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Classics Research Seminar

SEMESTER 1, 2012-13

Seminars begin at 5.10 on Wednesdays in the Meadows Lecture Theatre, William Robertson Wing,Teviot Place, and are followed by drinks in the McMillan Room. All are welcome!

Wednesday 19 September, 6 pm Meeting of the Classical Association of Scotland, Edinburgh and South East CentreProfessor Judith Barringer (University of Edinburgh) - The Changing Image of Zeus at Olympia

Wednesday 26 SeptemberProfessor Jon Solomon (University of Illinois) - Greco-Roman Music in the 1890s: From Excavation tothe Olympic Congress to Broadway Spectacular

Thursday27 September, 1-2 pm, G.16 William Robertson Wing: Informal TalkProfessor Joseph Day (Wabash College) - Informal talk on Greek Epigram

Thursday27 September, G.16, William Robertson Wing:Archaeology Research SeminarProfessor Leslie Preston Day (Wabash College) - From Palace to Polis on Crete: The Evidence fromKavousi

Wednesday 3 OctoberProfessor Roland Mayer (Kings College London) - Roman Ruin-mindedness

Wednesday 10 OctoberDr Diana Rodrguez Prez (University of Edinburgh) - Eagle and Snake in the Ancient Greek World:Similes and Warnings

Thursday11 October at 5 pm in the Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Teviot Place:Meeting of the Gender History Network Work-in-Progress Seminar:Dr Glenys Davies (University of Edinburgh)- Body Language, the Romans and GenderDr Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (University of Edinburgh) - Salome, Nice Girl: Rita Hayworths BiblicalVamp

Wednesday 17 OctoberDr Beth Munro (University of Edinburgh) - Social Perceptions of Recycling in the Roman World

Wednesday 24 OctoberDr Benjamin Gray (University of Edinburgh) - Exile and the Fault Lines of Greek Citizenship

Wednesday 31 October

Professor Tim Whitmarsh (Corpus Christi College, Oxford) - Adventures of the Solymoi: HomericJews

Wednesday 7 NovemberDr Myles Lavan (University of St Andrews) - Manumission, Enfranchisement, and the ClaudianCensus Figure

Tuesday13 November, 6 pm, Teviot Lecture Theatre, Teviot Place: Memorandum of Understanding Special Seminar in History, Classics and Archaeology:Professor Makoto Anzai (Hokkaido University) - An Epic Hero Performing a Heroic Epic: Iliad 9.182-195

Wednesday 14 November

Dr Peter Thonemann (Wadham College, Oxford) - Phrygia: An Anarchist History

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Wednesday 21 NovemberDr Susan Walker (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) - Saints and Salvation: Late Roman Gold-Glass inthe Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Wednesday 28 November, 6 pm : Meeting of the Classical Association of ScotlandDr Sarah Miles (Durham University) - Comic Drama and the Popularising of Attic Tragedy: A Case for

Attic Pop. Culture?

Wednesday 5 December in Teviot Lecture Theatre, Teviot PlaceProfessor Tony Woodman (University of Virginia) - Fragments from the Past: Some Early RomanHistorians