Walter Scheidel (Stanford University)
"Ancient History as Universal History".
Event contact to appear in listing: Contact: classics@fas.harvard.edu. Event Series: Harvard Classics Departmental Seminar Series.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133 (tentative), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Methods and Practice Workshop (Audrey Saint-Juste, Harvard University)
Audrey Saint-Juste, "Imperium Discors: The Echenais In Lucan’s Civil War 6.670-680".
Event Series: Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop.
Friday, January 30, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
Center for Hellenic Studies Study Abroad Session
Want to study abroad in Greece? On Tuesday, February 3 at 3:00 p.m. in Boylston 237, please join Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) to learn about the opportunities we offer to Harvard undergraduates.
We will have coffee, tea, and cookies! Please RSVP with this form.
The CHS, a Harvard research center with offices in DC and in Greece, is now accepting applications for an exciting range of programs, including a five-week course in Greece offered through Harvard Summer School (deadline Jan. 29), a teaching internship in Nafplio, Greece (deadline Feb. 16), a museum internship in Athens (deadline Feb. 24), a fieldwork internship in Kythera (deadline Feb. 24), a Sport & Education program in ancient Olympia (deadline Feb. 24), and grants for independent research projects (rolling deadline).
In our info session, led by Evan Katsarelis (CHS Greece) and Ryan Pasco (CHS DC), we will discuss these and other recurring CHS programs.
Event contact to appear in listing: Contact: Ryan Pasco (rpasco@fas.harvard.edu).
Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; Boylston 237.
Workshop: Scott McGill and Susannah Wright (Rice University)
Dr. Susannah Wright and Dr. Scott McGill will talk about their new translation of the Aeneid, published by W. W. Norton in August 2025, and lead a public workshop.
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Rethinking Translation.
Thursday, February 19, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA 02138.
For more info visit mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu. Lecture: Scott McGill and Susannah Wright (Rice University)
Dr. Susannah Wright and Dr. Scott McGill will talk about their new translation of the Aeneid, published by W. W. Norton in August 2025.
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Thursday, February 19, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA 02138.
For more info visit mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu. Methods and Practice Workshop (Sammi Richter, Harvard University)
TBD.
Event Series: Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop.
Friday, February 20, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University)
"The Cultural Politics of Imagination: From 'Paganism' to Christianity".
Event contact to appear in listing: Contact: classics@fas.harvard.edu. Event Series: Harvard Classics Departmental Seminar Series.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133 (tentative), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
I-Kai Jeng (Yenching Institute)
I-Kai Jeng, a fellow at the Yenching Institute, will give a lunchtime/brown-bag talk on his fellowship project, which features Plato and Aristophanes.
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Opening Conversation for Celtic Art Across the Ages
Free admission, but seating is limited and registration is encouraged. Register here.
We invite you to the opening conversation for the special exhibition Celtic Art Across the Ages, on view from March 6 through August 2, 2026. Susanne Ebbinghaus, Laure Marest, Penny Coombe, and Catherine McKenna will take a close look at elaborate Celtic bronze objects and gold coins, examine religious imagery from Roman Gaul, and highlight moments of Celtic revival in modern times.
Celtic Art Across the Ages offers an unprecedented opportunity to explore masterful metalwork, including exquisitely decorated weaponry, jewelry, and horse and chariot trappings of the first millennium BCE Iron Age and early medieval times, all brought to light through archaeological discoveries of the last 200 years. See how imagery transformed under Roman rule, and trace the revival of Celtic art and identities in the modern era. From shape-shifting ancient ornaments to the more well-known Celtic iconography of medieval Ireland and Scotland,…
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall, Lower Level
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA , Enter at Broadway for evening programs.
For more info visit harvardartmuseums.org. Kimberly Cassibry (Wellesley College)
Title TBD.
Event contact to appear in listing: Contact: classics@fas.harvard.edu. Event Series: Harvard Classics Departmental Seminar Series.
Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133 (tentative), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Greg Woolf (NYU ISAW)
TBA.
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classics@fas.harvard.edu. Event Series: Loeb Classical Lecture.
Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Public Symposium: Celtic Art Up Close
Saturday, April 11, 2026.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; Harvard Art Museums, TBA, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Rebecca Moorman (Boston University)
Event Series: Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; TBD.