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For the past eighteen years, the graduate students of the Classics Department at the CUNY Graduate Center have hosted an annual conference, bringing together graduate students from the tri-state area and beyond to present their research on exciting new topics in the field. This year, we set sail on the wine-dark sea as we seek to explore the Mediterranean world’s first frontier: the sea itself.
From the palaces of Knossos to the Rock of Gibraltar and beyond, the Mediterranean Sea dominated the world around it, shaping the societies that developed upon its shores. The earliest legends, the tales of the Trojan War and its aftermath, begin with a woman whose face launched a thousand ships, and end with the ten-year odyssey of a man whose story continues to resonate today, as this summer’s highly-anticipated Christopher Nolan blockbuster demonstrates. But what truly lies at the heart of the ancient sea? Come join us at the CUNY Graduate Center on April 24, 2026, as we seek to find out.
1 Xen. Anab. 4.7.24
