Classical Archaeology Seminars | Faculty of Classics

D Caucus: Classical Archaeology

Seminars take place on Tuesdays in Room 1.04 in the Faculty of Classics, and begin at 16:30; except for the event on Monday 25 May.

All are warmly invited - and for drinks and conversation afterwards, too.

5 May
Konstantinos L. Zachos (Ioannina)
From Actium to Rome: The Victory Monument at Nicopolis and the Representation of Augustan Triumph

12 May - CANCELLED
Martin Steskal (ÖAW Vienna)
Death Out of Place: Exceptional Burials in Ephesos

19 May - No seminar
Members of the Caucus are reminded of the 2025 Gray Lectures, delivered by Prof. Denis Feeney, on "Abandoning Ariadne". The series is due to begin on 19 May at 17:00 in room G.19.

Monday 25 May - CANCELLED
Tyler Jo Smith (Virginia)
Divine Portraits on Greek Vases: Performance, Visibility and Devotion

Also to note:

Tuesday 26 May, 2–6pm
The Futures of Antiquity
A panel discussion with Walter Scheidel (Stanford) and Joy Connolly (ACLS), and commentary by Peter Frankopan (Oxford), Philipp von Rummel (DAI Berlin), Amy Russell (Brown) and Greg Woolf (ISAW, New York).
Classics Room G.21: Please email Jo Quinn for further information (jcq24@cam.ac.uk).

Thursday 4 June, c.10–6pm
Truth and Beauty: A One-Day Conference in Honour of Nigel Spivey
With contributions by Adriano Aymonino (Buckingham), Emily Clifford (Warwick), Jaś Elsner (Oxford/Chicago), Rolf Schneider (LMU Munich), Hugo Shakeshaft (Washington DC) and Michael Squire (Cambridge).
Classics Room G.21: Please email Michael Squire for further information (mjs73@cam.ac.uk).