Until recently, the idea that people could have traversed large expanses of ocean in prehistoric times was considered pseudoscience. But recent discoveries in places as disparate as Australia, Labrador, Crete, California, and Chile open the possibility that oceans were highways, not barriers, and that earlier than the Spanish Age of Discovery, people possessed the means […]
It's a new year and a great new slate of lectures! This winter, our lectures will be online using Microsoft Teams. We're very excited to present Dr. Michelle Cameron, from […]
Kershaw Lecture
Cesnola Lecture
Lecturer: Anna Conser (Whitman College) This talk will introduce what is known about ancient music and the music of Greek tragedy in particular. It calls attention to the fact that the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides were originally musicals, which featured spectacular song-and-dance sequences composed by the poets themselves. Unfortunately, no sheet music or […]
