Geoffrey Rush as art dealer Virgil Oldman in the 2013 film, “The Best Offer.”
A UWindsor professor will discuss new trends in the treatment of disability in Italian cinema Wednesday.
The Humanities Research Group will host “Ontologies of Postmodern Art,” a lecture by Lorenzo Buj, Wednesday.
The Humanities Research Group will host “Ontologies of Postmodern Art,” a lecture by Lorenzo Buj, Wednesday.
English professor Stephen Pender will deliver the first lecture in the 2014/15 Martin Wesley Series on Wednesday, October 22.
A chance to immerse herself in the rich culture of Heidelberg is proving to be a dream come true for a third-year student of German.
Professor Max Nelson has mapped out the brewing traditions of ancient Europe based on the various ingredients and additives that were used to make beer.
More sophisticated beer enthusiasts may already know their favourite beverage was being made in places like Egypt and Mesopotamia as far back as 5,000 years ago. They may also incorrectly assume it was eventually brought from there to Europe as civilizations spread out and evolved, according to Max Nelson.
At left is an ancient Greek coin, circa 300 B.C., that was identified by professor Robert Weir. The image on the left shows the coin in the condition it was found with the yellow lines indicating traces of the symbols similar to the Poseidon coin on the right, which was was found in 1861 and is currently kept in Berlin.
An ancient cultures professor has discovered that what first appeared like a “cruddy piece of bronze” is actually a 2,300-year-old coin, calling in to question previously held beliefs that the Greek city where it was made was completely destroyed by a natural disaster.
Kala Bechard stands at the Athenian Acropolis in front of the ancient Greek Parthenon. She was one of about a dozen students who spent about a month in Greece this summer.
A keynote address entitled “Investing in Death: Gladiators as Investment and Currency in the Late Republic” will open the eighth annual University of Windsor Undergraduate Classics Conference, Friday, March 1, at 4 p.m. in Alumni Hall’s McPherson Lounge.
The public is invited to the free lecture, by York University history professor Jonathan Edmondson.
A search committee invites nominations and applications until February 14 for the position of head of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
The position will commence July 1, 2013, for a term of three to five years. Candidates must hold a tenured position in the department. For more information, please see the online posting of the internal search.
