Start: Aug 11 2009 - 6:30pm End: Aug 11 2009 - 8:00pm Lights! Camera! Sand! Action! Whether it is in the grand expanse of biblical narratives, the imagined world of Greek myth, or the power of Rome, the ancient world continues to inspire topics for film. While it is easy to poke fun at the movies for their errors and the poetic license they exercise, there is much to celebrate and learn. Film and television are the lens through which most people learn about the ancient world. This illustrated presentation examines a selection of clips, highlighting the value of these films and the ways in which they inform us about our modern world.
Presenter Lee Brice holds a PhD in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is currently an Assistant Professor of History at Western Illinois University. He has received several awards and grants for his teaching and research projects. His primary area of research concerns mutinies in the Roman army, but he also maintains a study of the coins of Greek Corinth.
This program is made possible in part by an award from the Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General Assembly.
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