# Classical Traditions and Receptions ## expand\_more ![corner of building](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/mahindra/files/classical_billboard_900x324.jpg?itok=Ebd7pvhq) Investigates the reception, elaboration, and revaluation of ancient and classical traditions from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to modernity and postmodernity. To this end, the seminar welcomes a variety of theoretical approaches and innovations, including philological research, hermeneutics and poetics, and cultural criticism. ## Past Events [### Mantlets and sallies and tribes, oh my! On Caesar’s empire-building in translation ](/event/mantlets-and-sallies-and-tribes-oh-my-caesars-empire-building-translation?occ_id=0)Feb 20, 2026 | 4:00PM EST [### Wickerwork: On Poetic Translation ](/event/wickerwork-poetic-translation?occ_id=0)October 30, 2025 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM EDT [### Teaching the Humanities in a Cold Climate ](/event/teaching-humanities-cold-climate?occ_id=0)April 11, 2025 | 4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT [ More past events arrow\_circle\_right ](/calendar/past_events?f%5B0%5D=event_hwp_c_seminars%3A170369) ## Chairs [### Emily Greenwood ](/people/emily-greenwood) ![Emily Greenwood headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/greenwood_headshot.jpg?itok=8G9rr7gv) [### John Hamilton ](/people/john-hamilton) ![John Hamilton](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/jhamilton_1.jpg?itok=w8DjB4wR) [### Adrian Stähli ](/people/adrian-st%C3%A4hli) ![Adrian Stahli](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/adrian_stahli.jpg?itok=IjOjgyo_) [### Richard F Thomas ](/people/richard-f-thomas) ![Richard Thomas](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/richard_thomas_0.jpg?itok=1nJWcbGm) See also:- [ Seminars ](/page-type/seminars)