2021 News & Events Archive


Professor Cristiana Zaccagnino was interviewed by Alan Neal at CBC Radio Ottawa during his All in a Day podcast about Indiana Jones and the figure of the archaeologist 40 years after the film's release. The podcast episode '' aired on June 17th, 2021.  


Professor R. Drew Griffith has been interviewed in  of 'Everything is Alive', a podcast by Radiotopia, to discuss ancient comedy.


Professor Jan-Mathieu Carbon participated in the International Workshop "My Name is Your Name: Anthroponyms as Divine Attributes", presented by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid from June 2nd to 3rd. Professor Carbon was discussing The God of "NN" (in Anatolia): Fossilised Founders or Meaningful Epicleseis? on June 3, 2021.


Two Faculty members gave papers at the 2021 , May 25-28. Professor Barbara Reeves was discussing "˴Ƭ's First Professor: Peter Colin Campbell, Professor of Classical Literature," and Professor Beatrice Poletti was discussing "The Enemy's Brides: Diplomacy and  Female Agency in Dion. Hal. RA 2.30-2.46 (The Abduction of the Sabine Women)".


Professor Jan-Mathieu Carbon spoke at the Mapping Ancient Polytheisms (MAP) Seminar hosted by the Université de Toulouse in France.  His talk, Les associations et leurs bornes funéraires à Cos : Un vaste horizon de dieux et de fêtes, de fondateurs et de “chefs”, was presented on January 11, 2021.