Posted on Feb 4, 2005

Three members of the classics
department gave talks at the recent annual meeting of the American Philological
Association in Boston. Stacie Raucci, visiting assistant
professor of classics, made a presentation titled “Return of the Living Dead: Elegiac
and Epic Female Spectral Images.” Her paper explores how the role of female
ghosts (as women without bodies) overturn generic expectations apropos standard
tropes of objectification and the male gaze. Mark Toher, professor of classics, gave
a paper, “Tillius and Horace,” exploring the significance of the former for the
latter. Hans-Friedrich
Mueller, professor of classics, gave a talk on “Nocturnal Aspects of Roman
Religion in Plutarch.”