2011–2012 Speaker Series

Each year the Department of Classical Studies brings noteworthy speakers and scholars to Richmond to present lectures or seminars. These events are free and open to the public. Students always benefit from gaining new perspectives and from interacting with these scholars.

The Department of Classical Studies announces the 4th Annual Stuart L. Wheeler Gallery Lecture:

“Exploring Meaning and Function in Eighteenth Dynasty Painted Tombs at Thebes”
Gay Robins, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Art History
Michael C. Carlos, museum faculty consultant for ancient Egyptian art
Department of Art History, Emory University
Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m.
Weinstein Hall, Brown Alley Room

"Whatever Happened to Thoas? Hypsipyle's Rituals in Valerius and Statius"
Vassiliki Panoussi, Robert and Sara Boyd Distinguished Associate Professor at William & Mary
Wednesday, March 22 at 5 p.m.
Jepson Hall, Room 120