Ancient World Seminar

The Ancient World Seminar offers an opportunity for students and staff from all Groningen faculties and departments with an interest in the Ancient World (e.g. Classics, Ancient History, Philosophy, Religion and Theology, Archaeology, Law) to meet and discuss their research. The Ancient World Seminar gathers monthly during term time and invites early stage as well as advanced scholars: not only from the University of Groningen and other universities in the Netherlands, but also from abroad. Papers are given on a broad variety of subjects and from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives.

The Ancient World Seminar takes place every month on a Tuesday and starts at 16.15. After each lecture, we offer the opportunity to have drinks and dinner with the lecturer and all other interested parties.

Upcoming lectures

• March 25: Confirmed speaker: Prof. dr. Caroline Vander Stichele (Tilburg University)

• April 15: Confirmed speaker: Dr. Axel Frejman (Uppsala University)

• May 20: Confirmed speaker: Prof. dr. Tom Harrison (British Museum)

• June 17 : Confirmed speaker: Dr. Sarah Cullinan Herring (University of Kansas)

Past lectures 2024-2025 Academic Year

• October 15th Ancient World Seminar: Sofie Remijssen (University of Amsterdam) (Time & Temporalities Network) "The introduction of clock time in the Hellenistic era"

• November 12th Ancient World Seminar: Katharina Schön (University of Groningen) 'Voces tacitae clamare videntur - Latin as a Literary Refuge in the 20th Century'

• December 10th Ancient World Seminar: Tesse Stek (University of Leiden) 'Roman Colonialism on the Ground. Historiographical and Archaeological Approaches to Republican Period Expansion'

• January 21st Ancient World Seminar: Dr. Phil Forness (KU Leuven): 'Translations and the Spread of Christianity in Late Antiquity.'

For a full overview of the seminars of the last academic year, please take a look at the 2023- 2024 programme.

Organisation

The Ancient World Seminar is organised by CRASIS with the help of Phd and (under)graduate students from the different departments:

• Maya Xinyu Dong (Research Master Arts and Culture)

• Charlotte Nolan (Research Master Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies)
• Sara Hutchinson (Research Master Archeology)
• Friederike Brunzema (Research Master Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies)
• Nicholas Aherne (PhD)
• Thomas Faassen (Research Master Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies)

Contact

Please contact us at crasis.aws@rug.nl.