University of Manitoba Department of Classics

Upcoming Annual Conference!

The 2021 CAC Annual Conference will be held virtually, May 25 -28.

The University of Manitoba's Dr. Lea Stirling will be presenting on Tuesday, May 25th at 1:00pm EDT as part of the Foremothers of Classics in Canada panel.

Check out the full programme here:https://www.cac-scec.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CAC2021Program_2.0b.pdf

Registration is free for everyone!
https://www.cac-scec.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cac-registration-in-english.pdf

Featuring Maud Reed's stories about the Underworld from her text 'Julia':
'Persephone and Ceres' - the abduction of Persephone by Pluto, Lord of the Dead. and
'Orpheus and Eurydice' - the quest of Orpheus to retrieve his lost love Eurydice from the Underworld.

The reading group will start mid-May, using an online forum, and weekly readings will be provided with text, grammar notes, and vocabulary.

For more information contact Dr. R. Nau at [email protected]

Enrollment is open for Summer Term!

The Classics Students' Collective is having a virtual games night tonight! Games will start at 5:30 pm on backyard.co which is free for all. Games include Telestrations, Cards Against Humanity, Scattergories, Codenames, and more.

Link to the event can be found on the CSC Instagram page at uofm_csc

Just a reminder that the Faculty of Arts COVID-19 UM Student Emergency Fund is open to applications. To learn more about the fund and to apply, visit the website. Applications will be accepted up to June 29, 2020.

Faculty of Arts launches COVID-19 UM Student Emergency Fund The Faculty of Arts has launched a fund to offer some financial relief to Arts students navigating the ‘new normal’ of pandemic life and studies. The Faculty of Arts COVID-19 UM Student Emergency

Due to weather in Toronto, the 32nd Annual Edmund G. Berry Lecture has been cancelled for Friday, February 28th. The event has been postponed until further notice. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Congratulations to our seven graduates of yesterday!

Sportula's Naked Soul Conference Join us on Zoom on June 22nd (9am-4pm PST) as we showcase the scholarship and artistry of students of color and working-class students. Our talks focus on the misappropriation of Classics, the instability and expectations of gender, and the experience of marginalized groups both in antiquity and mod...