UPCOMING ARTS SYMPOSIUM:
March 2013
"Ancient Drama in Film and on the Modern Stage"
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sarah Brown Ferrario, Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Greek and Latin, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
details to follow
ATLANTIC CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION SPEAKER TOUR:
Sept. 25, 2012 details TBA
CLASSICS SOCIETY:
Classics Society for 2012-2013: watch for announcements in September.
TRAVEL and STUDY ABROAD:
Grenfell in Turkey: watch for announcement
Grenfell students travelled to Athens and the Islands, Spring 2010.
Past Classics Events:
March 14, 2012 Beware the Ides of March
February 29, 2012 Gladiator
Novemeber 29, 2011 Life of Brian
October 4, 2011 Cacoyannis The Trojan Women
September 20, 2011 Atlantic Classical Association lecture tour:
Professor Craig Cooper, Nipissing University: "The Marginalized under Athenian Law"
March 15, 2011 Potluck and Caesar slaying at the Backlot
October 6, 2010 Atlantic Classical Association lecture tour:
Professor Randall Howarth of Mercyhurst College: "How Time Changed Everything"
March 4, 2010 Zorba
March 13, 2009 Ides of March
March 5, 2009 Captain Kirk and Batman take on Persia
February 18, 2009 Spartans show their abs
November 3, 2008 ALEXANDER and the MACEDONIANS 'new course' kick off
March 27, 2008 Iphigenia night
March 13, 2008 paene Ides of March/Toga Potluck Night
Februray 28, 2008 "I am Spartacus" Night
STUDENT CONFERENCES:
AUUHCC 2009
Atlantic University Undergraduate History and Classics Conference
Congratulations to Carolynne Gabriel, Dan Monafu, and Josh Tavenor on the presentation of their conference papers at the 3rd Annual AUUHCC hosted by the University of King's College in Halifax, NS, January 23-25, 2009.
Carolynne Gabriel: “The Effects of the Ottoman Turks on Charles V's Reformation Policies”
Dan Monafu: “Religious Tolerance in Balthasar Hubmaier's Hermeneutics”
Josh Tavenor: “Venice, Acre, and the Complexity of the Crusades”
Photo AUUHCC 2009: L to R: Dan Monafu, Carolynne Gabriel, Josh Tavenor
AUHCC 2008
Congratulations to Josh Tavenor, Krista Hansen-Robitschek, and Carolynne Gabriel, on the presentation of their conference papers at the 2nd Annual AUUHCC held at UPEI, February 7-10, 2008.
Josh Tavenor: “Roman-Jewish Relations and Influence from the Second Century BCE to Constantine”
Krista Hansen-Robitscheck: “Imaging Barnardo’s Purloined Children”
Carolynne Gabriel: “The Athenian Concept of Homosexuality”
Photo AUUHCC 2008: L to R: Josh Tavenor, Krista Hansen-Robitscheck, Carolynne Gabriel