For three weeks in July, Classics Ph.D. Student Meg Sanglikar attended the “Settlers and Traders: Corinth and Its Apoikiai in W. Greece and S. Albania," a summer seminar at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA). She was awarded the Lawler Scholarship as part of her acceptance and she is especially honored to have been part of the first ASCSA group to visit several archaeological sites in Albania.

The seminar was led by Professor Lee L. Brice of Illinois Wesleyan University and Professor Georgia Tsouvala of Illinois State University. 

The group spent 5 days examining Corinth and the Corinthia (Perachora, Isthmia, Sicyon, Kenchreai) before exploring several sites across Western Greece that were colonies or trading posts of Corinth, such as the ship sheds of Oiniades, Nicopolis and Alyzia, and the monuments on the island of Corfu/Corcyra. Then the group journeyed through Albania to study the sites of Butrint (the ancient city of Buthrotum mentioned in lines 3.291-293 of the Aeneid), Apollonia, and Dyrrachium in particular. The seminar concluded with a visit to Ambracia (modern day Arta), Dodona, and Delphi. For more information, please visit the ASCSA website and social media.