Events for Fall '24

Phillips Colloquium

Date: Saturday, 5th October 

Location: Chamber Room, 2029 Becker Dr (West Campus)

Speaker: Mallory Monaco Caterine

Oliver Phillips was a much-loved Professor of Classics at KU for three decades, 1964-1994.  He was recognized at Kansas with a Mortar Board Award for teaching in 1978 and was given a CAMWS ovatio in 1993, the year before his retirement. After his retirement he continued to teach honors sections of Western Civ and led various Latin reading groups on and off campus. 

The KU Department of Classics holds a regular colloquium on pedagogy in his honor.

We welcome anyone interested in the teaching of the ancient world and its languages. Refreshments will be served.

Archaeological Institute of America Lecture, "The Archaic Colonnade at Corinth"

Date: Tuesday, 8th October, 6pm 

Location: Centennial Room, Kansas Union

Speaker: Jon Frey

Largely overlooked in the various studies of the site since the early 1900s, a partially preserved row of Archaic period columns marking the western limit of the upper forum at Corinth holds much potential to reveal the architectural history of the site in the time following the refunding of the city as a Roman colony in 44 BC. This talk explores the physical evidence of the colonnade, which may be seen as a remarkably early example of architectural spoliation. Moreover, if as has been frequently stated in publications, these columns were originally located within the cella of the nearby Archaic temple, we must re-evaluate the temple's original appearance as well as the degreeof its destruction in the sack of the city in 146 BC.

All are welcome.

"Enroll and Slay" Study Break

Date: Thursday, 10th October, 11.30am-1.30pm

Location: Malott Room, Kansas Union

Join us to learn about majoring and minoring in Classics, meet Classics faculty and other students, and hear about our courses for next semester!

All students welcome. Refreshments will be served. 

Mary Ellen Wyman Lecture in Ancient Art and Archaeology

Date: Thursday, 14th November, 6:30pm-8:30pm

Location: English Room, Kansas Union

Speaker: Christina DiFabio

Mary Ellen Wyman was a woman who always supported the academic efforts of her granddaughter, Elizabeth "Betty" Banks, Professor in the KU Classics Department from 1966-2001 and Professor Emerita thereafter. Betty taught courses in archaeology, Latin, and Greek for the department and was an important voice on campus for gender equity. Betty was also the curator of the Wilcox Classical Museum from 1970-2001 and was instrumental in reinstalling the museum’s collection in its current location in Lippincott Hall. As an archaeologist, she excavated at Corinth and Lerna in Greece, publishing two volumes in the Lerna Series (American School of Classical Studies, Athens) about the site’s Neolithic architecture and ceramics. Upon her passing in 2020, Betty established an annual lecture in her grandmother's honor. The Mary Ellen Wyman Lecture in Ancient Art and Archaeology can include Aegean, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman topics. The Department of Classics is grateful to Betty, to her grandmother, and to all those who support and encourage our students.

This year's topic will be “The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Greek City: Notion in Türkiye.”

All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.