Programs

The ancient Egyptian imagery of the Beyond in the Ramesside Period

February 4, 2023, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PST)

Ramses the Great: How "great" was he?

January 28, 2023, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PST)

Ramses the Great through Nubian Eyes

January 21, 2023, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PST)

Rehearsed Reading of HELEN by Euripides

December 3, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PST)

Ozymandias Undertaken: an overview of New Kingdom mummification patterns

November 5, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PDT)

"No One Should Brave the Underworld Alone": Traversing Eternity in the Age of Ramses the Great

October 15, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PDT)

Adorned for Eternity

September 17, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PDT)

Recent Discoveries in Egypt

August 20, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PDT)

The Arts of Royalty in Sasanian Iran

May 14, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PDT)

The Kingship is a Perfect Office

April 9, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PDT)

Famous Faces: the story of a family of ancient marble portraits

March 12, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PST)

The Wood Comes to the City: Ancient Trees, Sacred Groves, and the "Greening" of Early Augustan Rome

February 12, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PST)

Rehearsed Reading of OEDIPUS AT COLONUS by Sophocles

December 4, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:30 pm (PST)

Imagining Oedipus: Art, Myth, and Performance

November 6, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PDT)

Abydos from Ahmose to Ramesses the Great: An Ancient Cult Center During the New Kingdom

October 2, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PDT)

Symposium | Convivium: AD 79: When Time Froze in Pompeii

August 28, 2021, 10:00 AM - 3:00 pm (PDT)

Survivors of Vesuvius: Tracking Refugees from Pompeii and Herculaneum

July 17, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:30 pm (PDT)

Painting Pompeii: pigments, prices, and painterly practice

June 12, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:30 pm (PDT)

Rehearsing OEDIPUS: Choices and Interpretations

May 22, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:30 (PDT)

Deciphering Demons: Underworld Figures in Egypt and Etruria

May 8, 2021, 2:00 PM - 03:30 PM (PDT)

A New Look at Ancient Nubia: Magic and Mystery on the Nile

April 10, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PDT)

On the Road from Persepolis

March 6, 2021, 2:00 PM - 03:30 PM (PST)

The Saga of Queen Zenobia and the Oasis City of Palmyra

February 6, 2021, 2:00 PM - 03:30 PM (PST)

Rehearsed Reading of THE BACCHAE by Euripides

December 5, 2020, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

On An Intellectual Journey: From an Archaeological Bone Farm at El Hibeh, Egypt to Pandemics of the Ancient World

November 7, 2020, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Round Table: Ancient Democracy, the Present Moment, and the Future of a Political Ideal

October 3, 2020, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

"If you build it, they will come": the construction and care of Nemean hero worship

September 19, 2020, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Rehearsed Reading of Euripides’ "Medea"

December 7, 2019, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Laughable Tales and Salacious Affairs: How the Founding of the Legion of Honor Led to the Study of Persian Art

November 16, 2019, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Who’s Revitalizing Homer?: The Relevance and Risks of Classical Reception Today

October 26, 2019, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The Recent and Latest New Discoveries in Egypt

October 6, 2019, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Rubbish, Rhetoric, and Hellenism in Sosos's Unswept Room Mosaic

September 21, 2019, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

On the Occasion of the Retirement of Prof. Andrew Stewart

May 18, 2019, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

A Walk through Hierakonpolis in Predynastic Egypt

April 20, 2019, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Weaving the Urban Fabric of a Roman City: Results of the Via Consolare Project in Pompeii

March 16, 2019, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The Dramatic Expression in Ancient Greek Art

December 8, 2018, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

An Egyptian Michelangelo: Thutmose, the Creator of the Bust of Nefertiti

October 20, 2018, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Echoes of Alexander: Images of a Hellenistic Ruler in Persian Epic Manuscripts

October 13, 2018, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Nature Tamed and Framed: Reimagining Paradise in the Late Roman and Early Christian World

May 19, 2018, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The Munich Doryphoros: Venerated—Suppressed—Forgotten AND Poetry Reading by Marton Csokas of poetry by Gabriele Tinti

April 28, 2018, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Archaeology, Museums, and War: Strategies for the 21st Century

March 3, 2018, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Greece in 1805: The Travels and Paintings of Edward Dodwell and Simone Pomardi

December 2, 2017, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The Pervasiveness of Pigment in Antiquity

October 28, 2017, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Couples in Roman Sculpture: Myth, History, and Propaganda

September 23, 2017, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Rethinking Color in Ancient Mediterranean Art

May 20, 2017, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Apollo, Music, and Libations: A God’s Delight

April 29, 2017, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

At-Risk World Heritage and Cyber-Archaeology: The University of California Office of the President Catalyst Project

March 25, 2017, 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

The Priest, the Prince, and the Pasha: The Life and Afterlife of an Ancient Egyptian Sculpture

February 11, 2017, 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Growing Up Bacchus: An Archaeological Look at a Wine-god’s Early Years

December 3, 2016, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The Inhabitants of the Netherworld: Tracking Demons in Ancient Egyptian Mortuary Papyri and Coffins

November 5, 2016, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM