Events & Lectures
The Classics Department

Fall 2008

• Lecture by Professor Nora Chapman, "What Josephus Sees: The Temple of Peace and the Jerusalem Temple as Spectacle in Text and Art," Mon. 6 Oct. 5:00 PM, Fourth Floor Programming Space.
• Theatrical adaptation of Homer's Odyssey by Mary Zimmerman in McManus Theater, Fri.-Sun. 24-26 Oct. AND 31 Oct. - 2 Nov. Fri. and Sat. performances are at 8:00 PM; Sun. at 2:00 PM.
• Introduction to Pompeii (see next item), Thurs. 13 Nov. 5:00 PM (date and time tentative  but likely; room TBA). 
• Field trip to National Gallery in Washington, DC to see Pompeii exhibit, Sat. 15 Nov. This will be a huge and important exhibit, and you should not miss the opportunity to go. The college will provide bus transportation. This trip counts for two events. Check out the web site at: www.nga.gov/exhibitions/pompeiiinfo.shtm.
• "Confound your friends, puzzle your parents, listen to opera!", a trip to the Baltimore Opera Company's presentation of Bellini's Norma, one of the supreme heights of the Bel Canto tradition, Wed. 19 Nov. Price: $5. Contact: Prof. Paul Oorts N457 Maryland Hall x2324  phoorts@loyola.edu. YOU MUST PREREGISTER AND PAY THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE 
  (i.e. October 29)! Only 25 students can go. 
  

Spring 2008

• Lecture by Albert Braunmuller, Distinguished Professor, English and Comparative Literature, UCLA  "Justice, Law and Mercy in Measure for Measure”, Tues. 19 Feb. 7:00 PM, McManus Theatre.  This is the keynote lecture for the 2008 Humanities Symposium.
• Lecture by Robert Miola,  Gerard Manley Hopkins Professor of English, & Professor of Classics, Loyola College in Maryland, “Darkness as a Bride: Classical Ideas of Justice in Measure for Measure”, Tues. 26 Feb. 6:00 PM, McGuire Hall West. This is the Classics Department's contribution to the 2008 Humanities Symposium.
• Special exhibit at the Walters, beginning 16 March: Maps: Finding Our Place in the World.
• Eta Sigma Phi & Classics Club Spring Event and Party; Friday, March 14; 7 PM; Professor McCreight's house
• • Induction of new members into the National Classics Honors Society
  • Distribution of Fall 2007 writing awards for individual courses
  • Premiere reading of Pontanus, a Jesuit Latin play translated into English for the first time ever by Loyola Classics students

Fall 2007

• Lecture by Joseph J. Walsh, Department of Classics, Loyola College, "Roman History in a Nutshell," Tues. 18 Sept. 5:00 PM Cohn 33.
• Lecture by David Larmour, Professor of Classics, Texas Tech University, "The Origins of Science Fiction: Lucian of Samosata's True History," Mon. 22 Oct. 6:00 PM 105/107 Mangione Conference Room.
• Lecture by Roger Bagnall, Director, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, "Women Writing Letters in Graeco-Roman Egypt."  Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program.  Mon. 29 Oct. 5:30 PM 4th Floor Programming Room, Andrew White Student Center.  There will be at least one other lecture or seminar associated with Professor Bagnall's visit.  This will be of limited attendance (most probably restricted to majors or minors); check website for updates.
• Lecture by William Short, Department of Classics, Loyola College, "Latin: A Brief Introduction," Mon. 12 Nov. 5:00 PM Cohn 33.

Spring 2007

• Lecture by M.T. Boatwright, Director of Graduate Studies and Professor of Ancient History, Duke University, "The City, and Cities, in Greek and Roman Cultures," Mon. 29 Jan. 6:30 PM KH B01. Sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and the Department of Classics. This is the Classics department's contribution to the 2007 Humanities Symposium.
• 21st Annual Language, Literature and Society Colloquium 2007, "From Oral to Visual and Back - THE EPIC - Past, Present and Future," Wed. 28 Mar. - Thurs. 29 Mar. Andrew White Student Center, 4th Floor Programming Room. Sponsored by the Catholic Studies Program, Department of Classics, Office of the Dean of First-Year Students, Department of English, Honors Program, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Medieval Studies Minor, and the Center for the Humanities. For more information contact 410-617-2780.
                 ~ Wednesday, March 28 ~
  11:00 AM - Noon       -  Opening Ceremonies  -  "Oral? Written? Storytelling!" - Ward Heinemann, University of Toronto.
  Noon - 1:00 PM         -  "From the Seven Against Thebes to the Magnificent Seven: Rome, Italy, Japan and Hollywood" - Charles Ross, Purdue University.
  3:00 PM - 4:00 PM     -  "Once and Future Heroes: The Medieval Epic on the Screen."
                 ~ Thursday, March 29 ~
  10:50 AM - 12:05 PM  -  "In the Midst of Life: Liturgical Memory and the First Line of Dante's Comedy" - Ronald L. Martinez, Brown University.
                         - and -  "Dante and the Confusion of Tongues" - Robert M. Durling, University of California (Santa Cruz).
  12:15 PM - 1:30 PM    -  "Novelizing the Ancient Epic" - Classicist Thomas M. Falkner, McDaniel College.
  1:30 PM - 2:00 PM       -  Closing and Thanks
• CHANGE
  Lecture by Daniella Widdows, Department of Classics, Loyola College, "Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?': Semonides’s Poem on the Creation of Women," Tues. 17 Apr. 5:00 PM, Knott Hall B01.
• Recommended
  The 22nd Annual Jerome S. Cardin Memorial Lecture
   "A Light for the Gentiles: Jews and Christians in the First Century C.E."
  by Thomas Sheehan, PH.D., Professor, Department of Religious Studies - Stanford University
  Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 7:00 PM - McGuire Hall
  Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the Center for the Humanities.

Fall 2006

• Lecture by Lillian Doherty, Assoc. Prof. of Classics, University of Maryland at College Park, "Hidden in Plain View: Classical Paris," Mon. 6 Nov. 5:00 PM KH B01. Sponsored by Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Department of Classics, Center for the Humanities, Year of the City.
• Lecture by Dr. Paul Allen Miller, Professor of Classics and French, University of South Carolina, "`I Gete Around': Sadism, Desire and Metonymy on the Streets of Rome with Horace and Ovid," Mon. 20 Nov. 4:00 PM 4ht flr. programming room.  Sponsored by Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Department of Classics, Center for the Humanities, Honors Program, International programs, Year of the City.
• Lecture by Thomas D. McCreight, Department of Classics, Loyola College, "Rome: the City," Tues. 28 Nov. 6:00 PM Cohn 33.

Spring 2005

• Lecture by Martha Taylor, Chair, Department of Classics, Loyola College, "Vergil's Aeneid," Tues. 15 Feb. 5:00 PM KH B01
• Lecture by Keith R. Bradley, Departments of Classics and History, Eli Doheen Chair, University of Notre Dame, "Resisting Slavery at Rome," Wed. 16 March, 6:00 PM KH B01.  This is the Classics department's contribution to the 2005 Humanities Symposium
• Lecture by James O'Donnell, Provost of Georgetown University, "What Augustine Didn't Confess," Tues. 5 April, 7:00 PM, 4th flr. Programming Room, Andrew White Center
• Lecture by Daniella Widdows, Department of Classics, Loyola College, "The Skins They're In:Images of Humans in Animal Skins on Greek Vases," Wed. 13 April, 5:00 PM KH B01

Fall 2004 

• T.D. McCreight, Loyola College. "Augustus' City," T 9/28 5 PM KH B03
• Prof. James J. O'Hara, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "The Interpretation of Inconsistencies in Vergil's _Aeneid_," Th 10/28, 7 PM KH B03
• Prof. Andrew Bell, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, "Donkeys: Ancient Burdens and Meanings", W 11/10 5 PM KHB01 (NB! correction on room number)
• Oliver Stone's "Alexander," Th 11/18 7 PM, Senator Theater (tentative)