Wednesday February 12, 6:00 pm

303 Paterson Hall, 杏吧原创 University

In celebration of the International Greek Language Day, you are invited to a lecture, followed by a reception

The old is new again Feb 12 2025

Joe Kallas Lecture Feb 28

Tarpeia, Warrior and Hero

Wednesday, Sept. 20, 7 pm
303 Paterson Hall, 杏吧原创 University
This lecture is also available on

Tarpeia is best known as the eponym of the Tarpeian hill and rock, which is popularly understood as a place from which traitors were executed. This method of execution is explained by the identification of Tarpeia as an archetypal traitor. Looking beyond the 鈥榗anonical鈥� narratives of Livy and Plutarch, however, we see glimpses of a different Tarpeia tradition: one in which Tarpeia did not betray Rome, but in fact tried to save it. This talk discusses the fragmentary history of this other Tarpeia, who may have fought in Rome鈥檚 earliest army and who appeared to receive cultic worship well into the Roman Republic.

Jaclyn Neel received a BA in Classics from Columbia University in 2005 and a combined MA/PhD in Classics and Ancient History from the Collaborative Program in Ancient History at the University of Toronto in 2012. Her research centres on Roman mythology and political discourse, and she is also interested in the afterlife of antiquity.

Tarpeia, Warrior and Hero Sept 20 2023

Upcoming lecture on recent excavations in the harbour of Tyre (Lebanon) by Dr. Ibrahim Noureddine.

Sunday January 2nd, 2023
2:00 p.m. Dominion-Chalmers Center (355 Cooper Street), and is also available through Zoom.

Noureddine poster

Reeves Lecture Oct 16 2022

A lecture by Prof. Matthew Sears
Tuesday Oct 4th at 5:30 in 303 Paterson Hall
Public Lecture, all welcome.

Matthew Sears Lecture Oct 4 2022

Nigel Klemen膷i膷-Puglisevich, a Greek and Roman Studies student in 4th year will be giving a joint lecture with his colleagues at the Museum of Classical Antiquities on Sunday, details below and poster attached.

Join 杏吧原创 GRS student Ni摹el and colleagues from uOttawa鈥檚 Museum of Classical Antiquities for an AIA lecture on Sunday, April 10th at 2pm about digitization, the Museum of Classical Antiquities, and student research.

The lecture is hybrid, meaning you are welcome to attend in-person at Desmarais Building at uOttawa or you can attend via Zoom by emailing aiaottawachapter@gmail.com for the invite link.

The Museum of Classical Antiquities will be open afterwards for the public to visit and handle some 3D printed copies of artefacts from the collection.

Poster link

Plagues, Past and Present

Presented by the Greek and Roman Studies Program

The COVID-19 pandemic has given us an unfortunate reminder of the destabilizing potential of emerging infectious diseases. Plague and pestilence have been a part of the human past from the beginning to present, and this talk will explore what we know, don鈥檛 know, are learning, and might learn about pandemics in the Roman Empire. It will emphasize why the humanities in general and history in particular can help us understand and confront public health challenges.

Wednesday March 9th
4:00-5:30 p.m EST on Zoom

for this meeting.聽聽After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Poster