This conference is free and open to the public. It will feature a keynote address from the renowned Professor of Classical Literature Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Laura McClure, on Friday, Jan. 30 at 5 p.m. (in the Eaton Humanities building, room 135), as well as exciting research presentations by graduate and undergraduate students from universities all over North America on Saturday, Jan. 31 from 10:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. (in the Center for British & Irish Studies in Norlin Library). Lunch will be provided on Saturday.

The goal of this conference is to find ways of recovering and understanding lost or marginalized perspectives from the ancient Mediterranean world (that is, Greece, Rome, the Near East, Egypt and beyond). Presentations will include topics such as ancient Libyan costuming, the afterlife of Aristotle's work in the caliphate of al-Mahdi, Complex-PTSD in the poetry of Ovid, representations of sisters in the plays of Sophocles, the impacts of Freedom Feminism on the study of women in the ancient world, and much more! We warmly invite anyone interested in Classics, history, anthropology, archaeology, literature, drama, critical race studies, gender studies or post-colonial studies to attend. We hope that attendees' view of the ancient Mediterranean world will be enriched and broadened beyond the traditional canon, which tends to focus on elite Greek and Roman men, to include the diverse peoples and experiences of the ancient Mediterranean world. This event is hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder Classics Graduate Colloquium and sponsored by the Department of Classics, the Center for Humanities and the Arts, and the Center for Student Involvement's Cultural Events Board.