Spring 2012 Classics Workshops

The Department of Classics is pleased to announce the inauguration of the "Classics Workshops," a series of in-house lectures and discussions presented by members of our department. Designed to facilitate feedback from colleagues, these workshops are opportunities for students and faculty alike to present chapters in progress, practice conference papers, and try out new ideas. Doctoral candidates are especially encouraged to use the workshops as self-imposed deadlines for completing chapters.

The workshops are free and open to the public. We extend a special invitation to our colleagues in the humanities, so as to bring our work to a wider audience and simultaneously benefit from the wide variety of perspectives available to us here at UF.

Workshops are held in 115 Dauer Hall. Feel free to bring a brown-bag lunch.

Tuesday January 17, 11:45 am
Shane Black, "Agent of Homeric Closure: Mercury in Aeneid 4"

Tuesday February 7, 11:45 am
Megan Daly, "Varus in the Annals of Tacitus"

Tuesday February 14, 11:45 am
Jim Lohmar, "To Wound the Tradition: Lucan in the Epic Arena"

Tuesday February 21, 11:45 am
Jeff Yeakel, "Piracy, Civil War Exiles, and Legitimacy in the Ancient Greek Polis"

Tuesday March 13, 11:45 am
George Hendren, "Poemata Defututa: Catullus' Ameana Cycle as Literary Criticism"

Tuesday March 20, 10:40 am - 12:35 pm (MAT 0107)
Pre-CAMWS Workshop:
Shawn Daniels, "Satura Augusta: Satire in the Historia Augusta"
David Hetrick, "Herakles, Caught between Nature and Culture in the Argonautica"
Bill Smith, "Cicero and the Optimates' Resistance in the De Lege Agraria"
Velvet Yates, "Encaustic Painting on Ancient Greek Sculpture"

Tuesday March 27, 11:45 am
Jim Marks, "Rethinking the Homeric Polis"

Tuesday April 3, 11:45 am
MAT 0107
Yesha Brill, Language Specialist, Pearson Publishing: "MyLatinLab"

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