Come learn how the humanities are using biomolecules, archaeology and history to discover a dramatic new vision of the Roman Empire and its enduring impact. Stunning new ancient DNA evidence from the SoHP/MHAAM research team reveals the Roman Empire’s cosmopolitan society on the Danube Balkans frontier down to the Slavic migration.

Speakers will include:

Kyle Harper, G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty and Professor of Classics and Letters, University of Oklahoma

Michael McCormick, Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History, Harvard University; Chair, SoHP; Director at Harvard, MHAAM

Iñigo Olalde, Ikerbasque Research Fellow, BIOMICS research group, University of Basque Country

David Reich, Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

With comments provided by: Margaret M. Andrews, Assistant Professor of Classics, Harvard University; Victoria Moses, Getty Postdoctoral Fellow, MHAAM, Harvard University; Solenn Troadec, Lounsbery Postdoctoral Fellow, MHAAM, Harvard University.

Public reception to follow in Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall

Remote attendees: please register in advance for the live webinar at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yHvhdLG3QN6DAyFNWokodA