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Portland State World Antiquities Guild seeks to connect modern students and community members with ancient ideas, culture and language. Founded by PSU Latin students, the club's membership is currently centered mainly in Greco-Roman antiquity, but our goal is to foster a broad intersectionality among scholars of ancient cultures from across the world.


Members can look forward to visits to the special collection rooms at libraries, fascinating talks on ancient topics and how they reflect in the modern mind, themed social events, and general shenanigans as we revel in the amazing, mundane and strange that has been passed down to us by scribes, scholars, thieves, adventurers and enthusiasts of all stripes!

We may be few but our mission is important: to widen the community of global ancient scholars and increase access to the foundational material of which present social realities are formed. We strive to embrace new evidence and interpretations in the ongoing examination and reexamination of the interconnected global past so that we might challenge assumptions and long-held biases around ancient peoples and cultures. Our purpose is to unite students in the common interest of exploring ancient cultures, languages and ideas and to widen the community of ancient scholars, and to have fun! Join us!

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