Please join us on the afternoon of November 13th for the annual Senior Thesis Colloquium! Senior Classics concentrators writing theses will present their works in progress and solicit feedback. All are welcome!
The Colloquium will run in two parallel sessions, each bisected by a break for coffee and cookies. Afterwards, all are cordially invited back to the Department for Happy Hour.
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Department of the Classics |
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SESSION 1: Barker 018 Moderator: Sarah Lannom |
SESSION 2: Barker 024 Moderator: Kathleen Coleman |
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2:00–2:30 Talia Saal |
2:00–2:30 Todd Jones |
| "Fallow Ground, Hallowed Ground: An Exploration of Religious Disuse of Land in the Eastern Mediterranean" | "Refusal in Early Monastic Literature" |
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Advisors: Greg Nagy/Shaye Cohen/Sam Blankenship (G5) |
Advisors: Charles Stang/Coleman Connelly (G6) |
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2:30–3:00 Josh Blecher-Cohen |
2:30–3:00 Veronica Wickline |
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"Nomos and Phusis in Platonic Jurisprudence" |
"The Empowered Destitute: Examining Roman Widows’ Perceived and Changing Roles in the 3rd–5th Centuries CE" |
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Advisors: Mark Schiefsky/Jacob Rosen/Alex Forte (G6) |
Advisors: Naomi Weiss/Michael Konieczny (G4) |
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3:00–3:30 Roman Berens |
3:00–3:30 Tyler Dobbs |
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"The Relationship between Mathematics and Physics in Hellenistic Writing" |
"Impiae rates: Criticism of Seafaring in Roman Literature" |
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Advisors: Mark Schiefsky/Amy Koenig (G6) |
Advisors: Richard Thomas/Marco Romani Mistretta (G4) |
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3:30–3:45 Coffee break |
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3:45–4:15 Emily Ciciotte |
3:45–4:15 Jude Russo |
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"Murder to Excellence: Alexander, Achilles, and the Klea Andron in Ancient Biography" |
"Alliteration in Lucretius" |
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Advisors: Greg Nagy/Charlie Bartlett (G5) |
Advisors: Richard Tarrant/Sergios Paschalis |
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4:15–4:45 Anne Power |
4:15–4:45 Thomas Earle |
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"Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Culture Representations of Dionysus" |
"Putting the Au in Dolaucothi: Investigating Gold Mining in Roman Wales through Spain and Dacia" |
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Advisors: Albert Henrichs/Tyler Flatt (G6) |
Advisors: Kathleen Coleman/Anthony Shannon (G5) |
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