Come out and see the classic adventure on the big screen, complete with the live commentary of Classics professors from Acadia University! During planned speaking breaks, you'll find out what holds up (we're pretty sure it's all accurate), what you maybe shouldn't do if you're an archeologist (Indy probably follows all the best practices), and just how much they - and we - love this amazing adventure movie (spoiler alert: a lot).

 

Sponsored by the Acadia Students Union. Admission is free, with the donation of a non-perishable food item to the Food Cupboard. Get ready to learn and hum along with the theme. Don't be late to class - and don't forget your hat.

 

Featured Speakers: Classics Professors from Acadia U!

Dr. Natalie Swain

 

Dr. Natalie Swain is an Assistant Professor of the Ancient Mediterranean World at Acadia University. Her work focuses on Roman literature, narratology, and the reception of the Ancient Mediterranean world in modern media. Her book Narrative in Ovid's Amores has just been published in January 2026, and she is a co-director of the new Acadia Centre for Critical Play.

 

Dr. Chelsea Gardner

 

Dr. Chelsea Gardner is a Classical Archaeologist specializing in the history and material culture of ancient Greece, Rome, and the broader Mediterranean world. Her research is centered around archaeological exploration in southern Greece. She works in the Mani peninsula, south of ancient Sparta, and is currently the co-director of the CARTography Project, a Digital Humanities mapping project which analyzes and recreates the routes of early modern travellers. She is also a co-host of the Peopling the Past podcast, which just finished airing it's fourth season.

 

Professor Coleman

 

Professor Scott Coleman is a Ph.D. candidate in Public History at Carleton University, Ottawa, and a part-time Teaching Affiliate in the Classics and History department at Acadia University. His research explores scholarly processes in East Roman Studies, focusing on methodological and theoretical practices at the nexus of archaeology, numismatics, digital public archaeology and personal knowledge management. His dissertation, "A Tetarteron for Your Thoughts,” proposes a postcolonial critique and theoretical approach to disrupt traditional notions of knowledge production and meaning-making in the digital public reception of East Roman coins (498-1453).