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UT Austin Department of Classics: stay tuned for departmental news and resources of interest to classicists

 Austin, TX
utexas.edu/cola/classics/
Joined September 2015
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Join us this Friday at 4PM for our penultimate colloquium: Vassilis Petrakis on the Mycenaean administration system
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Don't miss ur chance for first look at Fall courses! bit.ly/UTCoLACourses @UTPsychology @UTAustinSoc @ut_classics
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In #UTImagineHiED - discussing collegiate athletics w @DDCE Drs. Darren Kelly, Len Moore, & @ut_classics Tom Palaima
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Don't miss Rebecca Flemming on Theories of Ancient Generation today at 4PM in WAG 116
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Summer 16 Course Flyers! Message if you'd like pdfs/copies for your office. bit.ly/1Ro0rjb
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The colloquia continue- and this one will rock! Come see Felipe Rojas on Roman Anatolia at 4PM, this Friday
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What did the writing of Mycenaean heroes and kings look like? Come write like a ϝάναξ at #exploreUT on Saturday!
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How did you treat rabies in 1st C CE Rome? Should epileptics eat goat? Come find out at #exploreUT this Saturday!
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Grad student Zach Leh is ready to greet our prospectives #HookEm
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Final final touches. Do these say 'hook 'em?' @ut_classics
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You bet, @Dr_AHL Looking forward to meeting our prospectives!
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@utscc Way to go @ut_classics Prof. Gulizio!
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"This disease is also an obstacle to its desire" τὸ νόσημα καὶ πρὸς τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἐμποδών ἐστι wp.me/p1WoTa-1Ah #Busybodies

How is A Gossip Like A Scholar?

Plutarch, De Curiositate [On Being a Busybody] 519c-d   “It turns out that being talkative follows from learning much—this is why Pythagoras assigned a five-year silence to young men which he label…

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Should you be around UNC Chapel Hill, find your way to Dr. Andrew Riggsby's "Maps as Information Technology"
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Many thanks to Pramit Chaudhuri for a fantastic and engaging talk today on Silius and intertextuality!
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Don't miss our first colloquium of the year: Sophia Papaioannou on Nonnus' Latin Sources at 4PM, WAG 116.
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This is a really good piece on the lack of cultural scripts for women in academia. nitter.gq/womeninclassics/status…
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Girlfriend, Mother, Professor? nyti.ms/1UlPjT5 via @nytopinionator

Girlfriend, Mother, Professor?

My students often have trouble understanding what my true role is. No wonder.

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“A bad plan is one that can’t be changed” malum est consilium quod mutari non potest #Publilius #weekendadvice
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Congratulations to our grad students Lizzy Adams and T.J. Bolt for their piece in Eidolon! eidolon.pub/horrific-cathars…

Horrific Catharsis

Greek Tragedy in Modern Horror

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Χαίρετε φίλοι! The Battle Lecture is upon us! Don't miss Leslie Kurke this Friday on Sappho's Brothers poem
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