Anna Conser presents her draft chapter "Accent Patterns in Tragic Lyric: A Computational Study” at the Taft research Center on Thursday, February 20 at 10 AM.

Patrick Burns (ISAW) will then respond and open the discussion to the seminar participants.

Registration is required: https://taft.center/3ExhNLK. 

Please join us for the 2025 MetaClassics lecture, presented by the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center and the Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati, on Tuesday, March 4, 12:30 PM, at the Taft Research Center!

This year’s speaker is Professor Kelly Nguyen of UCLA, who will deliver a lecture titled, “What is ‘Classics’ to a Vietnamese Refugee?” 

If you are interested in attending the lecture virtually, please email caitlin.hines@uc.edu for the registration link.

Blegen Bulletin 2024, the newsletter of UC Classics, is available as a pdf here! 

In this issue:

• Daniel Markovich’s vision as head of UC Classics for the department and the discipline
• The research interests of new faculty members Dylan Kenny and Mathijs Wibier, and the current research projects of Steven Ellis and Marion Kruse
• Events sponsored by UC Classics including brown bag faculty talks, the Semple Symposium on Stobaeus, a celebration of Peter van Minnen’s career, and much more
• The move of two more research resources in Aegean prehistory to UC Classics: the Aegean conferences and Aegaeum publications, and the PASP archives, joining Nestor
• The Rawson Fellowship program and the three Fellows currently resident in Cincinnati: Tom Carpenter, Jan Driessen, and Lynne Lancaster
• An engaging year of student activities, including an original production of Plautus’ Amphitruo, and the study abroad of Semple Scholars
• Books, books, and more books, including four Festschriften honoring members of the UC Classics community
• Brief news and updates about members of the faculty, current students, and alumni—including a profile of Dan Levine (PhD 1980), who was the recipient of the Aristeia Award from the ASCSA.

Enjoy — and send your own news and updates to Carol Hershenson!