Tue, Apr 15, 2025 from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm PDT
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway Portland, OR 97205
Emily Wilson
Portland Arts & Lectures subscription required: SOLD OUT
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
4:30 p.m., Rehm Library, Smith Hall
Retranslating the Classics with Emily Wilson - 2025 Humanities Institute Distinguished Lecture
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
4:00 - 5:00 p.m., Pre-event Reception, foyer of 3rd floor of Old Main
5:00 - 6:00 p.m., Distinguished Lecture in Carson Ballroom, 3rd floor of Old Main
February 27, 2025
Scholars’ Convocation
11 a.m. - Noon
Rosenfield Center 101
Frances A. McAnaney Humanities Lecture presents
An Evening with Madeline Miller and Emily Wilson
Join us for an evening of conversation with best-selling author Madeline Miller, author of Circe and Song of Achilles, and Emily Wilson, the first woman to publish an English translation of Homer's Odyssey.
This is a ticketed event.
Saint Mary's College students with ID can attend at no charge. Special discounts are also available for area educators and their students; contact hust@saintmarys.edu for more information. Tickets for this event will be available in early December.
The Annual Ranglas Lecture
Annual Ranglas Lecture: The Glory of Voilence in the Iliad
The Jeannie Hall
9615 Scholars Drive North San Diego, CA 92093
The talk will discuss the representation of war, conflict and honor in the Iliad, considering the relationship between rage and grief. I will also discuss some of the challenges of translating this ancient epic, and consider differences and continuities between ancient and modern attitudes to violence and war.
Guest Speaker: Emily Wilson is Department Chair and Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania
The International Poetry Forum has hosted readings by over 800 poets and performers in Pittsburgh, PA, and Washington, D.C., since 1966.
IPF alumni represent more than 50 countries and include nine Nobel Prize laureates, 14 Academy Award recipients, 28 U.S. Poets Laureate, 39 National Book Award winners, and 47 Pulitzer Prize winners—as well as a Princess, a Queen, and a Steelers Super Bowl MVP.
TIME:
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
LOCATION:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
OPEN TO:
General Public
Emily Wilson with Judith Thurman: The Iliad
Fri, Nov 1 from 3pm - 4pm
at Dock Street Theatre
General Admission
$30.00
plus fees
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Classicist Emily Wilson discusses her new “sparkling and buoyant” translation of The Iliad (New York Times). This effervescent version—a vivid retelling of Homer’s great war story for modern times—conveys the emotional impact of the timeless battlefield epic.
Friday | October 18 | 5:45 pm | Brookfield Place Terminal
Please join us for a sunset ferry cruise down the Hudson River with readings from The Iliad by Nick Flynn, Eugenia Leigh, Natalie Shapero, Emily Wilson, and friends. The ferry leaves promptly at 5:45pm from the Brookfield Place Terminal, a block from Poets House. Reception to follow in the Margo Viscusi Reading Room.
All proceeds support Poets House.
The 2024 Kardamyli festival will run from Thursday 3rd October to Monday 7th October.
Kardamyli is the Peloponnese’s most beautiful seaside village and was the home of Patrick and Joan Leigh Fermor. What better place to stage a festival devoted to all that’s best in the worlds of literature, history and culture?
With just 370 attendees, this is an unmissable chance to join some of the world’s top thinkers within the spectacular seaside charm of Kardamyli in the Greek Peloponnese.
Emily Wilson & Stephen Greenblatt
Friday, September 27, at 3:30 p.m.
Join literary historian Stephen Greenblatt (The Swerve, Second Chances) and scholar-translator Emily Wilson (Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey) for a conversation about renewal in literature and life—the vitality of Shakespeare and Greek classics, and the role that the two of them play in animating and elucidating these works for contemporary readers.
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Saturday, August 24, 2024
4:10 pm - 5:10 pm EDT
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Where:Walter E. Washington Convention Center - West Salon GHI (Street Level, South Building)
801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001
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Thursday, 15 August
An Evening with Emily Wilson: Glasgow Sauchiehall Street
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Emily Wilson: A Translation Odyssey
Wed 14 Aug 14:00 - 15:00
EFI Venue T
Anton Hur, R F Kuang & Emily Wilson: Found in Translation
Tue 13 Aug 19:45 - 20:45
EFI Venue NW
https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/anton-hur-r-f-kuang-emily-wilson-found-in-translation
Translation and language itself are under the microscope in this panel discussion led by writer, editor, and translator Daniel Hahn. Hear as Anton Hur discusses the complexities of translating contemporary Korean literature; R F Kuang talks about translation as an act of violence at the heart of her speculative novel Babel; and renowned translator and academic Emily Wilson speaks about her groundbreaking translations of Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey.
6 pm reception/6:30 pm program
Free to members/$25 nonmembers
Registration required
May 29, 6 pm
Free for members, $15 for nonmembers
THE ATHENÆUM
OF PHILADELPHIA
219 S. 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3794
This annual event honors the memory of Procope S. Costas, a longtime, beloved professor of classics. The event will begin with the departmental awards ceremony, including the presentation of the Procope S. Costas Memorial Award, followed by Wilson’s talk, “Re-Translating the Iliad: Why and How.” A reception will follow in the Occidental Room, Student Center.
RSVP to rsvp@brooklyn.cuny.edu.
Student Center, Room 502, State Room
Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series
Lecture III: The Wisdom of Stories
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 – NEW YORK CITY
6:00 p.m. EDT (US)
St. Bartholomew’s Church, 352 Park Avenue (between 50th & 51st Streets)
Date and Time
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 7 - 8 PM
End times are approximate. Events may end early or late.
Location
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Bartos Forum
Fully accessible to wheelchairs
Tickets available for In-Person & Livestream
Re-translating Homer: Why and How
Emily Wilson
Professor of Classical Studies University of Pennsylvania
Thursday, April 25
5:15 p.m.
101 Debartolo Hall
"Retranslating the Iliad"
Professor of Classical Studies (University of Pennsylania), Emily Wilson will outline her priorities and approach to retranslating the Iliad. She will discuss how translating ancient literature is different from translating contemporary literature, and the specific challenges of translating ancient metrical verse. She will also contextualize her translation within contemporary scholarly and popular receptions of Homer and compare her translation to others. Finally, she will also discuss how Homeric translation is different from translating other ancient poets.
Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Stern Center Lecture
March 27
5:15 - 6:15pm EDT
Room 50, Gilman Hall
Homewood Campus
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore , Maryland 21218
Registration is required
This event is free
“Re-Translating Homer: Why it Matters” will take place in Alumni Hall at the University of King’s College on March 6, 2024.
About the Alex Fountain Memorial Lecture
Fred and Elizabeth Fountain and their daughter Katharine established the Alex Fountain Memorial Lecture in 2011 to honour Alex, who died in August 2009. This exceptional gift to the college enables the King’s student body to invite a speaker of their choosing to the university each year. Previous lecturers include author Michael Ondaatje, Governor General Michaëlle Jean, Cree artist Kent Monkman and experimental vocalist, artist and author Tanya Tagaq.
The lecture is free and open to the public, but please note that King’s students will receive priority seating and space is not guaranteed to the general public.
Thursday 25 January 2024
7-8pm GMT via Zoom
Acclaimed translator Professor Emily Wilson in conversation with Classics for All's The Chorus.
The Chorus – Classics for All’s network for young classicists – is pleased to announce its upcoming event with the esteemed classical translator, Professor Emily Wilson. Join us for a captivating discussion on the art of classical translation and its significance in the realm of epic literature.
This event is for students and young classicists aged 16 and over. To attend this event, students must sign up to become a member of The Chorus. A link to access the session will be emailed to members before the event.
Thalia Potamianos Annual Lecture Series
Lecture II: Destiny, Tradition, Choice
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 – GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (Washington, DC)
6:00 p.m. EST (US)
Gaston Hall, located inside the Healy Hall Building, 37th & O Streets, NW
Join Emily Wilson (lauded translator and co-editor of The Norton Anthology of World Literature) for a lively conversation on the power of translation. In this webinar, Wilson will discuss her approach to translation, how it differs from others, and will read an excerpt from her recently-published translation of The Iliad. This event is free and open to all interested, and we will have time for an audience Q&A. All registrants will receive a recording of this event.
