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Ovid in Exile

AD 8-2008

Lecture by Stephen Hinds

Friday, March 14

4:30 p.m.

Eck Visitors' Center Auditorium

Stephen Hinds (BA Trinity Coll. Dublin, PhD Cambridge) is doing some of the most imaginative work in any field of literary studies today. His ground-breaking study in literary allusion, Allusion and Intertext: Dynamics of Appropriation in Roman Poetry, followed what has become a basic textbook for students of Classics and of Ovid, The Metamorphosis of Persephone. His work is profound, learned, and witty; he is a gifted teacher and a scholar of international prestige. The Classics department warmly invites you to come hear a talk by this versatile intellectual.

Arabic Culture Night

Thursday, March 13

7:00-8:00 p.m.

Jordan Auditorium in Mendoza

Open to all and admission is free!

The Arabic Club is hosting the Arabic Culture Night this Thursday, March 13th at 7:00 pm in the Jordan Auditorium in Mendoza. This event will be a night of Middle Eastern music, dance, poetry and theater. It should last about an hour and admission is free and open to all.

Study Abroad Meeting

If you are interested in studying abroad in the Mediterranean world, I would like to invite you to come to an informational session:

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

5:00-6:00 p.m.

Classics Department Seminar Room (304 O'Shag.)

Study abroad durng the academic year or summer break. Meet and greet our students who have returned from study abroad. Get all your questions answered. Apply before Nov. 1st.

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Classics Department Kickoff Event

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Reckers Hospitality Room

5:00 to 6:30 pm

Come meet and greet Classics and Arabic faculty and students, and learn more about the majors, minors, and other opportunities available in the Classics. There will be food and drink for all!

Trip to Indy Musuem of Art

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Indianapolis, IN

We are organizing a bus trip to see "The Romans Are Coming," an exhibit of Roman art from the Louvre--check it out at theromasarecoming.com. The bus will leave at approximately 7:00 am for a 2.5 hour bus ride to Indianapolis. (Don't worry--we will return to campus in time for the kickoff of the UCLA football game at 8:00 pm!) This event is limited to Classics and Arabic majors and the bus can only seat 56 people. The cost is covered. If you are interested in attending, please contact Professor Tadeusz Mazurek (tmazurek@nd.edu) with your name and major as soon as possible. More details are coming, so please check here for updates!

Greco-Roman Idol

April 12, 2007
Eck Visitors Center
5:00-6:30 pm

Come join us to meet and greet Classics department faculty and students. Learn more about majoring in Classics, Classics graduate school, studying abroad in the Mediterranean, and summer archaeology field school opportunities. The
event will conclude with the world-premier performance of "Greco-Roman Idol," produced by our Classics Club Thespians. Whom will the judges select as the next Idol--Socrates, Nero or Helen of Troy?

Classics Live!

Wednesday, October 25 4-6 p.m.

Stonehenge (on the Fieldhouse Mall)

We want to showcase the talents of all our wonderful Classics students. Students will recite poems in Latin, Greek and English; stage mock gladiator fights; showcase artwork; dress in ancient garb; sing Latin hymns; etc. As the centerpiece of the event we would like to stage a few scenes of ancient comedy. If interested in helping out with this event, please contact Professor Tadeusz Mazurek (tmazurek@nd.edu).

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Symposium on Cicero's Practical Philosophy

October 27-28, 2006

While assessing and celebrating the renewal of Cicero studies over the past two generations, the Symposium seeks to contribute to this renewal by providing an occasion for conversation and collaboration among political theorists, classicists, historians and scholars of ancient philosophy interested in the moral and political philosophy of Marcus Tullius Cicero.

For program details, see the website of the Notre Dame Workshop on Ancient Philosophy http://www.nd.edu/~ndwap/.

For information including on registration and accommodations, contact Harriet Baldwin at (574) 631-7864 or Baldwin.1@nd.edu.

Hesiod Reading by Henry Weinfield and Catherine Schlegel

November 6, 2006 7:30 p.m.

Coleman-Morse Lounge

The Classics and PLS deparments are proud to present the reading of a new translation of Hesiod's The Theogony and Works and Days, by Henry Weinfield and Catherine Schlegel. Refreshments and a book-signing will follow the reading.

The Gospel in Arabic: An Inquiry into its Origins and Development

November 15, 2006 4:00 p.m.

210-214 McKenna Hall

Professor Joseph Amar will present his recently published book, Dionysius Bar Salibi's Response to the Arabs. A scholar in classical and Christian Arabic, Syriac literary culture, and early interactions between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Professor Amar directs the Arabic and Syriac programs at the University of Notre Dame and serves on the editorial board for the Library of Early Christianity. His other books include St. Ephrem the Syrian, and The Mimra of Jacob of Sarug on Holy Mar Ephrem.