Carl Newell Jackson Lectures
The Department of Classics at Harvard University conducts a public lectureship in memory of Carl Newell Jackson (’98). The Jackson lectures are delivered annually by a scholar on a classical subject. They are subsequently published in the Harvard Studies in Classical Philology.
Below is a list of in-print works in this collection, presented in series order or publication order as applicable.
Sort by title, author, format, publication date, or price » | The foremost historian of Greek religion providers the first comprehensive, comparative study of a little-known aspect of ancient religious beliefs and practices. | |
 | Peter Brown presents a masterly history of Roman society in the second, third, and fourth centuries. Brown interprets the changes in social patterns and religious thought, breaking away from conventional modern images of the period. | |
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 | The Roman Near East: 31 BC-AD 337 From Augustus to Constantine, the Roman Empire in the Near East expanded step by step, southward to the Red Sea and eastward across the Euphrates to the Tigris. In a remarkable work of interpretive history, Fergus Millar shows us this world as it was forged into the Roman provinces of Judea, Arabia, Mesopotamia, and Syria. His book conveys the magnificent sweep of history as well as the rich diversity of peoples, religions, and languages that intermingle in the Roman Near East. | |
 | Verse with Prose from Petronius to Dante: The Art and Scope of the Mixed Form | |
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