[Usyd_Classics_Events] REMINDER: For Kathryn Welch: A paper and a party—tomorrow Thursday March 11, from 4pm

[Ben Brown]

Dear Friends,

After 30 years as a member of staff, Kathryn Welch will retire from the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney on 15 March 2021. She will not be slowing down her research and writing in retirement but hopes that she will not only write lots but also have time for music, gardening, and talking to future generations of students who share her passion for Roman History and the City of Rome. We ask you all to join us on Thursday March 11 to hear our beloved Kathryn deliver her final seminar paper as a member of staff but by no means her last word on res romana.

Paper
March 11 (4pm for 4.15pm, AEDT UTC/GMT +11)
Kathryn Welch (Sydney)
Optimates and Ideology: A Review (Mark 2)

Abstract
Roman historians are habituated to equating “the Optimates” with conservative self-interest. To be fair, there is certainly an overlap between those who called themselves “the Best Men” and the self-serving villains of the drama that is “the Fall of the Roman Republic”. This paper will review some recent scholarship on optimates and then will attempt to identify a consistent and powerful ideology that lay at the heart of Roman Republican political culture. In the end, when one conflates optimates with senators and (worse) nobiles one risks misunderstanding pretty much everything about Roman political culture.

The paper will be delivered via Zoom
Link: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/85899670464    Password: 777637

Party
We welcome you to join us for a gathering at the Rose Hotel following the presentation to toast Kathryn and celebrate her extraordinary contribution to the University of Sydney and the Department of Classics and Ancient History. There is a small charge for food and a starter bar tab.  It would be greatly appreciated if you could book ASAP: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/S4AlCgZ0N1iAxRPMqtNerg-?domain=eventbrite.com.au


Zoom Seminar Protocols
Our seminars begin promptly at 4.15pm. We please ask you to enter the meeting from 4pm onward to assist with ensuring the prompt commencement of the paper. We politely ask that your name be visible on the screen.

Recording of seminars
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For further information, please contact:
ccanesa.general at sydney.edu.au<mailto:ccanesa.general at sydney.edu.au> or benjamin.brown at sydney.edu.au<mailto:benjamin.brown at sydney.edu.au>

all very best, Ben

DR BEN BROWN
Classics and Ancient History
School Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator (SOPHI)
Research Seminar Coordinator (CAH)
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI)
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY NSW 2006
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DR BEN BROWN
Classics and Ancient History
School Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator (SOPHI)
Research Seminar Coordinator (CAH)
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI)
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY NSW 2006
Ph.: 9351 8983; Office: Main Quad J6.07
E benjamin.brown at sydney.edu.au<mailto:benjamin.brown at sydney.edu.au> | W https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/TiJ5CjZ1N7inMXlWYTRZ3dh?domain=sydney.edu.au

Recent Book<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/T-5ZCk81N9tO6jYxkfQG-DF?domain=bmcr.brynmawr.edu>

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