Upcoming Events and Deadlines

The following may be of interest to members of the Colorado Classics Association (CCA):

In Colorado:

CCA Teacher of the Year Award

  • Please note that nominations of a K-12 colleague are due by January 1! Complete descriptions of the award and nominating process may be found here.

Meetings, Lectures, Symposia

  • CU Boulder’s Classics Department offers its first event of the semester Friday, January 17, at 4:30 pm in Eaton Humanities 250. Classics MA candidate Julius Arnold, winner of the 2024 Mary E.V. McClanahan Essay Contest, will present his prize-winning paper “Sine Spoliis: The Commemoration of the Third Macedonian War through the Porticus Octavia.”
  • The Denver Society of the Archaeological Institute of America hosts Dr. Brandon Olson of Metropolitan State University (in person and on Zoom) on Saturday, January 18, at 12:30 p.m. as he gives an update on the excavations which he co-directs at a hilltop fortress in southern Cyprus: “Pyla-Vigla in 2024: A Fortified Settlement of the Hellenistic Period.” The talk will take place at the Virginia Village Branch of the Denver Public Library. Click here for venue information and to RSVP and/or to request the Zoom link.
  • Please also see the events calendar of the CU Boulder Classics Department for information about academic talks related to ancient Greece and Rome.
  • Additionally, The Archaeological Institute of America, Boulder Society regularly gives notice of events pertaining to Classical Antiquity on its website.

Performances and Exhibits

  • The Colorado Symphony, Symphony Chorus and Colorado Children’s Chorale will be performing Orff’s Carmina Burana April 4-6 at the Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver. Consult the Symphony website for showtimes and tickets.

Nationally:

Awards and Fellowships

Last updated January 12, 2025. To suggest an addition, please email CCA Communication Director Pierre Habel, pdhabel@gmail.com.