Colloquium in Memory of Penelope Biggs
Umrath Lounge, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023, 8:30AM-3:00PM Central Standard Time
The Department of Classics and the Program in Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis will honor Dr. Penelope Biggs on Saturday, December 2nd. Dr. Biggs, whom we lost last year, was not only a great friend of our department and program, but also a highly successful teacher and scholar. Our colloquium will feature talks on three areas of particular interest to Dr. Biggs: Ovid, Sophocles, and Latin pedagogy.
The event will be held both in person and via Zoom.
Schedule
8:30-9: Coffee
9-9:15: Introduction
9:15-10:15: John Miller, Arthur F. and Marian W. Stocker Professor of Classics, University of Virginia, “Ovid's Contesting Muses”
10:15-10:30: Break
10:30-11:30: Teresa Ramsby, Professor of Classics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, “Teaching Latin in the USA: Challenges and Opportunities”
11:30-12:30: Lunch
12:30-1:30: Sheila Murnaghan, Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Professor of Greek, University of Pennsylvania, “The Cure at Athens: The Disease Theme in Sophocles’ Ajax and Oedipus at Colonus”
1:30-1:45: Thoughts from the Biggs Family
1:45-2:15: Discussion
2:15: Dessert
For a Zoom link or to rsvp for in-person participation, please follow this link.
Those wishing to attend in-person are asked to respond by November 17th.
For more information, visit the Classics Department events page or contact classics@wustl.edu.
