The Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies (WIHS) hosts and supports a wide range of academic events dedicated to exploring the history, culture, languages, and intellectual traditions of the Hellenistic world. Below you'll find details about our upcoming conferences, workshops, and lectures — each reflecting the Institute's commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and scholarly exchange.
These events bring together researchers, students, and community members to share ideas, present new findings, and engage in dialogue across disciplines and traditions. Registration links, programs, and recordings will be added as they become available.
Further down this page, you'll also find our Past Events Archive, which preserves information, posters, and media from previous WIHS initiatives. This archive provides an accessible record of the Institute's evolving work and ongoing contributions to the field of Hellenistic Studies. We encourage you to explore, revisit past discussions, and stay connected with our future activities.
Hellenistic Event Calendar
Conferences, lectures, and workshops advancing research and dialogue in Hellenistic Studies.
The Influence of Indian Epic Poetry on Greco-Roman Descriptions of Elephant Combat
HelleNET Scholar Talk | Chair: Dr. Samantha Sink | Online via Zoom
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Alexander III's Necessary Persianization After Gaugamela and His Assumption for the First Time, of the Title of “Basileus”
HelleNET Scholar Talk | Chair: Professor Manolis Pagkalos | Online via Zoom
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The Seleukid Origins of the Alexander Romance Epsilon Recension
Seleukid Lecture Series XI
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Ancient Greece and Rome in German Scholarship and Culture, 18th to 20th Centuries – WIHS Event
Symposium hosted in the DRAGEN Lab at St. Jerome’s University College
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Alejandro Magno en España (Forever Alexander II): Alejandro Magno en la tradición hispánica
Organized by Borja Antela-Bernárdez & Marc Mendoza (UAB)
In-person and online participation via Microsoft Teams
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Dialectics of Power: Negotiating Political Change in Hellenistic Greece
HelleNET Scholar Talk | Chair: Dr. Carlo Lualdi | Online via Zoom
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Hellenistic Dynasties through Their Coinage – WIHS Event
WIHS event co-organized with the Edgar W. Pyke Coin Project, University of Waterloo, and the Seleukid Lecture Series
Oliver Hoover MA, American Numismatic Society | Highlights from the Revised and Expanded Second Edition of Seleucid Coins, Part I
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Birds in Hellenistic Life and Literature
HelleNET Scholar Talk | Chair: Dr. Laura Bottenberg | Online via Zoom
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Discontinuities in Hellenistic Crete: Some Biographical Notes on the Poet and Grammarian Rhianus of Crete
HelleNET Scholar Talk | Chair: Dr. Jeremy Lam | Online via Zoom
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I Congreso Iberoamericano de Estudios del Oriente Helenístico: problemas y métodos
Organized by Eduardo M. García-Molina (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Raúl Navas-Moreno (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), and Ezequiel Martin Parra (University of Michigan)
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Seleukid Lecture Series XI – TBA
Speaker and presentation title to be announced
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The Court Historian in the Hellenistic Age
HelleNET Scholar Talk | Chair: Dr. Samantha Sink | Online via Zoom
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Seleukos I in Plutarch’s Life of Demetrios
Seleukid Lecture Series XI | Co-hosted by the Antigonid Network and the Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies
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“Between land and sea” – Strabo’s Description of the Great River Delta Regions in His Geographika, with particular reference to the Nile (Geog. Book 17)
HelleNET Scholar Talk | Chair: Dr. Samantha Sink | Online via Zoom
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Herrschaftspraxis im Seleukidenreich. Räume, Strukturen und Akteure
The Practice of Rule in the Seleukid Empire: Spaces, Structures, and Actors
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Selected Highlights from the Conference Herrschaftspraxis im Seleukidenreich. Räume, Strukturen und Akteure
Seleukid Lecture Series XI | The Practice of Rule in the Seleukid Empire: Spaces, Structures, and Actors
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Seleukid Lecture Series XI – TBA
Speaker and presentation title to be announced
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Hellenistic Royal Metropoleis and their Legacies
Co-sponsored by the Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies
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Seleukid Lecture Series XI – TBA
Speaker and presentation title to be announced
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HelleNET Scholar Talk – Title TBA
HelleNET Scholar Talk | Chair: Dr. Davide Massimo | Online via Zoom
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Seleukid Lecture Series XI – Presentation TBA
Presentation title to be announced
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On the Edition of the Fragmentary Hellenistic Elegy: Addenda to the Elegíacos Helenísticos
HelleNET Scholar Talk | Chair: Dr. Davide Massimo | Online via Zoom
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The School of Sovereignty: Royal Hostage-ship and the Modernization of the Ancient State
Seleukid Lecture Series XI
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Fourth Amici Populi Romani Workshop: Diplomacy, Networking, Legitimacy, and Digital Opportunities
Call for Papers | Proposal submissions requested by October 8, 2026
In-person and online participation available