A symposium in honor of
Alan Cameron Anthon Professor (Emeritus) of the Latin Language and Literature at Columbia University
will be held on Saturday December 6th
It will be held in room 1501 of the School of Internation and Public Affairs at Columbia University (entrance on W 118th St) and begin at 10am.
All are welcome, and no registration is necessary.
The speakers and their papers will be as follows:
Roger S. Bagnall (NYU): “Onomastics and Classical Culture in Egypt ’s Western Oases”
Timothy Barnes ( Edinburgh ): “Mark the Deacon’s Life of Porphyry of Gaza”
Glen Bowersock (Institute for Advanced Study): “A New Funerary Epigram from Laodicea ad Lycum”
Brigitte Libby ( Princeton ): “Moons, (Smoke) and Mirrors in Apuleius’ Portrayal of Isis ”
Jacqueline Long ( Loyola University , Chicago ): “The Problem with Scholarship (in the Historia Augusta)”
J.A. North ( University College London ), “Paul the Deacon as a Source for Pagan Rituals” Gareth Williams ( Columbia ): “A Mythographic Excursus: A.E. Housman and Ovid’s Ibis”
_______________________________________________________________________
Friday November 21st at 11am
Denis Feeney (Princeton)
will give a talk on
'Crediting Pseudolus: trust, belief and the credit squeeze in Plautus' Pseudolus'
in 602 Hamilton Hall
_______________________________________________________________________
Friday October 17th at 11 am
Richard Sorabji
will give a talk entitled:
'Gandhi's ethics: a model for the ancient Stoic sage?'
in the 5th Floor Conference Room of the Italian Academy.
_______________________________________________________________________
Friday October 3rd at 11am
Christof Rapp (HU Berlin)
will give a talk entitled:
"Aristotle and the moral psychology of persuasion"
in the 5th floor conference room of the Italian Academy .
_______________________________________________________________________
Friday September 19th at 11am
Penelope Allison ( University of Leicester)
will give a talk entitled:
"Investigating household practices: Pompeian case studies"
in the 5th Floor Conference Room of the Italian Academy.
