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    Black Classicism in the United States- Lecture by Prof. Michele Ronnick, Wayne State University

    Art, Design, and Architecture Museum University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    Professor Michele Ronnick of Wayne State University will give a lecture as part of the new exhibit, "14 Black Classicists," at the Art, Design, and Architecture Museum. The talk describes the work of African-American classical scholars who taught Greek and Latin at the college or university level following the Civil War. These scholars made pathbreaking achievements, […]

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  • Life and Death at Ancient Eleon: Excavations in Central Greece, 2011-2017

    Karpeles Manuscript Library 21 West Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    A lecture by Brendan Burke, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada. Excavations at ancient Eleon, located 15 km east of Thebes in central Greece, have revealed a center of vibrant activity throughout the Late Bronze Age, starting with a burial complex of the Late Helladic […]

  • Talk by Stuart McManus, Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Agency, Intersectionality, and the Classical Tradition in the Early Modern Hispanic World

    HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    How did Mediterranean culture shape life in the multiethnic global empires of Spain and Portugal? To answer this question, this talk will explore the role of the classical tradition in structuring and disseminating early modern Hispanic discourses on empire, slavery, and Christian missions with a particular focus on the ways ancient literary forms and civic […]