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

    Monday, November 21, 2022 | By

    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

    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

    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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  • Kore 670 – Up Close and Personal with the Ancient Greek World

    Monday, August 22, 2022 | By

    Greek Art: “” Kore clothed with a peplon”” (Core) Marble sculpture of archaic period, 530 BC,

    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

    Elizabeth S. Greene

    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

    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

    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

    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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  • Undergraduate Students Celebrated at Floralia

    Tuesday, April 19, 2022 | By

    Back row (L-R): Sam Kelly, Daniel Belanger, John-Michael Bout, Kaylee Janzen
    Front row (L-R): Kathy Rye, Jessica Kroeze, Ashley Rydzik, Jessie Simpson
    Missing: Sukhmeet Dhur, Sarah Carlton Murray

    On Monday, April 11th, 2022 the Department of Classics and Archaeology at Brock University recognised the achievements of its undergraduate students at the annual Floralia. Pictured here are Sam Kelly, recipient of the Trine Varcoe Memorial Scholarship; Daniel Belanger, winner of the Classical Association of Canada Outstanding Student Award and the Geoffrey William Brown Memorial Prize; John-Michael Bout, winner of the Department of Classics Book Prize in Classical Studies; Kaylee Janzen, recipient of the Richard Parker Travel Award; Kathy Pye, winner of the Willowbank School of Restorations Arts/V. & K. Poulimenos Book Prize; Jessica Kroeze, winner of the David W. Rupp Practicum Award and the Studium Book Prize in Classics; Ashley Rydzik, winner of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South Outstanding Accomplishment Award (Undergraduate); and Jessie Simpson, recipient of the Willowbank School of Restoration Arts/V. & K. Poulimenos Practicum Award and the Department of Classics Book Prize in Anicent Art and Archaeology. Not pictured are Sukhmeet Dhur, winner of the David W. Rupp Practicum Award; and Sarah Carlton Murray, winner of the Society for Classical Studies Distinguished Student Award (Undergraduate). These awards are all stepping-stones to further success in their academic careers and we celebrate their success!

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  • Graduate Students Recognized at Floralia

    Tuesday, April 19, 2022 | By

    L-R: Liz Hoffer, Sabrina Perreault, Shakeel Ahmed, Sam Fisher

    On Monday, April 11th, 2022 the Department of Classics and Archaeology at Brock recognised the achievements of its graduate students at the annual Floralia. Pictured here are Liz Hoffer, recipient of the Danielle Anne Parks Memorial Scholarship; Sabrina Perrault, winner of a Faculty of Graduate Studies Research Fellowship and the Society for Classical Studies Distinguished Student Award (Graduate); Shakeel Ahmed, winner of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South Outstanding Accomplishment Award; and Sam Fisher, winner of a Faculty of Graduate Studies Research Fellowship. These awards are all stepping-stones to further success in their academic careers and we celebrate their success!

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