CAMWS: Meetings

Saturday, April 14, 2007

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7:00-8:00 a.m. Buffet Breakfast sponsored by Women's Classical Caucus (Salon M)

7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Registration (Fourth-Floor Foyer)

8:00 a.m.-noon Book Display (Caprice)

8:15-9:45 a.m. Annual Business Meeting (all are welcome to attend) (Salon H-I)

10:00 a.m.-noon Tenth Paper Session Rosewood

Section A

Panel

Classical Studies at Wilberforce University

Michele V. Ronnick (Wayne State University), organizer

  1. The Classics, Church/College Politics, and the "Firing" of Professor William S. Scarborough. Kenneth W. Goings (Ohio State University) and Eugene M. O’ Connor (Ohio State University)
  2. A Portrait of Sarah C. B. Scarborough (1851-1933) Meghan E. Curavo (Wayne State University)
  3. Classical Elements in W. E. B. DuBois' Novel Quest of the Silver Fleece (1911) Reed G. De Marco (Wayne State University)
  4. Early, Talbert, Henderson and Hill: Four Black Classicists at Wilberforce University. Michele V. Ronnick (Wayne State University)
  5. Response. Valena Randolph (National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center)

10:00 a.m.-noon Tenth Paper Session Rookwood

Section B

Pedagogy I

Sherwin Little (Indian Hill High School), presiding

  1. The National Latin Exam 2007: What's New? Sally Davis (National Latin Exam), Jane Hall (National Latin Exam)
  2. The National Latin Exam in College? Why and How. Thomas J. Sienkewicz (Monmouth College), and Liane Houghtalin (University of Mary Washington)
  3. dulcia discipulis doctores crustula demus: Making Latin Palatable. James C. McKeown (University of Wisconsin)
  4. From Classroom to Textbook: What Makes Latin Teaching Materials Publishable? Laurie H. Keenan (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers)
  5. What Are We Teaching These Kids?: Using Tacitus' Germania to Cultivate Humanity in the Latin Classroom. Bridget Thomas (Truman State University)
  6. Dialogues in Performance: A Team-Taught Course on the Afterlife in the Classical and Italian Traditions. Angela Gosetti-Murrayjohn (University of Mary Washington) and Federico Schneider (University of Mary Washington)

10:00 a.m.-noon Tenth Paper Session Salon H-I

Section C

Livy

Dennis P. Kehoe (Tulane University), presiding

  1. Ennian epic and the traditions of Roman historiography. Jackie Elliott (University of Colorado, Boulder)
  2. The Kidnapping of Titus Quinctius and Livy's Characterization of Corvinus. Stacie Kadleck (Indiana University)
  3. Inhumana Crudelitas: Hannibal's Monstrosity in Livy's A.U.C. and Cicero's De Divinatione. Christina E. Franzen (University of Washington)
  4. Fatalis Dux: Livy's Depiction of Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War. John H. Chesley (College of William and Mary)

10:00 a.m.-noon Tenth Paper Session Salon F-G

Section D

Imperial Roman Poetry

Susan Martin (University of Tennessee), presiding

  1. Spontaneous Inspiration: Rejecting Orpheus in Statius' Silvae 2.2. Dustin R. Heinen (University of Florida)
  2. Examining Statius' Domitian Road poem from a Tacitean perspective. Bruce L. Warren (Indiana University Bloomington)
  3. Deceptive Appearances: Danger in Roman Dress. Melissa Rothfus (University of Nevada)
  4. Who's Reading Me?: Measuring Success and Renown in Martial. Peter J. Anderson (Grand Valley State University)
  5. Juvenal's Reflection. Osman S. Umurhan (New York University)
  6. Recycling the Mighty: Sejanus and Hannibal in Juvenal's Tenth Satire. Christopher Nappa (University of Minnesota)

10:00 a.m.-noon Tenth Paper Session Salon D-E

Section E

Literary Reception

John Gruber-Miller (Cornell College), presiding

  1. Dante, Vergil, and the Case of the Disappearing Sirens. Amy Vail (Baylor University)
  2. Oneonta Altera iam teritur bellis ciuilibus aetas: Horatian and Virgilian Influences on Aphra Behn's Oroonoko. Mary Lou Vredenburg (State University of New York)
  3. Rewriting Ovid's Exile: Osip Mandelstam's Rome and St. Petersburg. Zara Torlone (Miami University of Ohio)
  4. Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906): His first play - Catiline (1849; revised 1898). Stanley A. Iverson (Concordia College, Moorhead)
  5. Freedom or Insanity: Camus versus Suetonius. Steven D. Burham (Texas Tech University)
  6. Gaius Albucius Silus and Pascal Quignard. John T. Quinn (Hope College)

10:00 a.m.-noon Tenth Paper Session Salon B-C

Section F

Greek Philosophy

Georgia Irby-Massie (College of William and Mary), presiding

  1. Suicide by Jury in Xenophon's Apology. Alexander Alderman (Baylor University)
  2. The Other Symposium. David M. Johnson (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale)
  3. Why Aristotle Is Not The Author Of the Mechanical Problems. Thomas N. Winter (University of Nebraska)
  4. IG II2 5768 Reexamined: Was Young Philetairos a Socratic? William S. Morison (Grand Valley State University)
  5. School Politics and the Monarch's Court: Speusippus' Letter to Philip. Tarik Wareh (Union College)
  6. Dancing on the Cosmic Stage. Svetla E. Slaveva-Griffin (Florida State University)

Noon-1:00 p.m. Buffet Luncheon sponsored by the CPL (Continental)

Noon-1:00 p.m. Buffet Luncheon for Consulares (Julep)

1:15-3:15 p.m. Eleventh Paper Session Rosewood

Section A

Panel

Beyond Books: Service-Learning in Classics

Anne E. Haeckl (Kalamazoo College), organizer

Elizabeth A. Manwell (Kalamazoo College), organizer

  1. When Your Student Is Your Colleague. Martha A. Davis (Temple University), Lyndy Danvers (Temple University)
  2. A course on Athenian Democracy that invites reflection on students’ place in the American democracy. Owen C. Cramer (Colorado College)
  3. When a Myth is a Hit. Mary L. B. Pendergraft (Wake Forest University), Danetta Genung
  4. Cool Cities: Teaching Civic Engagement through Ancient Carthage. Anne E. Haeckl (Kalamazoo College), Elizabeth A. Manwell (Kalamazoo College)

1:15-3:15 p.m. Eleventh Paper Session Rookwood

Section B

Pedagogy II

Carin M. Green (University of Iowa), presiding

  1. After the Ides of March: History, Agency, and Chance in a Classroom Game. Carl A. Anderson (Michigan State University) and T. Keith Dix (University of Georgia)
  2. Role Playing Ancient History: Integrating Creativity and Technology to Enhance Student Engagement. Kathleen M. Quinn (Northern Kentucky University)
  3. Crazy Horse vs. Homer: The Absence of Classics in the History of American Education. Jarrod W. Lux (St. Henry District High School)
  4. Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit. . . - an alternate view. Martha J. Payne (Ball State University, Indiana University)
  5. Teaching Myth via Ovid. Martin Helzle (Case Western Reserve University)
  6. iMythology. Jennifer Sheridan Moss (Wayne State University)

1:15-3:15 p.m. Eleventh Paper Session Salon H-I

Section C

Masculinity

Thomas Hubbard (University of Texas, Austin), presiding

  1. Nigidius Figulus: A Failed Masculine Countermodel. E. Del Chrol (Marshall University)
  2. The General in Slave's Clothing: Plutarch's Depiction of a Deviant and Liminal Marc Antony. Angela E. Holzmeister (University of Toronto)
  3. Fulvia and Octavia in Plutarch's Antonius: Feminine Power in the Late Republic. Molly Ayn Lewis (The Ohio State University)
  4. Clothes Make the Man: Caracalla, Romanitas and Imperial Self-Presentation. Julie Langford-Johnson (University of South Florida)

1:15-3:15 p.m.. Eleventh Paper Session Salon F-G

Section D

Panel

Family, Law, and Society in Roman and Late Antique Egypt

Ari Z. Bryen (University of Chicago) and Philip F. Venticinque (University of Chicago), co-organizers

  1. “Wronged even by relatives”: petitions against family members in Roman Egypt. Judith A. Evans – Grubbs (Washington University)
  2. Violence, Law, and Legal Institutions in Late Antique Egypt. Ari Z. Bryen (University of Chicago)
  3. “Plus ça change…”: Legal Continuity, Change, and Resistance to Change in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. Maryline G. Parca (University of llinois-Urbana/Champaign)
  4. Family Affairs: Guilds and the Family in the Economy and Society of Roman Egypt. Philip F. Venticinque (University of Chicago)
  5. Men in a Coptic Town in Late Antique Egypt: Reexamining the Jeme Corpus. Terry G. Wilfong (University of Michigan)

1:15-3:15 p.m. Eleventh Paper Session Salon D-E

Section E

Iliad

Bruce Louden (University of Texas, El Paso), presiding

  1. Warrior Ants: Elite Troops in Homer and The Mythology of the Myrmidons. Matthew A. Sears (Cornell University)
  2. Who Was the First, and Who the Last?: Counting the Named Victims of Homeric Warriors. Jonathan Fenno (University of Mississippi)
  3. Two Kingdoms, Two Brides: The Bellerophon Narrative of Iliad 6. Nancy R. Felson (University of Georgia)
  4. Aias and the Gods. William S. Duffy (State University of New York, Buffalo)
  5. Creatures of the Night in Greek Epic. Casey L. Dué (University of Houston)
  6. The Runner and the Iliad. Andrew P. Howard (Gustavus Adolphus College)

1:15-3:15 p.m. Eleventh Paper Session Salon B-C

Section F

Latin Oratory

Richard J. A. Talbert (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), presiding

  1. Shiny silver, tarnished Verres. Thomas D. Frazel (Tulane University)
  2. The Will of Gnaeus Magius. Kathryn F. Williams (Canisius College)
  3. Entrance into the Society of Scholars: The Different Levels of Contubernium as Illustrated by the Works of Lucius Ampelius, Vibius Sequester, and Censorinus. Patrick P. Hogan (Hillsdale College)
  4. Plato and Apuleius - The Art of Defense. Werner Riess (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

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