Classics senior Andrew Howard successfully defended his honors thesis on Thursday, December 14, presenting key findings of his research into the topic of The Runner in Homer’s Iliad to an appreciative audience of classicists, family and friends, including a strong showing from the Gustavus cross-country team. As his thesis advisor Bronwen Wickkiser remarked in her [...]
Eric Dugdale successfully underwent tenure review and was granted tenure. nunc plurimos maximosque honores a senatu rogavit, inter quos ut parens patriae appellaretur et sacrosanctus ac dictator in perpetuum esset. He has changed his name with immediate effect to Rex.
Bronwen Wickkiser’s book-length study of the cult of Asklepios has been accepted for publication by Johns Hopkins Press. Bronwen spent last academic year in Athens, Greece, working on this project with funding from the Loeb Foundation. The classics department is planning to organize a book signing and a healing incubation shortly.
Unsuspecting visitors to Old Main were rubbing their eyes as they took in a display of the latest fads from the 1st century B.C. by students in Matt Panciera’s Roman History and Culture class, who dressed, styled their hair, and prepared food like ancient Romans for the day. Pictured here are Emilirose Rasmussen and Sarah [...]