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The Poetry of Ennodius offers the first translation into English verse of the entire eclectic corpus of sacred and secular poetry by Magnus Felix Ennodius (c. 473/4–521 CE), amply supplemented by detailed notes that elucidate the literary and cultural references essential for understanding this poet.
Ennodius’ poetry offers the reader a remarkable window into how Roman literary culture continued to thrive in the aftermath of the traditional “fall” of Rome in 476 CE. A prolific writer of prose and poetry, Ennodius played an active role in the political and ecclesiastical disputes of Ostrogothic Italy, and he stands as an important exemplar of late antique literary culture. Readers of this volume will encounter esteemed bishops, delicate objects, pets, stately churches, fools, villains, and more in vivid panegyrics, travelogues, hymns, epistles, and epigrams found in the sweeping poetic archive assembled after Ennodius’ death. From the grandiose “Declamation for the anniversary of the holy and most blessed Bishop Epiphanius in his 30th year as bishop of Pavia” to self-depricating descriptions of silverware that bears the poet’s image, Ennodius’ poetry sports with the expectations of his audience, composing verse that modulates from the beautiful to the conventional to the stunningly unusual, while always displaying an intimate knowledge of the literary traditions in which he writes and a deep engagement with previous authors, both from the distant classical past and the contemporary world of late antique prose and poetry. Through these poems, the reader can gain an appreciation of the intellectual and aesthetic world of an important bishop (and future saint) in the early sixth-century CE.
Featuring a lucid line-by-line verse translation from the Latin and extensive notes—both firsts in English—richly introduced by a scholarly introduction to Ennodius, his works, and era, and complemented by a comprehensive bibliography, The Poetry of Ennodius makes these works accessible for the first time to readers unfamiliar with Latin as well as those seeking a guide into the labyrinthine literary world of this challenging but rewarding poet. Students of the classics, late antique and medieval history, comparative literature, and early Christianity, as well as any independent reader interested in the enduring presence of classical Latin verse, will benefit from this book.
SPEAC (Students Promoting Equity in Archaeology and Classics) are excited to announce that they will be hosting “Yoga for the Chronically Stressed” led by Professor Romano as their Spring event in support of Bi-Co Mutual Aid!
When: Sunday, April 10th, 2:00-3:00pm. (Rain date April 24th)
Where: Bryn Mawr Cloisters.
Suggested Contribution: $5 – Venmo @olivia-hopewell, funds will be collected and sent to Bi-Co Mutual Aid for wealth redistribution.
Bring: Yourself and your friends, plus a yoga mat/beach towel/picnic blanket if you have one!
All are welcome, both students and faculty!
One footstep. A tug of hair. Chains Rattling. Smoke. Water Body. A body of water.
At this critical moment of rediscovering the “live” ON DURATION brings together six durational performance artists for a week of creative research and public praxis. Find the full schedule of events here.
Investigating process and the caesural possibilities opened by not knowing what will happen in advance of the event – the artists will time travel, bend time, critically waste time, forget time, suspend time, find time, make and unmake time.
The public is invited to witness the participants in process as they work collectively and individually throughout the symposium to explore different relationships to duration, live performance, site, environment, and the body — converging around tempos and rhythms, tidal times, questions about proximity, points of contact, and ways of responding and relating across multiple temporalities and embodied knowledges.
Curated by durational performance artist and scholar Raegan Truax, ON DURATION stalls between corporeal senses of time, environmental times, and the ways bodies perform time in everyday life. Placing value on performance as an evolving axis of political, aesthetic, and creative possibility, the symposium stages the precise skill sets of variegated durational practitioners in order to investigate how rearranging relationships to time, space, and body can unmake oppressive systems and structures.
Sponsored by the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities and the Distinguished Visitors Program, Haverford College.
Every year the faculty members in Haverford’s Department of Classics work with students during the summer and the academic year. Student Research Assistants help faculty with their scholarly projects, course development, and other departmental initiatives. Students can also apply to be Teaching Assistants for Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies courses during the next academic year. We will also be hiring a Departmental Research Assistant and Social Media Coordinator for the next academic year.
Haverford and Bryn Mawr undergraduate students are cordially invited to learn more about these opportunities and to apply for one or more positions by visiting bit.ly/classics-tara2022 before Tuesday, March 15th. And please feel free to circulate this announcement to other students who you think might be interested.
SPEAC (Students Promoting Equity in Archaeology and Classics) is back with their annual Black History Month blog post series! Last year the series focused each week on specific Black scholars, but this year they’re broadening their focus a bit. A new post will be up every Sunday during BHM, so check it out, and look back at last year’s posts!
Dan-el Padilla Peralta
Associate Professor of Classics, Princeton University
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 7:30 pm
Virtual Talk in Sharpless Auditorium or via Zoom
Sharpless Auditorium (tea at 7:15 pm)
Join by Zoom
Sponsored by the Department of Classics and the Distinguished Visitors Program
HHG student researchers will be presenting their research projects from this summer on Monday, September 27th at 4pm in Old Library 224 at Bryn Mawr. The presentations will be in person but we will also have an online component in case you would like to join remotely. Please register in advance.
Summer 2021 Presentation Program
Monday September 27, 2021
4-6:30pm
Introduction and Appreciations
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From Heaven and Earth: Cosmologies, Mythologies and the Sky
Emily Aguilar ’22 Classical Languages
The Womb as Intermediary in Late Antique Platonic Cosmogony
Daniel R. D’Elia ’22 Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
Earth, Sky, and Power: How Astronomy Reveals the Influences Molding al-Andalus’ Historical Trajectory
Mackenzie Tygh ’22 Interdisciplinary Physics Searching for a Dialogue Between Science and the Humanities: Towards a Visualization of the Divine Comedy
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The Importance of Language
Hannah Appelhans ’22 Latin and German
Horace’s Ode 2.6 through German and English Eyes: Hölderlin and Conington
Gemma Van Nice ’22 Linguistics and German
Testing theories of slurs
Esther (Ye Ram) Kim ’22 Comparative Literature, French, and Political Science
Reclaiming True Multilingualism in the Maghreb: The Production and Development of Written Amazigh Literature
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Break
Light Refreshments in Cloisters
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Impacts on Self and Identity
Anna Hsu ’22 Philosophy
Recovering the Authentic Self – Examining Depression and Treatment in Relation to Autonomy
Maya Schneider ’22 Anthropology
Expanding Networks & Creating Space: LGBTQ+ Identifying Young Adults’ Experiences with Identity Development Amidst a Pandemic
Shreya Singh ’22 Growth and Structure of Cities and Fine Arts
Accessibility to living and social spaces in UAE for migrant workers
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Rethinking People in Spaces and the Environment
Cate Farrell ’22 Growth and Structure of Cities
Conversations About Race: How the Built Environment can Serve as a Catalyst for Critical Thinking
Shreya Bhutani ’22 Growth and Structure of Cities
Deconstructing De-facto Segregation in Suburban School Systems
George Doehne ’22 Growth and Structure of Cities
Burning Questions: A Reconceptualization of Fire and Land in California and Abroad
Hi all!
This Thursday, 9.23 at 4:30pm, SPEAC is holding the semester’s first meeting of our Anti-Racist Reading Group on Zoom. For this week, we will focus on racism in archaeology. We’ve selected three articles, all discussing this topic in different ways. You can read as many or as few of these as you would like. Just be sure to show up ready to discuss! The discussion is open to all levels -faculty, grad, or undergrad- and anyone in the BiCo. We will begin with small groups and provide some discussion questions before moving into the larger group.
Please use this link to sign up for the event before September 21. The sign up sheet also includes more information and a link to the three articles. We will be sending out the Zoom link the day before the event.
We hope to see you there!
Best,
Claire & SPEAC
Zhao Gu Gammage, incoming first-year student, reflects on experiences in the field of Classics, including attending SPEAK’s 2021 conference, Now and Then: (Inequity) and Marginalization in Ancient Mediterranean Studies.
