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In light of the developing COVID-19 situation, The University of Queensland has taken important steps to ensure the health and wellbeing of our students, staff, alumni, partners and broader community.

UQ has made a decision to cancel all University events unless they are critical to teaching or research. This includes student, academic and public events on and off-campus until the end of June 2020.

Our thoughts are with all of you managing the consequences of the virus during this unprecedented time.

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Friends of Antiquity Sunday Series: Samantha Levick (UQ, 2019 Betty Fletcher Scholarship Winner)

Cancelled
7 June 2020 2:00pm–2:30pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
Report on activities as Betty Fletcher scholar.

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

Cancelled
7 June 2020 2:30pm–3:30pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
‘Museum-Based Courses and Programs at the R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum for UQ Students’

Webinar - After the Plague: Insights from Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern History

10 June 2020 6:00pm–7:00pm
 
in Webinar - After the Plague: Insights from Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern History
As we look towards our post-COVID-19 society, we are likely to see more than just a recovery of the 2019 world, but something completely new. UQ historians will come together to discuss what has come after plagues throughout ancient, medieval and early modern history and what it may mean for our world today.
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Webinar - After the Plague: Insights from Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern History

10 June 2020 6:00pm–7:00pm
 
in History Seminars
Each pandemic throughout history has brought suffering and civil unrest, but in their wake has come a blossoming of art, literature and new ideas. These upheavals have forced people to rethink the world around them, leading to some of history’s most influential and challenging cultural works. As we look towards our post-COVID-19 society, we are likely to see more than just a recovery of the 2019 world, but something completely new. UQ historians will come together to discuss what has come after plagues throughout ancient, medieval and early modern history and what it may mean for our world today.

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

5 July 2020 2:00pm–3:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
‘Exemplary Reformers: Scaevola, Rutilius, and the Governance of Asia’

2020 World Religions Symposium

22 July 2020 9:30am–2:00pm
 
in World Religions Symposium
The next World Religions Symposium is scheduled for July 22, 2020. Registrations are open now.

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum: Museum Interns Programme Museum Interns Exhibition Opening

Cancelled
29 May 2020 6:00pm–6:30pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
‘The Greatest Games: Stories from the Ancient Olympics’

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Friday Film Series: The Son of Cleopatra (1964) Mark Damon (Peplum Films Series)

Cancelled
29 May 2020 12:00pm–3:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Special Event: Dr. Amelia Brown (UQ) (in conjunction with the Greek Community)

Cancelled
22 May 2020 6:00pm–6:30pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
‘Melina Mercouri and the Parthenon Marbles’

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

Cancelled
22 May 2020 4:00pm–4:30pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
‘Domestic Violence in the Athenian Law Courts: Frameworks and Methodologies’

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Friday Film Series: Romulus and the Sabines (1964) Roger Moore (Peplum Films Series)

Cancelled
22 May 2020 12:00pm–3:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars

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

Cancelled
20 May 2020 7:00pm–8:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
‘Melina Mercouri and the Parthenon Frieze’

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Friday Film Series Hero of Rome (1964) Gordon Scott (Peplum Films Series)

Cancelled
15 May 2020 12:00pm–3:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Friday Film Series Sodom and Gomorrah (1963) Stewart Granger (Peplum Films Series)

Cancelled
8 May 2020 12:00pm–3:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Friends of Antiquity Sunday Series AGM, followed by James Donaldson (UQ, R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum)

Cancelled
3 May 2020 1:45pm–2:45pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
‘How the Antiquities Museum got its Pots’

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

Cancelled
1 May 2020 4:00pm–5:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
‘Continuity and Change in Early Medieval Central Asia: An Art and Archaeological View of Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Central Asia’

CANCELLED Relevance and Verification

Cancelled
1 May 2020 3:00pm–4:30pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
POSTPONED until further notice
I use relevant logic to defend the cogency (but not the truth!) of A. J. Ayer's verificationism.

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Friday Film Series: Coriolanus – Hero without a Country (1963) Gordon Scott (Peplum Films Series)

Cancelled
1 May 2020 12:00pm–3:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars

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

Cancelled
26 April 2020 11:30am–12:30pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
‘Imperial Greeks at Olympia: Herodes Atticus, Pausanias, and Lucian’

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

Cancelled
24 April 2020 4:30pm–5:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
‘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 4:00pm–4:30pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
‘Fury Road: Space and Civil Violence in the Late Republic and Early Empire’

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Friday Film Series: Fury of Achilles (1962) Gordon Mitchell

Cancelled
24 April 2020 12:00pm–3:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars

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

Cancelled
3 April 2020 4:00pm–5:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
‘The Influence of Genre on Voluntary Death Scenes’

CANCELLED The Morals of the Market: Human Rights and the Rise of Neoliberalism

Cancelled
3 April 2020 3:00pm–4:30pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
POSTPONED until further notice
Jessica Whyte will discuss the historical and conceptual relations between human rights and neoliberalism in the twentieth-century.

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Friday Film Series: Damon and Pythias (1962) Guy Williams

Cancelled
3 April 2020 12:00pm–3:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars

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

Cancelled
28 March 2020 9:00am–4:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
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 4:00pm–5:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
‘Diocletian and the Sword of Damocles: The Tetrarchic Experiment as a Dynasty of Soldiers’
picture of 2 heads from the side communicating ideas

CANCELLED Three Mistakes about Semantic Intentions

Cancelled
27 March 2020 3:00pm–4:30pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
POSTPONED until further notice
Philosophers of language make three mistakes about speakers’ intentions and their alleged role in explaining meaning.

CANCELLED Studies in Religion 2020 Seminar Series: ‘Blackness’ found, ‘Whiteness’ lost, and ‘Muslimness’ hidden?

Cancelled
27 March 2020 2:00pm–3:30pm
 
in Studies in Religion Seminars
POSTPONED until further notice
‘Blackness’ found, ‘Whiteness’ lost, and ‘Muslimness’ hidden? Searching for an authentic Muslim self amidst racialization
Presented by Dr Ryan Williams

POSTPONED - NEW DATE TO BE ADVISED: Friday Film Series: Virgins of Rome (1961) Louis Jourdan

Cancelled
27 March 2020 12:00pm–3:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars

CANCELLED WHAT'S MY NAME: Muhammad Ali - Part 2

Cancelled
25 March 2020 12:00pm–1:30pm
 
POSTPONED until further notice
Part 2 Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua examines the extraordinary life and career of Muhammad Ali -- from his days as a champion boxer to his legacy as a social activist and cultural icon.

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