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Congratulations to Dr. Alessandro Battaglia!

Dr. Battaglia and Dr. Kruse
Many congratulations to Dr. Alessandro Battaglia, who successfully defended his PhD thesis, "Inventing the Roman State: Capacity and Consequences of the Late Imperial Bureaucracy"!
 
PhD Chair: Marion Kruse
PhD Committee: Peter Van Minnen, Daniel Markovich, Matthijs Wibier
PhD External Committee Member: Shane Bjornlie (Claremont-McKenna College)

New Issue of the Blegen Bulletin

Title page of the Blegen Bulletin

Blegen Bulletin 2024, the newsletter of UC Classics, is available as a pdf here! 

In this issue:

  • Daniel Markovich’s vision as head of UC Classics for the department and the discipline
  • The research interests of new faculty members Dylan Kenny and Mathijs Wibier, and the current research projects of Steven Ellis and Marion Kruse
  • Events sponsored by UC Classics including brown bag faculty talks, the Semple Symposium on Stobaeus, a celebration of Peter van Minnen’s career, and much more
  • The move of two more research resources in Aegean prehistory to UC Classics: the Aegean conferences and Aegaeum publications, and the PASP archives, joining Nestor
  • The Rawson Fellowship program and the three Fellows currently resident in Cincinnati: Tom Carpenter, Jan Driessen, and Lynne Lancaster
  • An engaging year of student activities, including an original production of Plautus’ Amphitruo, and the study abroad of Semple Scholars
  • Books, books, and more books, including four Festschriften honoring members of the UC Classics community
  • Brief news and updates about members of the faculty, current students, and alumni—including a profile of Dan Levine (PhD 1980), who was the recipient of the Aristeia Award from the ASCSA.

Enjoy — and send your own news and updates to Carol Hershenson!

Aristophanes' Frogs

Frogs poster
The University of Cincinnati Classics Club is presenting a lively, script-in-hand performance of Aristophanes' Frogs with roles performed by graduate and undergraduates students, and faculty !
 
 
Congratulations to the many students and faculty involved in the show!! Special thank you to our very talented Amanda Stokes for composing and performing her Brekekekex koax koax hit and to our amazing Anna Conser for directing and organizing the whole thing.
 

Congratulations to Dr. Haley Bertram!

Dr. Bertram & committee
Many congratulations to Dr. Haley Bertram, who successfully defended her Ph.D: "Producing for the Mediterranean World: Corinthian Pottery Abroad, ca. 750-500 BCE"!
 
Chair: Kathleen Lynch
Committee: Steven Ellis, Eleni Hatzaki
External Committee Member: Eleni Hasaki (University of Arizona)

Empire of Correspondence Conference at UC Boulder

Greek inscription carved in marble

Our own Matthijs Wibier and colleagues organize the conference "Empire of Correspondence" on Imperial letters at the University of Colorado Boulder on October 4-5, with the contribution of our own Kelly Shannon-Henderson ("Constructing Emperor Cult in the Letters between Pliny and Trajan"). If you want to attend via Zoom, please register at https://forms.gle/41AuVUhjoWd965qD9

Aegean Celebration

Poster describing the event

Please join us on 3-4 October for our Aegean Celebration on the occasion of the publication of The Palace of Nestor at Pylos IV.1 and the arrival of the Aegean Scripts and Prehistory (PASP) archive to the Department of Classics at UC ! You can attend the presentations by Thomas Palaima, Dimitri Nakassis and Jeffrey Kramer on Friday, 4 October, 3:30-4:45 PM via Zoom: https://ucincinnati.zoom.us/j/81337214638 

Click here for the full size poster.
(Poster: Charlie Kuhlman)