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Princeton University Humanities Council

We seek to foster creative scholarship, transformative teaching, and intellectual collaboration by bringing humanities departments and programs into dialogue with arts and sciences.

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Princeton University Humanities Council

The Council Chair and Executive Director lead an administrative team that is responsible for day-to-day operations and activities.

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        Fri, 4/19 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            What is slave agency and how did it affect the history of ancient societies?        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Kostas Vlassopoulos, University of Crete                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        Fri, 4/5 · 1:00 pm—2:30 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Who’s your tent-buddy? The social worlds of Athenian women        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Katherine Backler, University of Oxford                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        Fri, 3/29 · 12:00 pm—2:00 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Clay, Sand, Water, Hand, Body, Mind, Form, God: Crafting Belief in Ancient Italy        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            John Hopkins, New York University                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        Fri, 2/23 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell House    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Seeing and Hearing Divine Music in Ancient Greek Art        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        April 21, 2023 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm         · 127 East Pyne    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Citizenship as the City’s Revealing Mirror: Comparative Considerations on the Content and Historical Context of Citizenship in ancient Athens and Rome        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Kostas Buraselis, University of Athens                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 11, 2022 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            The Scale of Space in the Roman World        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Amy Russell, Brown University                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 4, 2022 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Taxing the Rich in the Just City: Cicero and Dionysius on Fiscal Fairness        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Andrew Monson, NYU                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        September 23, 2022 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Working for the Emperor: Behind the Scenes at Antium        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Molly Swetnam-Burland, William and Mary                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                            
    

                    
    
            
    
        
    
    
    

    


    
    
    
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