Classics Events: 2021-22 Academic Year

Due to COVID-19, we have reduced the number of events. We plan to return to a full program as soon as circumstances permit.

Fall 2021 Classics Events

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
The Annual AIA Joukowsky Lecture:"Wonderwerk Cave: Archaeology at the Edge of the Kalahari" - Dr. Michael Chazan
When: Thursday, September 23rd, 5:30pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom. 
Description: A lecture by Dr. Michael Chazan, Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto.
For the event poster and details on how to attend, please click here.

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
Archaeology, Big Data, and Big Questions about lidar in the Andean Cordillera and Beyond - Dr. Parker van Valkenburgh
When: Thursday, November 11th, 5:30pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom.
Description: A lecture by Dr. Parker van Valkenburgh, Stanley J. Bernstein Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Brown University
For the event poster and details on how to attend, please click here.

Spring 2022 Classics Events

The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock branch presents:
Women at Work: Archaeological Approaches to Women's Labor in Classical Greece - Dr. Katherine Harrington
When: Thursday, March 9th, 5:30 pm
Location: Holden Hall Room 77 (In-person)
Description: A lecture by Dr. Katherine Harrington, Visiting Assistant Professor, Art History Department, Emory University. Dr. Harrington writes: “Women's work, in most accounts of the ancient Greek world, consisted largely of domestic activities such as childcare, weaving, and food preparation. Such labor, done without pay and at home, has typically been treated as mere background noise, economically unimportant and largely unworthy of analysis in assessments of the ancient economy. Similarly, women's labor for the market economy has been undervalued and often ignored. Although in the literary and epigraphic record, women of various social statuses worked in numerous professions, including retail, foodservice, midwifery, and tavern keeping, synthetic accounts of the ancient Greek economy often group women's labor into a single section, while men's labor is curiously unmarked by gender. The ancient economic actor, then, is tacitly assumed to be male unless proven otherwise. This paper argues that a comprehensive account of the ancient economy would necessarily consider the economic contribution of women—both for their households and the larger economy—and that archaeological evidence can provide vital evidence of women's labor. I will explore this argument using a case study of the textile industry of 5th and 4th century Athens.”
- For the event poster, please click here.
Co-sponsored by: The Archaeological Institute of America - Lubbock Society, The Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literature, The Women's & Gender Studies Program

Texas Tech University's Classics Program presents:
A Visit with Tom Sleigh
When: Thurs. April 7th, 3:30-4:45pm
Location: TBA
Description: Award-winning poet and translator Tom Sleigh, Distinguished Professor at Hunter College, will meet with Classics faculty and students to discuss his translation of Euripides, Herakles and the inspiration he has drawn from Classical authors and culture.

TTU Classical Society Movie Nights
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TTU Classical Society Weekly Study Halls
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For our graduate workshop series, please see the graduate workshop page.

More events and information to follow.

Please also check the AIA Events page.

For past events, please click here.