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XXVIIIth Latin Day

November 5, 2009

This year’s speakers:

  • Salvador Bartera (Ph.D., Virginia), Lecturer in Classics: “The Lost World of Pompeii”
  • Tom Burman (Ph.D., Toronto), Professor and Head of History: "Learning and Loafing in Medieval Latin:  Life in a Medieval University"
  • Chris Craig (Ph.D., North Carolina), Professor of Classics: “Cicero's Political Rhetoric: When is a Drunken, Bankrupt Traitor Really a Good Guy?"
  • Maura Lafferty (Ph.D., Toronto), Associate Professor of Classics: “Where Did Your Vergil Text Come From?"
  • Robert Sklenar (Ph.D., Michigan), Associate Professor of Classics: “Neronian Literature and the Decadent Tradition"
  • Elizabeth Sutherland (Ph.D., Berkeley), Associate Professor and Associate Head of Classics:  “Neglected Voices: Finding Women and the Working Class in Tomb Inscriptions."
  • David Tandy (Ph.D., Yale), Professor and Head of Classics: “Yet More Adventures in Greek Mythology"