Lecture Series

15th Annual Stuart L. Wheeler Gallery Annual Lecture & Open House

Thanks to the generous support of Mrs. Gertrude Howland, the Department of Classical Studies has sponsored an archaeology lecture each spring since 2009 in honor of Stuart Wheeler, founder of the Ancient World Gallery. Lectures on Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art and archaeology complement the gallery’s collection and encourage the appreciation and study of the ancient Mediterranean world on our campus.

Egyptian Coffin Construction

Presented by: Carrie Arbuckle MacLeod
University of Saskatchewan
Sunday, March 29, 3 p.m.

Lecture | Jepson 118

Open House following the lecture | Humanities Building 419, Ancient World Gallery

2025-26

Bad Boys and Good Girls: “Simple” Characterization in Apollonius of Tyre
Presented by: Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, Assistant Professor of Classics
University of Virginia
Thursday, November 6, 6 p.m.
Jepson 109

What Do We Owe to Already-Looted Objects?
Presented by: Elizabeth Marlowe, Professor of Art History and Program Director, Museum Studies
Colgate University 
Monday, February 9, 6 p.m.
Jepson 118

2025-26

Archaeology at Montpelier
Presented by: Dr. Matthew Reeves, Director of Archaeology & Landscape Restoration
Montpelier Archaeology
Thursday, October 16, 6 p.m.
Jepson 118

Ceramic Production and Community at Archaic and Classical Eleon in Central Greece
Presented by: Janelle Sadarananda, Assistant Teaching Professor
Skidmore College; UR ’13
Thursday, November 13, 6 p.m.
Jepson 109

Digging in Circles: Miami’s Prehistoric Legacy
AIA’s Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
Presented by: Robert S. Carr, Director of the Archaeological and Historical Conservancy
Thursday, April 16, 6 p.m.
Jepson 118