AIRG Schedule 2023-2024
Spring 2024
Friday, January 19, 12:30-1:30pm.
Dr. Paul Johnston, University of Miami (Classics)
“From Urban to Imperial Literature: Language and Geography in the Roman Literary System”
Location: Religious Studies Seminar Room (511), 5th Floor of Ashe
Friday, March 8, 12:00-1:30pm.
Dr. Gretel Rodriguez, Brown University “Looking at the Other: Empathy in Roman Commemorative Art”
Location: Center for the Humanities Conference Room
Wednesday, April 24, 12:00-1:30pm.
Dr. Dina Boreo, The College of New Jersey "The Holy Man Revisited: Symeon the Stylite and his Historical Context”
Location: Center for the Humanities Conference Room
Fall 2023
September 8, 12:30-1:30pm
Dr. Robyn Walsh, University of Miami (Religious Studies)
“(I’ve Got the) Magic Stick: Sticks, Wands, and Scrolls in Roman Imperial and Early Christian Art”
Humanities Center Conference Room
October 9, 12:30-1:30pm
Dr. Jennifer Ferriss-Hill (Classics)
“Dead Poets' Society: Persius' Choliambic Prologue and its Parade of Ghosts and Birds”
Humanities Center Conference Room
December 8, 12:30-1:30pm
Dr. Han Tran, University of Miami (Classics)
“The Undying Hydra of Lerna: Proliferation and the Enigma of Cloning”
Humanities Center Conference Room
PAST MEETINGS
Spring 2023
Friday, February 17, 12:00 - 1:30pm, Eastern Time / Richter Library, 3rd floor, Faculty Exploratory Room
Samantha Blankenship, University of Miami (Classics): "Achaemenid-Style Historiography in Ezra-Nehemiah"
Thursday, March 30, 12:00 - 1:30pm, Eastern Time / Richter Library, 1st floor, Center for the Humanities Conference Room (on Zoom)
Bijan Omrani, “Mystery Cults and Early Christianity"
Monday, April 10, 12:00 - 1:30pm, Eastern Time / Richter Library, 1st floor, Center for the Humanities Conference Room
Erin Roberts, “Some Aspects of Matthean Cosmology”
Thursday, April 27, 12:00 - 1:30pm, Eastern Time / Richter Library, 1st floor, Center for the Humanities Conference Room
Allannah Karas, University of Miami (Classics), "Enchantment, Inducement, and the Gods of Greek Rhetoric"
Fall 2022
Wednesday, September 21, 11:30am - 1:00 pm
Dr. Robyn Walsh, University of Miami (Religious Studies): "Early Christian Literature and the Nouveau Riche"
Location: Richter Library, Center for the Humanities Conference Room, Suite 100
Wednesday, October 19, 11:30am - 1:00pm *Postponed*
Dr. Bijan Omrani, University of Exeter (Classics): "Touchstones of the Mystery Cults"
Location: Richter Library, Center for the Humanities Conference Room, Suite 100
'Highways, Byways,' Feasts, and Funerals:
Papers in Honor of John Bodel's Visit to the University of Miami
Wednesday, November 2
Panel 1: 11:00am - 1:30pm
Richter Library, Room 102B (Learning Program Flexible Space)
Zoom link: bit.ly/AIRGconference
Panel speakers:
Charlie Bartlett, “Translating the Spatial Categories of Roman Property”
John Paul Russo, "John Ashbery: Poetry at the End of the World"
Robyn Walsh, "The Miracle Mongers: Critiques of Christianity from Silence in the Second Century"
Karen Mathews, "Visual Markers of Space and Place: Cartographic Mentalities in Medieval Italy"
Wednesday, November 2
Keynote lecture: 5:00 - 7:00pm
John Bodel, "The Gods of the Household and the Practice of Everyday Life in Ancient Rome"
Donna A. Shalala Center, Senate Room 302
Zoom link: bit.ly/AIRGconference
Thursday, November 3
Panel 2: 9:30am - 12:00pm
Richter Library, Conference Room 323
Zoom link: bit.ly/AIRGconference
Panel speakers:
Sam Blankenship, "Bematism: A Survey"
Caleb Everett, Title TBD
Jenn Ferriss-Hill, "Horace, Satires 1.5: A Literary Journey"
Will Shearin, “Omne nefas: Legal aspects of tombs and other sacred spaces in Lucan”
Thursday, December 8, 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Samantha Blankenship, University of Miami (Classics): "Achaemenid-Style Historiography in Ezra-Nehemiah"
Location: Richter Library, Center for the Humanities Conference Room, Suite 100
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