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Posted on October 18th, 2023 in Classes by Elizabeth W. Thill

This episode of Julius Caesar Explains brought to you by CLAS-C 102 Roman Culture, coming up next in Spring 2024, online asynchronous.  Welcome back to Julius Caesar Explains, our series where we summon Julius Caesar’s spirit from Mt. Olympus to answer our questions about Ancient Rome. Caesar, it’s good to have you with us. DIVINE …

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Posted on October 6th, 2023 in Faculty, We Have Thoughts On That... by Elizabeth W. Thill

Recently Dr. Thill was working in her dark cave of academia, having brilliant thoughts about people who have been dead for 1800 years, when she received an email from IU-Indianapolis Social Media. This email informed her that there was a huge hot trend on social media about the Roman Empire, and the IU-Indianapolis Social Media …

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Posted on September 30th, 2023 in Real Housewives of Mt Olympus by Elizabeth W. Thill

Episode 70: In which Roma learns she’s the hottest thing on TikTok (but not what TikTok is), and Minerva, Mars, and Britannia are jealous. This episode of Real Housewives of Mt. Olympus brought to you by the latest archaeological news on CNN.com – and by CLAS-C 102 Roman Culture. MINERVA, ROMAN GODDESS OF STRATEGY: Roma! …

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Posted on September 18th, 2023 in Classes, Students, Upcoming by Elizabeth W. Thill

Want to enhance your growth as a citizen of the world? Ask timeless big-picture questions while learning marketable skills? Expand and unlearn what you thought you knew about Ancient Greece and Rome? Draw connections to the past in your field of study? Whether you are minoring in Classical Studies, or taking courses to expand your view …

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Posted on September 18th, 2023 in Classes, Students by Elizabeth W. Thill

Want to enhance your growth as a citizen of the world? Ask timeless big-picture questions while learning marketable skills? Expand and unlearn what you thought you knew about Ancient Greece and Rome? Draw connections to the past in your field of study? Whether you are minoring in Classical Studies, or taking courses to expand your view …

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Posted on September 11th, 2023 in Real Housewives of Mt Olympus by Elizabeth W. Thill

Episode 69: In which the architects of the Parthenon and Stonehenge discuss new shapes and new chauvinistic cultural assumptions. This episode of Real Housewives of Hades (a Mt. Olympus spin-off) brought to you by the latest archaeological news on CNN.com and SmithsonianMagazine.com – and by our upcoming archaeological lecture on September 25. [SETTING: Underworld Club …

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Posted on September 9th, 2023 in Events, Local by Elizabeth W. Thill

When you think of “kites,” do you think of Mary Poppins, because you spent way too much time on Disney+ during COVID? Did you know “kites” can also refer to large-scale architectural constructions, engineered by hunters 8,000 years ago to funnel animals together for the slaughter? These sort of structures, found from the Middle East …

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Posted on August 29th, 2023 in Editing Scriptorium by Elizabeth W. Thill

Oedipus the King, Episode 1: In which Thebes suffers from a plague, and King Oedipus suffers from a wildly inflated sense of his own self-importance. Let’s face it: reading Ancient Greek tragedies is difficult and depressing (although totally worth it). So we’ve launched The Editing Sciptorium, a series where we present an abridged version of …

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Posted on August 28th, 2023 in Classes, Upcoming by Elizabeth W. Thill

Still looking for that perfect course to fill out your semester? Check out late-start Classical Studies courses, still available for enrollment in Fall 2023! All late-start classes are Online Asynchronous. 2nd 5-week session (Sep 25 – Oct 27) CLAS-B 311 Sex and Gender in the Ancient World (27279) 5 week, 1 credit “appetizer” class can be …

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Posted on August 24th, 2023 in Real Housewives of Mt Olympus by Elizabeth W. Thill

Episode 68: In which Roma finds her art employed in offensive (aesthetically and ethically) American representation of Native Americans. This episode of Real Housewives of Mt. Olympus brought to you by the latest archaeological news on CNN.com and SmithsonianMagazine.com – and by CLAS-C 414 Art and Archaeology of the Roman World. ROMA, GODDESS OF ROME (entering): …

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