THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE ATLANTIC STATES PROGRAM: FALL 2018 MEETING
October 4-6, 2018
The Inn at Penn
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Program Committee
Henry V. Bender, Saint Joseph’s University, CAAS Past President and Past Program Coordinator
Frederick J. Booth, Seton Hall University, CAAS Past President
Corey Brennan, Rutgers University
Mary Brown, Saint Joseph’s University, CAAS Executive Director
Elizabeth Butterworth, Hunter College
Deborah Carter, Linganore High School
Kathleen Durkin, Garden City High School, CAAS Delegate to the American Classical League
Thomas Falkner, McDaniel College
Barbara K. Gold, Hamilton College, CAAS Past President
Michael Goyette, Hunter College and Riverdale Country School
Judith P. Hallett, University of Maryland, College Park, CAAS Past President and Program Coordinator
Leah Himmelhoch, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Kerry Horleman, Haddonfield Memorial High School
Lawrence Kowerski, Hunter College, City University of New York
Krystal Kubichek, Clearview Regional High School
Maria Marsilio, Saint Joseph’s University, CAAS Past Second Vice President
Matthew McAuliffe, St. Andrew’s School
Devondra McMillan, The Lawrenceville School
Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos, Saint Joseph’s University
Jason Pedicone, The Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study
Victoria Pedrick, Georgetown University
Nancy Rabinowitz, Hamilton College
Ann R. Raia, The College of New Rochelle, CAAS Past President
Norman Sandridge, Howard University
John H. Starks, Jr., Binghamton University SUNY, CAAS President
Karin Suzadail, Owen J. Roberts High School, CAAS Past President and Officer-at-Large
Katherine Wasdin, George Washington University
Gareth Williams, Columbia University
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2018
4:00 pm–8:00 pm Registration Foyer Woodlands C
4:00 pm–8:00 pm Set-up for Exhibitors and Vendors St. Marks Ballroom
5:00 pm–5:30 pm Meeting of the 2017–2018 Finance Committee Chancellor Board Room
5:30 pm–7:30 pm Dinner Meeting of the 2017–2018 Executive Committee Chancellor Board Room
7:30 pm–9:30 pm Meeting of the 2017–2018 Board of Directors Suite 300
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2018
6:30 am–8:00 am Continental Breakfast (water stations in breakout rooms) Foyer CD
7:00 am-8:00 am Woodlands D Please join members of the Women’s Classical Caucus and the Lambda Classical Caucus at a breakfast to find out more about the WCC and the LCC and their programs, in particular new developments in mentoring and progress on combatting sexual harassment.
Nancy Rabinowitz and Mark Masterson, organizers
8:00 am–5:00 pm Registration Foyer Woodlands C
8:00 am–5:00 pm Exhibitors and Vendors St. Marks Ballroom
8:00 am – 10:00am
Woodlands D Panel One: Turn Back Time: Intentional History and Re-presentations of the Past
Nicholas D. Cross, Queens College, City University of New York, and Emyr Dakin, The Graduate Center, CUNY, presiding
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Ritual Contexts for the Evolving Ionian Migration Myth
Nicholas D. Cross
The Rhetorical Strategies of Sophistic Orators in the Cities of the Black Sea
Emyr Dakin
Between Tyrians, Greeks and Carthaginians: Origin and Purpose of the Foundation Legend of Gades
Pamina Fernandez Camacho, Universidad de Almeria, Spain
Reframing the Identity of an Old City: On the Bequest of Caius Vibius Salutaris
Georgios Tsolakis, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University
The Poetics of Political Fear in Lucan’s Bellum Civile
Irene Morrison-Moncure, New York University—Gallatin
Suite 300 Paper Session A: Homeric Identities and Utterances
Lawrence Kowerski and Jason Pedicone, presiding
Performing Parody: A Reassessment of Thersites in the Iliad
Amy Lewis, University of Pennsylvania
Ethnos in the Iliad
Mary Jean McNamara, The Graduate Center, CUNY
I Solemnly Swear…Or Do I?” Two ‘Unsworn’ Oaths, Classical Comparanda, and Their Significance
John Marshall, The Catholic University of America
Woodlands C Paper Session B: Greek Emotions and Lived Realities
Fred Booth and Henry Bender, presiding
Megaloprepeia and Religious Dedications: Polycrates and the Gift of Rheneia to Delian Apollo
Bonnie McCutcheon, Wilson College
Cynicism in Theocritus Idyll 16: The Graces in Heat
Noah Davies Mason, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Coded Rhetoric? Searching for the Real Lives of Hellenistic Non-elites
Bonnie MacLachlan, University of Western Ontario
Regent Ballroom Paper Session C: Latin for the Imperial Millennium
Maria Marsilio and Gareth Williams, presiding
Worth Her Weight: Coupling and Eating in Petronius’ Satyrica
Karen Klaiber Hersch, Temple University
Lucan’s Tres Libri: A Reconsideration of arrangement and argument in the Bellum Civile
Patrick J. Burns, New York University
The Garb of Allegory: Clothing the Abstract Feminine in Later Latin Poetry
E.V. Mulhern, Temple University
10:00 am–10:30 am Coffee Break and Refreshments
St. Marks Ballroom
10:30 am -1:00 pm
Woodlands D Panel Two: Race and Ethnicity Syllabus Workshop for the College and High School Classroom
David Wright, Rutgers University, and Jackie Murray, University of Kentucky, presiding
Panelists: Maggie Beeler, Temple University; Dani Bostick, John Handley High School; Denise McCoskey, Miami University; Kassandra Miller, Union College; Elina Salminen, University of Michigan
Woodlands C Panel Three: Gender, Class and Power in Plautine Comedy
Barbara K. Gold and Sharon L. James, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, presiding
Sexuality and Subversion in Plautus
Serena S. Witzke, Wesleyan University
The Wife in Charge, the Husband Humiliated: Power Reversals in Plautus’ Casina
Barbara K. Gold
Amoena Stephanium: Sexuality and Independence in the Domestic Ancilla of Plautus’ Stichus
Sharon L. James
Masculinity and Power on the Roman Stage
Anne Feltovich, Hamilton College
Matronae on Stage and in the Audience: Investigating the Reactions of Roman Wives to Plautine Comedy
Kelly McArdle, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Suite 300 Paper Session D: Plato and Greek Philosophy
Kathleen Durkin and Norman Sandridge, presiding
Peritrope, or Retorsion, Arguments from Antiphon and Socrates
David Murphy, Nightingale-Bamford School
Plato’s Crito: Tragedy and Philosophical Dialogue
Thomas Falkner, McDaniel College
Grief and Consolation in Plato’s Phaedo
Thomas Moody, CUNY
Regent Ballroom Paper Session E: Roman Historical Personages and Places
Annette Baertschi, Bryn Mawr College, and T. Corey Brennan, presiding
The Motivations of Sextus Pompeius
Dustin Cranford, University of Maryland, College Park
The Egadi Rostra and Roman Public Contracting
Jan DeWitt, University of Michigan
Per Flores Medio in Discrimine: the Roman Concept of a Sanctuary
William Soergel, University of Michigan
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Woodlands AB Luncheon: President John H. Starks, Jr., presiding
Ovatio for Jane Dunlap, The George School, presented by Judith P. Hallett; Ovatio for Anne Reidel Smith, The Shipley School, presented by Henry Bender; Gratulatio to David Murphy and Mervin Dilts for their new Oxford Classical Text of Antiphon and Andocides, presented by Ann Raia
2:30 pm-5:30 pm
Woodlands D Panel Four: Afro-Greeks: A Panel in Honor of Emily Greenwood
Sarah Derbew, Harvard University, and Patrice Rankine, University of Richmond, presiding
“The Names that We Gave Them”: Classicism and Power in 18th Century Jamaica
Margaret Williamson, Dartmouth College
Inclusive Pedagogical Approaches: Incorporating the African Diaspora into the Classical Classroom
Sarah Derbew
The Problem of the Exemplar
Patrice Rankine
Response: Emily Greenwood, Yale University
Woodlands C Panel Five: Current Issues in Sexuality Studies in Classics: Where Are We Now, Where Might We Be Going?
Mark Masterson, Victoria University, Wellington, NZ, and Nancy Rabinowitz, presiding
Orestes and Pylades: Boy Friends or Boyfriends?
Nancy Rabinowitz
Three Epigrams on Sexual Assault in the Greek Anthology
Steven Smith, Hofstra University
Were Female Martyrs Transgendered?
Barbara Gold
The Benefits of Reparative Reading of Same-Sex Desire
Mark Masterson
Room 603 Paper Session F: Athenian Stagecrafters
Devondra McMillan and Victoria Pedrick, presiding
Satchmo in Macedon? Revisiting Euripides’ “Exile”
Dennis Alley, Cornell University
Charm and Sublimity: Platonius on Eupolis
R.J. Barnes, Bryn Mawr College
Dionysiac Dolphins and Grapes in Aristophanes’ Frogs
Katharine Stevens, Rutgers University
Subtlety and Remembrance in the Book-Culture of Aristophanes’ Frogs
Emmanuel Aprilakis, Rutgers University
Suite 300 Paper Session G: Latin Textualities in and from the Long First Century BCE
Deborah Carter and Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos, presiding
An Embedded Deliberative Speech at Rhetorica ad Herennium 4.1-10
Wesley Hanson, University of Pennsylvania
Just Kidding Around? Banter and Politeness in Varro’s De Re Rustica
Jonathan Hall, University of Otago, NZ
Deus Inludens…Flenti Similis: Catullus’ Ariadne and Ovid’s Bacchus
Sergios Paschalis, Harvard University
Hunger Hits Home: Erysichthon in the Modern Environmental Consciousness
Robert Santucci, University of Michigan
Regent Ballroom Paper Session H: Gendered Approaches to Roman Scenarios
Matthew McAuliffe and Katherine Wasdin, presiding
S.C. De Bacchanalibus: Viticulture, Whores, and Land Grabs
Mary Brown
Cinaedus Galbinatus: Cultural Perception of the Color “Green” and its Gender Associations with Pathici in Rome
Tommaso Gazzarri, Union College
Ille Tenet Speculum: Using the Mirror to Reflect Effeminacy
Nicole Nowbahar, Rutgers University
Transportation to and from Penn Museum will be provided by Philadelphia Trolley Works, leaving from the Hotel’s Walnut Street entrance. For walkers, Penn Museum is located at 3260 South Street, 19104
5:45 pm-6:45 pm Clack Reception (Open Bar and Refreshments)
Penn Museum
6:45 pm-7:45 pm
Penn Museum Clack Lecture
Speaking Bones: Classical Philology in Black Experimental Writing
Emily Greenwood
8:00 pm
Woodlands AB Dinner: Karin Suzadail presiding.
Ovatio for Mary Brown, presented by Maria Marsilio;
Gratulatio for Lee Pearcy, presented by Gareth Williams;
Presentation by 2018 Hahn Scholarship Winner, Katrina Moore, The Graduate Center-CUNY; Presentation of the Barbara McManus Award to Henry Bender by Irene Murphy, St. John’s College High School, Regional Director for Washington, DC
9:45 pm
Woodlands C Classics and Social Justice Networking Meeting
Nancy Rabinowitz, organizer
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018
6:30 am–8:00 am Continental Breakfast Foyer CD
7:00 am – 8:00 am Regent Ballroom Breakfast Meeting for Independent Scholars
8:00 am–12:00 pm Registration Foyer Woodlands C
8:00 am–5:00 pm Exhibitors and Vendors St. Marks Ballroom
8:00 am-10:00 am
Woodlands C Panel Six: A Living Legend of Salubritas et Eruditio: Classics in the Cheltenham Township Schools. In memory of Stephen B. Cohen, CHS ’63, Professor of Law, Georgetown University (1945-2018)
Judith P. Hallett and Jane Cody, presiding
Panelists: Robert Abel, MD, Thomas Jefferson University; Jane Neide Ashcom, Princeton University Art Museum; Daniel Bronson, Montclair University; Jane Merriam Cody, University of Southern California; Thomas DiGiulio, Cheltenham Public Schools; Morton Simon, Jr., Montgomery McCracken Walker and Rhoads LLP; Willard Spiegelman, Southern Methodist University
Woodlands D Panel Seven: Roundtable, Precipitating Change in the SCS: A Focus on Undergraduate Education
Erik Shell and Helen Cullyer, Society for Classical Studies, presiding
Regent Ballroom Paper Session I: Caesarian Intersections
Karin Suzadail and John Starks, Jr., presiding
Caesar’s Historical Ambitions
Kurt Raaflaub, Brown University
Caesar and Transalpine Gaul
Kathryn Williams, Canisius College
Statuary Analogies and Cicero’s Judgment of Caesar’s Style (Brutus 262)
Christopher van den Berg, Amherst College
Caesar in Iraq: Interrogating Political Narratives in Ancient and Modern Contexts
Talia Chicherio, The McLean School
Suite 300 Paper Session J: Bodies and Rocks in the Classical World
Michael Goyette and Krystal Kubichek, presiding
Morals and Minerals: The Didactics of Stone Lore from Pliny the Elder to Isidore of Seville
Karen Carducci, The Catholic University of America
Expectent Praemia Palmae: Modern Sports, Writing and Classical Allusions
Kenneth Sammond, Fairleigh Dickinson University
The Hoplite Aspis, Spear and Ancient Greek Combat: A Black Belt’s Perspective
Leah Himmelhoch
10:00 am-10:30 am
St. Marks Ballroom Coffee Break sponsored by American Classical League and Book-Signing by Author Kurt Raaflaub, The Landmark Julius Caesar
10:30 am-1:00 pm
Woodlands D Panel Eight: The Landmark Julius Caesar (LMJC): A New Resource for Latin Teachers and Students
Kurt Raaflaub, and Karin Suzadail, presiding
Panelists: Karin Suzadail; Robert B. Strassler, Independent Scholar, Boston; Hans-Friedrich Mueller, Union College; Kurt Raaflaub.
Suite 300 Panel Nine: Heroines Rising from the Depths of Misogyny: Women and Classical Themes in Modern Cinema
Walter Penrose, San Diego State University and Melanie Subacus, Villanova University, presiding
The Epic Amazon: Dominant on Horseback and in the Home
Kenneth Tully, Villanova University
The Unwanted Gaze? Feminism and the Reception of Amazons in Wonder Woman
Walter Penrose
Clothes Make the Woman: Character Coding through Female Costumes in Classics-Themed Adventure Films
Valentina DeNardis, Villanova University
Inclusive Myth-Making in the Reception of Homer’s Odyssey
Melanie Subacus
Regent Ballroom Paper Session K: Felices Qui Potuerunt Rerum Cognoscere Causas: Lucretius and Vergil
Barbara Gold and Ann Raia, presiding
Lucretius On the (Un)reliability of the Senses
Pamela Zinn, Texas Tech University
Cyrene, Her Nymphs, and the Implications of Incongruity in Vergil’s Fourth Georgic
Selena Ross, Rutgers University
Multa Veterum Praecepta: Vergil’s Correction of Cato’s De Agri Cultura
Maya Chakravorty, Boston University
Arma virginis cano: an Allegorical Review of Vergil’s Camilla
Christina Villarreal, Bryn Mawr College
Woodlands C Workshop following up on Panel Six: Spotlighting the Study of Classics in our Secondary Schools: How to Salute the Present by Surveying the Past
Judith P. Hallett and Jane Cody, presiding
1:00 pm-2:30 pm
Woodlands AB Luncheon. John Starks, Jr., presiding.
Ovatio for Thomas Falkner, presented by Victoria Pedrick; Ovatio for Deborah Carter, presented by Krystal Kubichek.
Business Meeting and Elections
2:30 pm-4:30 pm
Woodlands C Panel Ten: Undergraduate Research Session, co-sponsored by Eta Sigma Phi.
Katherine Panagakos, Stockton University, Regional Director for Southern New Jersey and Trustee, Eta Sigma Phi, “words of welcome”
Thomas Falkner and Leah Himmelhoch, presiding
Seneca’s Tragic Pedagogy: Philosophy through Drama. Mentor: Kristina Meinking
Lucy Crenshaw, Elon University
Marriage as a Rape and Death: Flower Imagery in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Mentors: Clare Carroll and Nicholas Cross
Allison Thorsen, Queens College
Redefining Medea’s Magic and Power in Ovidian Poetry. Mentors: Britta Ager, Colorado College, and Maria Marsilio
Caelie McRobert, Vassar College
Prudentius and his Synthesis of Pagan and Christian Literature. Mentor: Eddie Lowry, Jr.
Mark Krause, Ripon College
Suite 300 Panel Eleven: Workshop. Eos Reads: Gwendolyn Brooks’ ‘The Anniad’
Sasha-Mae Eccleston, Brown University; Mathias Hanses, Pennsylvania State University; and Caroline Stark, Howard University, presiding.
Woodlands D Panel Twelve: Deciphering Identities in the Ancient Black Sea Region
- Corey Brennan and Valeriya Kozlovskaya, Independent Scholar, presiding
Dacian Copies of Roman Money
- Corey Brennan
The Language of Images in the Northern Pontic Region
Maya Muratov, Adelphi University
Sign-Bearing Artifacts in the Northern Pontic Region
Valeriya Kozlovskaya
Thracian Religion and Greek-style Monuments
Dobrinka Chiekova, The College of New Jersey
Political Culture and Identity in the Northern Pontic Region
Angelos Chaniotis, Institute for Advanced Study
Regent Ballroom Paper Session L: Pedagogical Possibilities, Reception Realities
Elizabeth Butterworth and Judith P. Hallett, presiding
Out in the Open: The role of Online Platforms in Teaching and Research
Sonya Wurster, BELA Academy High School and La Trobe University, Australia
Teaching Caesar: Approaches to the Rhine Crossing, Bellum Gallicum
Christina Kraus, Yale University
Post-Classical Intellectualism in the Latin Classroom
Zachary Taylor, Cambridge University, UK
Meet the Romans, Meet Yourselves: Student Agency and Authentic Learning in Latin
Kristina Meinking
4:30 pm–6:30 pm Meeting of the 2018–2019 Board of Directors
Regent Ballroom
- 2019 CAAS Annual Meeting will be held at the Sheraton Silver Spring, MD, October 10 to October 12
- 2020 CAAS Annual Meeting will be held at Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, DE, October 8 to October 10
Contributors and Supporters of the 2018 Annual Meeting
Saint Joseph’s University
Professor Judith Hallett
American Classical League
Society for Classical Studies
Bolchazy Carducci
Ardian Group Credentials, Jeff Shelton
Professor C. Brian Rose
Penn Museum
Women’s Classical Caucus
Lambda Classical Caucus
CAAS Leadership Initiative Grants
2018 – 2019 Grant Recipients
Martha Pearlman, NJJCL State Chair, Supporting Events at the 2018 New Jersey Junior Classical League.
2017- 2018 Grant Recipients
David Withun, Savannah Classical Academy, Savannah Symposium on African History and Liberal Education: In Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Williams Sanders Scarborough.
Caroline Stark, Howard University, “Black Classicists” Exhibition Series.
Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, Antiquity in Gotham: Podcasting and Mapping the Reception of Classical Architecture in New York City.
2016- 2017 Grant Recipients
Bill Clausen, Washington Latin Public Charter School, Teaching Latin Better.
Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Hamilton College, Gathering Stories at the Edge of the World: Classics and Social Justice. A performance by Rhodessa Jones and members of the Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women.
2015- 2016 Grant Recipients
Santino DeAngelo, Columbia University, Narcissus: An Ancient Roman Pantomime.
Barbara K. Gold, Hamilton College; Michael Arnush, Skidmore College; Jane Chaplin, Middlebury College, Summer Institute for the Collaboration of Liberal Arts Colleges to Broaden and Strengthen the Contribution of Classics to a Diverse Student Audience.
Lee T. Pearcy, Bryn Mawr College, Classicizing Philadelphia: Digital Resources for a City’s Dialogue with Greece and Rome
Jason Pedicone, The Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study, Living Latin in New York City.
2014 – 2015 Grant Recipients
Judith P. Hallett, University of Maryland, College Park and Sarah B. Ferrario, The Catholic University of America, The Washington Ancient Mediterranean Seminar: An Inter-Institutional Forum for Scholarly Mentoring and Exchange.
Lee T. Pearcy, Bryn Mawr College, Classicizing Philadelphia: Digital Resources for a City’s Dialogue with Greece and Rome
2013 – 2014 Grant Recipients
Ronnie Ancona, Hunter College, CAAS Leadership Initiative Partners: Support and Outreach to Latin Teachers in the Classical Association of the Atlantic States Region.
Lee T. Pearcy, Bryn Mawr College, Classicizing Philadelphia: Digital Resources for a City’s Dialogue with Greece and Rome
2017–18 Grant Recipients
Program Grant Recipients
- Jerise Fogel, Montclair State University, outdoor performance of Euripides’ Helen (April 20–27, 2017)
- Kerry Horleman, Haddonfield Memorial High School, New Jersey Junior Classical League State Convention (April 29, 2017)
- Tom Falkner, McDaniel College, Theater of War event at the CAAS Annual Meeting (October 6, 2017)
- Del Maticic and Rebecca Sausville, New York University, graduate student conference on “Wilderness, Frontiers, and New Worlds” (November 4, 2017)
Resource Grant Recipients
- Sarah Peirce, Fordham University, lecture/master class by Professor Frank Coulson (April 27–28, 2017)
- Craig Jacobs, Bayonne High School, field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (December 8, 2017)
Professional Development Grant Recipients
- Elizabeth Ann Hestand, Central High School of Philadelphia, participation in Conventiculum Lexintoniense/Academia Latinitatis Fovendae (July 22–31, 2017)
- Lucinda Jaffe, Bridgewater Raritan High School, participation in the Paideia Institute tour “Caesar in Gaul” (July 22–August 5, 2017)
- Anthony Parenti, Boys’ Latin Charter School, participation in the Vergilian Society tour “Gladiators and Roman Spectacle,” (July 23–August 5, 2017)
- Martha Pearlman, Clearview Regional High School, participation in the Villa of the Antonines Archaeological Field School (July 2–29, 2017)
- Eric Mentges, Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy, participation in a workshop on “Starting the War with CI” (August 3–4, 2017)
- Kathleen Kirsch, Catholic University of America, participation in the American Academy of Rome Program in Paleography and Codicology (January 8–19, 2018)
- Ronnie Ancona, Hunter College/CUNY Graduate Center, participation in the Paideia Institute Living Latin in NYC workshop (February 17–18, 2018)
Past CAAS Awards Recipients
2017
Ovationes:
Kenneth Meehan, S.J.
Joseph Russo
Rebecca Scarborough
John Warman, beatae memoriae
Gratulatio:
Geraldine Visco
2016
Ovationes:
Shelley P. Haley
Edward S. Sacks
Gratulatio:
Sarah Pomeroy
2015
Ovationes:
Frederick Booth
Linda Fabrizio
William Klingshirn
Gratulatio:
Erich Gruen
McManus Leadership Award:
Judith P. Hallett
2014
Ovationes:
Jennifer Roberts
Carl Rubino
Dan Tompkins
2013
Ovationes:
Martha Davis
Andrew Miller
Paul Properzio
2012
Ovationes:
William J. Mayer
Barbara Pavlock
David Sider
2011
Ovationes:
Janet Marion Martin
David J. Murphy
David Porter
McManus Leadership Award:
Barbara F. McManus (inaugural eponymous recipient)
The names of honorees from earlier in the organization’s history are archived here: https://caas-cw.org/wp/caas/awards/past-ovationes-recipients/