"The Wars Within, The Wars Without" - A Program for Classics and Veterans

The Wars Within, The Wars Without is a program designed to help connect veteran students at Marshall University with veterans from throughout the state of West Virginia through a series of public discussion groups in which participants will read and discuss classic texts about war. Discussion leaders (DLs) will be competitively selected to lead the discussion groups and participate in other program activities. DLs will be offered a stipend for their participation.

 

The program relies on Lucan’s Civil War as the central text, supplemented by memoir, fiction, poetry, and works from philosophy, history, religious studies, and anthropology, to explore the project themes of destruction and regeneration, the vexed nature of military heroism, the soldier-body, and connections and divisions among soldiers and civilians. Through sustained discussion, the project aims to help military veterans, active-duty military, and members of the public reflect on contemporary war and its aftermath by making connections among three primary conflicts: the civil war between Pompey and Caesar, the Vietnam War, and the Global War on Terrorism. We aim for the comparison of conflicts across time and space to help bridge the experiences of veterans of earlier conflicts, who make up a large percentage of the WV veteran population; veterans of recent and ongoing conflicts; and active-duty military.

 

Our first speaker on August 20th is Dr. Massimo Pigliucci ((https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/profiles/massimo-pigliucci). He's a world renowned stoic philospher who is really great with bringing stoicism to mass audiences. He has a ton of publications, and his most famous book is "How to be a Stoic" 

 

I've attached a copy of the poster for Dr. Pigliucci's talk.

 

 

https://www.marshall.edu/warswithin/

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Thanks so much!

Christina Franzen, PhD

Associate Professor of Classics

Marshall University

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