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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C00000'>Cultural Encounters /
Encountering Cultures<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>A series of ten public lectures by members of the Faculty of
Arts at the University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Winter Term 2010 – Mondays at 4:30pm – Arts
Lecture Hall Room 113<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Join your Faculty of Arts colleagues as they explore the
interaction of societies and cultures. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Upcoming lecture</b>: Monday 25 January 2009,
4:30pm, Arts Lecture Hall Room 113<br>
<b>Altay Coşkun </b>(Classical Studies): <br>
<span class=style21><b><span style='color:windowtext'>Were the Romans Generous
in Conveying their Citizenship?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>It is commonly accepted that the strength of the Romans not
only consisted in their military prowess, but also in their ability to include
former enemies and foreigners into their socio-political community. Beyond the
remarkable and historically singular stability of the Roman Empire, there is
also plenty of ancient evidence that the Romans were aware of, yes took pride
with this quality, and that even their neighbours acknowledged the same. At
closer inspection, however, many inconsistencies to this policy appear:
conquered peoples were often denied full integration into the citizen body for
centuries; most strikingly, the reluctance of the Romans to give the Italians
similar legal and political rights caused the Social War in 90 BC; the toll of
hundreds of thousands of lives was paid, only to enfranchise the Italians a few
years later under somewhat different conditions. This lecture intends to convey
insight into the principles that guided Roman politics as well as some of the
biases that have been underlying modern scholarship since the 19<sup>th</sup>
century.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C00000'>Podcasts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Each of the presenters in this series has agreed to be
interviewed on their topic. These conversations are available as online podcasts,
and the first two interviews are now ready for your listening enjoyment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Interview with Mat Schulze (Cultural Encounter of the Language
Kind): <a href="http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/arts301/schulze.html">http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/arts301/schulze.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Interview with Sheila Ager (West meets East: Greeks,
Persians, and the Birth of "Orientalism"): <a
href="http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/arts301/ager.html">http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/arts301/ager.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Complete details at <a
href="http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/arts301">www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/arts301</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>James M. Skidmore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chair of the Dept. of
Germanic & Slavic Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Faculty of Arts / University
of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 CANADA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>E | <a
href="mailto:skidmore@uwaterloo.ca">skidmore@uwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>W | <a
href="www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~skidmore">www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~skidmore</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>W | <a
href="www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca">www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>T | 519.888.4567, x33687<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>F | 519.746.5243<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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