At Brown:
Conferences: the Department frequently presents conferences on ancient culture.
Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr., Memorial Lecture: an endowed, annual lecture delivered by a distinguished scholar on a topic of interest to the broad community of scholars, students, and community members at Brown.
Semi-annual Yale-Brown Meetings: Inaugurated in the spring of 2004, with Michael C.J. Putnam delivering a lecture at Yale, these semi-annual one-day events foster ties between the Yale and Brown Classics Departments.
Graduate Student Symposium: In the spring of 2004, the Classics Department, with the generous support of the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Foundation, inaugurated a forum for graduate students to present work in progress to the community of scholars studying the ancient world at Brown.
Latin Carol Celebration: Every December, the Department of Classics welcomes the general public (including hundreds of high school Latin students) to an all-Latin event that includes readings by the departmental faculty, a Latin review of the passing year, and carols galore. This popular event is held in the historic First Baptist Church in America, 75 North Main Street, Providence. Admission is free; street parking is available; the event lasts a little more than an hour; all are welcome.
Brown Ancient Philosophy Reading Group: brings together faculty and students from Brown and neighboring institutions for intensive discussion of a philosophical text. Recent reading groups have examined: the Pre-Socratics; Plato, Republic Book 10. The Brown Ancient Philosophy Reading Group is meeting this term to read Aristotle's Parts of Animals Book I. The group meets every other Monday, 7:00-9:00 p.m. For further information on upcoming events, please contact Mary Louise Gill.
Boston Area Events:
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy: Founded in 1978, the renowned B.A.C.A.P. lectures rotate around Boston area colleges and universities.
Boston Area Classics Calendar: The Department of the Classics at Harvard kindly maintains a list of Classics events in the greater Boston Area.