Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics, 
and History of Art
The Graduate Group fosters and facilitates collaboration between the departments of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology; Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies; and History of Art, each of which has its own distinguished intellectual tradition and awards its own PhD degrees.
The Graduate Group is distinctive for its:
- Group Seminars, team-taught by faculty from different disciplines, and tied in to a Distinguished Visitors program: topics include 'History and Memory' and 'War and Peace'
- Multi-Disciplinary Fellowships and Arete Fellowships, generous stipends for top Graduate Group applicants
- Curatorial Internships, offered to students in partnership with Bryn Mawr's Special Collections and six premier institutions in the Philadelphia area: the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the American Philosophical Society, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- use of the resources of Bryn Mawr College, e.g. the collection of 50,000 rare books and manuscripts, including 1200 incunables; the art and artefact collections, comprising some 60,000 objects; and the Rhys Carpenter Library, which is dedicated to the Graduate Group's subject areas
- regular Graduate Group Gatherings, offering students, staff, and faculty an opportunity to socialize and hear about the latest work sponsored by the Graduate Group
- • biennial Graduate Group Symposium, organized entirely by students of the Graduate Group: recent themes have included "Thievery: The Anxiety of Influence and Appropriation" and "To the Ends of the Earth: Journeys Ancient to Modern".
Graduate Admissions are handled by the individual departments, but the Director of the Graduate Group, Professor Catherine Conybeare, welcomes general enquiries: cconybea@brynmawr.edu The Graduate Group gratefully acknowledges support from the NEH in the form of a Challenge Grant, and the generosity of some two hundred private and public donors who have helped us to meet the challenge and who continue to support us.
Grad Group Events
The Eighth Graduate Group Symposium
November 11&12, 2011
April 13 – “Orientalism and Orientalization in the Iron Age Mediterranean World”
The C. Densmore Curtis Lecture presented by the Graduate Students in the Department of Classical & Near Eastern Archaeology Ann Gunter, Northwestern University Friday, April 13 4:30 pm Carpenter Library B21 -Tea at 4:00 pm in the Quita Woodward Room-
April 5 – ” “Greek Dress and the Embodied Archaeology of Eva Palmer Sikelianos”
lecture by Artemis Leontis University of Michigan Thursday, April 5 4:30 pm Carpenter Library B21 -Tea at 4:00 pm in the Quita Woodward Room-
March 30 – “Homer vs. Hesiod: The Contest Tradition and its Historical Framework”
lecture by Andrea Debiasi University of Padua & Center for Hellenic Studies Friday, March 30 4:30 pm Carpenter Library B21 -Tea at 4:00 pm in the Quita Woodward Room-
March 23 – “Horace, Poetic Madness, and the Empedoclean Sublime”
lecture by Philip Hardie Trinity College, Cambridge March 23, 2012 4:30 pm Carpenter Library B21 -Tea at 4:00 pm in the Quita Woodward Room-
Other Events of Interest
Artist talk by Sal Randolph 4/2 + Versus, a conversation on competition 4/4
Sal Rudolph-Artist Talk Plus VERSUS-A Conversation on Competition Two events at Haverford, in conjunction with the exhibition And the Winner Is… at Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery: Monday, 4/2, 4:30pm, Stokes 102: artist talk by Sal Randolph. Sal Randolph lives in New York and makes art involvi...
Leslie Topp Lecture – March 22, 2012
“Death and the Asylum: Mortuaries in Early 20th-century Habsburg Psychiatric Institutions” Leslie Topp Senior Lecturer in History of Architecture Dept. of History of Art & Screen Media Birkbeck College, University of London 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD 6pm Reception, Thomas L...
27 years without images – Monday, February 20
27 years without images (on the possibility of cinema after revolution) Screening and conversation with Eric Baudelaire and Homay King Slought Foundation | Monday, February 20, 2012; 6:30-8:30pm Free (Reservation not required) Slought Foundation is pleased to announce “27 years without...
David E. James – February 3, 2012
David E. James “Twenty-nine Pictures Like That: The Elvis Movie” Friday, February 3, 5:00 pm 231 Fisher-Bennett Hall, Univ. of Pennsylvania Co-sponsored by the Bryn Mawr College Program in Film Studies and Center for Visual Culture and the Philadelphia Cinema and Media Studies seminar at Temp...
Abstract Painting and Beyond Conference, February 9 – 11, 2012
ABSTRACT PAINTING AND BEYOND CONFERENCE February 9 through 11, 2012 @ Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia and Terrace Room, Cohen Hall, University of Pennsylvania Preceded by: ARTIST TALK: CHARLINE VON HEYL Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:30 pm @ Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia ...