Spectacle in Antiquity and Beyond features displays of objects and photographs from ancient Greece and Rome to the twentieth century. Together, the objects in the exhibition's six galleries illuminate how large, spectacular events can foster and sustain a shared identity.
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From Achilles to Aeneas, Shani Agarwal ’20 is steeped in the heroic exploits of the mythological characters. Sometimes her nose is in a book, sometimes she’s watching a movie—but it’s all in the name of academic advancement.
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A typically busy and exciting arts and culture season is now underway at Bowdoin. Here’s a sample of some of the treats on offer in the galleries, museums, concert halls, libraries, theaters, and lecture halls of the College over the fall.
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Both disciplines will strengthen language skills and promote regional awareness of an area stretching from Morocco to Iran. They will be available to students in the upcoming 2019 academic year.
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Senior Sam Lewis will pursue a master's degree at the University of Cambridge next year with a scholarship from the Keasbey Memorial Foundation.
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A couple of Bowdoin classics scholars are incorporating a passion for wargaming into their teaching. Here they discuss how one particular game deals with the Gallic revolt against Caesar.
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Demonstrating a fusion of two languages, a scholar and his students are combining computer code with classical Greek to create a language-learning app that will help Classics students practice accentuation—a key dimension of ancient Greek.
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She aims to shed fresh light on the literary connections between Ovid and Homer, who lived nearly a thousand years before the Roman poet, and who may well have been several different people!
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Computer science meets archaeology as classics scholar James Higginbotham and academic technology consultant Paul Benham discuss their project to “restore” the color to an ancient Assyrian stone relief.
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Noted military historian and writer Tom Ricks, who will come to Bowdoin in July 2018 as a visiting fellow in history.
Read moreThe Greek and Roman classics have always been a vital part of Bowdoin's liberal arts tradition. The Department of Classics offers a major with three concentrations: 1) Greek and Latin language 2) Greek and Roman material culture (classical archaeology), 3) Greek and Roman culture and history (classical studies).
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Technology Adds Color to Ancient Artifact