Meetings for 2023-2024
The Classical Club of St. Louis meets on Saturday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. in the Newman Auditorium on the campus of John Burroughs Schoool (755 South Price Road, STL, 63124). Meetings, which last between 60-90 minutes, are typically held in October, November, January, February, and April, with a festive banquet concluding our year in May.
Check back periodically for updates and details, but at this point the dates are pretty much fixed.
Schedule
All Saturday meetings begin at 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 30 Jim Lowe, John Burroughs School "A Shout-out to, and from, Achilles"
Saturday, November 11 Greg Viessman, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville “O Pyramid, Where Art Thou? A Re-examination of Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Locations throughout the Old Kingdom”
Saturday, January 20, 2024 Justin Meyer, Washington University in STL Book discussion: Barry Strauss, The War that made the Roman Empire
Saturday, February 24 Roger Bagnall TBA
Saturday, April 13 Anne Austin, University of Missouri, St. Louis "Revealing the Practice of Tattooing in Ancient Egypt"
May, 2024 Annual Banquet TBA