The 2025 Trendall Lecture
Presented by the Australasian Society for Classical Studies Conference (ASCS) and the Australian Academy of the Humanities

Household Archaeology and the Domestication of Empire: Egyptian Landscapes at Pompeii
Associate Professor Caitie Barrett, Cornell.

Refreshments will be served in a reception following the lecture from 6:15-7:15pm

About the Trendall Lecture

Australia has a rich history of world-leading researchers of the ancient world, its languages, literature, thought, history, art and civilisations. The Trendall Lecture celebrates this long tradition and reminds us of the deep and continuing relevance of the ancient world and late antiquity to modern life.

The Trendall Lecture alternates each year between an Australian and an international early or mid-career researcher who exemplifies distinguished scholarship in the Classics and is presented in partnership between the Australasian Society for Classical Studies Conference (ASCS) and the Australian Academy of the Humanities

Speaker:
Associate Professor Caitlín Eilís (Caitie) Barrett is an archaeologist who investigates everyday life, religious experience, and cross-cultural interactions in the ancient Mediterranean. She is currently co-directing an excavation at Pompeii – the Casa della Regina Carolina (CRC) Project (http://blogs.cornell.edu/crcpompeii), a joint Italian/American project sponsored by Cornell University and the University of Bologna – and working on a new book about the archaeology of ancient Greek household religion.

This free lecture which is being presented as part of the annual Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) Annual Conference 2025.

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