Hutton Honors College

What Can Ancient Cultures Teach Us About Modern Times?
Pizza Discussion Supper with Mary Beard from the Univesity of Cambridge

• Wed., Mar. 22, 2006 Please note change in date! No Longer Thurs., Mar. 23, 2006.
• 5:30-7 p.m. Please note change in time! No Longer 5-6:30 p.m.
• Honors House, 324 N. Jordan
• SIGN-UP REQUIRED

Who were the ancient Romans-their religion, their culture, their art? How did their practices influence the development of Judaism and Christianity? Mary Beard, classicist from the University of Cambridge and chair of archaeology at the British School at Rome, is a scholar in various areas including Latin poetry, comparative mythology, classical art, gender constructs in ancient society, "sacred prostitution," and the history of scholarship. She has written provocative books on the Roman Colosseum and the Parthenon, and she has contributed greatly to our understanding of Roman religion. She is noted for the way in which she builds bridges across disparate disciplines and from the historic to the modern. Join this dynamic scholar in a discussion that may range as widely as your interests.

On campus as a Patten Lecturer, Mary Beard will deliver two public lectures. The first, titled "Winners and Losers: the Other Side of the Roman Triumph," will be given on Tuesday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Swain West 119. The second lecture, titled "Larger than Life?: Romans from the Colosseum to HBO," will be given on Thursday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Rawles 100.

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