The NYU Center for Ancient Studies announces
TOPICS FOR CHALLENGING TIMES: ANCIENT PERSPECTIVES ON MODERN ISSUES
Monuments and Memory
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 5:00 - 6:30pm
Via Zoom
Welcome and Introduction
Matthew S. Santirocco
Professor of Classics and Angelo J. Ranieri Director of Ancient Studies, NYU
Erasing History or Making History?
Hallie Franks
Associate Professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, NYU
Inconvenient Monuments in Ancient Egypt: The Erasure of Female Pharaohs and Other Undesirables
Ann Macy Roth
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, NYU
Monumental Absences: Redacting the Statue of Queen Artemisia II at Rhodes
Patricia Eunji Kim
Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, NYU
Contested Portraits and the Monumental Legacy of Rome’s 'Bad' Emperors
Eric Varner
Associate Professor, Art History Department, Emory University
This event will take place online via Zoom. Registration is free and required at: https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ysDetUi3RPaSuiLhph17Ug
For more information, contact the NYU Center for Ancient Studies at ancient.studies@nyu.edu or 212.992.7978
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