Iowa Classics @IowaClassics
The official Twitter of the Department of Classics at the University of Iowa, promoting classical languages and literature from the heart of the Midwest. clas.uiowa.edu/classics/ Iowa City, IA Joined December 2012-
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Welcome the latest addition to the Dumbarton Oaks #Medieval Library! Read more about the philosopher Syntipas and his Aesopian fables in THE BYZANTINE SINBAD, an 11th century #translation from Syriac by Michael Andreopoulos. From @Harvard_Press: ow.ly/H1qT50EJe52.
Third (by alphabet) is Jeffrey Beneker & Craig Gibson’s translation of “The Byzantine #Sinbad”. It collects “The Book of Syntipas the Philosopher” and “The Fables of Syntipas”, both translated from Syriac in the 11th century by Michael #Andreopoulos. @JeffBeneker @Harvard_Press
Join us today for a colloquium with Peter Miller - Usual Labors and the Wealth of Philosophy: Syriac Monastic Education. Peter is a PhD candidate in the Classics and Religious Studies departments. 1:30 - 3pm CST via Zoom Zoom link for talk: bit.ly/3MosjVo
Join us today with Dr. Kyle Harper for his talk titled “New Frontiers in Ancient Plagues” at 3:30pm CST via Zoom. uiowa.zoom.us/j/94545890817?…
Join us on Wednesday, February 23 for our next Classics Colloquium! Dr. Kyle Harper from the University of Oklahoma, will be giving a talk titled “New Frontiers in Ancient Plagues” at 3:30pm CST via Zoom. uiowa.zoom.us/j/94545890817?… Meeting ID: 945 4589 0817 Passcode: 129210
Join us today with Dr. Beth Severy-Hoven, Professor of the Classical Mediterranean and Middle East at Macalester College, will be giving a talk titled “The Satyrica as a Neronian Text” at 3:30pm CST via Zoom. uiowa.zoom.us/j/94545890817?… Meeting ID: 945 4589 0817 Passcode: 129210
Join us today with Dr. Melissa Mueller, who will be giving a talk titled “In the Bardo with Tithonos: Reading Sappho with Homer and Eve Sedgwick” at 3:30pm CDT via Zoom. uiowa.zoom.us/j/94545890817?…
Over the past two months, Iowa City-area entertainers have had to pivot to making their content available online. press-citizen.com/story/news/202…
salvete/χαίρετε! Welcome back to class, Hawkeyes! Remember, it's not too late to register for classes in the Classics department! myui.uiowa.edu/my-ui/courses/… Come check us out!
Check out the first issue of @anc_exchanges! exchanges.uiowa.edu/ancient/issues… When we speak about departures, we are often talking about the beginning of a new adventure, but we also know that every departing contains a parting: a farewell that divides us from where & who we were before.
📣 SAVE THE DATE! 📣 We're three weeks away from One Day for Iowa! This year, Classics is a featured department, so check out all the ways you can help support our faculty and students. 👇👇👇 #1DayforIowa #GoHawks 1dayforiowa.org/classics20
Tonight, Dr. Celsiana Warwick will give a talk at 5pm in 101 BCSB titled "Nossis's Dildo: A metapoetic attack on female poetry in Herodas's sixth mime." If you can't make it in person, watch it on YouTube! youtube.com/watch?v=MnA7bq…
Check out our September Newsletter to see what's up with our faculty and grad students this semester, and to see what events we've got cooking! mailchi.mp/345ab3488234/u…
This Fall, explore classical myths & the films devoted to them in Classics and Cinema with Prof Debra Trusty! Read original works alongside critical reaction & learn how mythology is treated in modern culture compared to its original reception in antiquity vimeo.com/328226979
"The church, the Pope's own cathedral, was originally built in the 4th c AD by Constantine—the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. Positioned on the Caelian Hill, the church would have dominated the Roman skyline at the time." phys.org/news/2018-11-h… via @physorg_com
Join us at 5pm in Shambaugh Auditorium as Richard Thomas, Professor of Classics at Harvard University and Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor, gives a talk titled "‘Too Serious to Fool’: The Humor of Bob Dylan." Or check out our live feed! youtube.com/watch?v=HtcIEM…
Over on the SCS blog, a special post by Prof. Juliana Bastos Marques on the fire that destroyed the Museu Nacional in Rio de Janeiro last week. A moving post on politics in Brazil, the import of funding for museums, and cultural... classicalstudies.org/node/29048
"The master potter, who lived to be about 45 or 50, was buried in the city of Eleutherna on the slopes of Mount Ida, the legendary birthplace of Zeus. Ornate pottery in nearby graves suggests she lived between 900 B.C.E. and 650 B.C.E. ..." sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/m…
With thanks to Sinclair Bell and Lora Holland for their hard work, we are delighted to announce that the Festschrift for Professor Carin Green will be available soon from Archaeopress (archaeopress.com).

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