Classics & Classical Studies

Jason Pedicone, Ph.D., the president and co-founder of the Paideia Institute, a non-profit classics startup, will discuss his experiences building a startup that promotes the classical humanities.  He will explore the nuts and bolts of starting a business that prioritizes solving social problems above earning a profit, the concept of “social entrepreneur,”and what running a business has taught him about the humanities, and vice versa.

Lunch will be provided.

Beginning Friday afternoon, the Eve Adler Department of Classics will sponsor a marathon reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses in English. With over 250 tales of transformation, this narrative poem recounts the history of the world from creation to the golden age of Rome under Augustus. The reading, by both students and faculty, will continue through the weekend, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. Davis Family Library Steps

Beginning Friday afternoon, the Eve Adler Department of Classics will sponsor a marathon reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses in English. With over 250 tales of transformation, this narrative poem recounts the history of the world from creation to the golden age of Rome under Augustus. The reading, by both students and faculty, will continue through the weekend, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. Davis Family Library Steps

Beginning Friday afternoon, the Eve Adler Department of Classics will sponsor a marathon reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses in English. With over 250 tales of transformation, this narrative poem recounts the history of the world from creation to the golden age of Rome under Augustus. The reading, by both students and faculty, will continue through the weekend, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. Davis Family Library Steps

Beginning Friday evening, October 2, the Eve Adler Department of Classics will sponsor a marathon reading of Homer’s Odyssey in English. The Odyssey is an epic Greek poem that recounts the travels of Odysseus as he makes his way home after the Trojan War. The reading, by both students and faculty, will continue through October 4, beginning at 10:00 a.m. each morning on Saturday and Sunday and continuing until dusk each evening. Free

Beginning Friday evening, October 2, the Eve Adler Department of Classics will sponsor a marathon reading of Homer’s Odyssey in English. The Odyssey is an epic Greek poem that recounts the travels of Odysseus as he makes his way home after the Trojan War. The reading, by both students and faculty, will continue through October 4, beginning at 10:00 a.m. each morning on Saturday and Sunday and continuing until dusk each evening. Free

Beginning Friday evening, October 2, the Eve Adler Department of Classics will sponsor a marathon reading of Homer’s Odyssey in English. The Odyssey is an epic Greek poem that recounts the travels of Odysseus as he makes his way home after the Trojan War. The reading, by both students and faculty, will continue through October 4, beginning at 10:00 a.m. each morning on Saturday and Sunday and continuing until dusk each evening. Free

Prof. Erich Gruen, Wood Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley

James J. O’Hara, the George R. Paddison Professor of Latin at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will give the second annual Eve Adler Memorial Lecture.  Refreshments provided.

“Ecologies of Freedom: Global Political Thinking in the Age of Socrates” A lecture by Joel Alden Schlosser, Department of Political Science, Bryn Mawr College Drawing on the ancient historian Herodotus as well as ancient Greek poetic and scientific texts, this talk will consider an underappreciated strand of political thinking in the classical world, one deeply concerned with the complexity and interdependency of geography, culture, and political structure among diverse groups of people.