Lectures
"Spartacus
and the Great Books"
March, 4, 2010, 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Mezes Hall, Room 3.106
The University of Texas-Austin
Austin, TX
“Spartacus:
Film and Facts,” a Talk by Barry Strauss
Bookery II
5:30-6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 21, 2009
DeWitt Mall, 215 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY, tel. 6072735055
Barry Strauss, Professor of History and Classics at Cornell and author
of the new book "The Spartacus War" will make a presentation
about the movie “Spartacus” and compare it to historical reality
May 21, 5:30 PM at Bookery II. DVD clips of the movie will be shown. The
Spartacus War tells the real story of the gladiator and rebel slave who
was as much an insurgent, nationalist, and religious figure as he was
a liberator. Professor Strauss will also be available to sign copies of
his book and answer questions.
“The
Spartacus War,” Lecture and Book-Signing at The Cornell Club, NYC
6:00-6:30pm pre-program reception, 6:30 lecture and book signing
The Cornell Club-NYC, East 44th Street New York, NY 10017
For information
and reservations.
March 24,
2009, 4:30-5:30 pm.
Public lecture on “The Spartacus War,” The Institute
for the Humanities Distinguished Speakers Series 2008-2009, McCool Atrium,
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS.
March 25,
2009, 8:00pm.
“The Spartacus War,” Elson Lecture,
The Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA.
In Barry Strauss’ new book The Spartacus War he tells the real story
of this figure so many have come to know as a Hollywood hero and revolutionary
icon. He presents a Spartacus for our times—with parallels of insurgency
and counter-insurgency between then and president-day wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Though Spartacus’ rebel army of 60,000 slave soldiers
finally went down in defeat after holding antiquity’s greatest military
power at bay for almost two years his appeal has endured as a leader who
struck a great blow for freedom and against oppression.
Admission for all lectures is $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers.
Reservations are required for all lectures.
For more information or to purchase tickets, please call 404.814.4150
March 31,
2009, 6:45pm.
Spartacus, The True Story,” Smithsonian Resident
Associate Program, S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive
SW, Washington, DC. Purchase
tickets.
April 1,
2009, 6:30.
Lecture on Spartacus, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City,
MO.
April 6,
2009, 3:45-4:45.
Talk on Spartacus and book-signing, Cornell Store, Cornell University,
Ithaca NY.
April 25, 2009. “Counterinsurgency, Genocide, and Terrorism: How Modern is Ancient Warfare,” Keynote Lecture, CUNY Graduate Student Conference on ancient warfare, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
April 29,
2009, 7:30 p.m.
Lecture, Rowfant Club, Cleveland, OH.
Interviews
Neal Conan, "Talk of the Nation," NPR, February 2, 2010
Interview
on Spartacus on the Jim
Engster show on WRKF, an NPR affiliate in Lousiana.
You'll find me at 38:30, about 3/4 of the way through the recording.
Interview on The Spartacus War in the June 2009 issue of Historically Speaking.
WILL Radio’s Focus 580 with host David Inge on Wednesday March 18 from 12:06-12:57 PM EDT.
Television
Appearances
2008, The Secret Life of Gladiators, Discovery Channel.
2007, Athens: The Dawn of Democracy, PBS.
2006, Where Did It Come From? Ancient Ships, History Channel.
2006, Engineering an Empire: the Greeks and Engineering an
Empire: Alexander, History Channel.
2006, The Real Spartacus, National Geographic Channel.
2005, Hannibal, National Geographic Channel.
2004, Alexander and the Battle of Gaugamela (Great Battles); Real
Gladiators and Who Killed Alexander? all on Discovery Channel.
2003, Assassination of Julius Caesar and Spear of Jesus,
both on Discovery Channel.
2002, Unconventional Warfare and The Rise and Fall of Sparta,
both on History Channel.
2002, Debates, Debates PBS.
2000, The Greeks, PBS.