RECENT PROGRAMS

9:35 - 10:05am

Cora Beth Fraser will present "An Autistic Classicist in the Labyrinth." Recording Here

Abstract: When the world outside is hostile to people who are different, what does it mean to be neurodivergent in Classics? Cora Beth Fraser talks about the creation of Asterion, a group which aims to champion and raise the profile of neurodiversity in our discipline.

10:10 - 10:40am

Peter J. Miller will present “Sport: Antiquity and Its Legacy” Recording Here

Abstract: Sport saturates contemporary society and the global reach of sport and its intense popularity characterizes the modern world, but, at the same time, sport is one of the most ancient human pursuits. In the globalized sport of today, the type of athletic performance and the ideology of sport and its apparent origins are mostly derived from the model of one pre-modern civilization: Greco-Roman antiquity. This talk – based on the forthcoming book of the same name – examines one of the most important of the receptions of classical antiquity by examining how sports personalities, agencies, institutions and movements have consciously connected themselves to the Greco-Roman past, even as they continue to insist on their own centrality in the modern world.

10:50 - 11:20 am

Callum Armstrong will present "Rediscovering the Aulos" Recording Here

Abstract: Callum Armstrong will present a talk on reviving the auloi through a musical and technical approach. Since 2015, this accomplished musician has been researching aulos reed making, and playing techniques, in order to learn how to play the aulos in a historically informed manner.

11:25 - 11:55 am

Annelise Baer will present "Welcome to the Internet: Adventures in Public Engagement on Popular Social Media Platforms" Recording Here

Abstract: A first-hand account of one archaeologist's experience using the popular social media platform TikTok as a mode of public engagement and communication and how effective use of platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and TikTok can benefit archaeology as a whole.

12:00 - 12:30 pm

Owen Doonan will present "Sinop Kale Excavations 2017-19: Results and Findings” Recording Here

Abstract: Ancient Sinope was the crossroads of the ancient Black Sea, which has been itself described by the distinguished historian Georges Bratianu as the "Turntable of Eurasia." The Sinop Kale excavations, now synthesized into a forthcoming multi-author volume, have provided significant evidence for the development of the city and the region. Topics will include 1) Entanglement of mobile maritime, colonial and indigenous maritime communities (ca. 2300-200 BC), 2) The evolution of the city wall as interface between urban and peri-urban/rural landscapes, and 3) Development of the city plan in Archaic, early Hellenistic, and Roman imperial phases.