Projects
The Classical Traditions Initiative and the Department of Classics are very pleased to announce that they have received an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for a John E. Sawyer Seminar Series entitled "Theatre after Athens: Reception and Revision of Greek Drama." Coming soon is a Sawyer Seminar web site with a frequently updated series of events for the two-year period of this grant, 2008-2010
Plato's Moral Psychology: a series of presentations based on Plato's Symposium--historical context, importance in the interpretation of his moral psychology, and afterlife in Western literature and art. Academic Year 2007-2008 (see Archive of past years' events).
Aeschylus' Persians: Contemporary Resonances and 5th Century Meanings: Poster
A year-long series of lectures, workshops, seminars, performances and readings. Visiting speakers include Daniel Mendelsohn, Rush Rehm, Edith Hall and Robert Auletta. Academic Year 2006-07 (see Archive of past years' events).
Teagle Forum podcast: http://www.teaglefoundation.org/
"A Teagle Forum on the Classics and Popular Culture was held at Northwestern [on March 3, 2006] organized by Sara Monoson and Reg Gibbons, with participation by faculty from several colleges and universities in the region. The principal speakers, Danielle Allen and Daniel Mendelsohn, and the respondent, Kirk Ormand, of Oberlin College , made a powerful case that this is a crucial and promising moment for classics. We need to take full advantage of it." APA Newsletter (April 2006)
