This interdisciplinary workshop serves as a meeting ground for those who work on the ancient world at Yale and is an important forum that allows sustained conversation about a common theme. The workshop meets once a month during the academic year and is supplemented by the core graduate seminar in the Archaia program. Presenters include visiting professors and Yale faculty. The chronological scope of the seminar extends from 3000 BCE until 1000 CE (and sometimes later in global circumstances where antiquity and early modernity overlap).
Fall 2026
Art, Architecture, and Climate Change in the Premodern
World
Workshop 1: Eric Mazariegos, Johns Hopkins, Tuesday, Oct. 6 @ 12-1:30, WLH 309
Workshop 2: De-nin Lee, Emerson University, Tuesday Nov. 3 @ 12-1:30, HQ 276
Workshop 3:
TBA
Workshop 4:
TBA
Spring 2027
Animate Characters: Writing, Presence, and the Body in Global Antiquity
Workshop 5: Stephen Houston, Brown University, Friday, Feb. 12 @ 12-1:30, WLH 309
Workshop 6: Heng Du, Wellesley College, Friday Feb. 26 @ 12-1:30, WLH 309
Workshop 7: Sarah Nooter, University of Chicago, Friday, Mar. 26 @ 12-1:30, WLH 309
Workshop 8: Francesca Stavakopoulou, University of Exeter, Friday Apr. 30 @ 12-1:30, WLH 309