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Past Events Archive

Revisit past events that have shaped our Institute's academic community and international partnerships.

Kleroi and Kings: A Reassessment of the Seleucid Cleruchy

Online | March 18, 2026

Dr. Talia Prussin (Cornell University)

Respondent: Dr. John Serrati (University of Ottawa)

Part of the Seleukid Lecture Series | Lecture Series Website

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Ancient Athletics (Online) Conference

Online | March 14–15, 2026

Organizers: Aikaterini-Iliana Rassia (King’s College London) and Andrew Farrington

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The City of Pella, Macedonia, under the Antigonids

Online | March 3, 2026 | 5:00 PM (UK)

Nikos Akamatis (Academy of Athens)

Part of the Antigonid Network: Hellenistic Lecture Series | Lecture Series Website

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Hellenistic Families Conference 2026

Online | February 26–27, 2026

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A ‘Canon’ of Hellenistic Geographers?

Online | February 19, 2026

Dmitry A. Shcheglov

Chair: Samantha Sink (Trinity College Dublin)

Part of the HelleNET Scholars Talk | Lecture Series Website

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The Elephant in the Room: The Battle of Ipsus (301 BCE) Revisited

Online | February 11, 2026

Dr. Eran Almagor (Jerusalem)

Respondent: Angus Jacobson MA (University of Tasmania)

Part of the Seleukid Lecture Series | Lecture Series Website

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The Antigonid Empire in Greece

Online | February 3, 2026 | 5:00 PM (UK)

Shane Wallace (editor) and contributors

Forthcoming special issue in Hermathena

Part of the Antigonid Network: Hellenistic Lecture Series | Lecture Series Website

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Agathokles of Syracuse: A Hellenistic Monarch in the Western Mediterranean?

Online | January 23, 2026

Dr. John Serrati

Chair: Dr. Carlo Lualdi

Part of the HelleNET Scholars Talk | Lecture Series Website

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The Maccabees in Cologne: How a Gift of Sweets Led to Erasmus’ Latin Version of 4 Maccabees

Online | January 21, 2026

Prof. Kai Brodersen (Erfurt University)

Respondent: Rabbi Dr. Benjamin Scolnic (Southern Connecticut State University)

Part of the Seleukid Lecture Series | Lecture Series Website

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Seleukid Study Days VIII: The Afterlife of the Seleukids

Receptions and Reinterpretations from Antiquity to the Present

Utrecht University | November 12th - 15th, 2025

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Alexander’s Successors and the Creation of Hellenistic Kingship and Royal Traditions

Online | November 11, 2025 | 5:00 PM (UK)

John Holton (Newcastle)

Discussion of recent publications with Bloomsbury

Part of the Antigonid Network: Hellenistic Lecture Series | Lecture Series Website

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Female Roles in Ancient Foundation Legends

Workshop Hosted in Collaboration with UW Department of Classical Studies,

the Dragen Lab at St. Jerome's University College, and Epic Threads Journal

University of Waterloo | October 6th, 2025

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Power, Royal Agency, and Elite Women in the Hellenistic and Roman World

Online Conference / Lecture Series

Waterloo | September 2021 – June 2022

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