workshop

Wonder: A Workshop on the State of the Question.

This workshop aims to explore two things: how different genres and knowledge domains in Greek antiquity over time harnessed the concept of wonder (e.g., philosophy, art history, poetry, religion, and medicine), and how different subfields in Classics and in adjacent disciplines conceptualize wonder as a valuable analytical category. Read more

Performing Wisdom Workshop

for students who want to think and act philosophically Please Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the workshop is moving online. Interested students should submit an application as soon as possible and they will receive additional details about the program’s new format. Apply now! Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the program is full. Program dates: July 13-31, 2020 Program… Read more

“Law, Economics, and Society: Purchase and Sale in Ancient Law” Workshop update

A workshop sponsored by the CHS This past April, Charles Bartlett and James Townshend, members of the Department of the Classics at Harvard University, convened a workshop entitled “Law, Economics, and Society: Purchase and Sale in Ancient Law.” The event included scholars from numerous universities across the United States and Europe, and addressed topics such as the origins of the Roman law of sale, the question of symbolic sale, the… Read more