Upcoming events in Greek and Roman Studies
Classical Association of Vancouver Island (CAVI) Lectures 2024-2025
CAVI is the UVic's organization for people interested in the Greek and Roman worlds. The department of Greek and Roman Studies hosts monthly lectures by local and international scholars. The lectures are free. Everyone is welcome to attend.
| Date | Event Information | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sep 2024 | 7:30 pm CLE A224 |
Dr. Brendan Burke |
Re-Discovering Greece: Current Archaeological Work and Future Prospects |
| 10 October 2024 | 7:30pm CLE A224 |
Dr. Lana Radloff | Sacred Seafaring: Intervisibility, Cult Sites, and Maritime Mobility |
| 30 Oct 2024 | 7:30 pm CLE A224 |
Dr. Sarah Morris | From Hatti to Hissarlik: The Prehistory of the Trojan War |
| 21 Nov 2024 | 7:00 pm DSB C103 |
Liv Albert |
Liv Albert |
| 23 Jan 2025 | 6:00 pm CLE A224 |
Dr. Mark Nugent | Rendering the Monstrous Feminine: Myth, Feminism, and Gender Flips in Matt Fraction and Christian Ward’s ODY-C |
| 13 Feb 2025 | 6:00 pm CLE C112 |
Dr. Stephanie Dennie | Inheriting the Past: Sparta, Classical Symbols, and Right-Wing Extremism in Canada |
| 6 Mar 2025 | 6:00 pm CLE A224 |
Dr. Trevor Van Damme | The Day the Well Ran Dry: A Twelfth Century BCE Climate Crisis and the Shaping of Ancient Athens |
Department Seminars 2024-2025
The Department of Greek and Roman Studies hosts a series of seminars on Friday afternoons by local and international scholars on topics related to the Greek and Roman worlds.
| Event Information | Speaker | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Sep 2024 |
2:30pm |
Ted Snyders | How to Bard |
| 25 Oct 2024 |
2:30 pm HYBRID |
Caroline Preston | Horace the Trickster or I Unintentionally Translated 32 Odes of Horace and This is What I Found Out |
| 31 Oct 2024 | 2:30pm CLE A317 |
Dr. Sarah Morris | From the Kingdom of Philoktetes to the Curse of Agamemnon: Northern Greece in the Age of Homer |
| 7 Feb 2025 | 2:30 pm CLE B415 |
Dr. Gregory Rowe | Greek Accents 101: What Goes Up Comes Back Down |
| 28 Feb 2025 | 2:30 pm CLE B415 |
Graham Butler | Bits of Slavery in ITV's Plebs |
| 21 Mar 2025 |
2:30 pm |
Dr. Laurel Bowman | The Reproductive Economy of the Amazons |
| 28 Mar 2025 |
2:30 pm |
Dr. Selina Steward | Sailing Celestial Seas: Apollo Delphinios in Sea & Sky, Epic & Hymn |
DISTINGUISHED WOMEN SCHOLARS AWARDS AND LECTURE SERIES 2024-2025
The Distinguished Women Scholars (DWS) Awards and Lecture Series were established by the Vice-President Academic and Provost to highlight and honour outstanding research and creative achievements by female-identifying scholars. The purpose of these awards is to celebrate, recognize and share the impact of outstanding research and creative achievements by women at any stage of their careers.This year's DWS Guest Speaker is Dr. Sarah Morris. Dr. Morris (Steinmetz Professor of Classical Archaeology and Material Culture (emerita)) is a classicist and archaeologist in the Department of Classics and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA.
| Date and Time | Event Information | Lecture title |
| 28 October 2024 |
3:30pm COR B143 |
Out of Anatolia: The Trojan War in Early Greek Art and Poetry |
| 30 October | 7:30pm CLE A224 |
From Hatti to Hissarlik: The Prehistory of the Trojan War |
| 31 October | 2:30pm CLE A317 |
From the Kingdom of Philoktetes to the Curse of Agamemnon: Northern Greece in the Age of Homer |
LANSDOWNE LECTURE SERIES 2024-2025
UVic's Public Lecture Series features accomplished individuals from a vast array of academic and research endeavours. As host of this lecture series, UVic continues its commitment to making a vital impact on people, places and the planet. This year's Lansdowne Guest Speaker is TBA.
| Date and Time | Event Information | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | TBA | TBA |