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.

Fall 2024

Coming soon!

Spring 2025

14^th Annual Stuart L. Wheeler Gallery of the Ancient World Open House and Lecture
The Archaeology of Democracy: Recent Excavations in the Agora of Athens
Presented by: John McKesson Camp II, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor
Emeritus of Classics
Randolph-Macon College; Director of Agora Excavations, Athens, 1994–2022;
Winner of the AIA’s 2024 Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement
Sunday, April 6, 3 p.m.
Weinstein Hall, Brown-Alley Room 
Reception: following the lecture, Humanities 419

Lectures from the Archaeological
Institutes of America

 

The Discovery of and Excavations at Eyreville.
A 17^th century Plantation Site on Virginia’s Eastern Shore
Presented by: Michael Clem
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Thursday, October 10, 6 p.m.
Jepson 109

Women and Wine in the Ancient Mediterranean
Presented by: Nadhira Hill
Randolph-Macon College
Thursday, November 14, 6 p.m.
Jepson 118

Title Coming Soon
Presented by: Caitlin Earley
University of Washington; Dumbarton Oaks
Thursday, February 20, 6 p.m.
TBD

Archaeology, its Colonial Past, and its Collaberative Future:
A Community Project in El-Kurru, Northern Sudan
Presented by: Geoff Emberling
Kelsey Museum of Arcaheology, University of Michigan
Thursday, March 20, 6 p.m.
TBD