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Friday Series
Every second Friday, the Department of Classics offers informal lectures addressed primarily to undergraduate students. Different Baylor professors present talks that introduce students to various aspects of the ancient world. All talks take place at Morrison Hall 330 or Morrison Hall 120 and start at 4:00 pm.
SPRING 2010
• February 12, Alden Smith,
Homer Scholia and Alexandrian Scholars
• February 5, Simon Burris,
• January 29, Timothy Heckenlively,
The Oral Hypothesis: Remaining Questions
• January 22, Jeff Hunt,
Milman Parry and the Oral Hypothesis
• January 15, Simon Burris,
The Homeric Question: the first 2,400 years
FALL 2009
• October 9, Simon Burris,
• October 2, Jeff Hunt,
• September 11, Katy Chenoweth (B.A. Classics 2009),
Minoan Palaces, Delphic Oracles, and Helen Mirren
SPRING 2009
• February 6, Simon Burris,
A Very Brief Introduction to Greek and Roman Epigraphy
• January 23, David White, Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Beginners
FALL 2008
• October 31, David White, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: Cannibalism and Ovid's Metamorphoses
• October 24, John Thorburn, Telephus: The Greek John Doe
• September 19, Dan Hanchey, Where is the Body? A Roman Tomb in Gaul that is not Roman and is not a Tomb
SPRING 2008
• April 25, Steven L. Jones, Tales from the Crypt: Augustus and his Mausoleum
• February 22, John Thorburn, Satyrs at Play
• February 1, Alex Alderman, Socrates and Alcibiades: Scandal and Scholarship
FALL 2007
• November 9, John Thorburn, Perseus and Medusa: Animal, Vegetable, or Maternal
• November 2, Julia Hejduk, Poisoner, Prostitute, Politician: Who Was Clodia?"
• October 19, Kevin Hawthorne, Ancient Greek Black Magic
• October 5, Antony Augoustakis, Summer in Italy with Baylor Classics
• September 7, John Thorburn, Roman Gladiators: The Original Reality Show
• August 31, David White, Cuneiform for Beginners! Gilgamesh speaks!
SPRING 2007
• March 23, Erin Stewart, "NEVER go against a SICILIAN when DEATH is on the LINE," A talk on a student's semester in sunny Sicily
• February 9, Amy Vail, Special Valentine Day's talk "The Art of Falling Out of Love: Ovid's Remedia Amoris"
• January 26, John Thorburn, "Smashing Greeks: An Illustrated Guide" (Ancient Athletics)
• January 19, David White, "Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Beginners"
FALL 2006
• November 17, Sonya Maness "Bronze Age Pylos: A student's summer on an archaeological dig"
• November 10, Ted Somerville "Linear B: The story of the decipherment"
• October 27, Tim Heckenlively, Special Halloween Talk "Blood-sucking female freaks in Ancient Greece"
