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Greek poetry as modern rap
Classics professor presents Homeric poetry as performance art for the Assembly Series
March 31,
2009 --
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Stanford classics professor Richard Martin discusses Homeric poetry as a performance art in Ancient Greece, comparing it to modern rap, in the annual Assembly Series Biggs lecture at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 9 in Steinberg Hall.
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Bowersock to give the Biggs Lecture
Ancient history scholar Glen Bowersock to speak on 'Globalization in Late Antiquity'
April 1,
2008 -- Ancient history scholar Glen Bowersock will give the Biggs Lecture in the Classics on "Globalization in Late Antiquity" for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 10 in Steinberg Hall Auditorium.
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Archaeologist Colin Renfrew explores how we become human
Colin Renfrew expands our understanding of cognitive archaeology in Assembly Series lecture
March 2,
2007 -- Eminent British archaeologist Lord Colin Renfrew to speak on cognitive archaeology and how we become human, at the Assembly Series, 4 p.m., March 22 in Graham Chapel.
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Writer, philosopher Gass to speak for Assembly Series
William Gass will discuss the power of metaphor for Biggs Lecture in the Classics
March 17,
2006 -- Celebrated fiction writer and essayist William H. Gass will present the John and Penelope Biggs Residency in the Classics Lecture for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 30 in Graham Chapel. The lecture, titled "Metaphor," will explore the true essence of metaphors and their connection to language and creativity.
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Renowned classics scholar to deliver annual Biggs lecture
Biggs Lecture in Classics spotlights Cambridge scholar Malcolm Schofield
March 1,
2005 -- The renowned classics scholar Malcolm Schofield will give the annual Biggs Lecture in the Classics at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 17, for the Assembly Series. The event will be held in the Women's Building Formal Lounge; it is free and open to the public.
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The origins of Roman elegy
Classics Professor W. Ralph Johnson to speak on Roman Elegy at Assembly Series
March 9,
2004 -- W. Ralph Johnson, a distinguished professor emeritus of classics and comparative studies at the University of Chicago, will be the John and Penelope Biggs lecturer in the classics. Johnson's writings present refreshing interpretations of classical texts, and reveal new insights into ancient writers and the value of their work to contemporary society.
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The true story of Ireland's patron saint
St. Patrick's real life more fascinating than the myths
Feb. 10,
2004 --
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| A biography of St. Patrick is due out just in time for March 17. |
St. Patrick's Day has become an excuse for Americans of all ethnic backgrounds to break out the green and head to their local parade or pub and imbibe in Irish beer and corned beef and cabbage. And just in time for this year's celebration of St. Patrick's feast day comes a book that will have many — even the true Irish — saying, "I didn't know that" about Ireland's beloved patron saint. Many of the stories about St. Patrick that have been passed down for generations, including the one about him ridding Ireland of its snakes, are false, says an expert in Celtic and classical studies at Washington University in St. Louis in a book being released in early March.
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