Visions of Women in Greece and Rome: A Conference in Honor of Prof. Lillian Doherty
Visions of Women in Greece and Rome: A Conference in Honor of Prof. Lillian Doherty
Please join us this Friday, March 3, for a conference to honor and celebrate Prof. Lillian Doherty. Colleagues from UMD and other institutions will take part in the festivities, delivering papers on areas of research that are of interest to Prof. Doherty. A reception will follow the event.
This event is co-Sponsored by the Departments of Classics, Art History, English, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
UPDATE: NEW LINK for the conference livestream: https://umd.zoom.us/j/93613220852
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Program:
10:00 AM–10:05 AM – "Welcome"
Eric Adler, Professor and Chair, Department of Classics, UMD
10:05 AM–10:15 AM – "Lillian Doherty at Maryland, an Appreciation"
Gregory Staley, Professor Emeritus, Department of Classics, UMD
10:15 AM–11:15 AM – “Women Dancing for Dionysus: Madness or Flow?”
Eva Stehle, Professor Emerita, Department of Classics, UMD
11:15 AM–11:30 AM – BREAK
11:30 AM–12:30 PM – “Homer’s Women and Narrative Openings: A Poetics of Discomfort”
Justin Arft, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
12:30 PM–1:30 PM – LUNCH to be provided in the hallway outside FSK 0106
1:30 PM–2:30 PM – “More Siren Songs? Voices of Briseis from Ancient Poetry to Modern Fiction”
Rachel Lesser, Associate Professor, Gettysburg College
2:30 PM–2:45 PM – BREAK
2:45 PM–3:45 PM – “Catullus in the Off Hours: Anne Carson’s Catullus”
Katherine Wasdin, Associate Professor, Department of Classics, UMD
3:45 PM–4:00 PM – Discussion, continued
4:00 PM–5:00 PM – RECEPTION: refreshments to be provided in the hallway outside FSK 0106