Where: Divinity School 0016 Westbrook, West Campus
When: Friday, November 1, 2024, 1:00 – 5:00 PM with a reception to follow.
What: A celebration of Prof. Mary (Tolly) Boatwright on the occasion of her retirement.
Session 1
Eric Adler, Department of Classics, University of Maryland: "Ethical Dualism in Sallust's Bellum Catilinae."
Alex Meyer, Dept of Classical Studies, Western University: “Res Gestae? Intertext and the Elogium from the Porta Stabiae at Pompeii (AE 2018, 498).”
Kathryn Langenfeld, Department of History, Clemson University: “Shorthand Girls and Secret Missives: Women’s Contributions to Late Roman Intelligence Operations."
Session 2
Kent Rigsby, Department of Classical Studies, Duke University: "Plotina’s High Culture."
Charles Muntz, Department of History, University of Arkansas: “Hadrian the Culture Hero: A Roman Emperor Embracing an Old Motif?”
Sean Burrus, Curator of Judaic Art, North Carolina Museum of Art: “What is Jewish about Jewish Art? Art and Identity on Late Antique Sarcophagi from Rome.”
