Colorado Classics Association
Fall Meeting
CU-Boulder Campus
9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
 Specific place TBD
Sat., Sept. 18, 201
Map
 

Professor Peter Hunt presents

Was There a Trojan War?
at the Canyon Theater, Boulder Public Library
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010
1001 Arapahoe
Boulder

Was There a Trojan War?

In the late nineteenth century, Heinrich Schliemann excavated the city of Troy and claimed that he had confirmed the historical basis for Homer’s Iliad. Controversy persisted: Homer was obviously ignorant of basic aspects of Bronze Age society; archaeological evidence for a sack of Troy during the right time period has not been found. New excavations of Troy during the last decades have taught us a great deal about the city of Troy and have in general strengthened the case for the believers. In addition, Hittite diplomatic records now allow us to reconstruct a plausible context for the war. Nevertheless, central parts of Homer’s story of the Trojan War remain unconfirmed and the Iliad cannot yet be considered an independent source of information for the Bronze Age.

 

CU-Boulder’s Professor Peter Hunt
Sept. 1, 2010
Canyon Theater, Boulder Public Library
1001 Arapahoe, Boulder

The Lecture is free and open to the public

Presented by the Department of Classics of the University of Colorado at Boulder
and supported by a generous contribution
by Mary E. V. McClanahan

 

 

AGENDA

9:30-10:00 a.m. 

Coffee & Socializing

10-10:30     

Welcome and Introductions

Call for attendees to share about new Latin programs in their regions
by a sign-up list

10:30-11:00  

Report on emerging Charter Classics Programs
E. Christian Kopff, CU-Boulder

11:00-11:30 

Developing and Implementing a Strategy for Saving, Recovering,
and Creating Latin Programs

11:30-12:00 

How the AIA Inspires Community Support of Classics

Upcoming AIA events in Boulder & Denver

Starting a chapter in Colorado Springs
Sanjaya Thakur, Colorado College

CCA’s Fall Meeting

12:30-12:45

Reports from recent Conferences and Conventions

12:45-1:45

Roundtable: Latina Americana

Attendees, please bring something to share for 5-7 minutes about Latin related to America or American heritage, whether from your class or from your own interest (how do you teach mottos, Latin from our founders, Christopher Columbus’ Latin, the Magna Carta, etc.).

1:45-2:00

Announcements. Valete!

 12-12:30 LUNCH! Panera box** or bring your own

 ** Place your order with Joy Collins@comcast.net by Tues., Sept. 14    and bring $10 cash to the meeting. Choose a salad or sandwich or     pair (no soups) and also get a pickle, chips, drink, and cookie.

 Check out www.Panera.com catered lunch boxes for menus.
 

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