Events in the Department of Classics and Letters
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Spring 2012
February 10, 3:30–4:30 p.m., Carnegie Lounge: Coffee Hour! Come by the first-floor lounge in Carnegie for refreshments, and get to know your fellow Classics and Letters students.
February 27, all day: IACH Teach-in on America’s Founding. Check iach.ou.edu for details.
February 28, 7:30 p.m., location TBA: Archaeological Institute of America Lecture: Professor Kimberly Bowes (The University of Pennsylvania) will present a lecture entitled, "Mosaics and Beyond: The Villa of Piazza Armerina (Sicily) and its Environment."
March 6, time and location TBA: Katherine Rader Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Jeff Fish (Baylor University)
March 9, 3:30–4:30 p.m., Carnegie Lounge: Coffee Hour! Come by the first-floor lounge in Carnegie for refreshments, and get to know your fellow Classics and Letters students.
April 2: Constitutional Studies Symposium. Check iach.ou.edu for details.
April 13, 3:30–4:30 p.m., Carnegie Lounge: Coffee Hour! Come by the first-floor lounge in Carnegie for refreshments, and get to know your fellow Classics and Letters students.
April 17, 7:30 p.m., Regents Room (OMU): Archaeological Institute of America Lecture: Professor Lanny Bell (Visiting Researcher in Egyptology at Brown University) will present a lecture entitled, "Tutankhamun: The Life and Death of a God King"
April 21, Frontier Room (OMU), time TBA: Undergraduate Colloquium on Classical Antiquity.
April 25, 3:00–5:00 p.m., Beaird Lounge (OMU): 4th Annual Classics and Letters End-of-the-Year Reception.
Fall 2011 Events
August 31, 4:30–5:30 p.m., Carnegie Lounge: Adrienne Jablonski, Director of Student Career and Leadership Development for the College of Arts and Sciences, will present tips on making the most of a career fair. Free pizza will be served after the presentation.
September 7, 4:30–6:00 p.m., Scholars Room, OMU: Dr. Allen Hertzke, professor of Political Science at OU, will give a lecture entitled "Religious Freedom and the American Constitutional Tradition" to launch the IACH Religious Freedom Project.
September 14, 3:00–4:00 p.m., Beaird Lounge, OMU: Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt will deliver a lecture entitled "Oklahoma, Health Care Reform, and the Constitution" to celebrate Constitution Day.
September 23, 2:30–4:00 p.m., Carnegie Lounge: Coffee Hour! Come by the first-floor lounge in Carnegie for refreshments, and get to know your fellow Classics and Letters students.
October 3, 3:00–4:00 p.m., Bell Courtroom, OU College of Law: Supreme Court Term Preview Panel, an IACH event on cases before the US Supreme Court.
October 6, 7:00 p.m., CARN 200C: Eta Sigma Phi movie night. Bring your favorite classics-related movies! We will vote on which we want to watch. There will, of course, be refreshments.
October 14, 2:30–4:00 p.m., Carnegie Lounge: Coffee Hour! Come by the first-floor lounge in Carnegie for refreshments, and get to know your fellow Classics and Letters students.
October 17, 7:00–9:00 p.m., Meacham Auditorium, OMU: Vernon Burton, author of The Age of Lincoln, will deliver a public lecture entitled "The Age of Lincoln and the Civil War."
October 27, 7:30–9:00 p.m., Scholars Room, OMU: Dr. Thomas Williams, Professor of Catholic Studies and Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida, will give a lecture on the subject of medieval philosophy and theology.
November 8, 7:00–9:00 p.m., Meacham Auditorium, OMU: Tony Horwitz, author of Confederates in the Attic, will deliver a public lecture entitled "Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War."
November 15, 4:30–6:00 p.m., Scholars Room, OMU: Russell Hittinger will deliver a public lecture entitled "Natural Law and Human Rights in the Post-War World."
November 18, 2:30–4:00 p.m., Carnegie Lounge: Coffee Hour! Come by the first-floor lounge in Carnegie for refreshments, and get to know your fellow Classics and Letters students.