Classical Studies
Department News
For Fall 2005
- I.S. Presentations on November 17 in Luce Formal Lounge from 12-1 p.m. All are invited to listen to the student's presentations and enjoy free pizza and soda.
- All
are invited to attend our next Classics Lecture by Dr. Neil Coffee, on November
17 at 7:30 p.m. in Severance 009.
- Dr. Coffee is from the State
University of New York at Buffalo and will be discussing epic Latin poetry.
- His lecture is entitled,
"Shipwreck on the Syrtes: The Frugality of Lucan's Cato."
- Stay for the reception after
and enjoy snacks and and informal discussion with Dr. Coffee.
- Lunch with Dr. Coffee on November 18 in Kittridge Dining Hall from 12:00-1:00. Look for our reserved table.
Scheduled Activities for 2005-2006:
- 2nd Annual Assassins Game
- 2nd Annual Latin Christmas Carols
- A Scheduled Monthly Activity (to be announced)
- Olympic Games in Spring 2006
- The Eta Sigma Phi Convention at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA is scheduled from
We will inform you of exact dates for each event when they have been determined.
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Ohio Classical Conference:
Panel on Classics and Religion
Saturday, October 29 from 9:30am - 12pm at Ohio Wesleyan University
The Topics to be discussed at the panel are:
- Sending Dreams, Receiving Dreams: Oneiropompcia in Theory and in Practice
- On Understanding Ancient Religion: Our Questions and Theirs
- Neotcric Poets and Cybele
- Anciet Greek Cult Images
- The Scandal of Women's Ritual
- A Star is Born: Classical and Mesopotamian Catasterisms
Professors Foster and McGowan can give rides to anybody interested! Contact them by Oct. 26 if you plan to attend.
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5th Annual Undergraduate Conference in Classics
March 3-4, 2006 at Miami University
The Keynote Presentations is "The Origins of Greek Athletic Nudity:
Citizens, Soldiers and Athletes in Archaic Greece."
Presented by Dr. Paul Christesen from Dartmouth College
The registration fee is $6.00
Presentations should be no longer than fiftenn minutes in length.
- We encourage you to submit abstracts! The deadline for submissions is December 5, 2005.
- Your abstact must include name, institution, contact informations, title of paper and any audio-visual requirements needed for presentations.
- Limit this to one page. If your paper is accepted, you will be notified in January.
- Prizes are available if you submit your final paper by February 1, 2006
- Abstracts and Paper are to be sent to:
Department of Classics
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
- Please direct questions about
the conference to Dr. Zara Torlone (torlonzm@muohio.edu or Eric Schlichting
(schlicea@muohio.edu).
- For help preparing your abstact, please contact Professor Foster or Professor McGowan
Professor McGowan:
Latin 101
Latin 200
Greek 200
Professor Foster:
Greek 101
Greek Civilization (History 202)
Junior IS Seminar (401)
Professor Shaya:
First Year Seminar: Religion in Ancient Rome
and speak Latin together! Professor McGowan presides. Under his tutelage, we engage in timeless
banter and small talk. We also amuse ourselves by reading the Latin version of Asterix, a French
comic book series that immortalized the Gallic resistance to Roman rule. Conversation at Mensa
Latina is friendly and casual. Linguistic lapses are tolerated. All Latin students are warmly invited!
society. This year, members plan to go Christmas caroling in Latin. They also hope to hold an
Ides of March Party. For further information, contact the officers:
President: Tara Thompson
Vice President: Judith Holden
Secretary: Megan Prichard
Treasurer: Beverley Brooks
Sergeant at Arms: Alex Gauvin
have fun, study together, and discuss classical subjects. Films set in ancient Greece and Rome, up
to and including Troy, command special attention. Check with them about their monthly activities and other ways to get involved with the Classics Program. Applications for next year's Classics Suite,
available through the Office of Residential Life and Housing website, will be due in early
February.
one directly and arrange a time to meet. Questions may be directed to Professor Sternberg.
Greek Tutors:
Margaret Heller mheller x6236
Courter Shimeall sshimeall x6503
Judith Holden - x7062
Nick Monin - x7230
Latin Tutors:
Margaret Heller - mheller x6236
Courter Shimeall - sshimeall x6503
Megan Prichard - mprichard x7300
Tara Thompson - tthompson x7659
Judith Holden - x7062
Lizzie Neely - x7255
Margaret Heller (Classical Languages)
Yining Lin (Classical Civilization and Theatre)
Courter Shimeall (Classical Languages)
Jack Spence (Classical Civilization)
Class of 2007
Ben Abbott (Classical Civilization)
Michael Brewer (Classical Civilization)
Judith Holden (Classical Languages)
Josellen Hrusovsky (Classical Languages)
Nick Monin (Classical Civilization)
Megan Prichard (Classical Civilization and History)
Rhian Stotts (Classical Civilization and Archaeology)
Tara Thompson (Classical Languages and History)
Minors: Allison Hankus, Nathanael Johns, and Katherine McGaughey
September. One dealt with a scholarly book on Byzantine reminiscences of ancient Athens, the
other with a new teaching text for Vergil. A third and forthcoming review assesses a German
monograph on "political mythology" in the three tragedians. Professor Foster meanwhile is
perfecting a paper about Thucydides and Lucretius. She will also present a paper at the third
annual conference for Ancient Studies and Technology at James Madison University, Dec. 3-5.
Professor McGowan spent the summer speaking foreign languages. In July, he was in
Donegal, Ireland, fleshing out his knowledge of the Indo-European heritage with an intensive
introduction to Irish Gaelic. In August, he visited the international conventiculum latinum in
Lexington, Kentucky, where he practiced living Latin with other Latin enthusiasts. He continues
to pursue his interest in the classical tradition, having just completed an article on Ovid and the
Renaissance scholar-poet Poliziano. Professor McGowan is helping to organize a panel on the
father of classical tradition studies, Meyer Reinhold, for the upcoming meeting of the American
Philological Association in Boston. At that meeting he will also be presenting his own paper on
Pythagoras and Numa in Ovid's exile poetry.
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