With images of nearly 700 inscriptions from Greco-Roman antiquity, Columbia University has one of the largest epigraphic squeeze collections in North America. Assembled in stages over the course of the late 19th and 20th centuries primarily as a teaching collection, it is today a valuable research and pedagogical tool for students and scholars alike given that some of the original stones have gone missing over the last century or are in appreciably worse condition than when the impressions were taken. The collection has been underused since the late 1960s, in no small part because of the state of the catalog, which was organized according to long-outdated editions from the late 19th century and which existed only in unwieldy card catalog and paper versions. This spring, with generous support from the Columbia History and Classics Departments, Classical Studies Program CLST, and the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, David Ratzan, the Curator of Papyri, Core Lecturer, and recent CLST graduate (Ph.D. 2011), along with two graduate students, Lucia Carbone (CLST) and Caroline Wazer (HIST), undertook to reorganize and digitally re-catalog the entire collection. Phase I of the project began on May 1, 2012, and over the course of the following three weeks the team recorded, numbered, and cataloged 962 separate pieces representing 640 inscriptions, 593 Greek, 45 Latin, 1 Etruscan, and 1 Cypriot. The earliest pieces date from the 7th cent. BCE while the latest are from the 3rd or 4th cents. CE. The last 42 squeezes will be cataloged in early June and the full catalog will be made available online by Oct. 1, 2012, along with some documentation of the provenance and history of the collection. Phase II, which is still in the planning stage, will involve integrating the collection in some fashion with Prof. John Bodel’s U.S. Epigraphy Project at Brown University.
Cataloging the Epigraphic Squeeze Collection at Columbia
What's Happening
Friday, April 16 2021
Classical Dialogue
The Early Roman Expansion into Italy (Rescheduled)
Nicola Terrenato
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Friday, April 16, 2021 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
April 16, 2021
Schermerhorn 807
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Friday, October 30 2020
Classical Dialogue
Void and Space in the Thought of the Presocratics, Plato, and Aristotle
Barbara Sattler
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Friday, October 30, 2020 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
October 30, 2020
Virtual Event: Zoom
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Friday, June 19 2020
Friday, March 6 2020
Workshop
CLST Placement Workshop
Profs. Dhananjay Jagannathan (Philosophy, Columbia) & Sailakshmi Ramgopal (History, Columbia)
Friday, March 6, 2020 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
March 6, 2020
Schermerhorn 930
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Friday, November 15 2019

Classical Dialogue
Two questions about the rule of Law in Plato
Susan Sauvé Meyer
University of Pennsylvania
Friday, November 15, 2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
November 15, 2019
Schermerhorn 807
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Friday, October 18 2019
Classical Dialogue
The Open Sea
Joseph Manning
Yale University
Friday, October 18, 2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
October 18, 2019
Schermerhorn 807
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Monday, October 7 2019

Workshop
Being and Seeming: Plato’s Epistemology
Jessica Moss (NYU)
Commentators: Margaret Corn (Columbia University), Luke Lea (Columbia University)
Monday, October 7, 2019 - 7:30pm
October 7, 2019
Philosophy Hall 716
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Thursday, September 26 2019
Announcement
CLST Photo Contest: Call for Submissions
Thursday, September 26, 2019 - 9:15pm
September 26, 2019
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Thursday, August 29 2019
Announcement
CLST STUDENT MENTORING PROGRAM: 2019-20 MENTORS SELECTED
Thursday, August 29, 2019 - 10:45am
August 29, 2019
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Sunday, May 26 2019
Event
GRADUATE TRAVELING SEMINAR TO EGYPT
Sunday, May 26, 2019 - 9:30pm to Sunday, June 9, 2019 - 9:30pm
May 26, to June 9, 2019
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Friday, April 26 2019
Classical Dialogue
Plautus and Popular Comedy
Amy Richlin
UCLA
Friday, April 26, 2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
April 26, 2019
Schermerhorn 807
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Monday, April 22 2019

Workshop
Workshop in Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy: Pyrrhonian Skepticism as a Way of Life
Christiana Olfert (Tufts University)
Commentators: Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia University), Luke Lea (Columbia University)
Monday, April 22, 2019 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
April 22, 2019
Philosophy Hall 716
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Friday, April 19 2019

Workshop
Margarete Bieber Reading Group
Friday, April 19, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
April 19, 2019
Schermerhorn 930
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Tuesday, April 9 2019
Monday, March 25 2019
Lecture
Workshop in Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy: Vicious Character Traits as Rational Mistakes
Simon Shogry
University of Oxford
Monday, March 25, 2019 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
March 25, 2019
Philosophy Hall 716
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Friday, March 1 2019

Classical Dialogue
The Journey of Christianity to India in Late Antiquity
Nathanael Andrade
Binghamton University
Friday, March 1, 2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
March 1, 2019
Schermerhorn 930
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Friday, February 8 2019
Announcement
Alice Sharpless Awarded the Bothmer Fellowship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Friday, February 8, 2019 - 3:15pm
February 8, 2019
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Friday, December 14 2018
Announcement
Application Deadline for PhD Admissions
Friday, December 14, 2018 - 11:45pm
December 14, 2018
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Friday, November 9 2018

Classical Dialogue
Classical Greek Oligarchy
Matthew Simonton
Arizona State University
Friday, November 9, 2018 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
November 9, 2018
Schermerhorn 934
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Friday, October 26 2018
Conference
Conference in Memory of Alan Cameron
Averil Cameron, Anne Chen, Raffaella Cribiore, Anthony Cutler, Jean-Luc Fournet, Carmela Franklin, Arianna Gullo, Gavin Kelly, Michael Kulikowski, Noel Lenski, Rita Lizzi Testa, Charlotte Roueché, and Michele Salzman
Friday, October 26, 2018 - 10:00am to Saturday, October 27, 2018 - 4:00pm October 26, to October 27, 2018 Italian Academy, 3rd Floor moreFriday, October 19 2018
Workshop
Ways of Seeing, Ways of Reading II: The Anthropology and Aesthetics of Arms and Armor
P. Van Alfen, D. Bodart, C. Carastro, F. de Angelis, F. Drici, S. Fowles, C. Goddard, C. Kirchoff, D. Lurie, J. Ma, L. Marek, C. Mauduit, E. Morris, F. Queyrel, C. Rambourg, F. Ronconi, A. Stauder, D. Steiner, P. Terjanian, A. Thôte, S. Verger, N. Worman
Friday, October 19, 2018 - 9:00am to Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 5:00pm
October 19, to October 20, 2018
Schermerhorn Hall, 612
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Friday, September 28 2018

Classical Dialogue
Ancient Eudaimonism and Modern Morality
Julia Annas
University of Arizona
Friday, September 28, 2018 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
September 28, 2018
Schermerhorn 807
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Thursday, August 30 2018
Announcement
CLST Student Mentoring Program: 2018-19 Mentors Selected
Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 4:00am
August 30, 2018
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Thursday, June 28 2018
Workshop
Munich New York City Workshop in Ethics
Giulia Bonasio, André Grahle, Ludwig Jaskolla, Jörg Löschke, Andreja Novakovic, Anna Wehofsits
Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 10:00am to 5:30pm
June 28, 2018
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Wednesday, April 25 2018
Announcement
Evan Jewell Awarded Mellon International Travel Fellowship
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 - 11:00am
April 25, 2018
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Monday, April 23 2018
Lecture
Columbia at Hadrian’s Villa: The 2017 Campaign
Monday, April 23, 2018 - 10:00pm
April 23, 2018
Schermerhorn Hall 612
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Friday, April 13 2018
Classical Dialogue
Virgilian Geopoetics, or the Emotional Science of Geography
Alessandro Barchiesi
New York University
Friday, April 13, 2018 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
April 13, 2018
Schermerhorn Hall 934
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Tuesday, April 10 2018
Announcement
Jeremy Simmons Awarded AIIS and SSRC Fellowships
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 11:00am
April 10, 2018
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Thursday, April 5 2018
Announcement
Mariana Noé Receives 2018 Presidential Teaching Award
Thursday, April 5, 2018 - 4:30am
April 5, 2018
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Friday, March 23 2018
Workshop
Classical Studies Dissertation Workshop
Giulia Bonasio, Evan Jewell, Alice Sharpless, Jeremy Simmons
Friday, March 23, 2018 - 3:00pm to 6:00pm
March 23, 2018
Schermerhorn 930
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Friday, March 2 2018
Classical Dialogue
Office and Rule in Constitutional Change
Melissa Lane
Princeton University
Friday, March 2, 2018 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
March 2, 2018
Schermerhorn Hall 934
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Saturday, December 9 2017
Conference
The Creation of Roman History and Epigraphy: Theodor Mommsen from 1817 to 2017
Clifford Ando, Werner Eck, Bruce Frier, Zachary Herz, Suzanne Marchand, Maya Maskarinec, Michael Peachin, Stefan Rebenich
Saturday, December 9, 2017 - 2:30pm to 10:15pm
December 9, 2017
Italian Academy, 5th Floor, Columbia University
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Friday, November 17 2017
Classical Dialogue
Tyrannicide in Ancient Greece
David Teegarden
SUNY Buffalo
Friday, November 17, 2017 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
November 17, 2017
Schermerhorn Hall 930
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Friday, October 20 2017
Classical Dialogue
The Beginnings of Latin Literature
Denis Feeney
Princeton University
Friday, October 20, 2017 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
October 20, 2017
Schermerhorn Hall 930
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Monday, June 5 2017
Announcement
Giulia Bonasio Awarded Chateaubriand Fellowship
Monday, June 5, 2017 - 6:00pm
June 5, 2017
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Thursday, April 13 2017
Lecture
Agreement and Consensus in Plato’s Crito
Dr. James Warren
University of Cambridge
Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 8:15pm
April 13, 2017
Philosophy Hall 716
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Friday, March 24 2017

Classical Dialogue
Human and Animal Bodies in Ancient Greece
Annetta Alexandridis
Cornell University
Friday, March 24, 2017 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
March 24, 2017
930 Schermerhorn
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Thursday, February 23 2017
Lecture
Columbia University at Hadrian’s Villa: The 2016 Archaeological Campaign
Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 11:00pm
February 23, 2017
Italian Academy
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Friday, November 11 2016
Conference
Refuge and Refugees in the Ancient World
Elena Isayev, Demetra Kasimis, Marcus Ziemann, Mateo González-Vázquez, Raffaella de Vela, Joe Sheppard, William Reed, Ralph Lange, Mark Francis Mariani, Deridre Klokow, Eliza Gettel, Daniel Healey, Dan Salyers, Krista Dalton, Fiona Sweet Formiatti, Maxwell Stocker, Florencia Fustinoni, Ruggiero Lionetti, Sarah Eisen, Tristan Bradshaw, Alessandra Migliara
Friday, November 11, 2016 - 2:30pm to Saturday, November 12, 2016 - 11:15pm
November 11, to November 12, 2016
Italian Academy, 5th Floor, Columbia University
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Friday, October 28 2016
Conference
Epistemology After Sextus Empiricus
Friday, October 28, 2016 - 1:30pm to Saturday, October 29, 2016 - 10:00pm
October 28, to October 29, 2016
Philosophy Hall 716, Columbia University
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Friday, October 28 2016
Classical Dialogue
Networks Colonization, and Regional Hybridity
Irad Malkin
Tel Aviv University
Friday, October 28, 2016 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
October 28, 2016
Schermerhorn Hall 930
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Friday, September 30 2016
Conference
Aristophanes and Politics
Stephen Halliwell, Jeffrey Henderson, Olimpia Imperio, Carina de Klerk, S. Sara Monoson, Robin Osborne, Nina Papathanasopoulou, Ralph Rosen, Ian Ruffell, Suzanne Saïd, Elizabeth Scharffenberger, Donald Sells, Deborah Steiner, Mario Telò.
Friday, September 30, 2016 - 1:00pm to Saturday, October 1, 2016 - 1:00pm
September 30, to October 1, 2016
Schermerhorn Hall 612
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Friday, April 15 2016

Classical Dialogue
Two Classic Problems in the Stoic Theory of Time
Ricardo Salles
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Friday, April 15, 2016 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
April 15, 2016
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Saturday, April 9 2016
Workshop
Hellenistic Literatures in Context
Aneurin Ellis-Evans, John Ma, Kathryn Stevens
Saturday, April 9, 2016 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
April 9, 2016
Italian Academy, 5th Floor, Columbia University
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Friday, February 19 2016

Classical Dialogue
Stoics and Skeptics on Cataleptic Impressions
Tobias Reinhardt
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
February 19, 2016
Schermerhorn Hall 934
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Friday, December 4 2015

Classical Dialogue
Killing Mummies: On Inka Epistemology and Imperial Power
Terence D’Altroy
Columbia University
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 9:00am to 11:00am
December 4, 2015
Schermerhorn Hall 934
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Friday, November 13 2015
Lecture
Columbia's Archaeological Campaign at Hadrian's Villa (APAHA Tibur 2015)
Friday, November 13, 2015 - 9:00pm
November 13, 2015
Schermerhorn Hall 612
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Thursday, September 24 2015
Lecture
Inaugural Classical Philosophy Lecture: Aristotle on Productive Understanding and Completeness, by Ursula Coope, Corpus Christi College Oxford
Professor Ursula Coope
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 8:15pm
September 24, 2015
Philosophy Hall 716, Columbia University
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Friday, August 14 2015
Announcement
Giulia Bonasio Awarded DAAD Fellowship
Friday, August 14, 2015 - 6:00pm
August 14, 2015
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Friday, April 10 2015

Classical Dialogue
Tombs and Burial Customs in Third-Century CE Rome
Barbara Borg
University of Exeter
Friday, April 10, 2015 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
April 10, 2015
Schermerhorn Hall 930
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Wednesday, March 4 2015

Classical Dialogue
Natural Character
Mariska Leunissen
Chapel Hill
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
March 4, 2015
Hamilton Hall 603
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Friday, October 17 2014

Classical Dialogue
The Divinization of Caesar and Augustus
Michael Koortbojian
Princeton University
Friday, October 17, 2014 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
October 17, 2014
Schermerhorn Hall 832
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Friday, March 14 2014

Classical Dialogue
Miskawayh on Pleasures and Pains
Peter Adamson
Ludwig Maximilian University
Friday, March 14, 2014 - 9:00am to 11:00am
March 14, 2014
716 Philosophy Hall
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Friday, March 7 2014

Classical Dialogue
Ancient Theories of Color
Katerina Ierodiakonou
Athens and Geneva
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
March 7, 2014
716 Philosophy Hall
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Friday, April 19 2013
Workshop
Technology and Skills Workshop II: Researching Ancient Places
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
April 19, 2013
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Friday, February 1 2013
Classical Dialogue
The Ancient Middle Classes
Emanuel Mayer
University of Chicago
Friday, February 1, 2013 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
February 1, 2013
Schermerhorn Hall 930
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Thursday, March 8 2012
Friday, September 9 2011
Conference
The Many Worlds of the Odyssey
Francesco de Angelis (Columbia University), Clemente Marconi (NYU), Silvia Montiglio (Johns Hopkins), Neville Morley (Bristol), Leah Whittington (Columbia University, Society of Fellows), Katja Vogt (Columbia University)
Friday, September 9, 2011 - 3:30pm to 10:30pm
September 9, 2011
Philosophy Hall 716, Columbia University
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