The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
The Annual AIA Joukowsky Lecture
Fête champêtre: Ritual Consumption in the Greek Countryside - Dr. Catherine Morgan
When: Wednesday, February 10th, 5:30pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. For details on how to attend, please click here.
Description: A lecture by Dr. Catherine Morgan, Professor of Classics and Archaeology, All Souls College, University of Oxford.
For the event poster, please click here.

The Tech Classical Society:
Meeting
When: Thursday, February 11th, 4:30
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. For details on how to attend, please see the TCS Facebook page, or contact the TCS president.
Description: TCS will introduce the newest officers, discuss plans for the upcoming semester, and have short discussion about Classics from our very own Dr. Roy! Any and all Classics majors and minors are invited and welcome, as well as anyone with an interest in Classical Antiquity. We cannot wait to see all of you there!

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
The Cost of Invisible Labor in Archaeology - Dr. Allison Mickel
When: Thursday, March 4th, 4:00pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. For details on how to attend, please click here.
Description: A lecture by Dr. Allison Mickel, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Lehigh University.
"Communities living on and around archaeological sites have, for centuries, provided much of the manual labor necessary for archaeological excavations to proceed. This is particularly true in the Middle East, but is a tradition in other regions as well--Central and South America, notably, as well as sub-Saharan Africa. In this talk Dr. Mickel will discuss how historical and ethnographic research reveals the long-term effects of this legacy, on both the communities involved and on archaeological research itself."

The Tech Classical Society Presents:
Meeting and Guest Lecture by Dr. Christopher Witmore 
When: Tuesday, March 23rd, 4:30pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. For details on how to attend, please see the TCS Facebook page, or contact the TCS president.
Description: TCS will have an exciting meeting, including an update on the T-shirt design contest and featuring an engaging guest lecture from our very own Dr. Witmore! Dr. Witmore will be speaking on the movement of fast and slow governments through Argos and Pyrrhus. Any and all Classics majors and minors are invited and welcome, as well as anyone with an interest in Classical Antiquity. We cannot wait to see all of you there! For more information, please click here.

The Classics Program Presents:
Ancient Greek Info Session and Gathering
When: Wednesday, March 24th, 2-3:30pm
Location: Outdoor, at the fountain between the CMLL, English/Philosophy, and Education buildings
Description: Are you interested in finding out more about learning Ancient Greek at Texas Tech? Come to an information session with current students and faculty! For more information, please click here.

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
Asserting Ownership: Knossos and the Case against Sir Arthur Evans - Dr. Aimee Genova
When: Thursday, March 25th, 5:30pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. For details on how to attend, please click here.
Description: A lecture by Dr. Aimee Genova, Research Fellow, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University.
“The archaeological site of Kefala Hill-Knossos is largely associated with Sir Arthur Evans's excavations that began in 1900 and his “Minoan” classification of the Bronze Age civilization of Crete. However, interest in the site began much earlier partly due to Minos Kalokairinos's first excavation of the site in 1878/9 and the objects he recovered as the first local excavator. Subsequently, the land entitlement to Kefala Hill-Knossos became the center of a legal complaint filed by Kalokairinos on 30 June 1907. This talk will address the “ownership” of Knossos both in terms of the legal permissions involved, as well as the incorporation of the site into Eurocentric narratives and the political tensions brought on by foreign archaeological influence before the island's annexation to the Kingdom of Greece.” 

Texas Tech University's Classics Program presents: 
Interplay of Spectacle in the Roman Arena 
An Undergraduate Research Conference  
When: Saturday, April 17th [Postponed on account of COVID.]
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. For details on how to attend, please contact Dr. Roy. 
Description:
The Roman Arena is a space of dynamic interplay, in which multiple sights, sounds and smells, competing points-of-view, and individual and collective positionings, all continually impinge upon, and negotiate with, each other. In this conference, we aim to bring together a diverse group of treatments of such matters as the gladiatorial munus, wild animal venationes, executions and other spectacles, focusing upon the bodies, gazes and movements of the arena's participants—gladiators, venatores and damnati; emperors and other editores; and the multifarious spectators who flock to watch them. The conference is especially interested in the period 250 BCE-250 CE. Featured respondents: Dr. David Larmour (Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Classics at TTU) and Ms. Cait Mongrain (Doctoral candidate at Princeton, TTU MA ‘15, BA ‘12).
For the conference announcement please click here.
For more information, please click here.

The Tech Classical Society Presents:
Meeting with Guest Lecture by Kathleen Lloyd
When: Monday, April 19th, 4:00pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. For details on how to attend, please see the TCS Facebook page, or contact the TCS president
Description: TCS will have an exciting meeting, featuring an engaging guest lecture from Kathleen Lloyd! She will discuss how she went from an archaeology student to being a Space Policy Advisor in the Department of Defense and the US Space Force. If you're studying Classics, even the sky is not the limit! Any and all Classics majors and minors are invited and welcome, as well as anyone with an interest in Classical Antiquity. We cannot wait to see all of you there!

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
Community Formation and Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean - Dr. Catherine Steidl
When: Thursday, April 22nd, 5:30pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. For details on how to attend, please click here.
Description: A lecture by Dr. Catherine Steidl, Scholar-in-Residence, The Bruce D. Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization, University of Colorado Boulder. “In this lecture Dr. Steidl asks: Who were the Greeks? How Greek were they? And were they Greek at all? As they settled around the Mediterranean in the first millennium BCE, Greek colonists came into contact with new neighbors on every shore. With few relevant texts, and our only historical accounts written centuries later, we must rely on material evidence to investigate those cross-cultural contacts, and what it meant to be Greek (or not) in the first place. This lecture presents a new approach to studying ancient identity that considers not the labels we apply to people, but their daily activities and experiences, as the key to understanding who they were and how they experienced the world.”

The Humanities Center at Texas Tech presents:
Lucretius On Animals: A talk on thinking about animals and thinking with animals in ancient Rome and today - Dr. Pamela Zinn
When: Wednesday, April 28th, 12:00pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. For details on how to attend, please click here.
Description: A Faculty Fellows talk in the Spring 2021 Virtual Brown Bag Series, by our own Dr. Pamela Zinn, Assistant Professor of Classics, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University. For more information, please click here. 

The Tech Classical Society:
Annual General Meeting
When: Tuesday, September 29th, 4pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. For details on how to attend, please see the TCS Facebook page.
Description: All former, current, and prospective TTU Classics students welcome!

Organized by the TTU Classics Graduate Students:
EOS Special Session of READS - TTU Session
When: Tuesday, September 29th, 4pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. Advance registration required.
Description: For a description, please click here.

CMLL Junior Faculty Research Showcase, Part I
When: Friday, October 2nd, 3-5pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. Internal event.
Description: Including Dr. Linda Gosner, Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University.

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
The Anatomy of an Ancient Naval Battle - Dr. William M. Murray
When: Thursday, October 29th, 5:30pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. For details on how to attend, please click here.

Description: A lecture by Dr. William M. Murray, Mary and Gus Stathis Professor of Greek History, Department of History, University of South Florida. Professor Murray writes:

“Toward the end of the First Punic War (264-241 B.C.), the Romans made a final effort to gain control of Western Sicily. They built new ships to make up for the losses of previous years and redoubled their efforts to gain control of Carthaginian strongholds, which they placed under siege. In response, the Carthaginians outfitted a relief fleet of warships and transports, which they loaded with supplies. On 10 March, 241 B.C., the Roman fleet destroyed this relief force as it sailed in from the west in what proved to be the last sea battle of the First Punic War.

Guided by a fisherman's recovery of a single bronze warship ram, the Sicilian Soprintendenza del Mare initiated a joint underwater project with RPM Nautical Foundation in 2005 and, together, they found the ancient debris field of the battle—the first ever discovered from an ancient sea battle. After two decades of research, only a portion of the full battle zone has been discovered and mapped. Rich in finds (23 bronze rams, 30+ helmets, multiple sword concretions, hundreds of amphoras destined for the troops ashore, etc.), this site allows us to attempt what has never before been possible, the analysis of an actual sea battle with reference to both historical texts and physical evidence. Guided by this goal, the lecture will detail the stages of a typical naval battle before introducing the peculiarities and problems posed by the new Egadi evidence.”

CMLL Work in Progress Workshop
When: Friday, October 23rd, 3-5pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. Internal event.
Description: Featuring Dr. Linda Gosner, Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University.

CMLL Junior Faculty Research Showcase, Part II
When: Friday, November 6th, 3-5pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. Internal event.
Description: Including Dr. William Tortorelli, Assistant Professor of Practice in Classics, and Dr. Pamela Zinn, Assistant Professor of Classics, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University.

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
Late Roman Galilee: The Preliminary Results of the Huqoq Excavation Project - Dr. Daniel Schindler
When: Thursday, January 30th, 5:30pm
Location: BIOL 101
Description: A lecture by Dr. Daniel Schindler, Instructor of Classics, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University.

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
Taking to the Water: New Evidence and New Debates about the Earliest Seafaring in the World - Dr. John Cherry
When: Thursday, February 27th, 5:30pm
Location: BIOL 101
Description: A lecture by Dr. John Cherry, Joukowsky Family Professor of Archaeology and Classics, the Joukowsky Institute at Brown University. Dr. Cherry writes: "Until quite recently, archaeologists have supposed that the seas and oceans represented a barrier to human dispersal, and that islands were among the last places on earth to be colonized by people, only fairly recently, as part of the worldwide spread of modern humans. But is that picture still correct? Startling new data have come to light just in the last few years, in parts of the Mediterranean and in island Southeast Asia, that have been claimed as evidence for a far longer antiquity for seafaring, reaching back hundreds of thousands, and perhaps as much as a million years. Naturally, these claims have attracted widespread attention and much discussion — and not only among archaeologists. | This lecture outlines what we know, with reasonable certainty, about patterns of global maritime dispersal in the past few tens of thousands of years, before turning to present the new evidence and its strengths and weaknesses. In trying to understand it, we will need to consider information (amongst other things) from ethnographic analogy, experimental seafaring, and our current knowledge of the relative configurations of land and sea over the course of the Pleistocene era. Some of the bold assertions made in the past few years require more supporting data before they can be accepted. That cautious conclusion does not detract from the excitement and importance of this fast-moving field of research in archaeology."
Co-Sponsored by the Humanities Center, the Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures, the Department of History, and the Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Social Work.

The Classics Research Forum
When: Wednesday, March 4th, 5-6:20 pm
Location: Qualia Room, CMLL Building
Description: presentations of research in Classics and related topics:
Yesenia Brambila, Classics MA Program, "Where do the dead go? Places of the Afterlife in Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus, 151-215".
Joshua Kulseth, English/Creative Writing (Poetry) PhD Program, "Place Matters: the temporal and spatial linguistics of Michael Longley's The Stairwell".
For more information, please contact Dr. David Larmour.

The Classics Research Forum: Satirical Bodies
When: Wednesday, March 11th, 5-6:30 pm
Location: Qualia Room, CMLL Building
Description: Presentations of research in Classics and related topics:
Maurice Gonzales, Classics MA Program, " Juvenal's Odysseus: The "Correct" Way to Satirize Stoics".
Prof. Matthew Hunter, Dept. of English, TTU, " Bodies Public: Satire, Style, and Vicarious Relations in Early Modern England".
For more information, please contact Dr. David Larmour.

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
An Uncaptured Sardinia? Mobility and Connectivity the Coastal and Inland Landscapes of Ancient West-Central Sardinia - Dr. Linda Gosner
When: Thursday, March 12th, 5:30pm
Location: BIOL 101
Description: A lecture by Dr. Linda Gosner, Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Scholar, Michigan Society of Fellows, University of Michigan.

Physicians and Medical Practice in the Roman Empire - Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis
When: Thursday, April 2nd, Time TBA
Location: TBA
Description: A lecture by Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis, Lecturer, Department of Ancient Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Dr. Jones-Lewis writes: "If you lived in the Roman empire and needed medical care, what would your options look like? If you were an ancient physician, how would you go about building a practice and gaining your patients' trust? How would your ethnicity, gender, and social class impact your career in a highly competitive medical marketplace? This talk will discuss the ways in which ancient people (including women) pursued a medical career and the role that patronage and slavery played in laying the foundations of modern medical risk management. We will also discuss how Roman law and policy impacted the working conditions, protections, and liabilities of physicians."

Arachne's Threads: Spinning and Fiber in the Ancient Mediterranean - Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis
When: Friday, April 3rd, Time TBA
Location: TBA
Description: A demonstration by Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis, Lecturer, Department of Ancient Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Dr. Jones-Lewis writes: "We wear them everyday; thousands of threads knotted and woven together by machines, a process removed from our lives and surroundings. But before the Industrial Revolution, spinning was a ubiquitous activity and fabric production was a major part of household economies. Spinning tools and techniques are central to understanding ancient lives, and spinning literacy is a valuable aid to appreciating ancient literature. This demo focuses on the way that wool and flax fibers were spun in the Roman empire using a reproduction spindle and distaff. We will also explore the ways that artistic and literary evidence can be used to reconstruct ancient spinning practices through experimental archaeology."

"Make yourself a Hercules": Antiquity, Modernity, and Physical Culture - Dr. Peter Miller
When: Thursday, April 16th, 5pm
Location: CMLL 105
Description: A lecture by Dr. Peter Miller, Assistant Professor of Classics, Department of Classics, University of Winnipeg.

Title TBA - Dr. Peter Miller
When: Friday, April 17th, Time TBA
Location: TBA
Description: A research talk for Classics by Dr. Peter Miller, Assistant Professor of Classics, Department of Classics, University of Winnipeg.

TTU Classics Day
When: TBA
Location: TBA
Description: TTU Classics hosts local high schools for a day of Greek and Roman culture, crafts, games, and more! For more information, please contact Dr. William Tortorelli.

TTU Classical Society Movie Nights
TBA

For our graduate workshop series, please see the graduate workshop page.

More events and information to follow.

Classics at the CMLL Passport Party
When: Wednesday, August 21st, 1-2pm
Location: CMLL Building Lobby
Description: This is an official Raider Welcome 2019 event. Students can get information on CMLL's academic programs, student organizations, and study abroad programs. While learning about all that CMLL has to offer, students will get their 'Passport' stamped, meet the faculty, and enjoy snacks and conversation with people who share their interests. There will be door prizes, photographers, social media opportunities, and more!

Classics at the Study Abroad Fair
When: Thursday, Sept. 19th, 10am-3pm
Location: SUB Ballroom
Description: Classics will be promoting its new summer Study Abroad Program in Siracusa, Italy, beginning Summer I 2020 (May 31st to June 30th). The program is open to Honors students and Classics majors and minors. For more details, click here.

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
A Classicist on Easter Island - Professor David Larmour
When: Thursday, September 26th, 5:30pm
Location: CMLL 105
Description: Dr. Larmour, Horn Professor of Classics, Texas Tech University and Honorary Professor, Classics, Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Birmingham, will read the landscape and sights of Rapa Nui through a classical lens, with particular reference to gazing at moai statues, the heroic "Birdman Contest", and admonitory narratives of environmental degradation. For the event poster, please click here.

Distinguished Visiting Speaker in Classics:
Dr. Maureen J. Alden, Former Senior Lecturer in Classics, Queen's University of Belfast; Research Associate of Trinity College, Dublin.
When: October 8-14th
Location: See below
Description: Dr. Alden is author of such notable works as Para-Narratives in the Odyssey: Stories in the Frame (Oxford 2017) and Homer Beside Himself: Para-Narratives in the Iliad (Oxford 2001). Her visit thus represents an opportunity for us to engage with a world-famous scholar of Homer and the epic tradition. She also has expertise in the classical resonances within contemporary Irish poetry.

The TTU Classical Society presents:
Odysseus, the Cyclops, and the Seven Sages: Performing Wisdom in Tight Corners - Dr. Maureen Alden
When: Tuesday, Oct 8th, 5pm
Location: CMLL Qualia Room
Description: The annual TTU Classical Society talk. For the event poster, click here.

Babies in Iliad Book 6: Astyanax and Dionysus - Dr. Maureen Alden
When: Thursday, Oct 10th, 2-4pm, EDUC 340
Location: Dr. Larmour's Graduate Seminar
Description: Dr. Alden will give a seminar on Homer. This seminar will be open to Classics graduate students and faculty.

The TTU Humanities Center presents:
Michael Longley's 'Ceasefire' and the Iliad - Dr. Maureen Alden
When: Monday, Oct 14th, 5.30-7.00pm
Location: ENGL 201
Description: Dr. Alden will speak on Homer's Iliad and the contemporary poet Michael Longley. Michael Longley's Ceasefire made what the poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill described as 'its first electrifying appearance' in The Irish Times on Saturday 3rd September 1994, after the Irish Republican Army announced a ceasefire from midnight on 31st August 1994. The poem 'was dynamic and rippled right through the community, both North and South, having a galvanising effect' as people struggled with the difficulty of overcoming the past, of trying to break a cycle of violence. Ceasefire connects the Trojan War with the worst atrocities of the Northern Irish 'Troubles'. This talk is open to the public.

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
Storing and Packaging for the Roman Empire - Dr. Caroline Cheung
When: Wednesday, Oct 9th, 5:30 pm
Location: EDUC 001
Description: Dr. Caroline Cheung, Assistant Professor of Classics, Princeton University. 'Rome's far-flung territorial empire had a sophisticated regime for the storage and distribution of food to feed the city of Rome. Before refrigeration and major advances in transportation, the orchestration of this colossal apparatus relied heavily on artisans, farmers, porters, and other workers living in the shadow of the epicenter of a Mediterranean empire. This talk examines the storage and packaging containers and their industries for the Roman wine trade, with special focus on the dolium, the largest type of container in antiquity. Used primarily for the fermentation and storage of wine, dolia were expensive and labor-intensive investments. Studying dolia brings to light the ingenuity, cross-craft fertilizations, collaborations, and social and economic constraints of humble craftspeople living and working in the Roman Empire.'

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
Tiwanaku - Dr. Anna Guengerich and Dr. John Janusek
When: Thursday, Nov 7th, 5:30 pm
Location: CMLL 105
Description: Dr. Guengerich, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, and Dr. Janusek, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University. TBA.
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures and the Department of Sociology and Social Work.

Distinguished Visiting Speaker in Classics:
Professor Paul Allen Miller, Carolina Distinguished Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, University of South Carolina
When: Monday, November 11th
Location: See below
Description: Professor Miller, at last count, was author of 9 books and 14 edited volumes on a range of literary, comparative, theoretical and psychoanalytical subjects. His visit thus represents an opportunity for us to engage with a scholar of interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary renown.

Horace, the Roman Socrates - Prof. Paul Allen Miller
When: Monday, November 11th, 12-1pm
Location: CMLL Qualia Room
Description: Professor Miller will give a lunchtime seminar on Horace for Classics students and faculty.

Plato as World Literature - Prof. Paul Allen Miller
When: Monday, November 11th, 5 pm
Location: CMLL Qualia Room
Description: Professor Miller will present a public lecture on Plato as world literature. A Platonic world view generally undergirds our assumptions about what it means to do science, what it means to have an evidence-based attitude toward the world, and what we understand to constitute the truth: a correspondence between my perception of objects in the world and the categories we use to define them. Plato is world literature not simply because Plato is read all over the world, but more significantly that Plato through a profound imaginative and poetic act of creativity brought our world into being.
For more information, click here.

Weekly Classics Study Hall
When: Mondays, 2-4pm
Location: CMLL 119
Description: The Tech Classical Society offers a dedicated study hall for Classics students at all levels to gather over snacks and study Latin and Greek together. Students of all levels and in all classes are welcome, although the focus will be on the languages. For more information, contact: Tech Classical Society or Dr. Sydnor Roy.

Addressing Racism in Classics: A workshop and discussion forum
When: Monday, January 28th, 2-3:30 pm
Location: Qualia Room
Description: For more information and reading materials, contact Dr. Sydnor Roy.

Roman Archaeology Job Talk I
When: Tuesday February 12th, 4:45-5:45pm
Location: Qualia Room

Roman Archaeology Job Talk II
When: Friday February 15th, 4:30-5:30pm
Location: Qualia Room

Roman Archaeology Job Talk III
When: Monday February 18th, 4:30-5:30pm
Location: Qualia Room

The TTU Institute for the Study of Western Civilization presents:
Boethius and His Legacy - Dr. Kenneth Hawley
When: Monday February 25th, 6:00pm
Location: Escondido Theater, SUB
Description: Dr. Kenneth Hawley, Professor of English and Director of the Brian S. Donaghey Center for Boethian Studies, Lubbock Christian University, notes: The early sixth century philosopher Boethius has been described as "the last of the ancients and the first of the medievals". He certainly constitutes a major link between those two thought worlds. Boethius made a great contribution to early medieval philosophy through his translations of Plato and other thinkers from Greek to Latin. But his major original work, "The Consolations of Philosophy" both inspired and deeply worried his medieval readers. Why this was so, together with Boethius general significance as a critical bridge between two ages, will be the subject of Dr. Hawley's Lecture.

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
Booms and Busts in the Prehistoric Landscapes of the Mazi Plain - Dr. Alex Knodell
When: Wednesday March 20th, 5:30pm
Location: EDUC 0001
Description: Dr. Alex Knodell, Assistant Professor of Classics and Archaeology, Carleton College will present on ancient landscapes of the Mazi plain, located in Northwest Attica in Greece.
Co-sponsored with the Department of History, the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work, and the Humanities Center

The TTU ''The Animal' in the Humanities Working Group' presents:
Animal/Language: An Interdisciplinary Conference
When: Thursday March 21st - Saturday March 23rd
Location: Student Union Building, English, Landmark Arts Gallery, and Livestock Arena.
Description: The conference brings together scholars from many disciplines to explore the complicated relationships that animals and language have with one another in human understanding. It includes papers by distinguished Classicists from all over the world.

The TTU Institute for the Study of Western Civilization presents:
The Invention of Practical Rationality - Dr. Josiah Ober
When: Wednesday March 27th, 6:00 pm
Location: Senate Room, Student Union Building
Description: Dr. Josiah Ober, Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Professor of Political Science and Classics, Stanford University, will treat the development of 'practical reason' in Classical Greece.

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
The Via Pumpaiiana: A Biography - Dr. Eric E. Poehler
When: Thursday April 4th, 5:30 pm
Location: MEN 00132
Description: Dr. Eric E. Poehler, Associate Professor, Department of Classics, University of Massachusetts - Amherst will present the AIA National Lecture on the Via Pumpaiiana in ancient Pompeii.
Co-sponsored with the Department of History, the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work

The Judean Alexander Romance - Dr. Ory Amitay
When: Thursday, April 11th, 5-6:30pm
Location: Qualia Room
Description: Dr. Amitay, Dept of History, Univ. of Haifa, will query the relatively little known epsilon version of the Alexander Romance to reconstruct a "new" ancient source, written during the brief period of Seleukid rule in Judea. For more information click here.
Co-sponsored by the Departments of CMLL and History, The Humanities Center at TTU, The Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association of West Texas and Eastern New Mexico, The Institute for the Study of Western Civilization at TTU, and the TTU Classical Society

The TTU Institute for the Study of Western Civilization presents:
The Origins of the Silk Route - Professor Jeremy McInerney
When: Wednesday April 24th, 6:00pm
Location: Qualia Room, Foreign Language Building
Description: Dr. Jeremy McInerney, Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania writes: "By the second century AD the sporadic episodes of population movement and cultural contact across the central Euarasian Steppes had given way to the development of a complex trade network: the Silk Route. The working hypothesis of this paper is that this transformation was accomplished by Alexander the Great. While in the Upper Satrapies, Alexander learned of a vast territorial empire beyond the Pamir Mountains. The cost of territorial expansion into western China, however, was prohibitively expensive, and unnecessary provided he could secure the wealth of the silk route trade by the control of nodes along the network. This led, I argue, to the founding of cities as "trade and tax" stations, such as Merv and Khojend, facilitating the transformation of the Silk Route from a scattered, intermittent and episodic contact region into a fully fledged trade zone, driving the growth of major imperial states at either end (Rome, China) as well as fueling the rise of intermediate states (Parthia and Kushan). If this is correct then it makes necessary a reevaluation of ancient concepts of imperial hegemony: Hellenistic empires, like the Seleucids', were based not on the acquisition of land, but on resource extraction and controlling the flow of goods through strategic corridors of territory."

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
Fresh from the Field: Mapping a Newly Recorded Maya Ceremonial Center - Dr. Brett Houk
When: Thursday April 25th, 5:30 pm
Location: MEN 00132
Description: Dr. Brett Houk, Associate Professor of Archaeology, Texas Tech University will present cutting edge research on a previously unrecorded Maya ceremonial center.

Why We Drink Alcohol: A Paleogenetic Approach to Understanding Alcohol and Alcoholism - Dr. Matthew Carrigan
When: Friday May 3rd, 5:00pm
Location: Escondido Theater, SUB
Description: Dr. Matthew Carrigan, Department of Natural Sciences, Santa Fe College, will discuss the evolution of the genes involved in alcohol metabolism to ask questions about why our primate ancestors first sought out ethanol as a dietary benefit, presumably because ethanol was present in fermenting fruit. In much the same way we are wired to enjoy sugar, salt, and fat, ethanol addiction may arise from over-consumption of a resource that was once scarce but important. This talk will explore how paleogenetics can inform us about the evolutionary underpinnings of modern medical problems such as alcoholism. Dr. William Tortorelli, of TTU's Classics program, will discuss the relevance of Dr. Carrigan's work for our understanding of the role of inebriants in the history of civilization.
Co-sponsored by the Honors College, The Humanities Center, The Departments of Biological Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management, and Plant and Soil Science - program in Viticulture and Enology

"Saturday Seminar"
When: TBD, either Saturday April 27th or Saturday May 4th
Location: TBD
Description: An event for local K-12 Classics teachers and those interested in teaching at the K-12 level. Presentations on new areas of research in Classics and on pedagogy. For more information, contact Dr. Sydnor Roy.

Weekly Classics Study Hall
When: Mondays 4-6pm
Location: Varies. Please see the Tech Classical Society Facebook page for announcements. (link to Facebook page).
Description: A dedicated time for Classics students at all levels to gather over snacks and study Latin and Greek together. For more information, contact: Tech Classical Society or Dr. Sydnor Roy

Classics at CMLL Passport Party
When: Wednesday August 22nd, 1:00-3:00pm
Location: Foreign Language Building, main lobby
Description: Welcome to prospective students of Classical languages and cultures. Part of RaiderWelcome 2018.

"Lawgivers or Tyrants? Plutarch's Lives and the contested status of the "Founding Fathers" in Revolutionary-era America" - Dr. Sydnor Roy
When: Monday September 17th 2018, 5:30pm
Location: Senate Room, SUB
Description: Dr. Roy, Assistant Professor of Classics, Texas Tech University will be giving this talk as part of the Institute for Western Civilization's program on the Constitution and the American Character.
~For more information, click here

'Taming the Desert: The Brown University Petra Terraces Project' - Mr. Evan Levine
When: Thursday, September 27th 2018, at 5:30pm
Location: EDUC 0001
Description: Mr. Levine, PhD Student, JIAAW, Brown University will give us his insights into The Brown University Petra Terraces Project.
~ Co-supported by Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures

'King Richard III: The Resolution of a 500 year old Cold Case' - Dr. Turi King
When: Thursday October 11th 2018, 5:30pm
Location: EDUC 0001
Description: Dr. King, Professor of Public Engagement and Reader in Genetics and Archaeology at the University of Leicester, will present the AIA Joukowsky Lecture of the American Institute of Archaeology - Lubbock Branch.

The TTU Classical Society Presents: "The Wicker Man"
When: Thursday October 18th, 7-9pm
Location: FL 105
Description: "A police sergeant is sent to a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl whom the townsfolk claim never existed. Stranger still are the rites that take place there." (IMDb).

TTU Classics Day
When: Wednesday October 31st, 9:00am-2:30pm
Location: SUB (Student Union Building)
Description: TTU Classics hosts local high schools for a day of Greek and Roman culture, crafts, games, and more!
- For more information, contact Dr. William Tortorelli.

The TTU Classical Society Presents: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
When: Thursday November 8th, 7-9pm
Location: FL 105
Description: Based on the Classically-inspired play by Shakespeare. "Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love." (IMDb).

The TTU Classical Society Presents: "The Trojan Women"
When: Thursday November 29th, 7-9pm
Location: FL 105
Description: Based on Euripides' tragedy. "The women of Troy face enslavement after the fall of their city." (IMDb).

*For our graduate workshop series, please see the graduate workshop page*

The Treasures of Tutankhamun

When: January 8 - February 5th
Location: Lubbock Public Library - Patterson Branch
Description: This exhibition from Humanities Texas tells the story of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun through the treasures found in his tomb.

"Amarna: Prelude to Tutankhamun" - Dr. Christopher Witmore

When: Tuesday January 23rd, 5:30-6:30pm
Location: Lubbock Public Library - Patterson Branch
Description: Dr. Witmore, Associate Professor of Archaeology, Texas Tech University, discusses the religious revolution of Tutankhamun's father, Akhenaten, and the world's first monotheism.

Geocriticism: journée d'étude, and lecture by Prof. Robert Tally

"The Geocritical Moment" - Dr. Robert Tally, Associate Professor of English, Texas State University

When: Friday February 16th, 4-5:30pm
Location: Student Union Building - Lubbock Room
Description:

- Journée d'étude

When: Saturday February 17th, 10am-4:00pm
Location: TTU Library, TLPDC 153?
Description: Panels on aspects of Geocriticism; co-organized by Dr. Carole Edwards, Dr. David Larmour, and Dr. Susan Larson of TTU's Dept of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures.

Participants include: Dr. Lucas Wood (TTU), Dr. Christopher Bains (TTU), Dr. Kristen Michelson (TTU), Dr. Carole Edwards (TTU), Dr. David Larmour (TTU), Dr. Don Lavigne (TTU), Dr. Jeremy McInerney (UPenn), Ms. Cait Mongrain (TTU), Ms. Crystal Rosenthal (UT-Arlington), Dr. Sydnor Roy (TTU), Dr. Christopher Witmore (TTU), Dr. Pamela Zinn (TTU), Dr. John Beusterien (TTU), Mr. Scott Gleason (Peripheral Vision Arts), Dr. Sara Guengerich (TTU), Dr. Susan Larson (TTU), Dr. Carmen Pereira-Muro (TTU), Dr. Brenden Regan (TTU), Dr. Julie Cook (TTU).

The TTU Classical Society Presents: "Plebs"

When: Tuesday February 27th, 7:00pm
Location: Foreign Language Building, Qualia Room
Description: The Classical Society will be showing 3 classics episodes of the BBC miniseries "Plebs".

"Social Identity in the Maya Hinterlands: Ancient Daily Life Meets Modern Heritage in Aguacate Village, Belize" - Dr. Claire Novotny

When: Thursday March 8th, 5:30pm
Location: TTU Livermore Center, Room 101
Description: Dr. Claire Novotny, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Kenyon College, will address the American Institute of Archaeology - Lubbock Branch on social identity in the Maya Hinterlands of Belize.

"Practicalities of Ancient Greek Sacrifice" - Dr. Jacob Morton

When: Wednesday, March 28th, 5:15pm
Location: Animal and Food Science 101
Description: Dr. Jacob Morton, Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania and Visiting Assistant Professor at Swarthmore College, will address the American Institute of Archaeology - Lubbock Branch, Meat Sciences, and Classics, on ancient Greek sacrificial practices.

'Food And ...' - 1st Annual Conference: The Humanities Center at Texas Tech

When: March 29th-31st
Location: Overton Hotel and TTU
Description: The Humanities Center's conference will include numerous papers on the theme 'Food And ...', including by distinguished Classicists from all over the world.

"Advanced Technology Sheds New Light on the House of the Drinking Contest at Antioch" - Dr. Dobbins

When: Thursday April 5th, 5:30pm
Location: TTU Livermore Center, Room 101
Description: Dr. John Dobbins, Professor of Roman Art, University of Virginia will present the National Lecture of the American Institute of Archaeology - Lubbock branch.

The TTU Classical Society Presents: "Gladiator"

When: Thursday April 5th, 7:00pm
Location: Foreign Language Building, Qualia Room
Description: The Classical Society will be showing the epic film about ancient Rome - where generals can become gladiators, and even emperors fight in the Colosseum!

The TTU Classical Society Presents: A CMLL Poetry Reading

When: Thursday April 19th, 5-6:30pm, FREE PIZZA, SNACKS, AND DRINKS!
Location: Foreign Language Building, Qualia Room
Description: WE INVITE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF TO GIVE READINGS OF FAVORITE NON-ENGLISH POEMS, STORIES, PLAYS, AND SHORT PASSAGES. All are welcome, no need to perform. If you are interested in giving a reading, please let us know and, if possible, provide an English translation. We will schedule readings for the first hour and provide English translations for the audience to follow along. The last portion will be an open mike!

The Classical Period: Practical and Theoretical Reflections

by Joseph Farrell, Professor of Classical Studies, Mark K. and Esther W. Watkins Professor in the Humanities (University of Pennsylvania) and President of the Society for Classical Studies

When: Monday April 30th, 4:00pm
Location: Qualia Room (basement of Foreign Language Building)
Description: The concept of "the classical world" has been foundational to the study of Greek and Roman literature, history, art, and archaeology since the centuries. Yet the chronological boundaries of this world have long tended to differ across the various subdisciplines of Classical Studies. Moreover, the exceptional unity of the classical world as posited by the founders of the discipline has come to seem increasingly questionable in recent years (or really decades at this point), along with the aptness of the word "classical" to describe that world. In this paper I will offer some theoretical reflections on these points in relation to a current project of my own, which is to edit a new, "comprehensive" history of classical literature.

Co-sponsored by The Humanities Center at Texas Tech

The TTU Classical Society Presents: "Life of Brian"

When: Monday April 30th, 7:00pm
Location: Foreign Language Building, Qualia Room
Description: The Classical Society will be showing this memorable comedy - a must for anyone who likes Latin graffiti! (Note: contains some comedic material about religion)

September:

• AIA Lecture Series

Teillager 6, Sværholt: The Archaeology of a POW camp in Finnmark, Arctic Norway 

Who: Dr. Christopher Witmore, Associate Professor of Archaeology, Texas Tech University

When/Where: Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 5:30pm in HUMSCI 226.

*Please see the Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock for additional information and upcoming events.*

October:

• Classics and Mythology Movie Series

Clash of the Titans (1984), directed by D. Davis

When/Where: Tuesday October 3 at 7:30PM in the Qualia Room

(in the basement of the Foreign Language Building).

*Please see the Tech Classical Society Facebook page for additional information and upcoming events.*

 

• Texas Tech Classics Day

A celebration of local high school Latin programs, including a public, dramatic reading of a Latin play in Latin (with subtitles for Latinless)!

When: October 25 from 10AM - 4PM

Where: Foreign Language Building, Texas Tech University, on 18th St. Between Boston Ave. and Flint Ave.

*For more information on Classics Day, please contact Dr. William Tortorelli* (william.tortorelli@ttu.edu)

 

• AIA Lecture Series: Jukowsky Lecture

The Late Bronze Age Eruption of Thera (Santorini)

Who: Floyd McCoy, Professor of Geology, Geophysics, and Oceanography, University of Hawaii - Windward
When/Where: Thursday, October 26, 2017, 5:30pm in HUMSCI 226

Description:

This Archaeological Institute of America Joukowsky Lecture will discuss how a vibrant maritime culture, in close communication with the Minoans on Crete, was vaporized in a several-day volcanic explosion with ash fall, pyroclastic flows and surges, earthquakes, multiple tsunami, and possibly resulting climate change. These effects were felt throughout the eastern Mediterranean region and as far north as the Black Sea. Residues of the Cycladic culture – cities (Akrotiri), farmsteads, landscape, soils, household goods, and more – are preserved today on Santorini beneath a thick blanket of volcanic material that provides stunning documentation of a thriving society 3600 years ago.

November:

• CMLL Classics Invited Lecture

Lemnos, Athens and the Hephaisteion
Jeremy McInerney, Davidson Kennedy Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania
When/Where: Thursday November 9th, 4:00-5:30 PM in the Qualia Room (in the basement of the Foreign Language Building).

 

• Classics and Mythology Movie Series

Medea (1969) directed by P. P. Pasolini

When/Where: Wednesday November 1, Time and Location TBD

 

Troy (2004) directed by W. Peterson

When/Where: Wednesday November 15, Time and Location TBD

 

O' Brother Where Art Thou? (2000) directed by the Cohen Brothers

When/Where: Tuesday November 28, Time and Location TBD

 

• AIA Lecture Series

Yucatec Maya Exhumation Ceremonies and their Implications for Bioarchaeological Research. 

Who: Anna Novotny, Assistant Professor of Bioarchaeology, Texas Tech University

When/Where: Thursday, November 30, 2017, 5:30pm in HUMSCI 226