Name: Technology and Animation in Greece and Rome
Start: 2025-04-03T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-03T18:30:00-04:00
Location: Gilman 108

January 2025

January 31 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Reading & Book Talk: Sasha-Mae Eccleston in conversation with Nandini Pandey

Brody Learning Commons, Macksey Seminar Room 2043, M-Level 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, United States

January 31 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Reading and Conversation: Naomi Shihab Nye, Marion Winik & Emma Snyder

Bird in Hand Coffee & Books 11 East 33rd Street Baltimore, MD 21218, Baltimore, United States

February 2025

February 1 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Seminar and Conversation on Collaboration, Creative Citizenship, and the Collective Lyric “I”

Gilman 132

March 2025

Friday, March 7 9:00 John Liao, Keisuke Nakajima & Georgia Vance — Welcome & Introduction 9:15 Claire Bubb, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) “Texts Beyond Texts: Recovering Lost Voices in Ancient Science”, Keynote Speech 10:45 Coffee Break 11:15 Helen Ruger, Princeton University “Seeing Beyond the Page: Forms of Viewing in Soranus’ Gynaecology” 11:45 Grant Hussong, UCLA “Disability in Hippocratic Medicine: Some Methodological Reflections” 12:15-13:30 Lunch Break 13:00-14:30 Visit to Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum (Drop-In) 14:30 Dmitry Ezrokhi, Princeton University “Follow the Fibers: Perceptual Learning in Galen's Anatomical Texts” 15:00 Allyson Blanck, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) “Embryotomy, Surgical Instruments & Archeological Possibility: Reinterpreting the ‘Claw’” Private Reception at Evergreen Museum & Library to follow, with the generous support of the Virginia Fox Stern Center

March 7 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Beyond the Page: the Hidden Worlds of Ancient Science (Graduate Conference) Day 1

Gilman 108

Saturday, March 8 9:15 Parker Zane, Yale University “Excerpting Astronomical Texts in the Neo-Assyrian Period” 9:45 Atsushi Kojima, Nagoya University “Engonasin in Eratosthenes’ Catasterisms and Alexander the Great” 10:15 Coffee Break 10:45 Ida Adsbøl Christensen, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) “Demotic Astrological Literature from Roman Egypt: Questions of Practice and Practitioners” 11:15 Nicolette D'Angelo, UCLA “‘In our well-mixed residence’: Difference, Mixture, and the Plasticity of Form in Galen” 11:45-13:15 Lunch & Discussion /w Marie-Lys Arnette (Johns Hopkins University) 13:15 Samantha Sink, Trinity College Dublin “Eratosthenes and the Natural Landscape: Scientific Thoughts of the Oikoumene” 13:45 Tashi Treadway, Johns Hopkins University “Ancient Veterinary Networks”14:15 Coffee Break 14:45 Monika Amsler, University of Bern “Roman Nature: A View from the Margins”, Keynote Speech 16:15 Closing Remarks & Discussion

March 8 @ 9:15 am - 2:45 pm

Beyond the Page: the Hidden Worlds of Ancient Science (Graduate Conference) Day 2

Gilman 108

April 2025

he cover of the book titled "Technological Animation in Classical Antiquity" features an ancient technical drawing with various mechanical components, including pulleys, levers, and weights. The drawing is detailed with annotations and appears to be a historical illustration of a mechanical device. The title is written in large capital letters, with the words "in CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY" highlighted in red. The book is edited by Tatiana Bur, Maria Gerolemou, and Isabel A. Ruffell. The publisher's name "OXFORD" is printed at the top right corner of the cover.

April 3 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Technology and Animation in Greece and Rome

Gilman 108