Upcoming Events
Riding through the Ancient World
Fri. Feb. 5, 2021 3:00 PM
- Fri. Feb. 5, 2021 4:30 PM
A conversation with Dr. Carolyn Willekes (Mount Royal University)
February 5, 3:00-4:30pm on Zoom
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Wine, Song, and Self
Fri. Mar. 5, 2021 3:00 PM
- Fri. Mar. 5, 2021 4:30 PM
A conversation with Dr. Jessica Romney (MacEwan University)
March 5, 3:00-4:30 on Zoom
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Reconstructing the role of dogs and cats in classical antiquity from archaeological remains
Fri. Mar. 26, 2021 3:00 PM
- Fri. Mar. 26, 2021 4:30 PM
A conversation with Dr. Michael MacKinnon (University of Winnipeg)
March 26, 3:00-4:30pm on Zoom
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Past Events
Distinguit et Miscet: Framing Garden Spaces in the Villas Of the Roman Elite
Tue. Nov. 24, 2020 3:30 PM
Escape Winnipeg's chilly winter weather for a moment as Dr. Victoria Austen speaks about garden spaces in the villas of Roman elites.
On Zoom...
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The soldier's life in Ancient Rome
Fri. Nov. 20, 2020 3:00 PM
- Fri. Nov. 20, 2020 4:30 PM
A conversation with Dr. Conor Whately (University of Winnipeg)
November 20, 3:00-4:30pm on Zoom
Dr. Whately's talk included a virtual book...
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de ebrietate sua: Alcohol in the Roman world, new data, and future directions
Fri. Oct. 23, 2020 3:00 PM
- Thu. Oct. 22, 2020 4:30 PM
A conversation with Dr. Matt Gibbs (MacEwan University)
October 23, 3:00-4:30pm on Zoom
Watch Dr. Gibbs's lecture, archived on...
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Plotting Pausanias and Following Fermor: Recent Fieldwork from the CARTography Project
Fri. Mar. 6, 2020 3:30 PM
- Fri. Mar. 6, 2020 5:00 PM
Chelsea A.M. Gardner, Assistant Professor of Ancient History
Department of History & Classics, Acadia University
The CARTography...
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The Roman Imperial-period portrait statuary from the Library of Pantainos complex in the Athenian Agora
Fri. Feb. 28, 2020 4:00 PM
- Fri. Feb. 28, 2020 5:00 PM
Sheila Dillon (Duke University) 31st Annual Edmund G. Berry Lecture
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#WCCWiki Wikipedia Editing Workshop
Mon. Feb. 10, 2020 12:00 PM
- Mon. Feb. 10, 2020 2:00 PM
Building on the issues raised in the New Directions in Classics talk (#WCCWiki: Using Wikipedia for Public Engagement and Social Change), this...
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#WCCWiki: Using Wikipedia for Public Engagement and Social Change
Fri. Feb. 7, 2020 3:30 PM
- Fri. Feb. 7, 2020 4:30 PM
Dr. Victoria Austen-Perry, University of Winnipeg
Wikipedia, the fifth most visited website in the world, is one of the most influential sources of...
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Treasures of the Goddess: Cultural Heritage and Survival in Post-2008 Greece
Sun. Feb. 2, 2020 3:00 PM
- Sun. Feb. 2, 2020 4:00 PM
Brady Kiesling (Independent Scholar)
8th Annual Lecture in Hellenic Civilization
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Narrative Fragments, Fragmented Lovers: Reading Latin Elegy through Comics
Fri. Jan. 24, 2020 3:30 PM
- Fri. Jan. 24, 2020 4:30 PM
Natalie Swain, University of Bristol
How are Latin poems like comics? Although these texts seem far removed in time and place, Natalie Swain...
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UWCSA Colloquium
Tue. Jan. 7, 2020 12:30 PM
- Tue. Jan. 7, 2020 3:00 PM
The UWCSA is hosting their student colloquium on Friday, January 7, 2020 from 12:30-3!
The colloquium is open to any student who wishes to present...
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DEADLINE: Call for Papers for UWCSA Student Colloquium
Fri. Dec. 20, 2019 4:00 PM
- Thu. Dec. 19, 2019 4:00 PM
The University of Winnipeg Classics Student Assocation (UWCSA) is looking for student papers for their student colloquium!
Submit your topic and a...
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The Antikythera Mechanism: An Ancient Technological Marvel
Fri. Nov. 8, 2019 3:30 PM
- Fri. Nov. 8, 2019 4:30 PM
Prof. Daryn Lehoux, Queen's University
The Antikythera mechanism is one of the most remarkable technological devices from the premodern era....
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Life in an Ancient Brothel
Thu. Oct. 31, 2019 2:30 PM
- Thu. Oct. 31, 2019 3:45 PM
Lecture by Prof. Allison Glazebrook, Brock University, speaker for this year's CAC Lecture Tour
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Presence and Absence in War Memorials, Ancient and Modern
Fri. Oct. 25, 2019 3:00 PM
- Fri. Oct. 25, 2019 4:00 PM
Prof. Matthew Sears, University of New Brunswick
Far from simply recording or preserving history, war memorials should be considered part of...
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Math, Astronomy, History, and Wine in the Notebook of a Cockeyed Monk: Walahfrid Strabo, Abbot of the Reichenau
Fri. Oct. 4, 2019 12:30 PM
- Fri. Oct. 4, 2019 1:20 PM
Wesley M. Stevens, PhD
Presented by the University of Winnipeg Departments of Classics and History
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Colonial Fantasies and Occluded (Hi)Stories: The Case of Early Alexandria
Fri. Sep. 27, 2019 3:30 PM
- Fri. Sep. 27, 2019 4:30 PM
Prof. Katherine Blouin | University of Toronto
According to some historians, ancient Alexandria was a completely new - and Greek - settlement on...
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The Tastes of Ancient Beers
Fri. Nov. 9, 2018 3:30 PM
- Fri. Nov. 9, 2018 4:30 PM
Dr. Max Nelson, University of Windsor
While no beers from antiquity survive for us to sample, Dr. Max Nelson illuminated the ways to access beer...
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Myth and Misdirection in Prometheus Bound
Fri. Oct. 26, 2018 3:30 PM
- Fri. Oct. 26, 2018 4:30 PM
Dr. C. Michael Sampson, University of Manitoba
Prometheus Bound is a play about the rule of Zeus and the potential threat to his regime. By...
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The Poetics of Redundancy in Vergil's Aeneid
Fri. Oct. 5, 2018 3:30 PM
- Fri. Oct. 5, 2018 4:30 PM
Professor Andrea Rotstein, Tel Aviv University
How does poetry mean anything and how do poets make meaning? The Roman poet Vergil has the tendency...
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De Re Cervisia et Mulso: Re-Creating Ancient Beer and "Mead"
Fri. Sep. 28, 2018 3:30 PM
- Fri. Sep. 28, 2018 4:30 PM
Dr. Matt Gibbs
What did the Romans drink and how did it taste? By re-creating two authentic recipes from the early Roman and later Roman empire (a...
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