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Classics Student Research Colloquium

Umrath 140

Classics Department Spring End-of-Semester Party

Celebrate the End of the Academic Year
Danforth University Center (DUC) 276

Kathleen Sheppard lecture at The Classical Club of St. Louis

Classical Club of St. Louis
Kathleen Sheppard, Missouri University of Science and Technology
the Newman Auditorium on the campus of John Burroughs School | 755 South Price Road, STL, 63124

Exploring the Soundscape of Aquae Sulis

St. Louis Art Museum, Farrell Auditorium

Divine Currency!? Italic and Roman monetary cultures on the Eve of the First Punic War

Liv Yarrow, City University of New York
Seigle 208

Marking the Flesh: Revealing the Tattoo Practices of the Nile Valley

Dr. Anne Austin, UMSL
Morrissey Hall 3400 | St. Louis University

Home Is Where the Art Is: Domestic Art and Life in the Time of Trajan

St. Louis Art Museum, Farrell Auditorium

Visions of Antiquity

St. Louis Art Museum | Gallery 235 and Sidney S. and Sadie M. Cohen Gallery 234

Fascist Romanitas: Italian Nation Building Through Archaeology

Featuring Ilaria Patania, Assistant Professor of Archaeology at WashU and Principal Investigator of the "Early Occupation of Sicily (EOS) Project."
Seigle 208 | Seigle Hall

Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: Legislative Vetoes as Political Theater in Late Roman Republican Lawmaking

Seigle Hall 103

New Archaeological Research in the Republic of North Macedonia

Prof. Barbara Klessig, Dept. of Anthropology at Cal Poly Humboldt
St. Louis Society of AIA Meeting
Zoom

Lecture: Understanding Greek and Roman Manumission

Elizabeth Meyer, T. Cary Johnson, Jr. Professor of History, University of Virginia
Holmes Lounge | Between Eads and Ridgley Halls on the Danforth Campus. The main entrance to the lobby overlooks Brookings Quadrangle.

Seminar: Reconstructing Monuments with the Help of Inscriptions

Elizabeth Meyer, T. Cary Johnson, Jr. Professor of History, University of Virginia
Danforth University Center (DUC) 276

Herodotus and the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ in the Nineteenth Century

Colloquium with Suzanne Marchand
Busch 18 (Lower level of Busch Hall)

Ancient Worlds: A Conversation with Leading Historians

Roger Bagnall, WashU
Suzanne Marchand, Louisiana State University
Elizabeth Meyer, University of Virginia and the 2026 Biggs Family Resident in Classics
Jonathan Price, Tel Aviv University
Michael Scott, University of Warwick
Goldberg Formal Lounge | 2nd floor of the Danforth University Center

Colloquium: Manumission in Hellenistic Greece

Elizabeth Meyer, T. Cary Johnson, Jr. Professor of History, University of Virginia
Umrath Lounge

2026 Biggs Family Residency in Classics

Elizabeth Meyer, T. Cary Johnson, Jr. Professor of History, University of Virginia
Check each event for location.

Ancient Splendor: Roman Art in the Time of Trajan

St. Louis Art Museum | Entrance in Taylor Hall, East Building

"So That the Male Will Not Be Male”: Compromising Masculinity in Early Christianity

Prof. Stephen Patterson, Atkinson Professor of Religious and Ethical Studies of Willamette University, Oregon
Umrath Lounge

Chris Erdman lecture at The Classical Club of St. Louis

Classical Club of St. Louis
Chris Erdman, Washington University in St. Louis
the Newman Auditorium on the campus of John Burroughs School | 755 South Price Road, STL, 63124

St. Louis Classics Teacher Convention

Rescheduled from January
John Burroughs School

St. Louis Ancient Philosophy Workshop

Vivian Feldblyum (Auburn University)
McDonnell 212

Classics Major & Minor Welcome Event

Umrath 224 Conference Room | Umrath Hall Bridge

Digital Paedagogos: A Symposium in Memory of Carl Conrad

Helma Dik, University of Chicago; Patrick Burns, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University; Jonathan Robie, Biblica, Inc
Umrath Lounge or virtually via Zoom | https://wustl.zoom.us/j/99339236481

Composing a Classic: Ancestral Timecraft in Pindar's Fourth Nemean Ode

Rev. Bryan Y. Norton, S.J. 
Ph.D., WashU Classics
Seigle 208

Translating the Violence of the Iliad

Dr. Emily Wilson
Cook Hall Auditorium | St. Louis University

Book discussion: Pompeii by Robert Harris

Classical Club of St. Louis
the Newman Auditorium on the campus of John Burroughs School | 755 South Price Road, STL, 63124

Early Christian Texts Discussion: The Fate of the Apostles in the Gospel of Judas

Lance Jenott, Senior Lecturer WashU Classics
Zoom

Women and Equality in the New Testament

Lance Jenott, Senior Lecturer WashU Classics
Ladue Chapel, Leutwiler Room | 9450 Clayton Rd.

Customer Relations: Working with Clients in Greek Epigram

Kate Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Classics
Hurst Lounge | Duncker Hall 2nd floor

Women and Equality in the New Testament

Lance Jenott, Senior Lecturer WashU Classics
Ladue Chapel, Leutwiler Room | 9450 Clayton Rd.

Women and Equality in the New Testament

Lance Jenott, Senior Lecturer WashU Classics
Ladue Chapel, Leutwiler Room | 9450 Clayton Rd.

AIA/SCS Reception: University of Illinois, University of Missouri, Washington University in St. Louis

Hilton San Francisco Union Square | Franciscan C

Women and Equality in the New Testament

Lance Jenott, Senior Lecturer WashU Classics
Ladue Chapel, Leutwiler Room | 9450 Clayton Rd.

Classics End of Semester Party

McMillan Cafe | in McMillan Hall

Resistance at the Crossroads: Heracles in German Postwar Literature

André Fischer, WashU
Seigle 301

St. Louis Reads Dante

with Professor Timothy Moore
Ginko Room, Olin Library

Entitled to write: Identity and Poetic Authority in the Titles of Early Roman Epic

Emilia Barbiero, New York University
Seigle 301

Kathryn Wilson Presents at the A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase

Join us in supporting our faculty member, Kathryn Wilson, as she presents at this year’s A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase!
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall

What is Meter Good for? Views from Phonology and Cognition

Chiara Bozzone (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München)
Seigle 206 | Zoom Watch Party

Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez - Beyond the Legend: site formation processes at Antikythera shipwreck

Friday Archaeology invites you to an engaging talk with Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez, exploring the Antikythera shipwreck! Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez is an underwater and coastal archaeologist. He is a Postdoctoral researcher at ICArEHB. Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour (ICArEHB) FCHS, University of Algarve and at the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, Haifa University. Snacks and drinks will be provided. All are welcome to attend!
McMillan Hall, G052

Thesaurus Linguae Latinae: A Latinist’s Paradise

Classical Club of St. Louis
Tim Moore, Washington University in St. Louis
the Newman Auditorium on the campus of John Burroughs School | 755 South Price Road, STL, 63124

Meet WashU Classics: Graduate Info Hour

Online via Zoom | https://wustl.zoom.us/j/96459498403?pwd=6dzqmjjEgXEYAq1qkVLAKqQ8GSKbbJ.1

Fall 2025 Major-Minor Fair

Each fall, the College holds a Major-Minor Fair, where students can talk to faculty members and get more information on many majors and minors at one time and in one place.
WashU Athletic Complex

George E. Mylonas Lecture in Greek Archaeology : Pilgrimage, Prayers, and Picnics at a Greek Mountaintop Shrine: Art and Mysteries at the Birthplace of Zeus

Mary Voyatzis, University of Arizona
St. Louis Art Museum Auditorium

The Artemis Azariadis Memorial Lecture in Greek Studies: American Ideas of Freedom in the Greek Enlightenment and the Greek Revolution

Professor Paschalis Kitromilidis,
Athens Academy of Arts and Sciences
Third Floor, Millennium Student Center, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Chryseis, Philoctetes, and the Making of the Homeric Iliad

Gregorgy Nagy, Harvard University
Seigle 301 or Zoom

Biggs Department of Classics Welcome Open House

Umrath Hall (Bridge) Conference Room 224

Adult Summer Reading Keynote Presentation: The Odyssey

University City Public Library Auditorium

WashU Classics Undergraduate Graduation Party

Lopata House Multipurpose Room | northwest side of campus, lower level

WashU Classics Graduate Student Graduation Party

Busch 18

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