CCA III: Classical Greece and Rome | Hillsdale College | February 5-7, 2023 [Video]

Since the founding of the first universities in the West in the eleventh century, the study of ancient Greece and Rome has been a central element of a liberal arts education. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, spurred largely by the influence of historicism, the serious study of the classics began to decline. Today it has all but disappeared from college and university curricula. This third CCA of the 2022-2023 academic year will explore the history, philosophy, and literature of classical Greece and Rome.

Schedule
February 5
4:00 p.m.
“Pericles and Athenian Democracy”
David West
Ashland University

February 5
8:00 p.m.
“The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic”
Barry Strauss
Cornell University

February 6
4:00 p.m.
“Cicero and Stoicism”
Walter Nicgorski
University of Notre Dame

February 6
8:00 p.m.
“Xenophon’s Socrates”
Peter Ahrensdorf
Davidson College

February 7
4:00 p.m.
“The Importance of Virgil”
Anthony Esolen
Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts

February 7
8:00 p.m.
“The Importance of Homer”
Joshua Katz
Professor of Classics