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Here’s some welcome news! Lisa Whitlatch, Rutgers Classics PhD’13 writes from San Antonio TX:

“On 19 May—a rainy Sunday morning—after years of coursework, teaching and writing, I took part in the 2013 Rutgers Graduate School-New Brunswick Convocation.  It was an absolute pleasure and a fitting conclusion to walk across the stage with my adviser, Dr. Leah Kronenberg, with diploma in hand to receive my hood.”

In the hood: Lisa Whitlatch, PhD’13 (left) and Associate Professor of Classics Leah Kronenberg (right)

“The journey is hardly over: I’ll be teaching at Trinity University here in San Antonio for the 2013-2014 academic year, and from there, the world awaits.”

Roman sarcophagus (detail) in the Art of the Ancient Mediterranean section of the San Antonio Museum of Art

” If you’re ever in San Antonio, be sure to check out the San Antonio Museum of Art, which boasts a huge collection of antiquities.  I look forward to using it as a resource in my Classical Mythology classes at Trinity next Fall.  Otherwise, I’ll be mining my Rutgers dissertation, The Hunt For Knowledge: Hunting in Latin Didactic Poets, for publications and presentations.”

“I’ll be hopping back up for Philly for the 2013 CAAS Annual Meeting, where Rutgers University former and current affiliates will be making a huge splash yet again.  I can’t stay out of the northeast that long!”

Congratulations Lisa Whitlatch for your great work and outstanding leadership in the RU Classics program!

No one knows the ancient animal world better than our Lisa Whitlatch, so we thought she would appreciate this life-size representation of a deer formed from rattlesnake rattlers, last seen in San Antonio’s celebrated Buckhorn Museum, with its 520 species of wildlife on display, many of which are record holders—Ed.

The historic Douglass College Dean’s Residence on Nichol Avenue was the setting on Tuesday 7 May 2013 for one the highlights of the Rutgers Classics calendar—a mega-ritual that combines the annual Eta Sigma Phi initiation into the National Classics Honors Society; honors thesis presentations (two this year); and then finally, a congratulatory ceremony for our graduating seniors.

Associate Professor (and Classics Undergraduate Director) Leah Kronenberg presided over the event, in which she stressed for the standing-room only crowd—though thankfully all parents and grandparents in attendance received a seat!—precisely what it means to study the Classics in the 21^st century. Continue reading →

Have an hour or two or six to spare on Saturday 27 April? Join us for Rutgers Day 2013, a one-day show-and-tell for the citizens of New Jersey…and Pennsylvania, New York, and indeed the rest of the US and the planet. Now in its fifth year, Rutgers Day offers performances, tours, exhibits, hands-on activities, and perennial favorites like Ag Field Day, the Engineering Open House, the New Jersey Folk Festival, and the RU Football Scarlet and White Game (this year benefiting Hurricane Sandy NJ relief). In a word, it’s a great, fun way to explore the University’s dedication to research, education, and service.

And while you’re at it, make sure to stop by the Rutgers Classics Club‘s installation on Douglass Campus—on Red Oak Lane across from the bus stop. This year will feature a quiz show, and ancient arts and crafts—mask decorating, clay pot design, and the art and science of making laurel wreaths. So there really should be something for everyone.  Continue reading →

James P. Adams Library, College of Rhode Island

Well, here’s a welcome blast from the past…it’s Gregory K. Golden (BA Penn, MA Chicago, MLitt Oxford [New College], PhD 2008 Rutgers) who in 2009 joined the History faculty of Rhode Island College (Providence RI) as an assistant professor. Previously Greg had taught Western Civilization for the Rutgers-Newark Department of History as well as Medieval Latin for Rutgers-New Brunswick Classics. And he has some great news: this month Cambridge University Press publishes his first book, Crisis Management in the Roman Republic, based on his RU Classics dissertation! But without further ado, here’s Greg…

“Greetings from Providence, RU! It’s been a while since I last set foot on the banks of the Raritan. After a year on the adjunct merry-go-round after finishing, I got a tenure-track job in the History Department at Rhode Island College in Providence in 2009.” Continue reading →

Performance at Epidaurus, December 1962. Photo: Gjon Mili (LIFE/Google)

Here’s a real newsflash. On Friday 15 March  at 4:00 PM, the Rutgers Classics Graduate Student Association welcomes Professor Peter Meineck to speak on aspects of cognitive recognition in Greek drama. Peter Meineck is Clinical Associate Professor of Classics at New York University, Honorary Professor of Classics at the University of Nottingham, and Founder of Aquila Theatre. The title for his talk ? “The Theatre that Moved the Soul: Understanding the Power of Ancient Greek Drama through Modern Cognitive Science”. It all takes place in the Ruth Adams Building Room 001 (across the hall from the Classics Department), on Rutgers’ historic Douglass Campus. Continue reading →

Professor Holly Haynes of The College of New Jersey. Credit: The Signal

On Thursday 21 February 2013, the Graduate Student Association of RU’s Department of Classics welcomes Professor Holly Haynes to speak on an intriguing topic, “The In- and Outside of History: Tacitus with Groucho Marx”. Professor Haynes’ lecture takes place at 4 PM in Ruth Adams Building 003, located on Rutgers’ beautiful Douglass Campus at 131 George Street.

An Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the College of New Jersey, Professor Haynes specializes in the politics and literature of the early Roman Empire, with a particular interest in historiography. Continue reading →