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Gonzaga University’s Archaeology and Ancient History Lecture Series will present a talk by University of Washington ancient history Professor Carol Thomas at 4:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 23 in the Jundt Art Museum Auditorium on the Gonzaga campus.

The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is titled: “What You Seek Is Here: Alexander the Great.” Thomas, who recently published a book titled, “Alexander the Great in His World” (2007, Blackwell Publishing), will discuss Alexander III (the Great) of Macedon and the world into which he was born, raised and commanded.

Thomas, whose major field is ancient Greece, especially pre-classical, was appointed an instructor at UW in 1964 and was promoted to full professor in 1981. She has served two, three-year terms (1993-1999) as president of the Association of Ancient Historians, among many other honors.

Andrew Goldman, assistant professor of history at Gonzaga, organized the lecture series. The series is sponsored by the Gonzaga University history department and Classical Civilizations Program, with the aid of a generous grant from the William S. Paley Foundation. Since 2004, the series has invited a number of prominent local and national scholars to speak on topics of ancient history and culture, historical events, and recent archaeological discoveries in the Near East and the Mediterranean world.

In the recent past the series has included speakers on such diverse topics as imperialism in the Assyrian Empire, pirates and underwater archaeology in the ancient Mediterranean, and preserving the ancient Italian town of Herculaneum (victim of Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 AD).

The lecture series aims to promote greater understanding of and awareness about the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean and the Near East, at a time when development or warfare has placed their preservation at great risk in many countries.

For more information, contact Assistant Professor Goldman at (509) 323‑6691 or via e‑mail at .