Distinguished Lecturer Series
The Distinguished Lecturer Series seeks to provide a venue for faculty and students working on various areas of antiquity to explore common interests. The Program normally invites two major scholars a year whose interests cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. The scholars are chosen by a formal nomination process from the faculty. For the process, each nomination shall be a co-nomination by faculty members from at least two different departments. The lectures are of broad interest to students and faculty members. Each visitor will present a public lecture and meet with interested students and faculty during his or her visit.
Future Distinguished Lecturers (2009-20010 academic year)
Fall 2009: Prof. Katherine Dunbabin (McMaster University)
November 12, 7:00-9:00 pm at the State Room East of the Indiana Memorial Union.
“The Dionysiac Banquet: Festivity and Cult in the Roman East”
Spring 2010: Professor James Porter (University of California, Irvine)
April 22, 7:00-9:00 pm, at the State Room East of the Indiana Memorial Union.
Past Distinguished Lecturers
- Robin Lane Fox (Oxford), one of the worlds foremost scholars of antiquity, whose expertise span nearly the entire ancient world, Spring 2009.
- Lawrence Stager (Harvard), a distinguished archaeologist of Near Eastern, Israelite, and Greek cultures, Fall 2008.
- A. A. Long (Berkeley), a prominent scholar in the field of Hellenistic philosophy, Spring 2002.
- Heinrich von Staden (Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton), a renowned scholar of ancient medicine, Fall 2002.
- Susan E. Alcock (University of Michigan), an accomplished archaeologist and cultural historian, Fall of 2003.
- Fritz Graf (Ohio State University), an authority on Greek and Roman mythology, religion, and magic, Spring 2004.
- Shadi Bartsch (University of Chicago), a prolific expert on Roman culture and literature, Fall 2004.
- John Dillon (Trinity College, Dublin), among the world’s foremost scholars of Platonism, Spring 2005.
- Maud Gleason (Berkeley), innovative scholar in ancient rhetoric and gender studies, Fall 2005
- Brent Shaw (Princeton), expert historian of North Africa in the Late Roman Empire. Spring 2006.
- Christopher Gill (University of Exeter, UK), leading scholar of ancient personality and ethics. Fall 2006.
- Glen W. Bowersock (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton), preeminent authority on Greece, Rome, and the Ancient Near East. Spring 2007
- Ian Morris (Stanford), distinguished archaeologist and cultural historian who bridges anthropology and the study of the classical world. Spring 2008.
