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National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Free Public Lecture: Alleviating the Clash of Ignorance – Combating Islamophobia through Religious Literacy

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Friday, August 2, 2019

Fall GRS Courses Open for Registration

CLCV 2008A/ENGL 2012 Fall Term:  Greek and Roman Epic Professor Efharis Kostala Wednesdays and Fridays 2:30-4:00 This course is open to students with second year standing. This course will focus on three foundational epics from the western literary tradition organized around the Trojan war and its aftermath. Students will read in full the Iliad... More

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Lecture by Martha Demas and Leslie Friedman August 7th: Preserving a Mosaic Legacy in the Mediterranean

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

A Dramatic Reading of Sophocles’ Antigone

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Public Lecture: Truth to Power – Politics from Below on the Comic Stage

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Thursday, March 7, 2019

Corvus Launch

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Friday, February 1, 2019

Public Lecture: The History and Archaeology of the Earliest Wines

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Monday, January 21, 2019

Glebe Lecture This Thursday: Dreaming and Dreamers in Early Medieval Chinese Buddhism

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Monday, November 19, 2018

Exhibit by Carleton Alumni – “Sights and Sounds of Ancient Ritual”

Carolyn studied classics, religion, and art history at Carleton. She is currently a postdoctoral associate in the Yale Program for the Study of Ancient and Premodern Cultures and Societies.             She recently curated "Sights and Sounds of Ancient Ritual,” a new exhibit at the Yale University Art Gallery. For... More

Monday, November 19, 2018

Carolyn Laferrière

Carolyn studied classics, religion, and art history at Carleton. She is currently a postdoctoral associate in the Yale Program for the Study of Ancient and Premodern Cultures and Societies.             She recently curated "Sights and Sounds of Ancient Ritual,” a new exhibit at the Yale University Art Gallery. For... More

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Dramatic Reading of Homer’s Odyssey

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Thursday, November 1, 2018

Seeing the Invisible in Renaissance Art: A Public Lecture

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Monday, October 22, 2018

New Course Winter 2019: CLCV 2906 Greek and Latin Scientific and Technical Terminology

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Wednesday, August 29, 2018

CUCS The Carleton University Classics Society

Welcome to the Carleton University Classics Society! If you love anything or everything Greek and Roman, this is the place for you. Everyone is welcome! (We hang around PA 2A36, the Greek and Roman Studies and Religion lounge if you ever want to drop by.) We are an official student society dedicated to fostering... More

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

HUMS 1500A Fall: Five Books That Changed the World

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Monday, May 14, 2018

James Royer

James intends to continue his studies in the field of Classics after graduating from Carleton University. He plans to attend the University of Western Ontario to pursue his Master’s degree. Beyond that he hopes to continue his interests in politics, travel and... More

Monday, May 7, 2018

GRS Student Published in Concordia Classics Students’ Association Journal

Fourth year GRS student Shamus McCoy recently published an article in Hoplon, the Concordia Classics Students' Association Journal.    ... More

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Morgan Simmons-Feigel

Morgan Simmons-Feigel completed a double major History and Greek & Roman Studies with an added minor in Archaeology. His undergraduate degree was filled both with fascinating academic work at Carleton and rewarding fieldwork at archaeological field schools discovered through Carleton. He learned useful career skills such as thinking critically... More

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Andrew Osborne

In the Fall of 2017, Andrew Osborne completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Greek and Roman Studies. He spent his undergraduate degree exploring ancient legal practices, governmental administration systems and various schools of philosophic thought found throughout the classical world. These studies provided a foundation for further studies... More

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Jocelyn Cross

Jocelyn Cross has accepted an offer from McMaster University and will be starting her Masters in Classics in the fall. Her research interests focus on the connection between history and mythology, and how each are influenced by the other. She is very grateful to receive funding from SSHRC for her project on Ostracism in... More

Friday, April 20, 2018

Webinar of Group Trip to Greece October 2018

Listen to Professor Shane Hawkins as he talks about some of the marvels you can expect to see firsthand on the upcoming 11-day small group trip to Greece which he will be leading. This trip is taking place October 11-21, 2018 so learn more today!  Click here to... More

Monday, April 16, 2018

Tyler Jordan

I graduated in 2017 with a B.A. in Greek and Roman Studies and a minor in Philosophy. At convocation I was awarded the Senate Medal. I was also the recipient of the Robert E. Osborne Scholarship in Classical Greek. In 2018 I will be attending the University of Western Ontario for an M.A. in Classical... More

Monday, April 16, 2018

Morgan Windle

Morgan is currently completing a MSc in Environmental Archaeology and Paleoeconomy at the University of Sheffield, England after graduating from Carleton's Greek and Roman Studies B.A. in 2017.  The degree will allow her to acquire a specialized skillset for future research in the archaeological field. She is interested in animal husbandry,... More

Friday, January 26, 2018

Petra Hohenstein

Petra Hohenstein completed a double major in Greek and Roman Studies and Theoretical Linguistics. She spent her undergraduate exploring her fascination of historical linguistics, doing an independent study in her last year on the evolution of the Latin language. While studying the Classics, Petra found she was baking sweets in her spare time more... More

Monday, January 22, 2018

Glebe Lecture January 25th: Plato’s Account of Sophistry

PUBLIC LECTURE Glebe Community Centre Thursday, January 25th, 2018 7:00 pm, Scotton Hall All are welcome to attend the lecture. Admission is free and open to the public. D. Gregory MacIsaac, The College of the Humanities, Carleton University D. Gregory MacIsaac is Associate Professor of Humanities at Carleton University. He has taught in the... More

Monday, January 8, 2018

Webinar January 24th: Classical Greece: A Carleton alumni trip with Shane Hawkins

Curious about the birthplace of democracy, theatre, western literature and philosophy? With its timeless art and architecture, Greece is still the center of our cultural imagination. Listen to Professor Shane Hawkins as he talks about some of the marvels you can expect to see firsthand on the upcoming 11 day small group trip to... More

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Office Closure

Please note that the College offices (GRS, HUMS and RELI) will be closed the afternoon of Thursday December 14th but will re-open on Friday... More

Monday, December 11, 2017

2018 Alumni Trip to Greece

Classical Greece Crete, Mykonos, and Athens with Study Leader Professor Shane Hawkins October 11 – 21, 2018 Greece – there are few places on earth whose history has shaped the modern world so powerfully and in so many ways. The birthplace of democracy, theatre, western literature and philosophy, with its timeless art and architecture,... More

Thursday, December 7, 2017

College Offices Holiday Closure

Please note the the main offices for GRS and HUMS (300 Paterson) and RELI (2A39 Paterson) will be closed at noon on Friday December 22nd and re-open on January... More

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Peter Toohey Lecture October 18th

Euripides’ Bacchae and Ingmar Bergman Peter Toohey, University of Calgary Wednesday October 18th 6:00 p.m. 132 Azrieli pavillion Swedish cinema and theatre director Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) directed Euripides’ Bacchae three times on the stage. It seems to have  been one of his favorite plays. Bergman uses the imagery associated with... More

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Annual M.K. Gandhi Lecture on Peace and the Humanities

“Samadarshana and Samabhava: Gandhi and the Plurality of Religions” Professor Bindu Puri, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India Sunday, October 1, 2017 3:00 pm Richcraft Building, Carleton University, 2200 Co-sponsored by the College of the Humanities and the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Council of Ottawa. Please note: The lecture will be preceded... More

Friday, September 8, 2017

Glebe Lecture September 21st: The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room (at Notre-Dame de Gourdon in Burgundy) Glebe Community Centre Thursday, September 21st, 2017 7:00 pm, Scotton Hall All are welcome to attend the lecture. Admission is free and open to the public. John Osborne, Professor Emeritus, The College of the Humanities, Carleton University John Osborne is a medievalist and... More

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

College Offices Closed May 18th p.m.

Both offices in the College of the Humanities, 300 and 2A39PA will be closed for the afternoon on Thursday May... More

Monday, March 20, 2017

Upcoming GRS Lectures March 28th

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Thursday, March 16, 2017

Research Achievement Award to GRS Faculty Member

The Carleton University Research Achievement Awards are administered by the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International). The purpose of these awards is to recognize outstanding research achievements. The awards were established in 1989 to enhance the quality of research and to recognize research excellence. The recipients’ terms... More

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