Please join the Department of Classics lecture “’Fair Maiden, Fair Maiden’: Skin Color Terminology in Roman Literature and Latin Inscriptions” on Tuesday, Nov 28, 4:40-6 pm, in Gilman 108 as part of our research seminar series on race in antiquity (poster here; reception to follow).

There will be limited space to join us for dinner at the Helmand at 7:15pm – please email Prof. Nandini Pandey ([email protected]) if you’d be interested (and if you’re not Classics-affiliated, please confirm if your department might be able to cover your meal).

Lecture by Professor Shelley P. Haley
Edward North Chair of Classics Emerita
Hamilton College

There is evidence in the Roman literature of the Augustan age and later that the Romans were acute observers of difference: gender, class, and even skin-color difference. In this lecture, Dr. Haley examines how each of these differences carry varying value and that their intersection and simultaneity carry yet another value.