All meetings take place on Thursday in Classics 21 unless otherwise stated. (Please note the unusual time and place of first two entries!)
Oct. 4 (4:00 p.m. in Rosenwald 405): Kathy Eden (Columbia University, Classics and English),
“Cicero Redivivus, Style, and the Old Historicism”
(Co-sponsored with the Renaissance Workshop)
Oct. 17 (4:30 pm–NB Wednesday!– in Classics 21): Alex Lee (University of Chicago, Classics),
“The Persuasive Effect of Patterns in the Republic”
(Co-sponsored with the Ancient Philosophy Workshop)
Nov. 1 (3:30 p.m.): William Batstone (Ohio State University, Classics), “Why Latin Historiography?”
Nov. 8 (3:30 p.m.): Jonah Radding (University of Chicago, Classics), “Heracles in the City: Euripides’ Case for Epinician Poetry.”
Dec. 6 (3:30 p.m.): Jan Ziolkowski (Harvard University, Classics), “Virgil the Magician.”