ICC Spring Meeting 2005
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
April 1-2, 2005
Click here to see and hear the lectures given by Dr. de Souza and Dr. Dillon.
contact person:
Nick Rauh,
Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literature
rauhn@purdue.edu
tel:
765-496-6079
ACCOMMODATIONS
Unfortunately,
the Purdue Union is fully booked for Friday,
April 1 because of several competing functions. Susie Shelton has found
that the Hilton Garden Inn on the “Levee” east
of campus has available rooms, with a rate of approximately $120,
including
breakfast. This is a brand new hotel beside a Border’s Bookstore, a
Starbucks,
and a Cineplex on the Wabash River. The Hotel Address is 356 E. State
Street,
W. Lafayette, tel: 1-877-STAY-HGI
(1-877-782-9444).
For other options, go to the Greater Lafayette Visitors’ Center Link:
http://www.lafayette-in.com/lodging.html
PROGRAM
- Friday, April 1, 6:30 PM, for
those spending the night, Chad Fauber, (cmfauber@purdue.edu) will
organize dinner out at a nearby
restaurant, depending on the number.
- Friday evening, April 1, 8:00 PM,
Physics Building,
Room 112:
KEYNOTE
ADDRESS: Philip De Souza, Senior Lecturer of Classical
History, Classics Department, University College Dublin, "Were There
Pirates in the Ancient Mediterranean World?" A reception
will
follow.
Professor DeSouza is a noted
authority on ancient piracy and
the Roman maritime world (see his monograph, Piracy in the Graeco-Roman World (Cambridge U. Press, 1999)). To
welcome Dr. DeSouza, we are requesting that all “pirates” dress in
appropriate attire.
The lecture is open to the public.
Seats for ICC members and suitably dressed pirates will be reserved at
the front of the hall. There will be a reception (snacks and soft
drinks) in the room, served by the students of the Purdue Classical
Association.
The lecture (as well as the Saturday panels) is being sponsored by the Purdue IDIS Program in Classical Studies, the
Departments of Foreign Languages and Literature and History, the IDIS Jewish Studies Program, and the Purdue Classical
Association, and the Central Indiana Chapter of the AIA.
Saturday's ICC session will begin at 9:00 AM in the MATH Building, Room 175.
- Panel
One,
9:00-10:15 AM: Ancient Philosophy and Religion
(Gordon Young, Purdue University, Presiding)
Prof.
Patrick Myer, Wabash College, "Plato Polytropos: Approaches to
Teaching and Learning Plato."(30 minutes)
Prof. Mathew Dillon, Loyola Marymount
University, “The Goddess
Mater Dolorosa
of Ancient Rough Cilicia." (30
minutes)
Discussion (15 minutes)
BREAK 10:15-10:30
- Panel Two, 10:30-11:45: Latin in the
Classroom (David
Banta Presiding)
Prof.
Richard King,
Purdue University,
"Ovid in the Classroom."
(30 minutes)
Prof.
Timothy Long,
Indiana University, "Latin Comedy." (30 minutes)
Discussion (15 minutes)
- NONMEMBERS:
12:00-1:00 PM LUNCH BREAK at Purdue Union
- MEMBERS: 12:00-3:00 ICC
BUSINESS MEETING/LUNCHEON (However, only
dues-paying members of the ICC can attend the business meeting that
follows.) To
reserve a place at the Business Luncheon, please send a
check for $15.00, made out to
“Purdue University”, to Nick Rauh, FLL/SC, 640
Oval Dr., Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907, by March 29.
- AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS,
1:00-3:00 PM While the ICC Business
Meeting is running, Allen
Reigel, Asst.
Director for Admissions,
will be on hand from Purdue’s Office of Admissions
to greet Indiana high school students and to discuss Undergraduate Opportunities at
Purdue. Immediately
following this
session, the Purdue Classical Student Association will direct two
workshops.
Interested parties are encouraged to circulate from one to the other.
- 1:00PM:
Admissions Session, “Undergraduate Opportunities at
Purdue,” Allen Reigel,
Assistant Director of Admissions at Purdue. (Location:
MATH
Building, Room 175.)
Immediately
Following Admissions Session, Student Workshops:
- a) PCA Workshop, “Modern
Technology and the Classics: Friends or Foes?”run by the Purdue Classics
Association (Purdue's undergraduate student organization). This will
occur at one of our
computer labs on campus. Prof. John Kirby, Purdue University,
presiding. (Location: Stanley Coulter
Building, Room 283)
- b) PCA Workshop, "Physical
Graffiti: A Practical Introduction to Greek and Latin Epigraphy," Dr.
Chad Fauber, Purdue University, presiding. (Location: Academy Park on Campus)
The costs of
everything except Friday dinner and the Saturday business luncheon have
been covered by generous support of IDIS
Programs in Classical Studies and Jewish Studies, and the Depts. of
Foreign Languages and Literature and History at Purdue. Friday
evening's dinner will be a-la-carte. Everyone at Purdue looks forward
to greeting the ICC on campus!
ABOUT PURDUE
Click on this link to see maps of the Purdue campus and the surrounding area.
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/newsweb.maps.html
Friday night, 8 PM, Rm. 112 Physics
Hall, Keynote Address (Physics Hall is on Northwestern Ave.)
There is parking across
the street at the Purdue Visitor’s Center. The lecture hall is on the
main floor,
directly inside from the door facing the mall.
Saturday
morning 9 AM, Rm 175 Math Building, Panel Session. Math Building is set
back from University
Street. There is a parking deck across the street at the
light. Rm 175 is directly inside at ground level on the
building’s north side (this high-rise building has a strange open causeway; from
University St. the room is on
the left as you approach).
Computer lab, Rm 283,
Stanley Coulter is on Oval Mall Dr. Parking same as Math building
(above).
Rm 283 is on second floor.
Purdue Memorial Union is on State St (Ind. Rt. 26) and Earl. There is a
parking garage opposite on Earl.
Anniversary Drawing Room is on the 2nd floor.