Book Launch event for Dr. T. H. M. Gellar-Goad

Check out these photos from Dr. T. H. M. Gellar-Goad’s Book Launch event for Laughing Atoms, Laughing Matter: Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura and Satire held at Bookmarks Bookstore earlier this month!  This book offers the first comprehensive examination of Roman epic poet Lucretius’ engagement with satire. Author T. H. M. Gellar-Goad […]

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Portraits Unveiling Reception

At the start of this semester, we held a reception for the unveiling of three new portraits painted by local artist Leo Rucker that were recently installed in the hallway outside our Classics classrooms.  The subjects of the portraits are: Helen Maria Chesnutt, Charlotte Hawkins […]

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Professor T. H. M. Gellar-Goad’s book, Plautus: Curculio, is published!

Professor T. H. M. Gellar-Goad’s book, Plautus: Curculio, was recently published by Bloomsbury Academic earlier this month. “This study explores the world of Curculio and the world of Plautus, with special attention to how the play was originally performed (including the first-ever comprehensive musical analysis […]

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Alum Receives Fellowship Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities announced awards announced last week.  Sinclair Bell (’95 Classical Studies Major, History Major), Professor at Northern Illinois University, has received fellowship funding for research and preparation of a book on the representation of Africans in ancient Roman art.  His project […]

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