ANCIENT STUDIES WEEK, OCT.14-16, 2026

You are all cordially invited to the events of

                 ANCIENT STUDIES WEEK 2026:

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Forum, Performing Arts and Humamities Building

Homerathon

Marathon Reading of Homer’s Odyssey.

READERS ARE STILL NEEDED. PLEASE CONTACT DR. FORD (rford3@umbc.edu) BY OCT. 7, 2026

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

4:00-5:30 PM, A.O. Kuhn Library Gallery

ANCIENT STUDIES WEEK KEYNOTE LECTURE:

“The Economic Lives of Rome’s Ninety Percent, " Dr. Kimberly Bowes, University of Pennsylvania

                       Reception to follow lecture.

                      Co-sponsored by the Dresher Center for the Humanities

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Commons Breezeway

Display of Antiquities from the Spiro Collection with

Prof. Esther Read