Attic Black-Figure Amphora (type B) - 1984.02 - https://slll.cass.anu.edu.au/classics-museum/catalogue/objects/attic-black-figure-amphora-type-b-198402

Centre for Classical Studies Research Seminar Series 2026

Most seminars will be held in the AD Hope building Conference Room (Rm 1.28) Wednesdays at 3.15pm but please see individual event listings for more details and in case of any changes. 

To contact the convenors of the Seminar Series, please email Marko Vitas or Francesco Motta.

Semester 2, 2026

5 August 2026
Alex Grigor (Australian National University)
‘Ut pictura poesis' :Text, Image, and Intermediality in Roman Receptions of the Trojan War

19 August 2026
Christopher Haddad (Australian National University)
‘It’s a Fish-eat-Fish World': Mātsya-Nyāya, Anarchical Chaos, and the Social Contract in ancient Brāhmanical India

21 August 2026 
HDR 2027, Information session
12 pm - Online only

26 August - 4.30 pm
Honours 2027 Information Session 
4.30 pm - In person: AD Hope Building Conference Room (1.28)

2 September 2026 
Dr Ken Parry(Australian National University)
From Alexandria to Baghdad via Damascus: Missing Links in the Transmission of Greek Philosophy in Late Antiquity

30 September 2026
Michelle Golding (Australian National University)
More than Bare Bones: Reconstructing the Lives of Egypt's Silent Majority. A Paleodemographic Framework for Ancient Egypt.

29 October 2026
Dr Simon Perris (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Translating Greek in Māori-language theatre from Homer’s Odyssey to Euripides’ Bacchae

4 November 2026
Dr Xavier Buxton (The University of Queensland)
The Fear of the Other: Aeschylus’ Persians and the Culture of Emotion in Classical Athens.

6 November 2026
Workshop ‘Women, Gender and Motherhood through the ages’
9 am to 5 pm - In person: RSSS Building Lectorial Room 1
Organised by Dr Meaghan McEvoy and ANU School of History