Pew College Soc. The European Studies Symposium is an 18 year tradition at SPU featuring stimulating lectures and presentations from faculty and students. He will speak on Thursday, February 22, in Demaray Hall 150 at 3 p.m.
All events are free and open to the public.
Christina Roseman, professor of classics, will explore trading connections in the ancient world and look at some of the contacts between classical Mediterranean and European countries. Roseman will suggest that trading interests probably motivated Pytheas, the Greek who circumnavigated Britain in the fourth century B.C., and conclude with some observations from her travel in the Atlantic islands of Scotland. The Marston Lecture is free and open to the public. Attention All Poets Second Essence is hosting a poetry workshop for anyone interested in revising their work. Jennifer Maier, assistant professor of English, will offer helpful advice.