A Tribute to my Time in Italy
By Eva Hay In high school, I lived in Rome, and while I had always been interested in ancient history and archaeology, this experience reinforced that interest of mine. Rome is one of the rare cities on Earth where the ancient world blends seamlessly with modern life. Everything you look at holds significance, and at […]
How Early America (and Fascist Italy) Established Dominance Through Neoclassical Architecture
By Anjali Kanda In the 18th century, Britain and America were, simply put, on the outs. America had declared itself an independent nation as led forth by the Founding Fathers, a group of men notably including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams. However, despite the animosity between the two countries, they shared one distinct […]
From Zero to Hero: The Enduring Power of Epics
By Jesse Clinock I’ve been on an epic journey lately. No, I haven’t been tasked with a grand quest to save the world, battled with the gods, nor rescued a fair maiden and swept her away to my castle far, far away. My journey started as an academic one, and has quickly devolved into a […]
The Battle of Dendron-on-on-on-on: An Original Play
By Alyssa Mawussi Read the play here: The Battle of Dendron-on-on-on-on Eirene is shorter than the comedies traditionally showcased at the festival of Dionysia. Regardless, it brings together the theatrical conventions of old comedy and the events of the Pelopponesian war to discuss the ethos of Greek warfare, breakdown significant historical events and shed light […]
UBC à la UNESCO: Reconciling Antiquity Ethics with Artifacts as Educational Resources
By Hannah Stengler For the past few years, the subject of unprovenanced items has been widely discussed within the AMNE department. An unprovenanced item is one which has not been given a context, its original location and use unknown. This can cause problems in studying an object because its context, where it was found in […]
Coloring Outside the Lines of Winckelmann’s Book: White Masculine Beauty and Feminine Polychromy
By Talia Neelis A specter is haunting our reception of the ancient world– the specter of Johann Joachim Winckelmann. Dubbed the ‘Father of Art History,’ the 18th-century historian became a modern Pygmalion by rhetorically sculpting the canon of art historical values into his own Galatea. His fixation on the form of the white male sculptural […]