Friday, March 14, 2008

Preliminary Agenda for the Sunoikisis Undergraduate Symposium

The preliminary agenda for the Sunoikisis Undergraduate Symposium in Classics is now available. For more information on the symposium, contact Prof. Keyne Cheshire of Davidson College at kecheshire@davidson.edu.

The 6th Annual Sunoikisis Symposium in Classics

Davidson College

FRIDAY, APRIL 4

6:00-7:00pm Welcome Reception for Presenters at the home of Keyne Cheshire

SATURDAY, APRIL 5

***All Sessions in the Tyler-Tallman Music Hall, Sloan Bldg.***

8:30-9:00 Morning Coffee and Refreshments

9:00-10:00 Session I: The Politics of Poetry

Sophocles' Ajax: More than Marxism, Andrew Lambert, Washington and Lee University

The Panathenaia and the "Lysistrata": Aristophanes' Peplos, Aine McVey, Southwestern University

Venantius Fortunatus: Power of the Pen in Merovingian Gaul, Lee Bockus, University of Richmond

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:15 Session II: Navigating Collections

The Gospel of Thomas: Child of Plato or Solomon?, Kyle Simpson, Southwestern University

Contrasting Comparanda in Multiple-Referent Similes in the Aeneid, Juan Ramirez, Davidson College

Graffiti Distribution and Location in Ancient Pompeii, Jacqueline Dibiasie, Washington and Lee University

11:15-12:45 Lunch

12:45-1:45 Session III: Cult and Ritual

Restoring the Wall: Death, Ritual, and Community in Book 23 of the Iliad, Kayla Rasmussen, St. Olaf College

Preparing for the Wedding, Processing to the Grave: Portraying Ancient Greek Marriage on Black and Red Figure Vases, Emma Perry, Kalamazoo College

Introducing Marsyas, Haley Smith, Austin College

1:45-2:00 Break

2:00-3:00 Session IV: Roundtable Discussion: Technology and Intercampus Collaboration in Classics

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15-4:15 Session V: The Politics of Rome

Patronage on the Periphery: Caesar, Cicero, and Provincial Horizons as a Prelude to Civil War, Daniel Van Oudenaren, Davidson College

Cicero’s Argument from Moral Obligation in Pro Roscio Amerino and Pro Murena, Elyse Hamilton, Davidson College

Abortion and Augustus: The Moral Rhetoric of the Past, Whitney Carter, Rhodes College

6:30-8:00 Banquet (Chambers Building, Lilly Family Gallery)

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