Mac Classics Grad in Greece

Kyle McLeister (MA ’11) recently finished a six week study tour of Greece as a member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens Summer Session (http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/programs/Summer). The summer session, which was comprised of 20 students and high school teachers from across North America, divided its time between three weeks in Athens and three weeks travelling throughout the rest of Greece, visiting sites of major archaeological and historical importance, as well as numerous museums in Crete, the Peloponnese, and northern Greece. The program not only allows students to gain first-hand experience with the monuments of ancient Greece, but it also gives them to opportunity to forge professional ties with students and scholars in the field.

(The Hephaisteion in the Athenian Agora. Photo: K. McKleister)

Mac Humanities Newsletter

The most recent issue of the McMaster Humanities Newsletter has a feature on the Dept. of Classics: http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/

Congratulations to Samantha Huisbrink (Fine Arts and Art History Major and Classics Minor) whose drawing of the Parthenon was published in the Winter issue of Calliope Magazine as part of a feature on the Athenian Acropolis.

E. Togo Salmon Visiting Professor

Professor Nate Rosenstein,
Ohio State University

"Phalanx & Maniple: the Origins of Roman Warcraft"

Thursday, March 18, 2010
4:30, DSB 505


"War, Wealth, & Consuls"

Friday, March 19, 2010
3:30, TSH 719

Upcoming Events

The Classics Departmental Speaker Series is pleased to present two upcoming talks:

4 March: Prof. Andrew Faulkner (Dept. Classical Studies, University of Waterloo)

"A Powerful Voice in the Background: Speech in Homeric Hymns"

TSH 701, 4:30 pm

11 March: Prof. Jeffrey Becker (Dept. Classics, McMaster University)

"The Gabii Project, 2007-2010: Preliminary Conclusions and Future Perspectives"

TSH 701, 4:30 pm

Representatives of the Dept. of Classics will also be at the Humanities Majors Fair

Friday, 5 March, 11:30-2:30, Gilmour Hall 111

Congratulations!

At the recent Faculty of Humanities' Awards Assembly, Classics students were on display! Classics major Liana Brent was the featured speaker and used the archaeological excavation as a metaphor for the undergrad experience. The list of award winners included:

Katie Ambeault: Graham Ronald Toop scholarship

Liana Brent: Bertram Osmer Hooper Scholarship, University senate scholarship

Debra Coburn: University scholarship

Michael Courtemanche: John H. Trueman scholarship

Giselle Lo: The Latin Prize

Rebecca Rathbone: University senate scholarship

Louise Savocchia: E.T. Salmon scholarship, University senate scholarship, Varey scholarship,

Barbara Scarfo: Beatrice Corrigan Memorial Book Prize

David Tabron: Gladys Ballantyne Parker Prize

Melissa Verhey: Harold & Gertrude Freeman scholarship

David Wallace-Hare: Alexander Gordon McKay scholarship,

Deans' honour list:
Katie Ambeault, Liana Brent, Chih Chen,
Michael Courtemanche, Rachel Forbes, Rebecca Ketelaars, Sabrina Kokosarevic, Angela Kwok, Giselle Lo, Irina Malakhova, Telmo Medeiros, Jeffrey Poort, Rebecca Rathbone, Louise Savocchia, Barbara Scarfo, Tristan Sibley, David Tabron, Melissa Verhey, David Wallace-Hare

November events

Professor Alistair Small, Edinburgh University
&
Dr. Tracy Prowse, Dept. of Anthropology, McMaster University

"Life & Death on an estate of the Roman emperor at Vagnari, S. Italy"
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
TSH 719, 4:30

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Classics Coffee Hour
Thursday, November 26,
TSH 719, 4:30

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Dr. Mark Lawall, University of Manitoba
(sponsored by the Classical Association of Canada)

"So there are prices and markets, so what? Archaeological efforts to advance debates over ancient economies"
Friday, November 27
TSH 701, 3:30

Professor Stephen Halliwell, St. Andrews
Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor

"Greek Comedy and the History of Laughter"
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
DSB 505, 4:30

"Odysseus' Tears and the Need for Song"
Thursday, November 5, 2009
TSH 719, 4:30

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Department of Classics Christmas Lunch
Monday, December 7
12:00, Skylight room, Commons building
(please contact Carmen for ticket information)