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Annual Celebration of Greek and Roman Authors.

• Seneca, Nero, Shostakovich, Stalin & Stoicism: “An Evening with Seneca” October 23, 2023.
• “An Evening with Seneca,” October 5, 4:00-6:15 pm September 11, 2023.
  
• “An Evening with Aristophanes” in the Classics Library March 28   March 18, 2019.
• “An Evening with Aristophanes”: Talk and Performances in the John Miller Burnam Classics Library  April 4, 2019.
• Our Favorite Aristophanes Quotes  March 26, 2019.
• Pics and Video from Ovid Celebration April 24, 2018.
• The John Miller Burnam Classics Library Hosts “An Evening with Ovid”  February 13, 2018.
• Our Favorite Ovid Quotes  February 6, 2018.

Celebrating Greeks and Romans and Greek and Italian Heritage.

• Greek Refugees from Asia Minor: Exhibition and Presentations
  
•  March 26, 2024.
  
• The Classics Library Commemorates the 200-Year Anniversary of Greek Independence  March 19, 2021.
• The Classics Library at the Cincinnati Reds Opening Day Parade/Findlay Market Day Parade.  April 10, 2024.
• The Italian American Community was out in force at the Dedication of the New Lupa  November 6, 2023.
• She-Wolf Exhibition in the Burnam Classics Library, November 3 September 12, 2023.
  
• The “New Lupa” has Arrived in Cincinnati!  August 28, 2023.
  
• The Twins are now orphans – their mother has been stolen from Eden Park! July 1, 2022

Season and Anniversary Celebrations.

• Celebration of Peter van Minnen, John Miller Burnam Professor of Classics February 22, 2024.
• Today, the John Miller Burnam Classics Library, in cooperation with the Klau Library of Hebrew Union College, commemorates the Bicentennial of the First Jewish Congregation in Cincinnati  January 18, 2024.
  
• Aphorisms, candies, and music in the Classics Library December 16, 2023.
• Classicists Celebrate Professor Gutzwiller’s Retirement September 2, 2022.
• Happy Valentine, Greeks and Romans!  February 10, 2020.
• Honoring Professor Jack L. Davis: Exhibition in the Classics Library  January 16, 2020.
• The Classics Library’s Winter Break Hours, Happy Holidays!  December 18, 2019.
• Happy Birthday, Julius Caesar! July 12, 2022.
• Classicists — Burnam Library Updates and Happy Summer! April 28, 2023.
• The Classics Library fêtes Kathryn Gutzwiller, John Miller Burnam Professor of Classics November 21, 2019.
• On May 29, the Classics Library Remembers the Fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire… May 29, 2019.
  
• Greeks and Romans — Beware of Ides of March – καὶ σὺ τέκνον!  March 1, 2019.
  
• Greeks and Romans — Happy Valentine!  February 14, 2019.
• Happy Birthday Lucretius (and Virgil, too)!  October 15, 2019.
• May 6, Birthday of the Goddess Artemis (Happy Thargelia and Apollo’s Birthday, too!?)  April 29, 2018.
  
• Happy Floralia, Greeks and Romans!  April 25, 2018.
• Classics Students: Happy Thanksgiving from the Library!  November 15, 2017.
• Happy Winter Solstice, Greeks and Romans! From the Classics Library’s Staff.  December 11, 2017.

Collections Updates.

• Welcome Classics Students to Fall Semester 2023!  August 14, 2023.
  
• UC Classicists — Extra, Extra! Read All About It!  August 12, 2022.
  
• The Burnam Classics Library’s Greek Map Collection has been digitized!   July 1, 2022.
  
• “New” Discoveries for the Burnam Classics Library  July 1, 2022.
  
• Mystery at the Library  September 17,  2019.
• Update from the Classics Library  September 11, 2019.
• From the Sublime to the Ridiculous…  December 5, 2018.
  
• Book Sale in the Classics Library  May 15, 2018.
  
• The Classics Library’s “Book of the Month”  May 7, 2018.
• Highlights from the Classics Library’s Collections  May 7, 2018.
• “Snapshots” of the Classics Library’s Collections   November 13, 2017.

Lectures, Conferences, Courses, Exhibitions.

• The 2022 Papyrology Summer Institute at UC, July 20, 2022.
  
• Ancient Medicine: Exhibition in the Classics Library forming part of a larger exhibition/event on Andreas Vesalius in Winkler  November 17, 2021.
• The GDJA at the MGSA Symposium in Sacramento, CA  December 11, 2019.
• The Greek Digital Journal Archive in Athens, Greece  September 23, 2019.
• Animals in Antiquity: Virtual Exhibition (+ Physical Poster Exhibit at Langsam)  March 20, 2019.
  
• The Classics Library Presents a Lecture by Professor Artemis Leontis  November 27, 2018.
  
• Two New Exhibitions in the Reading Room  October 20, 2017.
  
• Ancient Greek Pottery from Southern Italy and Sicily on Display in the Classics Library  May 10, 2017.

Halloween.

• ‘Movie Night’ and Halloween Fest in the Classics Library  November 1, 2021.
  
• “Griffin Warrior”: Movie Night in the Classics Library, October 29!  October 9, 2021.
• The Classics Library is Haunted — We Have Proof!  October 5, 2021.
• Cicero’s Remains Discovered in Madeira, Cincinnati, after more than 2,000 years!  October 17, 2019.
• Greeks and Romans, Happy Halloween!  October 30, 2018.

Miscellaneous.

• The Classics Library Announces Policy Change  April 1, 2022.
  
• To the amazing student workers in the John Miller Burnam Classics Library!  April 27, 2020.
  
• A Great Scholar and Friend  December 17, 2019.
  
• Interview with Mike Braunlin: Tetris’ Dad, Susan’s Husband, UC’s Classics Bibliographer October 10, 2018.

By R. Lindau