The following may be of interest to members of the Colorado Classics Association (CCA):
Piping hot off the digital presses! CCA’s advocacy efforts have resulted in a story from the Colorado bureau of Chalkbeat.org exploring the many joys and benefits of studying Latin and featuring the perspectives of numerous students and CCA members. Please read it and share widely!
Meetings, Lectures, Symposia
- The Boulder Society of the Archaeological Institute of America proudly hosts Dr. Elizabeth Marlowe (Colgate University) this Wednesday, March 12, 7- 8PM, for her talk, Normalizing Loot: A Case Study of a Plundered Imperial Shrine. The talk will be given on the CU Boulder campus (Eaton Humanities #1B80 on Zoom. Dr. Marlow will discuss a corpus of dozens of life-size bronze statues of Roman emperors and empresses that were looted in the 1960s at Bubon, an unexcavated site in southern Turkey, and ended up in collections across the United States. Questions posed by this looting include: What was lost in the process? Why – and how – are some museums resisting efforts to return these statues to Turkey today? Navigate here to learn more and to request the Zoom link.
- Save the date for the CCA spring meeting: Saturday, April 26, 10 am-noon on the CU Boulder campus. Check back for additional details regarding the agenda and parking.
- Please see the events calendar of the CU Boulder Classics Department for advance information about academic talks related to ancient Greece and Rome.
- Additionally, The Archaeological Institute of America, Boulder Society regularly gives advance 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.
National Awards and Fellowships
- Look here for a list of national awards and fellowships for K-12 Latin teachers.
Last updated March 9, 2025. To suggest an addition, please email CCA Communication Director Pierre Habel, pdhabel@gmail.com.
