Annual Meeting Abstracts

Links for the abstracts for the annual meeting appear below. To see the abstract of a paper to be delivered at the annual meeting, click on the abstract's title. To find a particular abstract, use the search field below. You can also click on the column headers to alter the order in which the information is sorted. By default, the abstracts are sorted by the number of the session and the order in which the papers will be presented. Please note the following apparent anomalies: Not all sessions and presentations have abstracts associated with them. Panels in which the first abstract is listed as .2 rather than .1 have an introductory speaker.

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Session/Paper Number Session/Panel Title Title Name Annual Meeting
59.5 Characterizing the Ancient Miscellany Polyvalent Poikilia: The Slippery Concept of Variety in Methodius of Olympus’ Symposium Dawn LaValle 149
78.4 Lucan after Deconstruction Pompey’s Groan: Collective Heroism in Lucan’s 'Bellum Civile' Andrew Zissos 149
50.4 Philology's Shadow II Praeparatio Rabbinica: Zacharias Frankel (1801–1875), the Wissenschaft des Judentums, and the Septuagint Theodor Dunkelgrün 149
35.2 The Art of Praise: Panegyric and Encomium in Late Antiquity Praising the Emperor and Promoting his Religious Program: The Panegyrics of Claudius Mamertinus, Himerius, and Libanius to Julian, 362–3 CE Moysés Garcia Marcos 149
35.5 The Art of Praise: Panegyric and Encomium in Late Antiquity Praising the rich: Jerome’s consolation for the widow Salvina in Ep. 79 Philip Polcar 149
24.1 Professional Matters at Religiously Affiliated Institutions Presentation #1 Julia Hejduk 149
24.2 Professional Matters at Religiously Affiliated Institutions Presentation #2 Arum Park 149
24.3 Professional Matters at Religiously Affiliated Institutions Presentation #3 Anne Groton 149
24.4 Professional Matters at Religiously Affiliated Institutions Presentation #4 Alexander Loney 149
24.5 Professional Matters at Religiously Affiliated Institutions Presentation #5 Alexander Sens 149
20.4 The Classics Tuning Project Presentation of sample materials in the online repository Angela Ziskowski 149
20.3 The Classics Tuning Project Presentation of the alumni survey data Lisl Walsh 149
20.2 The Classics Tuning Project Presentation of the core competencies list generated at workshop Sanjaya Thakur 149
30.1 Material Girls Procne, Philomela and the Voice of the Peplos Stamatia Dova 149
33.2 Performing Problem Plays Prometheus Bound in a Sicilian Performance Context Colleen Kron 149
27.5 Elegiac Desires Propertius, Martial and the Monobiblos Justin Stover 149
49.5 New Directions in the Late Republican Roman Empire Provincial Commanders in the Sphere of Antonius the Triumvir: the Negotiation of Relationships Hannah Mitchell 149
25.5 Slavery and Sexuality in Antiquity Psyche Ancilla: Apuleius’ Cupid and Psyche Tale as an Ancient Slave Narrative William Owens 149
66.3 Epigraphy and Civic Identity Ptolemaic Power and Local Response in Hellenistic Cyprus Paul Keen 149
57.4 Carthage and the Mediterranean Punic Sicily Until the Roman Conquest Salvatore De Vincenzo 149
40.4 Afterlives of Ancient Medicine Reading Celsus in Early Modern Italy Marquis Berrey 149
1.3 Classics and Social Justice Reading Homer in and outside the Bars: An Educational Project in Post-Conflict Colombia Rodrigo Verano 149
45.1 Roman Republican Prose and its Afterlife Recolonizing North Africa: Sallust, French Algeria, and the Maghreb Fantasia Kyle Khellaf 149
65.1 Livy and Tacitus Reconsidering Livy's Relationship to Valerius Antias David Chu 149
25.4 Slavery and Sexuality in Antiquity Recovering Publilius: Male Slave Rape and Social Reform Anise Strong 149
73.2 Augustan Rome Regulating Bribery or Generosity? Augustus’ Laws on Ambitus Brahm H. Kleinman 149
21.5 Epigraphy and Religion Revisited Religion and Epigraphy in Post-Roman Iberia: The Case of Eleutherius Santiago Castellanos 149
21.2 Epigraphy and Religion Revisited Religious Experience, Ritual Knowledge, and Gender in the Athenian Curse Tablets Irene Salvo 149
73.4 Augustan Rome Remembering Marcellus in The Poetry and Landscape of Augustan Rome Aaron M. Seider 149
74.2 Digital Pedagogy Representation and Student Research Topics: The Archives of Classical Scholarship Sarah A. Buchanan 149
64.1 Whose Homer? Rethinking the Odyssey’s Amnesty: Historical and Modern Perspectives Joel P. Christensen 149
14.3 Approaching Risk in Antiquity Risk and Hellenistic Decision-Making Paul Vadan 149
30.5 Material Girls Ritual Implements and the Construction of Identity for Roman Women Anne Truetzel 149
8.3 Latin Epigraphy and Paleography Rogo Te ut Me Vindices: A Social Demography of Cursing at Mogontiacum Sarah Veale 149
67.4 Coins and Trade Roman Coins and Long-Distance Movement. East to West Benjamin Hellings 149
27.6 Elegiac Desires Roman Elegy Remixed: Gender and Genre in Catalepton 4 Nicole Taynton 149
39.5 Roman Freedmen Roman Manumission and Citizenship in a Provincial Context Rose MacLean 149
8.2 Latin Epigraphy and Paleography Roman numeral palaeography: a hazard and a help to editors of Latin texts Orla F. Mulholland 149
49.4 New Directions in the Late Republican Roman Empire Rome’s Late Republican Empire: The View from the Danube T. Corey Brennan 149
45.3 Roman Republican Prose and its Afterlife Sallust and the Mytilenean Debate Charles Muntz 149
49.2 New Directions in the Late Republican Roman Empire Scaevola and Rutilius in Asia Kit Morrell 149
8.4 Latin Epigraphy and Paleography Seeing the Silva Through the Silva: The Religious Economy of Timber Communities in Aquitania and Gallia Narbonensis David Wallace-Hare 149
Ancient MakerSpaces: Digital Tools for Classical Scholarship (all-day workshop Saturday January 6) Semantic Inferencing for the Archaeologist Sebastian Heath 149
54.4 Ritual and Religious Belief Semeta lygra: Reading hieroglyphics with Archaic Greeks Christopher Stedman Parmenter 149
36.3 Texts and Contexts: Learning from History Seneca's Philosophical Thyestes Julie Levy 149
47.3 Reception Senecan Drama and its Performability: Phaedra’s Last Act (1154-280) Simona Martorana 149
31.4 New Age Servius Servius Redux James Brusuelas 149
61.4 The Next Generation: Papers by Undergraduate Classics Students Setting Sun: Light and Darkness in Julius Caesar's Bellum Civile Evan Armacost 149
82.1 The Body and its Travails Sleeping with the Tyrant: The Death of Alexander of Pherae in Plutarch’s Life of Pelopidas Marcaline Boyd 149
67.1 Coins and Trade Small Change from a Big Island: The Spread of the Sicilian Silver Litra Standard and its Implications for the Tyrrhenian Trade Giuseppe Castellano 149