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Virginia Undergraduate
​Symposium in Classics II
Virginia Undergraduate Symposium in Classics II was hosted by the University of Richmond and sponsored by the University of Richmond Classics Alumni, Dr. Kathleen Skerrett, Dean of Arts and Sciences at University of Richmond, and the Randolph-Macon College Classics Department.

Location: University of Richmond, International Center Commons
When: Friday, November 6, 2015; 1-6 PM

Symposium Program

1-1:45 - Keynote: Dr. John Miller, University of Virginia
  • Ovid's Nymphs and the Question of Identity
1:45-2:00 - Questions and Answers

2:00-2:20 - Nadhira Hill, Randolph-Macon College
  • What's Love Got to Do With It: Helen's Agency in the Seduction of Helen
2:20-2:40 - Imani Tinter, University of Mary Washington
  • Band of Brothers: Pederasty and Homoeroticism in Classical Sparta
2:40-3:00 - Rachel Dubit, College of William and Mary
  • Behind Closed Doors: Characterization Through Gendered Spaces in Livy's Bacchanalia

3:10-3:30 - Hannah Maddy, University of Richmond
  • A Spacial Analysis of Repeated Carmina Epigraphica in Pompeii
3:30-3:50 - Daniel Persigehl, University of Mary Washington
  • LGBT Identities in Petronius
3:50-4:10 - Rebecca Tribble, University of Richmond
  • Terracotta Figurines: Exploring Material Culture and Art-Craft
​4:10-4:30 - Abigail Simon, College of William and Mary
  • ​Governing in the Shadow of Augustus: Tactitus' Portrayal of Claudius in Chapters IX.13 and IX.14 of the Annales
​4:30-4:50 - Madeline Monk, Randolph-Macon College
  • Socrates as Witness: The Convergence of Rhetoric, Philosophy, and Eroticism in Fronto ad Marcum Caesarem 3.15
4:50-5:20 - Kathryn Clikeman, University of Richmond
  • ​Latin and Christian Identity in the Carolingian Renaissance

5:20-6:00 - Reception​
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