| Friday, March 24th
5:00-7:00pm, Conservatory, Kensington Court Hotel Registration and Reception Light refreshments will be provided before the formal program begins 7:00-9:00pm, Conservatory, Kensington Court Hotel Opening Remarks and Certamen |
| Saturday, March 25th
8:00-8:30 am, Kensington Court Lobby Shuttles depart for Campus (UM Union) Continental breakfast will be provided on campus. 9:00-11:00am, Angell Hall, Auditorium C First Business Meeting Megale Prytanis Emma Vanderpool, presiding Welcoming Remarks Prof. Sara Forsdyke Chair of the Classical Studies Department, University of Michigan Minutes of the 88th Annual Convention Megale Grammateus Spencer Silver Reports 1. Chapter Reports 2. Report of Contests 3. Report of Scholarships 4. Report of Megas Chrysophylax 5. Report of Megale Hyparchos 6. Old Business 7. New Business 8. Bids to host the 91st Annual Convention (2018) 9. Nominations for 2017-2018 National Officers
11:00am-12:30pm, Angell Hall Auditorium C Presentation of Student Papers
Emily Barnum, Eta Delta at Hillsdale College, “Language as an Indicator of Cultural Identity in Herodotus’ Histories” Molly Schaub, Alpha Eta at the University of Michigan, “The Curious Case of Phryne: Seeing Comedy in Phryne’s Trial” Justin Davis, Beta Psi at Rhodes College, “Fractured and Whole: Geography, Greekness, and Religion in Callimachus’ Hymn to Apollo and Aetia” Emma Vanderpool, Gamma Omicron at Monmouth College, “The Medieval Transformation of Caesar’s Invasion of Britain.” |
Alex Shell, Beta Pi at the University of Arkansas, “Epic Übermensch: Nietzschean Philosophy in Ancient and Modern Depictions of Odysseus”
| 12:30-1:30pm
Lunch 1:45-3:30pm Break-out Sessions Session One 1:45-2:30PM, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 434 South State Street* Two (2) Kelsey Museum tours Use Maynard Street entrance* 1:45-2:30PM, Harlan Hatcher Library Rm.806 University of Michigan Papyrology Collection Monica Tsuneishi, Papyrology Collection Manager 1:45-2:30PM, Angell Hall G115 (Ground Floor) “How to Talk with Your Hands: Gesture in Roman Oratory” Dr. Ruth Caston Associate Professor in Classical Studies
1:45-2:30PM, Classics Library – Angell Hall 2175 Graduate Student Panel
Session Two 2:45-3:30PM, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 434 South State Street* One (1) Kelsey Museum tour Use Maynard Street entrance* 2:45-3:30PM, Harlan Hatcher Library Rm.806 University of Michigan Papyrology Collection Monica Tsuneishi, Papyrology Collection Manager
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