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14 Black Classicists Photo Exhibit Oct. 3-Nov. 18 in Bryant Hall
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he Department of Classics is hosting a traveling photographic and historical exhibit called, “14 Black Classicists”. The exhibit, conceived and curated by Dr. Michele Valerie Ronnick of Wayne State University, reflects on the role of advanced education (and especially of the study of Classics) in building a free and prosperous Black community in the United States. Dr. Ronnick has collected the stories of nineteenth-century Black Americans who chose to pursue advanced education in Greek and Latin language and ancient history, literature and art, and went on to teach in the field. The exhibit is open until November 18th, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 7 pm in the Farrington Gallery on the first floor of Bryant Hall.
In addition to the exhibit, we will be hosting Dr. Ronnick for a talk on Thursday, November 3 at 5:30 in Bryant 209, with a reception and exhibit event preceding the talk, beginning at 4:00 in Farrington Gallery. Dr. Ronnick will provide “A Brief History of Black Classicism”. Monica Granderson-Little, who teaches in English at Jackson State University, will be delivering preliminary remarks that will help connect Dr. Ronnick’s talk and the exhibit to the broader history of Black education, with a particular focus on the history and the future of JSU.
Visitor and handicap parking for both events is available on the Lyceum Circle. ADA-compliant access to Bryant Hall is through the Fulton Chapel side door. If you have any questions, or if you require a disability related accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact Molly Pasco-Pranger (mpranger@olemiss.edu or 662-915-7097).
Taste of Classics returns 9/27/22
Annabelle Harris, 2022-23 president of HSPh, reads at the Spring 2022 Taste of Classics. Photo by Gaetano Catelli.
Photo by Kevin Bain/The University of Mississippi Marketing Communications
For more than ten years, Eta Sigma Phi, the Classics Honor Society, has hosted Taste of Classics twice a year. Students and faculty gather to share readings of Greek and Roman literature and samples of Mediterranean food– you never know what you’ll hear or taste!
Lecture on accessing non-citizen experiences through Roman comedy on 10/3/22
Dr. Serena Witzke, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Wesleyan University will visits the department in early October to deliver a lecture entitled “What can we see through Roman comedy? Using Plautus and Terence to access non-citizen experiences.” Dr. Pasco-Pranger is teaching Roman Comedy as the advanced Latin course this semester, and Dr. Fenno is teaching an upper-level Classical Civilization course on Greek and Roman Comedy, so Dr. Witzke’s topic will be of particular interest and relevance to many of our students.
The talk is free and open to the public; if you have questions about accessibility, please email Dr. Pasco-Pranger at mpranger@olemiss.edu or call 662-915-7097.
Dr. Kristina Killgrove on bioarchaeology at the villa at Oplontis.
Dr. Kristina Killgrove delivered a fascinating virtual lecture entitled “Death Comes to Oplontis: Victims of Mt. Vesuvius Reveal Life in 79 A.D.” The talk offered a rich supplement to current students in Dr. Jacqueline DiBiasie-Sammons’ Fall 2021 course, Art and Archaeology in Pompeii and Herculaneum, but was accessible to more general audience as well and had more that sixty attendees.
Dr. Mathias Hanses lecture on W. E. B. Du Bois and the ancient Mediterranean
On Monday, September 20, 2021 the department hosted its first face-to-face lecture since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Mathias Hanses of Pennsylvania State University delivered an excellent talk to an audience 0f more than 70 faculty and students entitled “I rode to Rome at Night: The Ancient Mediterranean World in the Early Writings of W. E. B. Du Bois.”
Inaugural Classics Capstone Conference: Andriantes: Sculptures in the Landscape, From Greek to Roman
L. to r., Dawson Dinsmore, Sarah Lowery, Dr. Aileen Ajootian, Constance Hartline, Lucas Sewell.
On November 19, 2019, the four students in Dr. Aileen Ajootian’s inaugural Classics Capstone Seminar presented 10-15 minute talks on their research on Greek and Roman sculpture in the landscape. The Capstone Seminar is a new addition to the Classics curriculum, and we look forward to many more of these mini-conferences in years ahead!
The papers included:
Lucas Sewell, “The Temple of Zeus at Olympia, West Pediment: The Many Mysterious Meanings.”
Dawson Disnmore, “Seeking the Knidia.”
Sarah Lowery, “The Prima Porta Augustus: The Imperial Unknown.”
Constance Hartline, “The Sperlonga Statue Groups: Propaganda and Travel Through Mythology.”
Dr. Cook named University of Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year
We are very proud to announce that the Mississippi Humanities Council has named Associate Professor of Classics Dr. Brad Cook the 2019 University of Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year. As part of the celebration of this well-deserved recognition, Dr. Cook will be presenting a public lecture on some of his current research on Monday, February 11, 2019 at 7:00 in Bryant 209. His talk, “Documenting Freedom in Ancient Greece and a Bronze Inscription in Oxford Mississippi,” stems from his work with a small portable inscription in the University Museum that records the manumission of a female slave.
Dr. Hilary Becker named UM’s Mississippi Humanities Council Teacher of the Year
Join us for a public lecture celebrating Dr. Becker well-deserved honor on October 28 at 7:00 in Bryant 209.
Dr. Becker will talk about one aspect of her wide-ranging research in Etruscan and Roman archaeology and economic history in this “case study” focused on the trade in pigments in ancient Roman.
A reception will follow in the Farrington Gallery on the first floor of Bryant Hall.