#  Migrations, Mediterranean to Slavic: Ancient DNA reveals the Roman Empire’s cosmopolitan Danube frontier from Domitian to the Slavs 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 16, 2024** 

 04:30PM - 06:15PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA**  



 

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 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](https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yHvhdLG3QN6DAyFNWokodA)



 

 



 

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