Professor Ginsberg helps bring Roman comedy to life

Professor Lauren Ginsberg participated in the 2023 NEH Institute for Higher Education Faculty where participants explored scholarship in Roman comedy, including filming and staging scenes from various examples of work. 

The 2023 Institute brought together 30 faculty and grad-student participants from numerous disciplines and fields to study ancient Roman comedy on the stage. Over the course of four weeks, and under the instruction of visiting experts representing three generations of scholarly excellence and a wide variety of research specialties, participants studied ancient evidence for and modern experiments in the performance of these plays; the social, historical, and literary contexts of the plays; and their continuing significance and influence. Participants put their instruction to use by staging and filming scenes from Roman comedy in multiple styles, as well as developing pedagogical modules to apply and share what they have learned from the Institute. Learn more about the Institute at https://romancomedy.wfu.edu/

In one scene, Professor Ginsberg performs an adaptation of Terence's Eunuchus 539-614. 

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