Classics & Classical Studies

This talk proceeds from the suspicion that when the Roman jurisprudents of the so-called classical period wrote about law, they were neither necessarily, nor solely, hoping to formulate rules which would regulate litigation in courts of law. Rather, they arguably thought of themselves as authors of a form of literature.

Michael Peachin, Professor of Classics, Director of Undergraduate Studies, New York University

Keynote Address at 2:30: “Politics in Apocalyptic Times: The Case of Machiavelli” by Alison McQueen, Political Science, Stanford University


Panel presentations, Q&A with Faculty at 4:00 featuring Eilat Glikman (Physics), Sarah Laursen (HARC), Paul Monod (History), Daniel Suarez (Environmental Studies) and Larry Yarborough (Religion)

Michèle Lowrie, Andrew W. Mellon Professor, Classics and the College at The University of Chicago