ANCIENT STUDIES WEEK, OCT.14-16, 2026
You are all cordially invited to the events of
ANCIENT STUDIES WEEK 2026:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14
10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Forum, Performing Arts and Humamities Building
Homerathon
Marathon Reading of Homer’s Odyssey.
READERS ARE STILL NEEDED. PLEASE CONTACT DR. FORD (aford3@umbc.edu) BY OCT. 7, 2026
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15
4:00-5:30 PM, A.O. Kuhn Library Gallery
ANCIENT STUDIES WEEK KEYNOTE LECTURE:
“The Economic Lives of Rome’s Ninety Percent, " Dr. Kimberly Bowes, University of Pennsylvania
Reception to follow lecture.
Co-sponsored by the Dresher Center for the Humanities
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16
11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Commons Breezeway
Display of Antiquities from the Spiro Collection with
Prof. Esther Read
Posted: October 1, 2026, 2:45 PM
