Joslyn Art Museum in partnership with Creighton University presents stimulating lectures by Creighton faculty in Joslyn’s Abbott Lecture Hall on
select Sundays at 2 pm. CU at Joslyn, offered in collaboration with Creighton’s College of Professional Studies, presents a variety of topics and interdisciplinary perspectives on Joslyn’s collections or exhibitions.
CU at Joslyn is free for Museum members and Creighton students and faculty with ID, and $5 for the general public.
CU at Joslyn is supported by the Criss Foundation.
"Ancient Greek and Roman Courtship and Marriage Customs" presented by Christina A. Clark, Classical and Near Eastern Studies (CANES)
How did the ancient Greeks and Romans think of love and marriage, and how did they become engaged and arrange marriages? What did their marriage ceremonies involve? This talk will answer these questions and focus on ancient Greek and Roman courtship customs and marriage rituals as seen in both literary texts and material remains such as vase-paintings, including several from the Joslyn’s collection, and tombstones.
Christina Clark received her BA in Classics from Georgetown University and her
Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is
currently an associate professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies
at Creighton. Her research interests include Greek and Latin poetry,
gender studies, and nonverbal behavior. She teaches a variety of
courses at Creighton including those on ancient history and culture.
Last year she developed a new course on the family in classical
antiquity. Today's talk arises out of her interest in families and daily
life in ancient Greece and Rome, and features the types of daily life
artifacts which Joslyn has in its vaults.
What's pictured: Ancient Greek. Attic Red-Figure Nolan Amphora, c. 450 BCE: Ceramic; paint; Height: 12 7/8 in.; 32.7025 cm; Diameter of lip: 5 7/8 in.; 14.9225 cm; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J. Hewitt Judd, 1965.407