This year, Virginia Undergraduate Symposium in Classics V will be hosted by Randolph-Macon College and sponsored by the Randolph-Macon College Classics Department. It is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Location: Randolph-Macon College, Brock Commons 202
When: Friday, November 9, 2018; 1-4:30 PM

Symposium Program

1-1:45 - Keynote: Dr. Angela Pitts, University of Mary Washington
  • The Iliad and the Human Cost of War
1:45-2:00 - Questions and Answers
2:00-2:20 - Robert Yancey (College of William and Mary)
  • Blood on the Altar: Artemis Ortheia and the Near East
2:20-2:40 - Ruth Wilmot (University of Mary Washington)
  • The Fable of the Pears
2:40-3:00 - Mathieu desRochers (Randolph-Macon College)
  • Ancient Attic Apiculture as Role Reinforcement
3:00-3:15 - Break
3:15-3:35 - Rebecca Gaborek (College of William and Mary)
  • Gardens beneath the Ash: Contextualizing Natural Imagery within Pompeii's Urban Fabric
3:35-3:55 - Lillie Izo (University of Richmond)
  • Visceral Visuals: Gendered Violence as Artistic Subject Matter
3:55-4:15 - Samantha Burns (University of Richmond)
  • The Erasure of Female Queerness in Roman Culture
4:15-5:00 - Reception (in Brock Commons 201)