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Tentative CAMWS-SS Program
Note: The program committee is finalizing
the list of presiders. As soon as that information becomes available, it
will be added to this program.
To view the abstract of an individual paper (pdf), click
on the paper's title.
To see the abstracts for a panel, click on the link
that follows the title of the panel.
Thursday November 13, 2008
8:00AM-5:00PM Registration (Lobby)
8:00AM-5:00PM Exhibits (Amherst)
10:00AM-11:30AM Session
1A (Vanderbilt Room I)
Wine, Weddings, and No Funeral
Peter J. Anderson, Grand Valley State University,
presiding
- "A Wedding Invitation: A Look
at the Lebes Gamikos." Amy
I. Goggans,
University of Mississippi
- "Romans, Italians, and Natives
and the Origins of the Catalan Wine Industry in the first and second
centuries B.C." Benedict
J. Lowe, Western
Oregon University
- "The Dynamics of Infant
Exposure: Motives, Attitudes and (Unintended) Consequences." Judith A. Evans-Grubbs, Washington
University
10:00AM-11:30AM Session
1B (Vanderbilt Room II)
Footprints In Antiquity: Foot lore in Greece and Rome
- "Take Off Your Shoes and Pray a While: Greek Religious Attitudes Towards
Bare-footedness." Daniel B. Levine, University of Arkansas
- "Does the Presence of Feet in the Archeological Record Inform Us
of Their Importance?" Dorothy A. Dvorsky-Rohner,
University of North Carolina - Asheville
- "Unhappy Feet: the trials of Sophocles' Philoctetes and Oedipus." Sophie
J.V. Mills, University of North Carolina -Asheville
- "These Feet Weren't Made for Walking: Ancient Treatments for Foot Complaints." Georgia
L. Irby-Massie, College of William and Mary
1:15PM-3:15PM Session 2A (Stuyvesant)
Desperate Housewives
Jesca Scaevola, University of Missouri,
presiding
- "Helen's Remorse and the Opacity
of Female Desire." Laurel
Fulkerson, The Florida State University
- "Gender in the Roman Garden:
Lucretius' Idealized Epicurean Society." T.H.M.
Gellar, UNC-Chapel Hill
- "Bellona as Bridesmaid: The Strategies
of a trans-epic Juno." John
P. Wood, University of Missouri
- "Livia and the Ara
Pacis Augustae:
An Historical Interpretation of the Tellus Panel." Emily V. Olson, Washington University
- "The End of Octavia." Herbert W. Benario, Emory University
1:15PM-3:15PM Session 2B (Vanderbilt Room I)
The 3 R's: Readin', Ritin’, and Rhetoric
Daniel Levine, University of Arkansas, presiding
- "Literacy and Writing in Archaic
Crete." William
C. West, UNC-Chapel
Hill
- "The tenth muse: Sappho
and the Grammarians." Joy
Reeber,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- "Pindar, Nemean 4. 13-22: The
Song of Timokritos and the Question of Isometric Composition." Roman V. Ivanov, Cornell
University
- "The Rhetoric of Apology." Charles Platter,
University of Georgia
1:15PM-3:15PM Session 2C (Vanderbilt II)
Don't Forget the Lyrics
Wilfred E. Major, Louisiana State University,
presiding
- "The Cyclops in Love: Reexamining Theocritus'
Portrayal of Polyphemus in Idyll 11." Heather C. Kelly,
University of Arizona
- "Callimachus’s Acontius as an
Elegiac Metanarrative in the Eclogues." John
H. Henkel, UNC-Chapel Hill
- "Seneca's Apocolocyntosis and
the Definition of Menippean Satire." Nynshari
Baenre, University of Vermont
- "'What's that smell?': Odor in
Martial's Epigrammata." Kate
Allen,
Grand Valley State University
- "The Herculean Labors of Statius
Silvae 3.1. and 4.6: Poetic Ekphrasis as Self-representational Metaphor." Eleanor Winsor Leach,
Indiana University
3:30PM-5:30PM Session 3A (Stuyvesant)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Amy I. Goggans, University of Mississippi,
presiding
- "Parthenos or Prostitute: Neaira
Living in Athena's Shadow." Rachael
E. Garrett, University of Mississippi
- "Acting Her Age: Beauty Image,
Aging, and Ageism in the Reception of Actresses in the Roman World" John H. Starks, Jr.,
Binghamton University SUNY
- "Propertius' Arethusa: Wife or
Concubine?" Sharon
L. James, UNC Chapel Hill
- "A Female Friend: Violentilla
in the Epigrams of Martial." Hugh
C. Parker, UNC-Greensboro
- "Ladies of the Night: Defining
Supernatural Legitimacy in the Roman Empire." James W. Smith, University of South
Florida
3:30PM-5:30PM Session 3B (Vanderbilt Room II)
Extreme Makeover: OLD Edition
Charles Platter, University of Georgia,
presiding
- "Modern Chivalry and Ancient Rhetoric." Sarah
V. Clere, Mount Olive College
- "From Knoxville to Chapel Hill
to Greece and Back: Eben Alexander, Professor of Greek." George W. Houston, UNC-Chapel
Hill
- "Latin Mottoes at Historically
Black Colleges and Universities." Michele
V. Ronnick, Wayne State University
- "Nolite
te bastardes carborundorum:
Schoolboy Latin in Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's
Tale." Rebecca Resinski, Hendrix College
3:30PM-5:30PM Session 3C (Vanderbilt Room I)
CSI: Mediterranean (Classical Site Investigation)
Dorothy A. Dvorsky-Rohner, University of
North Carolina-Asheville, presiding
- "Athena Chalinitis at Ancient
Corinth." Aileen
Ajootian, University of Mississippi
- "Excavations at the 'Project
of 100 Roman Farms', Lucca, Italy: the 2005-2008 Field Seasons at Palazzaccio." Laurel
Taylor, UNC-Asheville
- "Saint Severin on the Danube:
An Examination of the Application of Text and Archaeology in One Roman
Province." Shannon
R. Flynt, Samford University
Friday November 14, 2008
8:00AM-5:00PM Registration (Lobby)
8:00AM-5:00PM Exhibits (Amherst)
8:00AM-9:45AM Session 4A (Vanderbilt Room
II)
Oh Epic, Where Art Thou?
Rebecca Resinksi, Hendrix College, presiding
- "Seasons and Similes in the Aeneid." George
F. Franko, Hollins University
- "The Permanence of Cupid's Metamorphosis
in an Apollonian Aeneid." Ioannis
Ziogas, Cornell University
- "The Effect of Senecan Allusion
in Statius' Thebaid VIII." Jane
Rayburn, University of Georgia
- "The Presence of Ovid in
Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica." Shawn
Youngblood, Florida State University
8:00AM-9:45AM Session 4B (Vanderbilt Room I)
OMG (s)
Robert J. Sklenar, University of Tennessee,
presiding
- "Pherekydes of Syros, the Seer,
and Pythagoras of Samos." David
Toye, Northeast State Community College
- "Xenophanes' Poetry: A Philosophic
Revision of Homeric and Hesiodic Theology." Patrick G. Lake, Fordham University
- "The Theology of Thanksgiving." Frances
V. Hickson-Hahn, University of California-Santa Barbara
- "Clodius' Impiety and the Roman
Civic Cult." Jack
C. Wells, Emory & Henry College
8:00AM-9:45AM Session 4C (Stuyvesant)
A & E
Carl Anderson, Michigan State University,
presiding
- "Death and the Staging of Euripides' Alcestis." S.
Douglas Olson, National Humanities Center
- "Gender (Mis)-Appropriation
in Euripides' Electra." Kory
Plockmeyer, University of Florida
- "Compassion in Sophocles' Electra." James
F. Johnson, Austin College
10:00AM-11:30AM Session
5A (Vanderbilt Room I)
TRL: Total Request Lucan
Victor Castellani, University of Denver,
presiding
- "Lucan the Formalist." Robert J. Sklenar, University of Tennessee
- "Revisiting Lucan's Druidic Grove
(BC 3.399-452)." McKenzie
Lewis, Florida State University
- "Caesar and Erictho in Lucan's
Bellum Civile: Parallelism and the Corruption of Power." Christina E. Franzen, Marshall
University
10:00AM-11:30AM Session
5B (Vanderbilt Room II)
CNN: Catullus Neoteric Network
Angeline C. Chiu, University of Vermont,
presiding
- "Amoebaean Amor: Reading Catullus
45 as a Pastoral Singing Competition." Brenda
M. Fields, University of Florida
- "Theft and Secrecy in Catullus." Derek Smith,
UNC-Chapel Hill
- "Neoteric Translation and Intertextual
Reference: Varro Atacinus, Cicero's Prognostica, and Catullus 64."Christopher
Polt, UNC-Chapel Hill
10:00AM-11:30AM Session
5C (Stuyvesant)
Unsolved Miseries
Amy E. Vail, Baylor University, presiding
- "Clytemnestra's Use of XPH
in the Oresteia." David
C. Wiltshire, UNC-Chapel Hill
- "Tragic Allusion and Elusive
Truths in Herodotus' Ninth Book." Emily
Baragwanath, UNC-Chapel Hill
- "The Successful Citizen or the
Harmony of the Realm? Drama Theory and Society in Aristotle and Zeami." Gary Mathews,
North Carolina School of the Arts
All afternoon sessions will take place in the Highsmith
Union
on the campus of the University of North Carolina-Asheville
2:00PM-4:30PM Session 6A (Alumni Hall)
Heroes of the Republic: Rome, Season Two
Monica S. Cyrino, University of New Mexico, presiding
View the abstracts for this panel here.
- "A Necessary Fiction: Octavian on Screen." Ward
W. Briggs, University of South Carolina
- "‘I' the posture of a whore': Cleopatra in Rome, Season Two." Gregory
N. Daugherty, Randolph-Macon College
- "‘Far better women than you': Atia's Triumph in Rome, Season Two." Monica
S. Cyrino, University of New Mexico
2:00PM-4:30PM Session 6B (Lookout
Mountain Room)
The Simpson
S. Douglas Olson, National Humanities Center,
presiding
- "‘Unhappy Are Those Whose
Sons': The Pathos of Iliadic Hector." Victor
Castellani, University of Denver
- "Penelope ‘Dreamer': Homeric
Exceptions to the Dream Type-Scene." Alison
Traweek, University of Pennsylvania
- "‘Framing' Odysseus: An Application
of Neoanalysis to the Odyssey." Alexander
C. Loney, Duke University
- "Homer Burlesqued and Bowdlerized." Amy E.
Vail, Baylor University
2:00PM-4:30PM Session 6C (Mount
Pisgah Room)
The Learning Channel
Mark Keith, Riverbend High School, presiding
- "de rerum cognoscendarum
natura:
The Impact of Communication Intensive Methodologies upon Latin and Classical
Studies Courses." Albert
Watanabe, Louisiana State University and Jane
Poynter Webb, Louisiana
State University
- "The Rudder's Guidance and the
Curb's Restraint: Classics, Education and the US Military." Jim Tucci, Air University
- "Bacchus in Chicago: Echoes of
Dionysus in Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Angeline C. Chiu, University of Vermont
- "Teaching Myth through Tolkien
and Tolkien through Myth." John
N. Rauk, Michigan State University
2:00PM-4:30PM Session 6D (Mount
Mitchell Room)
Petronius' Satyrica: Analysis and Analogy
Marsha B. McCoy, Austin College, presiding
View the abstracts for this panel here.
- "Fortunata and Terentia: A Model for Trimalchio's Wife." Shannon
N. Byrne, Xavier University
- "Petronius's Giton: Gender and Genre." John
F. Makowski, Loyola University of Chicago
- "A Veritable Feast of Color in Petronius' Satyrica." Rachael
B. Goldman, City University of New York, Graduate Center
- "Reading Plato in Gatsby: The Great Gatsby, Trimalchio, and Platonic
Origins." Marsha B. McCoy, Austin College
- "Eating Eumolpus: Fellini Satyricon and the Dynamics of Tradition." Richard
H. Armstrong, University of Houston
2:00PM-4:30PM Session 6E (Beaucather
Mountain Room)
Ovid's Fasti
Jon Zarecki, University of Florida, presiding
View the abstracts for this panel here.
- "Interpreting Romulus and Remus in Ovid's Fasti." George
Hendren, University of Florida
- "The Exile Stories in Ovid's Fasti." David
R. Hoot, University of Florida
- "The Decline of Free Speech in Augustan Rome in the Context of the
Parentalia." Robert W. Brewer, University of Florida
- "The De-eroticization of Creation in Fasti 4." Lindsay
J. Rogers, University of Florida
- "The Lemuria of Ovid's Fasti: What the Not-So-Silent Dead Have to
Say." Lisa
C. Bunge, University of Florida
Saturday November 15, 2008
8:00AM-5:00PM Registration (Lobby)
8:00AM-5:00PM Exhibits (Amherst)
8:30AM-9:00AM Business Meeting (Stuyvesant)
9:30AM-11:30AM Session
7A (Stuyvesant)
The AP Latin Program: Present and Future
Mary L. Pendergraft, Wake Forest University, presiding
View the abstracts for this panel here.
- "Multiple-Choice Section." Linda W. Gillison,
University of Montana and Mary L. Pendergraft, Wake Forest University
- "The English-based Vergil Essay." Dawn LaFon,
White Station High School
- "Latin Resources Available on AP Central and How to Use Them." Jill
Crooker, University of Rochester, New York State Dept. of Education
- "The AP Latin Program: Present and Future." Mary
L. Pendergraft, Wake Forest University
9:30AM-11:30AM Session
7B (Vanderbilt Room I)
Law & Order: CI (Ciceronian Intent)
T. Davina McClain, Scholars’ College at
Northwestern State University, presiding
- "Ox-Eyes' Bugle and Tullia's
Fane: The Power of Clodia in Cicero's Letters." Julia D. Hejduk, Baylor University
- "The Guilt or Innocence of Cicero's
First Client: How We Read Pro Roscio Amerino." Christopher Craig, University of
Tennessee
- "Penetrating the Novum
Rostrum:
First Century CE Latin Oratory." Christopher
Copley, University of South Florida
- "A Latin Christian Adaptation
of Cicero." Douglas
F. Kelly, Reformed Theological Seminary
9:30AM-11:30AM Session
7C (Vanderbilt II)
The O'Vidian Factor
Gary Mathews, North Carolina School of the
Arts, presiding
- "Metamorphosis of the Muse: Role
Reversal of the Poet-Lover in Amores 1.1." Chad Brown, Marshall University
- "Duplicitous simplicity
in Ovid Amores 1." Molly
Pasco-Pranger, University of Mississippi
- "Ars Sine Arte: Paris as amator in Ovid, Heroides 16." Megan
O. Drinkwater, Agnes Scott College
- "Fathers and Sons in Ovid's Metamorphoses." Meredith
Prince, Auburn University
- "Ovid's Vertumnus and the Elegiac
Fantasy." Daniel
J. Griffin, Duke University
1:15PM-3:15PM Session
8A (Stuyvesant)
Presidential Panel:
The Effective Classics Department
T. Keith Dix, University of Georgia, presiding
View the abstracts for this panel here.
- "Classics and the Heartbeat of a University." Liane
Houghtalin, University of Mary Washington
- "Integrating Classics into the Honors College: The Louisiana Scholars'
College at Northwestern State University." T. Davina
McClain, Louisiana
Scholars' College, Northwestern State University
- "Strategies for Success at a Non-Flagship Research University." Susan
C. Shelmerdine, UNC-Greensboro
- "The Effective Classics Department: Internal and External Perspectives." Susan
D. Martin, University of Tennessee
1:15PM-3:15PM Session
8B (Vanderbilt Room I)
Are You Smarter Than A Classics Teacher?
Gregory N. Daugherty, Randolph-Macon College,
presiding
- "Porphyrion's Instructions on
Oral Reading of Horace's Poetry." David
L. Sigsbee, University of Memphis
- "Is Latin Really a Language --
or Just a Code to be Cracked?" Caroline
S. Kelly, Covenant Day School
- "Using PowerPoint for Elementary
Latin Instruction." George
H. Thompson, University of Miami, retired
- "The 2008 National Latin Exam:
Results and Revelations." Mark
Keith, Riverbend High School
1:15PM-3:15PM Session 8C (Vanderbilt Room II)
Comedy Central
Caroline A. Perkins, Marshall University,
presiding
- "Frog Chorus as Means of Return." Richard
Zaleski, University of Arizona
- "Staging the Soldier in Menander." Wilfred
E. Major, Louisiana State University
- "The Language of Slaves in Plautus'
Mostellaria." Christy
Lowe, Western Oregon University
- "Let Them Talk: The Politics of
Plautine Gossip." Doug
C. Clapp, Samford University
3:30PM-5:30PM Session 9A (Stuyvesant)
The Transitional Phase of Learning Latin
LeaAnn A. Osburn, Our Lady of the Elms, presiding
View the abstracts for this panel here.
- "Designing a Latin 3/Intermediate Level Transitional Course." LeaAnn
A. Osburn, Our Lady of the Elms
- "Transitioning to Ovid's Metamorphoses." Caroline
A. Perkins, Marshall University
- "‘Let's Read' Horace Using Bolchazy-Carducci's Transitional Reader." David
J. Murphy, The Nightingale-Bamford School
- "Bringing Authentic Latin to the Lower Levels." Sherwin
D. Little, Indian Hill High School
3:30PM-5:30PM Session 9B (Vanderbilt Room I)
The History Channel
Liane Houghtalin, University of Mary Washington,
presiding
- "Considerations of Treason and
Patriotism in the Ancient World." Samuel
G. Smith, Ripon College
- "T. Statilius Taurus, Augustus'
Left Hand Man." Gaius
C. Stern, San Jose State University
- "Brothers in Arms: Fraternal
Harmony and Discord in the Histories of Tacitus." Jonathan R. Master, Emory University
- "Rebellious Legions and Senatorial
Delegations: Tacitus' Histories 1.19 and 1.74." Kathryn Williams, Canisius College
- "An Artful Telling: Suetonius
on Nero's Death (Nero 47-50)." Molly
M. Pryzwansky, Duke University
3:30PM-5:30PM Session 9C (Vanderbilt Room I)
Back to the Future
Eta Sigma Phi National Classics Honor Society Panel
Anne H. Groton, St. Olaf College, presiding
- "What Was the Real Point of Lucretia's
Death? An Argument for Allegory." Megan
Miller, University of North Carolina – Asheville
- "Sulpicia: Elegiac Mistress
and Lover." Dwanna
C. Crain, University of Arizona
- "Pulling the Strings of Isis
and Serapis." Jesca
Scaevola, University of Missouri
- "Abraham Lincoln: America's
Augustus." Kristin
Zavislak, Illinois Wesleyan University
- "Two-Faced Faustina: The Contrasting
Images of Faustina the Younger." Sarah
Evelyn Brophy, Washington University in St. Louis