Margaret Malamud
Monday, October 22, 2020 Margaret Malamud a Professor of Ancient History and Islamic Studies at New Mexico State University gave a lecture titled “‘Her brown hands bore me alabaster Smooth’: Sculpting Cleopatra in Stone and Word. Malamud is the author of the book African Americans and the Classics: Antiquity, Abolition, and Activism. This lecture was the […]
Incubating the Mirror
Friday, November 22, 2019 College of Fine Arts, Boston University Our program in Modern Greek Studies hosted a performance featuring mezzosoprano Lea Luka Sikau, guitarist Jérôme Mouffe, and current Modern Greek students, entitled “Incubating the Mirror.” Sikau and Mouffe performed music and our students read self- written poetry around the theme of “Mirrors at the […]
Martha Graham Dance Company
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Boston University Dance Theater The Martha Graham Dance Company (MGDC) gave a stunning lecture- demonstration to over 200 audience members on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. The lecture included archival footage of the Company’s repertoire and a discussion led by Janet Eilber, the Artistic Director of the MGDC. Two of the Company’s […]
Professor Samons Gives Lecture at the US Naval Academy
Professor Loren J. Samons II delivered the 40th annual George Bancroft Memorial lecture at the United States Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Maryland, on January 13, 2020. The Bancroft lecture honors American historian George Bancroft (1800-1891), who founded the U.S. Naval Academy in 1845. Previous scholars who have delivered the Bancroft lecture include Gordon Wood, Eugene […]