Graduate Group Events
This page is for events related to the Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics, and History of Art. For a full list of GSAS events and important dates, please refer to the GSAS Calendars:
For more information about colloquia series, please visit their homepage:
Fall 2025
| September 3 | GGACHA Welcome (Back) Luncheon, 12:30-2pm |
| November 14 | C. Densmore Curtis Lecture: "From an Elephantine Jar: Wives, lives and little white lies in early Hellenistic Egypt" with John Ma (Columbia University) 4:30pm, Carpenter 21 |
| Week of Nov. 17 | Thanksgiving Celebration, details forthcoming |
| December 12 | GGACHA End-of-Term Celebration: Student Presentations and Reception, 1-4pm |
Spring 2026
| January 21 | GGACHA Welcome (Back) Luncheon, 12:30-2pm (tentative) |
| March 27-28 | 15th Biennial Graduate Group Symposium: "Consumption: From Cannibalism to Capitalism" |
| April 10 | Michels Lecture with Patrice Rankine (University of Chicago), details forthcoming |
| May 8 | GGACHA End-of-Year Celebration: Student Presentations and Reception, 3-6pm |
Archived Events
Spring 2024
| January 24 | Welcome Back Luncheon (Wyndham Dining Room, 12:30-2:00pm) |
| January 26 | Classics Colloquium presents Radcliffe Edmonds (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| January 31 | The Center for Visual Culture presents Timothy Harte (OL 224, 12:30pm) |
| February 1 | Visual Culture Colloquium Director's Welcome (OL 224, 12:30pm) |
| February 2 | Classics Colloquium presents Charles Kuper (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| February 7 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Kaysha Corinealdi (OL 224, 12:30pm) |
| February 9 | Classics Colloquium presents Miriam Kamil (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| February 12 | Archaeology Lecture Series with Andreas Schachner (Zoom, 12:30-2:00pm) |
| February 15 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Afrykas and the Magic Box film screening + Q&A (OL 110, 5-7pm) |
| February 21 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Jordanna Sagesse (OL 224, 12:30pm) |
| February 23 | Classics Colloquium presents Benjamin B. Olshin (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| February 28 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Deniz Turker (OL 224, 12:30pm) |
| March 1-2 | Discovering Dionysos in the Sinai Palimpsest Conference (Carpenter Library) |
| March 6 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Bonnie Cheng (OL 224, 12:30pm) |
| March 18 | Archaeology Lecture Series with Hilary Becker (OL 224, 12:20-2:00pm) |
| March 19 | The Center for Visual Culture presents Dr. Verena Krebs (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| March 20 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Lynne Huffer (OL 224, 12:30pm) |
| March 22 | Classics Colloquium presents Nancy Worman (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| March 25 | Archaeology Lecture Series with Jason Ur (OL 224, 12:20-2:00pm) |
| March 27 | The Center for Visual Culture presents Author Mark Danielewski Meet & Greet Luncheon (London Room, 12:00-1:00pm) |
| March 29 | Classics Colloquium presents Sarah Iles Johnston (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| April 3 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Katherine Groo (OL 224, 12:30pm) |
| April 5 | The Helen North Lecture at Swarthmore College with Eleanor Dickey (5:30pm) |
| April 8 | Archaeology Lecture Series with Sara Pizzimenti (OL 224, 12:20-2:00pm) |
| April 9 | Classics Colloquium presents Katherine Backler (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| April 10 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Emine Fetvaci (OL 224, 12:30pm) |
| April 12 |
Friday Finds: Curatorial Tour of Timecraft (Rare Book Room, Canaday Library, 12:00-1:00pm) |
| April 19 | Classics Colloquium presents Alexandra Schultz (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| April 15 | Archaeology Lecture Series with Bryan Burns (OL 224, 12:00-2:00pm) |
| April 17 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez (OL 224, 12:30pm) |
| April 17 | Archaeology Lecture Series with Robert Rollinger (OL 224, 4:15-6:00pm) |
| April 24 | Visual Culture Colloquium End-of-Year Luncheon (Wyndham Terrace) |
| April 26 | Classics Colloquium presents Supratik Baralay (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| May 10 | GGACHA Symposium: Student Presentations and Reception |
Fall 2023
| September 6 | Welcome Back Luncheon (Wyndham Terrace, 12:30-2:00pm) |
| September 8 | C. Densmore Curtis Lecture presents Dr. Robin Osborne (Old Library 110, 4:30pm) |
| September 15 | Classics Colloquium presents "News from Abroad: Reports from the Field" |
| September 20 | Visual Culture Colloquium Welcome Back Luncheon |
| September 22 | Classics Colloquium presents Barbara Graziosi |
| September 29 | Classics Colloquium presents Rocco Palermo |
| October 4 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Suzanne Conklin Akbari |
| October 6 | Classics Colloquium presents Matthew Leigh |
| October 11 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Kartik Nair |
| October 25 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Jayna Brown |
| October 27 | Classics Colloquium presents Ryan Warwick |
| November 1 | Visual Culture Colloquium, speaker TBD |
| November 3 | Martin Ostwald Memorial Lecture at Swarthmore College |
| November 6 | Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology and the "Death and Beyond" Group Seminar present Glenn Schwartz (Dorothy Vernon Room, 12-2pm) |
| November 8 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Brittany Webb |
| November 10-11 | 14th Biennial Graduate Group Symposium: "Timecraft: From Interpreting the Past to Shaping the Future" |
| November 13 | Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology and the "Death and Beyond" Group Seminar present Katie Rask (Dorothy Vernon Room, 12-2pm) |
| November 15 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Pardis Dabashi |
| November 17 | Classics Colloquium presents Robert Santucci |
| November 29 | Visual Culture Colloquium presents Jennifer Hirsh |
| December 1 | Classics Colloquium presents Katherine Krauss |
| December 8 | Classics Colloquium presents Felipe Rojas Silva |
| December 15 | GGACHA Symposium: Student Presentations and Reception (begins at 4:00pm) |
Fall 2022
Spring 2023
| January 18 | GGACHA Group Welcome (Back) Lunch (Wyndham Ely Room, 12:30-2:00pm) |
| January 20 | Classics Colloquium Presents Erin Lam (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| January 27 | Classics Colloquium Presents Asya Sigelman (Community College of Philadelphia) |
| February 1 | Colloquium in Visual Culture Director's Introduction (OL224, 12:30-2pm) |
| February 3 | Classics Colloquium Presents Marcus Folch (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| February 6 | Graduate Group Student Lunch (Dorothy Vernon Room, 12:00-1:00pm) |
| February 8 | Colloquium in Visual Culture with Tara Aisha Willis (OL224, 12:30-2pm) |
| February 10 | Classics Colloquium Presents Yasmin Haskell (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| February 17 | C. Densmore Curtis Lecture presents Marc Van De Mieroop (Carpenter 21, 4:30pm) |
| February 21 | Workshop: Tools for Organizing Research Photos and Data (Carpenter Library, Digital Media & Collaboration Lab, 12-1pm) |
| February 22 | Colloquium in Visual Culture with Amber N Wiley (OL224, 12:30-2pm) |
| February 24 | Classics Colloquium Presents Carman Romano (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| February 28 | Graduate Group Student Lunch (Dorothy Vernon Room, 12:00-1:00pm) |
| March 15 | Colloquium in Visual Culture with Tom Kalin (OL224, 12:30-2pm) |
| March 17 | Classics Colloquium Presents Helen Morales (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| March 22 | Colloquium in Visual Culture with Cassandra Goode (OL224, 12:30-2pm) |
| March 24 | SPEAC Conference: Building Bodies: Investigating Bodies in the Ancient Mediterranean (via Zoom in Carpenter Library B21, 4:30pm) |
| March 29 | Colloquium in Visual Culture with Joseph Scheier-Dolberg (OL224, 12:30-2pm) |
| March 31 | Agnes Michels Lecture presents Victoria Wohl (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| April 4 | Graduate Group Student Lunch (Dorothy Vernon Room, 12:00-1:00pm) |
| April 12 | Colloquium in Visual Culture with Martha Lucy (OL224, 12:30-2pm) |
| April 14 | Classics Colloquium Presents Mario Telò (Carpenter B21, 4:30pm) |
| April 19 | Colloquium in Visual Culture with Ikem Okoye (OL224, 12:30-2pm) |
| April 26 | Colloquium in Visual Culture Closing Celebration (Wyndham Terrace, 12:30-2pm) |
| May 5 | End-of-year Graduate Group Celebration and Reception (OL224, 4:00pm) |