Online Lectures
Online Lectures
The Paideia Institute hosts a regular series of online lectures on topics related to Latin, Greek, and the broader classical humanities. These lectures are free and open to the public.
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Past Lectures (60)
The Poetry of Violence: Homer and the Archaic Age
October 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts
with Roberta Mazza
January 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World’s First Author
with Sophus Helle
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET
Swimming with Translators
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET
Diet as Medicine in Greco-Roman Antiquity
with Claire Bubb
July 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
Webinar: A New Latin Curriculum for High Schools
June 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET
Put Some English On It: Translating Greek and Latin Meter
April 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM ET
Webinar: Latin Curricula for Younger Learners
April 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET
Conversations with the Classics
with Madeline Miller
April 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET
Webinar: Outreach Opportunities for Latin Teachers and Students
March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET
Aristoteles Magus: Philology and Secrets Sciences In Renaissance Naples
with Donato Verardi
January 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET
A World Made by Travel: classical journeys and digital history
with Giovanna Ceserani
December 15, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
Marguerite Yourcenar's Hadrian: History or Fiction?
with Keith Bradley
November 16, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
The First Ghosts: Most Ancient of Legacies
with Irving Finkel
October 27, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
Teaching Classics Through Linguistics: A Renewed Grammar-Translation Method
September 7, 2024 at 1:00 PM ET
Belief and emotion in Roman religion: Reconsidering John Sheid's "civic model"
with Jacob Mackey
August 31, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
Did That Really Happen? Compelling Instruction in the Classical Humanities and the Case for Ancient Historical Fiction
with Abigail Palmer
August 15, 2024 at 1:00 PM ET
Plato on Rule and Office: constitutionalism for the good of the ruled
with Melissa Lane
July 21, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
Teaching Classics for social justice at primary schools in Europe: kids’ play?!
with Evelien Bracke
June 21, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
Translating the Ancient Forest: The Penguin Book of Greek & Latin Lyric Verse
with Chris Childers
April 14, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
Heavenly and Terrestrial Aphrodite: From Pre-Socratic to Victorian times
with Achilleas A. Stamatiadis
March 22, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
A conversation with Professor John Finamore about Neoplatonism, Iamblichus, and the Ascent Ritual
March 17, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in Antiquity
March 9, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
Technology in the Sailing of Ulysses
with Theodossios Tassios
February 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM ET
Helen of Troy in Hollywood
with Ruby Blondell
February 15, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET
Plato Goes to China
with Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer
January 27, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
Technical Automation in Greek Classical Antiquity
with Maria Gerolemou
January 13, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
Indra Kagis McEwen: Vitruvius in an Age of Princes
with Indra Kagis McEwen
November 19, 2023 at 3:00 PM ET
Teaching Literacy with Latin Training Webinar
October 18, 2023 at 5:00 PM ET
Teaching Literacy with Latin Training Webinar
October 17, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET
“Overburdened by Greatness”: Rome and exemplary history
with Ferdinand Addis
September 23, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET
Technologies of the Marvellous in Ancient Greek Religion
with Tatiana Bur
August 10, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET
Sacred Chickens
with Ashleigh Green
July 27, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
Teaching Literacy with Latin
June 14, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET
Civil War and the Collapse of the Social Bond: The Roman Tradition at the Heart of the Modern
with Michèle Lowrie & Barbara Vinken
May 20, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET
What Thinking Looks Like: Raphael's School of Athens as a Guide to Teaching and Learning
with Scott Samuelson
March 31, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET
BIOPOLITICS AND ANCIENT THOUGHT 2
with Antonio Cimino & Jussi Backman
February 9, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET
Horace and Why Wine Matters
with Harry Eyres
January 14, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET
Land Expropriation In Ancient Rome and Contemporary Zimbabwe: Veterans, Masculinity and War
with Obert Bernard Mlambo
December 9, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
The "Rules" of Sexuality in Ancient Greek Art
with Andrew Lear
November 19, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
Reintroducing Cicero’s Lost Art of Consolation
with Mike Fontaine
October 29, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
Antique Speech in Modern Mouths: A Comedy of Verbal Imperialism
with Raymond Sokolov
October 16, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
Who Wins the Odyssey?
with Mark Buchan
September 18, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
The Collectio ad usum Delphini: Classics in the Age of Louis XIV- The Paideia Institut
with Floris Verhaart
August 14, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
Belief and Cult: The Centrality of Belief to Roman Religion
with Jacob L. Mackey
August 6, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
A Biography of Latin, Word by Word: The Thesaurus Linguae Latinae
with Kathleen Coleman
June 18, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
Narratives of Madness in Classical Art
with Kiki Karoglou
May 22, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
A Classical Education for the Modern World
with Diana Smith
April 23, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
Recovering a Lost Classic in the Renaissance
with Ada Palmer
April 3, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
REWRITING THE DEAD
with Chas Libretto
March 22, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
Palindromes in English and Latin
with Mark Saltveit & Michael Fontaine
February 28, 2022 at 1:00 PM ET
The Battle Of The Classics & The State Of The Humanities Today
with Eric Adler
January 29, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
The New Golden Age of Oral Historical Storytelling
with Alex Petkas
December 16, 2021 at 6:00 PM ET
Something Old, Something New: Learning Latin in Retirement
with Ann Patty
December 4, 2021 at 12:00 PM ET
Active Latin for Today's Learners
with Laura Manning
November 14, 2021 at 12:00 PM ET
The Latin Language in “Latin” America
with Stuart M. McManus
September 14, 2021 at 7:00 PM ET
The Better Half: Women and Music in the Middle Ages
with John Weretka
August 31, 2021 at 6:00 PM ET
Virtual Field Trips To Ancient Rome and Beyond
with Bernard Frischer
May 22, 2021 at 12:00 PM ET
Hadrian's Wall: The Edge of Empire
with Gillian Hovell
April 24, 2021 at 12:00 PM ET
What Can Ancient Literature Teach Us About Coping With Trauma?
with Dani Bostick
February 26, 2021 at 11:00 AM ET