January 2021

Dear Teiresians,

We hope you have all had a great first few weeks of 2021 and that the deadlines of block 2 are passing by smoothly. We are trying to provide you with some much needed distraction the coming weeks, despite the restrictions we all face.

Masks

For all our members, a free mask is available. We are trying to get them to those of you who already let us know they wanted one. If you want one as well, please let one of the board members know!

Teiresias General Members Assembly 

Join us on MS Teams Thursday, January 28, 2021 @ 20:00 – 21:30. On behalf of the 11th board of Teiresias, we would like to invite you to the general assembly of members to discuss the past year and the year to come.

Teiresias Student Dues Reminder

Every February we collect dues from members to be a part of Teiresias. We kindly ask you to pay your dues of €12.50 to remain a loyal member of Teiresias. You can either pay us directly via our IBAN, or next month we will send you an email with a direct link to pay us. In normal times, your dues have gone towards events: movie nights, food and beverages, museum tours, bike tours, symposiums, lecture gifts, trips and traveling, etc. Your dues have allowed us to continue under pandemic times, including a movie night, PhD event, food, online platform subscription for events, online lecture gifts, online gifts for winners of events, and cool Teiresias logo masks!

Name on Account: Teiresias Student Association IBAN: NL94 INGB 0008 3645 78

Not a member yet?

Please complete the attached form, which can also be found online via https://svteiresias.wp.hum.uu.nl/lid-worden/ and return the completed form to our email.

Romans Along the Rhine – Online Exhibition Tour 

Join us on MS Teams Thursday, February 4, 2021 @ 17:00, where Dr. Ortal-Paz Saar will take us through an online tour of the Romans Along the Rhine exhibition hosted at the Rijksmuseum Van Oudheden in Leiden. Join us online for fun with an awesome tour guide and a new way of exploring the ‘Romans Along the Rhine’.

Killers and Criminals in the Ancient World – online Symposium 

Join us on MS Teams, Thursday, February 18, 2021 15:30 – 19:00. Criminals, killers, and thieves had an impact on ancient religious beliefs, cult practices, burial rituals, the law, migration, and more. Ancient Rome and Greece are full of crime in antiquity, you just have to know where to look. The symposium this year will be examining the cultural and historical context of criminals, killers, and thieves in the ancient world and how we as a culture can still find a connection to the past with these crimes today.

This online symposium will have an international character with speakers from universities from England, the United States, and the Netherlands. They will speak about serial killers, curse tablets, and literature. Therefore, there will be something for everyone. We hope to see you all at this year’s symposium!

Featuring:

• “Serial Killers in Classical Myth and History” Dr. Debbie Felton (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

• “Delightful Horror in Imperial Literature” Dr. Antje Wessels (Leiden University)

• “An Examination of Criminal Behaviour in Antiquity Through Curse Tablets” Charlotte Spence, PhD candidate (University of Exeter), supervisor Dr. Daniel Ogden