{"id":601,"date":"2023-02-20T20:26:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T20:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/classical-mediterranean-studies\/?p=601"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:45:08","slug":"department-hosts-2022-2023-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/classical-mediterranean-studies\/2023\/02\/20\/department-hosts-2022-2023-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Hosts 2022-2023 Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This academic year, the Department of Classical and Mediterranean Studies is honored to host an esteemed group of lecturers for its 2022\/2023 lecture series:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October 6, 2022: Professor of Religion at Colgate University, Georgia Frank, presented <em>Unfinished Christians &#8211; Ritual Objects and Silent Subjects in Late<\/em>\u00a0<em>Antiquity<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>November 10, 2022: Associate Professor of Architectural History and Director of The Marco Institute at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Gregor Kalas, presented <em>The Spaces for Poor Relief in Late Antique Rome<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>February 17, 2023: Associate Professor in the Department of History at Princeton University, Jack Tannous, presented <em>Ordinary Christians on the Eve of<\/em> Islam.<\/li>\n<li>March 23, 2023: Professor of Greek Literature and Culture at Cambridge University, Simon Goldhill, presents <em>Self Harm and the Death Drive: A History through Antiquity<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>April 20, 2023: Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Byzantine Studies, Serbian Academy for Sciences and Arts, Ljubomir Milanovi\u0107 presents <em>Sacral Topography of the Archbishopric of Orchid (11th to the 13th centuries)<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>March 26-28, 2023: The department will host a workshop with several speakers both from within and outside of Vanderbilt, <em>Textual Criticism in Classics and Jewish Studies<\/em>, to encourage dialogue between text-critical methods in Jewish Studies and Classics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132963979 BCX0\">Guests in the Annual Lecture Series spend several days at Vanderbilt, meeting with faculty and students<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132963979 BCX0\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132963979 BCX0\">di<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132963979 BCX0\">s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132963979 BCX0\">cussing common interests<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132963979 BCX0\">, and brainstorming future collaborations<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132963979 BCX0\">.<\/span> More information on each of these presentations can be accessed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/classical-mediterranean-studies\/events\/\">Events<\/a> page as they occur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This academic year, the Department of Classical and Mediterranean Studies is honored to host an esteemed group of lecturers for its 2022\/2023 lecture series: October 6, 2022: Professor of Religion at Colgate University, Georgia Frank, presented Unfinished Christians &#8211; Ritual Objects and Silent Subjects in Late\u00a0Antiquity. 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