The Greek Histories, A New Collection of Translations of Greek Historians, Edited by James Romm, Brings “Four Titans of History” to Modern Readers
The Greek Histories, a new collection of translations of the foremost Greek historians edited by James Romm, James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics, was published in January 2022 by Penguin Random House. “Presenting a sweeping history of ancient Greece as recorded by its first chroniclers," The Greek Histories explores writings by Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch on religion, leadership, character, and the lessons of war.
Where can studying ancient languages lead? Great places: just ask three Bard Classics majors who spent the summer of 2021 pursuing their academic passions at Harvard University and the University of Chicago. Senior Em Setzer completed a paid internship at Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies, a research facility, library, and cultural center based in Washington, DC. Senior Isabella Spagnuolo won a fully funded internship at the University of Chicago in the Leadership Alliance’s 2021 Summer Research Early Identification Program, a highly selective program designed for undergraduates interested in pursuing a PhD. Sophomore Jade Dinkins was awarded a scholarship to study at Harvard Summer School where, in seven short weeks, she learned ancient Greek from scratch and translated adaptations of works by Euripides, Lysias, Herodotus, and Aristophanes. Read More >>
Lauren Curtis, associate professor of classics and director of the Classical Studies Program, edited Music and Memory in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds, which explores the connection between music and memory in Graeco-Roman culture. Published in October 2021 by Cambridge University Press, Music and Memory in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds offers new approaches to the study of Graeco-Roman music and musical culture. Read More >>
Joins us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline Commons12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Joins us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline Commons12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
Saturday, April 30, 2022
Joins us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline Commons12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Joins us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline Commons12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
A Conversation 11:50 am – 1:10 pm EDT/GMT-4 Dance is one of the oldest known art forms but also one of the most evanescent. How do we study dance in premodern cultures like ancient Greece and Rome? What questions can we ask, what sources are available to us, and what methodologies do we employ? How can scholars and practitioners create a more fruitful and creative dialogue between past and present in Dance Studies?
Please join Lauren Curtis (Bard College) and Karin Schlapbach (University of Fribourg), two members of the international research project IDA (Imprints of Ancient Dance / Improntas de danza antigua) to discuss their work in a roundtable conversation hosted by the Dance Program and Classical Studies Program.
Saturday, April 16, 2022
Joins us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline Commons12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
Saturday, April 9, 2022
Joins us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline Commons12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
Saturday, April 2, 2022
Joins us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline Commons12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
Saturday, March 26, 2022
Joins us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline Commons12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Joins us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline Commons12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
Saturday, March 12, 2022
Joins us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline Commons12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Joins us weekly. Stay for as long as you like. Kline Commons12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.