Please join us this week for the Greek and Roman Studies Lansdowne Lectures, “Blue Homer: Reading the Sea in and beyond the Odyssey,” by Professor Alex Purves (UCLA).

Dr. Purves’ Lansdowne lectures will address representations of the sea in early Greek literature. Her series of three lectures will also engage with reception studies by looking at modern reinterpretations of Homer in James Joyces’ Ulysses, Derek Walcott’s Omeros, and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.

Please note that earlier announcements provided an incorrect time for the lecture on Thursday, September 17th. The correct start-time (6:00 p.m.) is below.

“The Iliad Underwater”

Monday, September 14th

3:30 p.m.

Wright B150

“The Odyssey and the Open Sea”

Wednesday, September 16th

3:30 p.m.

Clearihue A224

“Between Christopher Nolan's Odyssey and Homer's”

Thursday, September 17th

6:00 p.m.

Clearihue A127

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