Our own Matthijs Wibier and colleagues organize the conference "Empire of Correspondence" on Imperial letters at the University of Colorado Boulder on October 4-5, with the contribution of our own Kelly Shannon-Henderson ("Constructing Emperor Cult in the Letters between Pliny and Trajan"). If you want to attend via Zoom, please register at https://forms.gle/41AuVUhjoWd965qD9

This year, Prof. Hilary Becker (Binghamton University) is the guest speaker selected by our graduate students. Prof. Becker will deliver a lecture titled "Troubleshooting Roman pigments and glass" on October 3rd, 6 PM, in Blegen 308. Additionally, she will be conducting a workshop on Fresco making on October 4 at 12:15 in Blegen 214. (Organization: Callie Todhunter, Poster Charlie Kuhlman)

Please join us on 3-4 October for our Aegean Celebration on the occasion of the publication of The Palace of Nestor at Pylos IV.1 and the arrival of the Aegean Scripts and Prehistory (PASP) archive to the Department of Classics at UC ! You can attend the presentations by Thomas Palaima, Dimitri Nakassis and Jeffrey Kramer on Friday, 4 October, 3:30-4:45 PM via Zoom: https://ucincinnati.zoom.us/j/81337214638 

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(Poster: Charlie Kuhlman)

Congratulations to Jack Davis, who has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, MA, on September 21st! A great honor for him, for our department, and for the University of Cincinnati.

The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Association of Ancient Historians (AAH) will be hosted by the University of Cincinnati from 16-18 April, 2025. The AAH is the premier organization for the study of ancient history in the United States and Canada, and we are excited for the opportunity to host and to showcase our programs. More information on the conference, including panel topics and instructions for abstract submissions, can be found here: classics.uc.edu/aah-2025. We look forward to welcoming everyone to Cincinnati next spring!

The international Semple Symposium organized by Susan Prince and Christopher Moore at UC Classics on the anthology of John Stobaeus is about to begin! "The Anthologist’s Workshop: Insights on the Principles, Materials, and Techniques behind the Anthology of John Stobaeus", 2-4 May 2024.