia

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  • All are invited as CLAS 4P69/5V55 present their research projects on Dec. 6th, 2022

    Thursday, December 01, 2022 | By

    The Department of Classics and Archaeology is proud to present “Peoples, Plants, and Panthers: Exploring Environment and Ethnography in Roman Expansion”, a presentation of research projects from CLAS 4P69/5V55 Empire and Environment.

    Tuesday, December 6th, 2022


    Poster Presentations, 1-2 pm, GLB 3rd floor

    “The Thracian Horseman in Imperial Roman Funerary Stelae: Appropriation or Appreciation?” Ethan Luckasavitch
    “The Mighty Crocodiles of Roman Egypt” Ashley Rydzik
    ExperienceBU event: https://experiencebu.brocku.ca/event/221683

    Graduate Symposium, 4-7pm, GLB 335

    4:00-4:05 Introduction
    4:05-4:35 “The Natural Resources of Anatolia: Experiential Empire in Pliny’s Natural History”, Madelyn Huston
    4:35-5:05 “The Lion & The Gladiator: Big Cats as Analogous to Subject Peoples”, Taylor Ménard
    5:05-5:20 Intermission
    5:25-5:55 “Syncretism and Imperium: Othering and Hybridization in the Imperial Cult of Provincial Achaea”, Sabrina Perreault
    5:50-6:20 “Jewish Perceptions of Rome: The Limits of Imperial Hegemony in Judaea”, Samantha Fisher
    6:20-6:50 “Ancient Truths and Modern Myths: Perceptions of Gallo-Roman Peoples Through French Museums”, Jessie Simpson
    6:50-7:00 Final Discussion and Closing Comments

    *The last ten minutes of each presentation slot are set aside for questions.
    Light refreshments will be served.
    ExperienceBU event: https://experiencebu.brocku.ca/event/221684

    All are welcome!

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  • Prof. Smith to Lead Study Tour to Greece in Summer 2023

    Wednesday, November 23, 2022 | By

    In the summer of 2023, the Department of Classics & Archaeology will offer CLAS/VISA 3M23 Study Tour of Greece. Students will spend 2-3 weeks touring the archaeological sites and museums of Greece to learn first-hand about the history and culture of the ancient Greek world. To express interest, and for updates and more information about the application process, please fill out the brief online form at: https://forms.office.com/r/0Td8VaVk0f

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  • Department Trip to the ROM to Kick off the New School Year

    Tuesday, November 15, 2022 | By

    On September 17th, 2022, a group of Classics and Archaeology students visited the Royal Ontario Museum to see Kore 670, visiting all the way from the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, and attend the Kore 670 – Up Close and Personal with the Ancient Greek World afternoon of talks, admiring and learning about Ancient Mediterranean artefacts and practices.

    Although Kore 670 has now returned to her home in Athens, the ROM’s virtual tour of the exhibit is still available online here.

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