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OSU Greek and Latin: dissertation prospectus presentation: "The Dialogues with Plato in Second Sophistic"

When: October 16, 2008 - 4:30 pm
Where: UH 448
What: Lecture
Who: Kasia Jazdzewska

More Greek and Latin Events

October 22, 2008 - 3:00 pm

Evolution and Religion: Conflict, Contrast or Conversation?: by Connie Bertka, Ph.D.

Location: 104 Aronoff Laboratory
Contact: Elizabeth Lantz
E-Mail: lantz.38@osu.edu
Phone: 688-0265

Connie Bertka was the Program Director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion. She is currently at the Geophysical Laboratory of The Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Event Co-Sponsor: Department of Entomology

October 30, 2008 - 4:30 pm

Friedrich Schlegel's 'Fragmente' and Plato's 'Symposium': A Dialogue?between Communication and Eros.

Location: 448 University Hall
Who: May Mergenthaler (OSU German Department)

October 31, 2008 - 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Texts and Contexts: A conference on medieval manuscripts

Location: TBA
Takes place on October 31 and November 1.

Sponsored by the Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies. For information and program, contact Wendy Watkins at watkins.72@osu.edu

November 6, 2008 - 4:30 pm

Metatheater, Pretense Disruption, and Social Status in Greek and Roman Comedy.

Location: 448 University Hall
Who: Erin Moodie (OSU Greek and Latin)

November 10, 2008 - 4:30 pm

Of Beards and Boar Hunts – or Coming-of-age in the Odyssey

Location: 448 University Hall
Who: Ioannis Petropoulos (University of Thrace - sponsored by Onassis Foundation)

November 13, 2008 - 8:00 pm

AIA Lecture: Roman Arenas and Crowd Dynamics: Lecture from Garrett Fagan

Location: University Hall, Room 014
Contact: Timothy McNiven at mcniven.1@osu.edu

December 4, 2008 - 4:30 pm

Systematic Knowledge or Chaotic Practice? Early Christian Views on Magic

Location: 448 University Hall
Who:Ilinca Tanaseanu-Doebler (Bayreuth-OSU Center for the Study of Religion)
Contact: Ilinca Tanaseanu-Doebler at tanaseanu-doebler.1@osu.edu

January 15, 2009 - 4:30 pm

TBA

Location: 448 University Hall
Contact: Gregory Jusdanis at jusdanis.1@osu.edu
Who: Artemis Leontis

January 30, 2009 - 3:30 pm

A Tale about Emperor Hadrian in a fourth century papyrus

Location: 448 University Hall
Contact: Carolina López-Ruiz at lopez-ruiz.1@osu.edu
Who: Sofia Torallas-Tovar (CSIC Madrid - University of Chicago)

February 19, 2009 - 4:30 pm

Hazing rituals and graduate student recruitment in the schools of Late Antique Athens

Location: 448 University Hall
Who: Dallas Deforest (OSU History)
Contact: Dallas Deforest at deforest.6@osu.edu

March 5, 2009 - 8:00 pm

AIA Lecture: Excavations at Olynthus 1931: One Woman’s Story: Lecture from Alan Kaiser

Location: University Hall, Room 014
Contact: Timothy McNiven at mcniven.1@osu.edu

March 9, 2009 - 4:30 pm

Humanities Inaugural Lecture: Will Batstone

Location: tbd
Contact: William Batstone at batstone.1@osu.edu

March 12, 2009 - 4:30 pm

TBA

Location: 448 University Hall
Contact: Sarah Iles Johnston at johnston.2@osu.edu
Who: Peter Struck

April 10, 2009 - 4:30 pm

Midwestern Consortium on Ancient Religions: Construction of Religious Space

Location: tbd
Contact: Fritz Graf at graf.65@osu.edu

April 16, 2009 - 4:30 pm

Humanities Inaugural Lecture: Bruce Heiden

Location: tbd
Contact: Bruce Heiden at heiden.1@osu.edu

April 23, 2009 - 8:00 pm

AIA Lecture: Olive Oil and Architecture in North Africa: Lecture from Lynne Lancaster

Location: University Hall, Room 014
Contact: Timothy McNiven at mcniven.1@osu.edu

April 30, 2009 - 3:30 pm

The Twenty First Annual Thomas E. Leontis Memorial Lecture in Modern Greek Studies: Early Constantinople

Location: Faculty Club Main Lounge, 181 South Oval Mall
Who: John Matthews (Yale University)

May 14, 2009 - 4:30 pm

Households and Bishops in Late Antique Rome

Location: 448 University Hall
Contact: Timothy McNiven at mcniven.1@osu.edu
Who: Tina Sessa
Contact: Tina Sessa at sessa.3@osu.edu

May 28, 2009 - 4:30 pm

TBA

Location: 448 University Hall
Contact: Carolina López-Ruiz at lopez-ruiz.1@osu.edu
Who: Jonathan Hall