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Prof. Smith Speaker at INSTAP SCEC Online Lecture

Thursday, December 01, 2022 | By jhawman

On November 16th, 2022, the latest lecture in the Fall 2022 Lecture Series at the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete was given by our very own Prof. R. Angus K. Smith. His talk, “The Neopalatial Pottery of Gournia: New Evidence from the Gournia Excavation Project,” spoke to new archaeological evidence uncovered at the recent excavations of Gournia. By examining the ceramic evidence, many changes in the site’s history have now been uncovered and can be understood in a new light.

This cutting-edge research shows what astounding work Prof. Smith, among other faculty, is conducting and what an exciting opportunity it is for Brock students to join in Brock excavations, such as those at Gournia.

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

Wednesday, November 23, 2022 | By egreene

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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Prof. Dolansky contributes chapter to new volume on the Roman emperor and his court

Monday, November 21, 2022 | By egreene

Drawing on her research interests in Roman domestic religion, Fanny Dolansky recently published a chapter titled “Religion and Divination at Court” in The Roman Emperor and His Court, c. 30 BC – AD 300, a volume of essays that explores aspects of court life and interactions between emperors and their courtiers in imperial Rome. She has also contributed several entries to a chapter on “Rituals and ceremonial” in the accompanying sourcebook volume where she examines literary and visual evidence for the participation of the emperor and his court, including members of the imperial family, in religious rituals such as the toga virilis ceremony to mark freeborn boys’ coming of age and the Saturnalia, a major year-end festival celebrated in December.

Learn more on the publisher’s website.

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Prof. Greene Keynote Speaker at Conference in Malta

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 | By jhawman

From November 2nd-6th, 2022, the Honor Frost foundation held the Under the Mediterranean II conference hosted by L-Università ta’ Malta. Kicking off the five-day conference, the Department of Classics and Archaeology’s own Professor Elizabeth S. Greene gave the keynote lecture “A Sea of Many Voices: Toward an Inclusive Maritime Heritage in Southeast Sicily” in collaboration with with Justin Leidwanger of Stanford University and Leopoldo Repola of the University of Naples. Once again, our faculty are showcasing the exceptional work and cutting-edge research that we do here at Brock University.

The Under the Mediterranean II conference full programme of events can be found here.

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

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 | By jhawman
On September 17^th, 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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Kore 670 – Up Close and Personal with the Ancient Greek World

Monday, August 22, 2022 | By jhawman

Join Professors Glazebrook and Smith (and others) for a public discussion of Kore 670!

Date: Saturday, September 17th, 2022
Time: 1:00 pm-5:30 pm
Where: Royal Ontario Museum

Advance registration is required.

For the program and registration see: https://www.rom.on.ca/en/whats-on/kore-670-up-close-and-personal-with-the-ancient-greek-world

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Promotion for Professor Elizabeth S. Greene

Thursday, July 07, 2022 | By jhawman

Congratulations to Professor Liz Greene on her promotion to full Professor! The Department is thrilled by the news and celebrates her achievement!

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Undergraduate Student Recipient of CAC Mosaic Scholarship

Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | By jhawman

Sukhmeet Dhur, an undergraduate student completing his second degree in Brock University’s Department of Classics and Archaeology, is the 2022 recipient of the Classical Association of Canada’s Mosaic Scholarship!

The Mosaic Scholarship seeks to encourage and support students from historically underrepresented groups in Canada, such as visible minorities and indigenous populations, in the discipline of Classics. Specializations within the general area of Classics, such as ancient history, ancient philosophy, and classical archaeology were eligible, with the main criterion being academic achievement. One scholarship is awarded each year.

Sukhmeet Dhur is the first Brock student to win the CAC’s Mosaic Scholarship! He will be using the award towards partaking in Dr. Angus Smith’s archaeological practicum in Crete this August.

Congratulations, Sukhmeet Dhur!

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Brock University well represented at annual Classical Association of Canada Conference

Thursday, May 12, 2022 | By jhawman

Brock Classics faculty and alumni have a strong showing at the annual meeting of the Classical Association of Canada happening in London, ON this week, May 13-15:

Jazz Demetrioff, now at SUNY Buffalo, presents “Locating the Greek Bathroom: The Relationship between Sanitation, Hygiene, and Defecation”

Jordan Garner, now Sustainability and Community Learning Specialist for St. George’s School, Montreal, presents “Pandora’s Discipline: Lessons from a former Classicist” at Use Your Skills: Alt-Ac Pathways for Students of the Ancient World

Allison Glazebrook, Brock University, presents “Engaging the Public Using Pressbooks”

Alison Innes, now Social Media Coordinator for the Faculty of Humanities, Brock University, and co-host of MythTake and host of Foreword, is participating in a roundtable on Podcasting the Classics in Canada

Matthew Ludwig, now at University of Toronto, presents “Characterization and Time in Sophocles’ Ajax”

Edward Middleton, now at McMaster University, presents “Urban Infrastructure and Resilience in Hellenistic Thessaly”

Adam Rappold, Brock University, presents “We Could Be Heroes: Heroization, Myth, and Forgetting in Aeschylus’ Persians”

Katharine T. von Stackelberg, Brock University, presents “Phew! I’m Not Pregnant!”: Large-Class Learning through Roleplay in a Roman Family”

Katharine T. von Stackelberg, Brock University, presents “Finding the Clitoris [in the Text]: Ecofeminist Approaches to Columella’s Garden”

For details on the conference, the full programme, abstracts, and registration see https://www.uwo.ca/classics/news/conferences/cac2022.html

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Peopling the Past: Ephemeral Heritage of Contemporary Mediterranean Displacement with Elizabeth S. Greene and Justin Leidwanger

Monday, May 02, 2022 | By jhawman

In light of the recent work by Dr. Elizabeth S Greene (Brock University) and Dr. Justin Leidwanger (Stanford University), Megan Daniels, of Peopling the Past: Real People in the Ancient World and the People who Study Them podcast and blog, interviewed the pair for their final Migration Month Blog Series. In the interview, they discuss their fieldwork undertaken alongside Dr. Leopoldo Repola (Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples) under the Marzamemi Maritime Heritage Project (MMHP), which focuses on the “ephemeral heritage” encompassed by seafaring vessels throughout time used to transport people and objects across the Central Mediterranean.

The whole interview can be read here: peoplingthepast.com/2022/04/29/blog-post-60-elizabeth-s-greene-and-justin-leidwanger/

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