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Join the Ancient Studies Department for Ancient Studies Week!

Dear Members of the Ancient Studies Community,

Everyone is invited to join us for Ancient Studies Week Events, Tuesday, Oct. 14- Friday, Oct. 17.

ANCIENT STUDIES WEEK 2025

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14

10:00AM-6:00PM, Forum, in front of PAHB

VERGILATHON

Marathon Reading of Vergil's Aeneid

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15

4:00-6:00 PM, A.O. Kuhn Library Gallery

ANCS WEEK KEYNOTE LECTURE

"Disability and the Ideal in Archaic Greek Art"
Dr. Debby Sneed, Long Beach State University

Reception to follow talk. Co-sponsored by the Dresher Center for the Humanities and the Critical and the Disability Studies Minor

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16

7:00-9:00 PM, 132 PAHB

ARISTOPHANES' KNIGHTS

Student and faculty reading of Aristophanes' KnightsPizza and soft drinks will be served. READERS WANTED! CONTACT DR. ROSENBLOOM IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ A PART (dsrose@umbc.edu).

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17

11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Commons Breezeway

DISPLAY OF ANTIQUITIES FROM THE SPIRO COLLECTION

Posted: October 9, 2025, 12:38 PM

Aristophanes' Birds