CAH Progress Review: Josephine Carroll-Walden - More Than Just Rome's Fashion Police

16 September 2022 4:00pm
The Empress Julia Soaemias, the mother of the Emperor Elagabalus, held leadership of the senaculum (‘the little Senate’), an assembly of elite Roman women, during her son’s reign. The Historia Augusta claims that Rome’s matrons were corrupted by Soaemias, who used this council for discussing and regulating women’s fashion. Consequently, modern scholars have dismissed the senaculum as a trivial and ineffective organisation. This paper will challenge this long-standing view.

CAH Progress Review: Kyla Duffy - Disgust, Lust, and Excess: Cosmetics and the 'Bad' Women of Roman Literature

9 September 2022 4:00pm
Anti-cosmetic sentiment was a prevalent feature of many pieces of Roman literature across a variety of genres including satire, comedy, poetry, love elegy, and moralising works. In the minds and opinions of many Roman authors cosmetics were a dangerous symbol, representative of deception, vanity, luxuria, excess, financial decadence, and sexual immorality. Cosmetics were perceived to be reflective of the inherent weakness of the female sex and their supposed ability to be easily corrupted. This paper will explore the anti-cosmetic sentiment that is apparent in Imperial period literature in order to understand the impact it had on the public presentation of Roman women. In doing so this paper aims to highlight the tension that existed between Roman ideals and the reality of everyday practices, and the resulting effect this had on representations of elite women in portraiture.

Port and Poets: Panegyrics and Power at Avaris.

29 April 2022 4:00pm
Dominic Perry and Tony Spalinger (University of Auckland)

Coloured Faces: Cosmetic and Beauty Products of Imperial Rome

25 March 2022 4:00pm
Kyla Duffy (MPhil candidate, University of Queensland)

Ram Horns in Olympian Cult Iconography

11 March 2022 4:00pm
Milestone Seminar: Oskar Fletcher

Caesar’s Egypt: The Alexandrian War

11 March 2022 4:00pm
Aidan Ready MPhil Confirmation Milestone

Cultural Imagination, Ghosts and the Roman Dead

28 May 2021 4:00pm4:30pm
Emma Bremner, The University of Queensland

The Splendour and the Squalor of Living in Ancient Rome

26 May 2021 5:45pm8:30pm
Professor Tim Parkin, The University of Melbourne
In-person public lecture, followed by reception with light refreshments

Screening documentary “Triumph over Time” (1947)

22 May 2021 1:30pm
A look at the Corinth region from an archaeological and contemporary perspective presented by Dr. Amelia Brown (UQ).

Did Ancient Greeks and Romans Practise Safe Sex?

21 May 2021 3:45pm5:15pm
Professor Tim Parkin, The University of Melbourne

Citizenship and Philanthropy in Athenagoras’s Legatio

7 May 2021 4:45pm5:15pm
Dr David Evans (Macquarie University)

The Politics of Greece’s Theatrical Revolution: From 500 to 300 BC

30 April 2021 4:00pm5:15pm
Professor Peter Wilson, The University of Sydney

Games and Gambling in Classical Athens: Pedagogy and Problems

16 April 2021 4:30pm5:00pm
Rory Ardill-Walker, The University of Queensland

Caesar’s Supply Lines: How They Worked and Why They Failed

16 April 2021 4:00pm4:30pm
Mark Mather, The University of Queensland

Bribery in the Roman Republic

19 March 2021 4:00pm4:30pm
Miles-Christian Maureira, The University of Queensland

Friends of Antiquity Sunday Series: Dr. Kit Morrell (UQ, Susan Blake Lecturer in Roman History)

5 July 2020 2:00pm3:00pm
‘Exemplary Reformers: Scaevola, Rutilius, and the Governance of Asia’

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Dr. Janette McWilliam: (UQ, R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum)

Cancelled
7 June 2020 2:30pm3:30pm
‘Museum-Based Courses and Programs at the R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum for UQ Students’

CANCELLED Friday Seminar Series: Katherine Prouting (UQ) (MPhil Confirmation Milestone)

Cancelled
22 May 2020 4:00pm4:30pm
‘Domestic Violence in the Athenian Law Courts: Frameworks and Methodologies’

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Alex Kondos Memorial Lecture A/Prof. Tom Stevenson (UQ)

Cancelled
20 May 2020 7:00pm8:00pm
‘Melina Mercouri and the Parthenon Frieze’

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Friday Seminar Series: Dilrabo Tosheva (UQ) (PhD candidate in Architecture)

Cancelled
1 May 2020 4:00pm5:00pm
‘Continuity and Change in Early Medieval Central Asia: An Art and Archaeological View of Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Central Asia’

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: QFAAIA Sunday Series Dr. Estelle Strazdins (UQ)

Cancelled
26 April 2020 11:30am12:30pm
‘Imperial Greeks at Olympia: Herodes Atticus, Pausanias, and Lucian’

CANCELLED Samantha Levick (UQ) (MPhil Mid-Candidature Review)

Cancelled
24 April 2020 4:30pm5:00pm
‘The Contexts and Functions of Health Care Advice in the Roman Republic and Empire’

CANCELLED Friday Seminar Series: Nicholas George (UQ) (MPhil Mid-Candidature Review)

Cancelled
24 April 2020 4:00pm4:30pm
‘Fury Road: Space and Civil Violence in the Late Republic and Early Empire’

CANCELLED Friday Seminar Series: Jessica Zelli (UQ) (MPhil Mid-Candidature Review)

Cancelled
3 April 2020 4:00pm5:00pm
‘The Influence of Genre on Voluntary Death Scenes’

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Friends of Antiquity Ancient History Day 2020: Spectacle

Cancelled
28 March 2020 9:00am4:00pm
The Friends of Antiquity, in conjunction with The Discipline of Classics and Ancient History (School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, UQ), present the 26th Annual Ancient History Day
Ancient Roman ruins

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Friday Seminar Series: Dr. Byron Waldron (University of Sydney)

Cancelled
27 March 2020 4:00pm5:00pm
‘Diocletian and the Sword of Damocles: The Tetrarchic Experiment as a Dynasty of Soldiers’

CANCELLED Friday Seminar Series: Duncan Grey (UQ) (MPhil Mid-Candidature Review)

Cancelled
20 March 2020 4:00pm5:00pm
From Murdering Emperors to Saving the State: Varying Depictions of the Roman Army in the 'Historia Augusta’

CANCELLED Friday Seminar Series Sarah Prince (UQ) (MPhil Confirmation Milestone)

Cancelled
20 March 2020 4:00pm5:00pm
‘Scipio Africanus’ Inheritance: Public Presentation in Rome Prior to the Second Punic War’

CANCELLED: SOLOMOS SOCIETY: GREEK-AUSTRALIAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

Cancelled
18 March 2020 7:30pm8:30pm
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

DR Con Castan Memorial Lecture
Presented by Dr Amelia R. Brown
Senior Lecturer in Greek History & Language, Classics & Ancient History, School of Historical & Philosophical Inquiry, University of Qld
Admission Fee: Members $3.00 and Non Members $6.00, all visitors welcome.
Admission Fee includes a light supper at conclusion of the meeting.

QFAAIA Sunday Series A/Prof. Tom Stevenson (UQ)

15 March 2020 11:30am1:00pm
'The Ides of March: Romans and Greeks’

Friday Seminar POSTPONED: David Evans (PhD candidate, MacquarieU)

Cancelled
13 March 2020 4:00pm5:00pm
This event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled to Friday 8 May 2020 - The seminar listing will be updated later today.

David Evans (PhD candidate, Macquarie University), ‘Citizenship and Philanthropy in Athenagoras’ Legatio’

Friends of Antiquity Sunday Series Dr. Duncan Keenan-Jones (UQ)

1 March 2020 2:00pm5:00pm
‘Hero of Alexandria’ (50 + 15 mins)

Day of Papers for the Classics Conference – The 50th Anniversary of Fellini Satyricon (1969-2019)

5 October 2019 10:15am5:00pm
A conference on the originality and importance of Federico Fellini’s film, Fellini Satyricon (1969)

Film Showing to start the Classics Conference – The 50th Anniversary of Fellini Satyricon (1969-2019)

4 October 2019 4:45pm7:15pm
A conference on the originality and importance of Federico Fellini’s film, Fellini Satyricon (1969)

Memory Rewritten: Exploring the Agency in the Late Antique East of Narratives of Past Resistance, Violence and Desecration

27 September 2019 4:00pm6:00pm
This paper is concerned with how particular ways of remembering the past are both produced and in themselves productive. Focusing on the language of pollution and disgust that permeates the emperor Julian’s writings on the topic of the worship by Christians of corpses, this paper appeals to Moral Foundations Theory and other recent research in cognition. Presented by Prof. Wendy Mayer (Australian Lutheran College).
Spartan

Re-evaluating Spartiate Life: A Grassroots Perspective

13 September 2019 4:00pm6:00pm
Focusing on the diverse range of groups and gatherings in which Spartiates spent their daily lives, I will challenge the standard view that the activities of adult Spartiates were closely controlled. I will argue that Spartiate life included large amounts of time to conduct one’s private affairs; that the multiplicity of groups led to a diffusion of official control; and that the self-regulating character of many groups provided citizens, especially wealthy ones, with considerable scope to shape the precise character of their everyday lives. Presented by Em. Prof. Stephen Hodkinson (Nottingham).

The Patronage of Greek Art and Architecture in Magna Graecia and Sicily

23 August 2019 4:00pm6:00pm
It is remarkable that until recently, with the notable exception of painted pottery, there has been little discussion about the patronage of Greek art and architecture in Magna Graecia and Sicily. My presentation starts with some general theoretical and methodological reflections about patronage as a line of inquiry in the field of art history, followed by historiographic consideration of the study of Greek art and architecture in Magna Graecia and Sicily. Presented by AAIA Visiting Professor Clemente Marconi.

Entertaining Dionysus

31 May 2019 6:00pm
This lecture revisits stories about the arrival of Dionysus into communities and the chaos that ensues. It also examines why stories about the travels of Dionysus should prove so popular in antiquity.

New High-Resolution Rainfall Records for Ancient Rome

3 May 2019 4:00pm
This paper investigates the potential of dark layering in calcium carbonate deposits formed in past water systems as a well-dated and high-resolution proxy for rainfall distributions, through a case study on ancient Rome’s Anio Novus aqueduct.

Spinning the Whorls of the Spindle: Marsilio Ficino on Plato’s Myth of Er

29 March 2019 4:00pm6:00pm
The story of how souls stood in ranks in front of Lachesis, Clotho and Atropos just before choosing the form of their next reincarnations is a place to which Plato’s readers kept going back throughout the centuries.

Presented by Anna Corrias (HPI)

The Lacuna in the Historia Augusta: A Reassessment

29 March 2019 4:00pm6:00pm
The Historia Augusta is a notoriously problematic text. It consists of a series of thirty biographies of emperors, Caesars and usurpers that cover the years from 117 to 285 AD.

Presented by Duncan Grey (UQ)

25th Annual Ancient History Day ‘Law and Order in Antiquity’

23 March 2019 9:00am4:00pm
The Friends of Antiquity in conjunction with the Discipline of Classics and Ancient History, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, present the 25th Annual Ancient History Day ‘Law and Order in Antiquity’

The Young and the Restless: Receptions of a Republican Caesar

22 March 2019 4:00pm6:00pm
Like many ancient figures, Julius Caesar is often used to promote or diminish political power in the present. Different images or tropes of Caesar have been employed by modern authors to convey a desired message on the uses or abuses of political power today. For example, an author will focus on one aspect of Caesar’s character and will often portray him either as a popular politician, a brilliant general or a ruthless dictator.

Work in Life and Death: Corduban Common Workers and Coppersmiths

22 March 2019 4:00pm6:00pm
During the Roman empire many occupational workers chose to represent themselves and others by their trade on Latin inscriptions in a variety of contexts. This practice is present not only in Italy, but, notably, also in the western provinces of Hispania and North Africa. It is important to analyse these provincial examples in order to gain a better understanding of both the social and the economic roles of working-class traders in the Roman provinces.

The New Melchizedek: The Priestly Ambitions of Christian Roman Emperors

19 October 2018 4:00pm5:00pm
Ryan W. Strickler (The University of Queensland)

History, Politics and Vergil’s Aeneid

17 October 2018 2:00pm3:00pm
Prof. Stephen Harrison (Oxford University)
Seals and Signets From Bronze Age Crete and Greece

The Jewels That Speak To Us

14 October 2018 11:30am12:00pm
Seals and Signets from Bronze Age Crete and Greece
Presented by Dr Janice Crowley
Followed by a special viewing of the artefact donated to the R.D.Milns Antiquities Museum
Don't miss this opportunity to see 'the chariot figure' before any public display.

The Sealings from the First Palace at Phaistos

12 October 2018 4:30pm5:00pm
Dr Janice Crowley (Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens)

Epistemology and Geography in T. Livius ab urbe condita libri

12 October 2018 4:00pm4:30pm
Scot McPhee (The University of Queensland)

The Phoenicians from Antiquity to the Arab Spring

7 October 2018 2:00pm3:00pm
Assoc. Prof. Josephine Quinn (Oxford University)

Carthaginian Dido: Reclaiming a Roman Queen

5 October 2018 4:00pm5:00pm
Assoc. Prof. Josephine Quinn (Oxford University)

Roman Malta 1000 Years of Ancient History at the Centre of the Mediterranean Sea

27 September 2018 6:30pm7:30pm
Presented by Amelia R. Brown
(Senior Lecturer, UQ) and Josephine Crawley Quinn (2018
Milns Visiting Professor, UQ; Associate Professor, Oxford
University)

The Politics of Greek Public Portrait Sculpture in Late Antiquity

14 September 2018 4:00pm5:00pm
Dr Amelia Brown (The University of Queensland)

The Standing of Sailors in Democratic Athens

7 September 2018 4:00pm5:00pm
Dr David M. Pritchard (The University of Queensland)

Homer and the Archaeology of Crete

23 August 2018 6:00pm7:00pm
Dr Antonis Kotsonas (The University of Cincinnati)

Work in Life and Death: The nauicularii of Italy

17 August 2018 4:00pm6:00pm
Jacqueline Webber (The University of Queensland)

Political Model or Model Enemy: Polarising Receptions of Julius Caesar

17 August 2018 4:00pm6:00pm
Tyla Cascaes (The University of Queensland)

Living to 100 years of Age: Birthdays, Age Centenarians in Roman History

25 May 2018 4:00pm5:00pm
Presented by Professor Ray Laurence (Macquarie University)

Paniyiri 2018 - Book Launch by Dr Amelia Brown and Talk by Emeritus Professor R.D. (Bob) Milns

19 May 2018 12:30pm20 May 2018 3:30pm
Paniyiri 2018
Saturday 2:00pm - 3:00pm - Book Launch by Dr. Amelia Brown, Senior Lecturer in Greek History & Language at UQ, of her new book: Corinth in Late Antiquity: A Greek, Roman and Christian City.
Sunday 11:00am - 12:00noon - Talk by Emeritus Professor R.D. (Bob) Milns. "King Philip II – Greatest of the
Macedonian Kings?"

Thessalonike: Capital of Medieval Macedonia

16 May 2018 7:30pm8:30pm
Presented by: Dr Amelia R. Brown

Semiramis: Half-Warrior, Half-Queen

11 May 2018 4:00pm4:30pm
Presented by Victoria Worrall (MPhil Mid-Candidature review)

The Original Meaning of Hostis: A Word in Ancient International Context

20 April 2018 4:00pm4:30pm
Presented by Filippo Attinelli (MPhil confirmation)

Arsinoë Aphrodite’: The Maritime Aphrodite and Early Ptolemaic Ruler Cult

20 April 2018 3:30pm4:00pm
Presented by Carlos Robinson (MPhil Thesis Review)

24th Annual Ancient History Day in conjunction with the Friends of Antiquity

24 March 2018 9:00am4:00pm
A PORTRAIT OF LESSER KNOWN WOMEN OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

Heroic Australian Women in World War One

21 March 2018 7:30pm9:00pm
Solomos Society (Greek-Australian Cultural Association) Dr Con Castan Memorial Lecture Presented by Susanna de Vries

Antiquities as Souvenirs in the First World War

2 March 2018 3:30pm4:30pm
Presented by James Donaldson (R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum)

The force of tradition in early Greek poetry and painting

30 January 2018 4:30pm7:00pm
20th Trendall Lecture at UQ, presented by Associate Professor Anne Mackay (Auckland)

‘Ptolemy and Seleucus: The Saviour and the Victor’

20 October 2017 4:00pm
Presented by John McTavish (The University of Queensland)
Lindos, Rhodes, Greece, Mediterranean sea; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

From Gods to Saints of Seafaring in the Ancient Mediterranean

18 October 2017 7:30pm
Solomos Society event
Presented by Dr Amelia Brown (UQ)

Aphrodite and Arsinoë II: Laying the Keel for Understanding a New Goddess’

6 October 2017 4:30pm
Presented by Carlos Robinson (The University of Queensland)

On Trinacrian Shores: The Mythological Landscapes of Sicily in Virgil’s Poetry’

6 October 2017 4:00pm
Presented by Dustin McKenzie (The University of Queensland)

‘War, Wind, and Water: Maritime Religion in Herodotus’

15 September 2017 4:30pm
Presented by Nile de Jonge (The University of Queensland)

‘From Emblem to Epic: Mycenaean Art and Mycenaean Society’

31 August 2017 6:00pm8:00pm
Public Lecture sponsored by the Queensland Friends of the AAIA. Presented by Visiting Professor James C Wright (Bryn Mawr College)
Alexander the Great

From Man to God: Understanding Alexander the Great’s Divinity’

18 August 2017 4:30pm
Presented by Dr Andrew Collins (The University of Queensland)
Crete, coast, ocean; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Ancient Crete, Inspiration of Poets and Musicians

17 May 2017 7:30pm
Solomos Society event
Alex Kondos Memorial Lecture and Solomos
Presented by Emeritus Professor Bob Milns (UQ)
Cadmus fighting the dragon. Side A of a black-figured amphora from Euboea, ca. 560–550 BC.; Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain

The Development of the Dragon Motif in Ancient Greek Art and Literature

12 May 2017 4:00pm4:30pm
Thesis review seminar presented by Elicia Penman
rocky coastline, Mediterranean; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Mass Deportations, Slave Revolts and the Augustan 'Pax Servilis': Socio-Political Considerations

28 April 2017 4:00pm5:00pm
Presented by Associate Professor Frederik Vervaet (University of Melbourne)
The Castle of Chora, Kythera; Image by Soviof (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The Archaeology Of Kythera

23 April 2017 11:30am
Queensland Friends of the Archaeological Institute at Athens (QFAAIA) Public Lecture
Presented by Dr Stavros Paspalas, AAIA Acting Director
tip of archery bow; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

The Archers of Classical Athens

7 April 2017 4:00pm5:00pm
Presented by Dr David M. Pritchard (UQ)
ancient Greek pottery; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

23rd Annual Ancient History Day: 'Art in the Ancient Mediterranean World'

25 March 2017 9:00am4:00pm
Presented by The Friends of Antiquity & the discipline of Classics and Ancient History
Presentations by Dr Linda Evans, Emeritus Professor Bob Milns, Dr Dorothy Watts, Professor Alastair Blanshard, Dr Janette McWilliam & Dr Caillan Davenport
Greece, coast, blue sea, rock; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Like Frogs around a Pond: Maritime religion in ancient Greek culture

22 March 2017 6:30pm
The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens public lecture
Presented by Dr Amelia Brown (UQ)
Palace of Knossos; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Land of the Minotaur: The Bronze Age Palace Civilisation of Minoan Crete

15 March 2017 7:30pm
Solomos Society event
Dr Con Castan Memorial Lecture
Presented by Emeritus Professor Trevor Bryce (UQ)
ancient carving, Babylonian; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Seleucus’s Battle for Babylonia: Kingship and Legitimacy in the Near East

10 March 2017 4:30pm5:00pm
Mid-candidature review seminar presented by John McTavish
Sicily, sea; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

The Rhetoric of Landscape: Cicero and the Strait of Messana

10 March 2017 4:00pm4:30pm
Mid-candidature review seminar presented by Dustin McKenzie

Saturnalia: How the Romans Give Exhibition Opening

28 October 2016 6:00pm8:30pm
RD Milns Antiquities Museum event
Caesar bust; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Venus 'Genetrix': the Power of Ancestry in the Rise of Caesar

21 October 2016 4:00pm4:30pm
Thesis review seminar presented by Catherine Smallcombe
Roman Forum; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Tyrants and Tyrannicides in Roman Declamation

21 October 2016 3:30pm4:00pm
Thesis review seminar presented by John Hajek
equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

The Herodes Atticus Affair

7 October 2016 4:00pm4:30pm
Presented by Dr Jennifer Manley (UQ)
black and white Immagini dal libro 'Le commedie' di Aristofane; Image by Adolfo de Carolis [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Gods on the Comic Stage: Aristophanes’ 'Peace'

7 October 2016 3:30pm4:00pm
Thesis review seminar presented by Rachel Dowe
African cattle, watusi; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

The Cow Jumped Over the Nile: Representations of Io as the Egyptian Goddess Isis

23 September 2016 4:00pm4:30pm
Thesis review seminar presented by Amy van der Boor
Alexander the Great, battle, black and white; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Scipio Africanus: A Roman Alexander?

23 September 2016 3:30pm4:00pm
Mid-candidature review seminar presented by Stephanie Golding
sunset over sea, Lisbon; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Society and the 'Epigraphic Habit' in Roman Olisipo

16 September 2016 4:00pm4:30pm
Mid-candidature review seminar presented by Susan Edmondson
Cicero Denounces Catiline; Image by Cesare Maccari [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Preservation and Safety: Where did Cicero really Stand on the Office of Dictator?

16 September 2016 3:30pm4:00pm
Confirmation seminar presented by Gerardine Hoogland
Roman coin: gold aureus of Domitian (81—96 CE); Image by Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons

Domitian’s German and Dacian Wars on Provincial Coinage

9 September 2016 3:30pm5:00pm
Presented by Dr Caillan Davenport and Charlotte Mann (UQ)
Delphi; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Sanctuaries and Cults in Ancient Phokis

2 September 2016 3:30pm5:00pm
Presented by Professor Katja Sporn (German Archaeological Institute at Athens), AAIA Visiting Professor 2016
olive trees, Greece; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Natural Features in Greek Cult Places and Ritual. The Case of Athens

1 September 2016 5:00pm
Queensland Friends of the Archaeological Institute at Athens (QFAAIA) Public Lecture
Presented by Professor Katja Sporn (German Archaeological Institute at Athens), AAIA Visiting Professor 2016
statue of Julius Caesar, Tuileries Garden; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Deification in the Late Republic

26 August 2016 4:00pm4:30pm
Thesis review seminar presented by Tim Hamlyn
Oedipus and the sphinx, oil on canvas; Image by François-Émile Ehrmann (base Joconde) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Pitying Oedipus

19 August 2016 3:30pm5:00pm
Presented by Dr Patrick Finglass (Nottingham), Leverhulme Fellow
elephants stone monument; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Casting a Long Shadow: Seleukos Nikator in India

12 August 2016 4:00pm4:30pm
Confirmation seminar presented by John McTavish
classical sculpture; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

How Eugen Sandow Brought the Classically Muscular Body to Life

12 August 2016 3:30pm4:00pm
Confirmation seminar presented by Sonny Ali
anchor; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Mapping the Uncharted Waters of Ptolemaic Maritime Religion and Naval History

5 August 2016 4:00pm4:30pm
Confirmation seminar presented by Carlos Robinson
Image: bust of Aristotle, preserved in in Palazzo Altemps, Rome; photographed by Giovanni Dall'Orto, via Wikimedia Commons

The Body, Tragedy, and Aristotle’s 'Poetics'

29 July 2016 3:30pm5:00pm
Presented by Professor Nancy Worman (Barnard), RD Milns Visiting Professor for 2016
Orestes Pursued by the Furies; Image by William-Adolphe Bouguereau [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Masterclass on Aeschylus’ 'Oresteia'

22 July 2016 3:30pm5:00pm
Presented by Professor Nancy Worman (Barnard), RD Milns Visiting Professor for 2016
ancient sculpture head

Useless Beauty Exhibition Opening

10 June 2016 6:00pm
RD Milns Antiquities Museum event
William Shakespeare portrait; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Shakespeare's Romans: Antiquity, Silent Film and the Bard

5 June 2016 2:00pm
Presented in connection with 'The Delighted Spirit: Shakespeare at UQ 2016' series of events, and the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s Death
Presented by Professor Alastair Blanshard and Dr Shushma Malik (UQ)
'Cicero Denounces Catiline' painting; by Cesare Maccari, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Tyrants or Heroes? Discourses on The 'Praemium' in Roman Declamation

3 June 2016 3:30pm4:00pm
Mid-candidature review seminar presented by John Hajek
Photogravure of a drawing depicting Saturnalia; Image by John Reinhard Weguelin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Religious World of Juvenal's 'Satires'

27 May 2016 3:30pm5:00pm
Presented by Dr James Uden (Boston University)
Isis/Persephone statue, marble, 2nd-century; Image by Jebulon (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

Egyptian Religious Cults and Roman Identities

20 May 2016 3:30pm4:00pm
Mid-candidature review presented by Rachel O'Malley
Image by Napoleon Vier at Dutch Wikipedia, GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

The Epitaphic Habit: Tombs and Imperial Greek Appropriation of Cultural Memory

13 May 2016 3:30pm5:00pm
Presented by Dr Estelle Strazdins (University of Melbourne)

Cyprus Up Late

6 May 2016 6:00pm
RD Milns Antiquities Museum event
Venus Victrix on Roman coin; Image by Alain.Darles (Own work), GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Military and Political Significance of Venus Victrix in the Theatre of Pompey

6 May 2016 4:00pm4:30pm
Mid-candidature review seminar presented by Catherine Smallcombe
Young Nero with toga; By Jastrow (Own work), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

When is a Tyrant not a Tyrant? Mary Stocks' 'Hail, Nero!'

1 May 2016 2:30pm
Friends of Antiquity Sunday Series seminar
Presented by Dr Shushma Malik (UQ)
Orkney island megaliths; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

Megalithic Monuments of the Orkney Islands

1 May 2016 2:00pm
Friends of Antiquity Sunday Series seminar
Presented by Jack Taylor
African bush elephant; Taken by Oliver Wright, [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

In Search of the Bush Elephant in Antiquity

22 April 2016 3:30pm5:00pm
Presented by Associate Professor Michael Charles (Southern Cross University)
ancient ruins

22nd Annual Ancient History Day: 'Plague, Filth and Garbage in the Ancient World'

16 April 2016 9:00am4:30pm
Presented by The Friends of Antiquity & the discipline of Classics and Ancient History
Presentations by Honorary Professor Trevor Bryce, Emeritus Professor Bob Milns, Professor Alastair Blanshard, Dr Brad McCall, Dr Janette McWilliam & Pamela Rushby
Cassandra (Karen Tiegren) delivers her prophesies; Image By Bradmays (Own work), CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons

Each Man Kills the Thing he Loves - Cassandra takes Aim at the Greeks

15 April 2016 3:30pm4:00pm
Mid-candidature review seminar presented by Charles Pry
Case of Aristophanes and Meander; By user:shakko (Own work) CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Gods on the Comic Stage: Aristophanes' 'Wealth'

8 April 2016 4:00pm4:30pm
Mid-candidature review seminar presented by Rachel Dowe
Roman ruins skyline; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

'Festinans Lente': The Role of Time in the “Augustan Achievement”

3 April 2016 2:00pm
Friends of Antiquity Sunday Series seminar
Presented by Associate Professor Tom Hillard (Macquarie University)
Published by Guillaume Rouille (1518?-1589) ("Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum") [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Wronging Sempronia: An Act of Bastardy and the Rumour Mills of the Gracchan Era

1 April 2016 3:30pm5:00pm
Presented by Dr J. Lea Beness (Macquarie University)
Spring of Banias River, Pan's Cave; Image by gugganij (own photography - eigenes Foto) GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Into Pan’s Cave: Classical Greece and Contemporary Art

16 March 2016 6:00pm
A joint seminar with Princeton University
Roundtable discussion moderated by Alastair Blanshard, with Brooke Holmes, Polina Kosmadaki and Asad Raza
ancient Roman coins, Image by Ingsoc (Own work), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Diocletian and the First Tetrarchy (AD 293-305): 'Romanitas' and Religion

11 March 2016 4:00pm4:30pm
Mid-candidature review seminar presented by Nicola Holm
temple of Apollo, columns; Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain

The Corinthian War (395/4-387/6 BC): Ships, Walls and Money

11 March 2016 3:30pm4:00pm
Mid-candidature review seminar presented by Annabel Florence