Classical Leanings

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON CLASSICS AND THE HUMANITIES
HOSTED BY THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE CANADIAN WEST
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

HARBOUR CENTRE, SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, FEBRUARY 22ND-23RD

Friday, February 22nd

3:00-4:45 Roundtable on the Teaching of Latin and Greek
Facilitators:
Martin Cropp, University of Calgary
Annabel Robinson, University of Regina
Participants:
Marcello Epstein, University of Calgary
Chris Morrissey, SFU
Jim Hume, University of Calgary

5:00-6:45

Modern Philosophy and its Classical Antecedents
Randy (Peg) Peters, SFU, George Grant and Plato’s “Beyond Being”: Humanities and Classics in Dialogue
Ian Angus, SFU, Gregory Vlastos and the ‘Critique of Metaphysics’
Craig Cooper, University of Winnipeg, The Magistrate’s Role and Influence in the Athenian Judicial Process

Modern Literary Criticism and Classical Literature Jerry Zaslove, SFU, Chair
Alison Keith, University of Toronto, Arma virumque cano: Codes of Masculinity in Hollywood’s Rome
Ingrid Holmberg, University of Victoria, Totally, Tenderly, Tragically’: Jean-Luc Godard Reads the Odyssey
Rebecca Nagel, University of Alberta, Vita Sackville-West and Virgil’s Georgics

7:00-8:00 Reception

Saturday, February 23rd

8:15-8:45 Annual General Meeting, Classical Association of the Canadian West

9:00-10:30

Greek and Roman History and Culture Gwyneth Lewis, Langara College, Chair
Duncan Fishwick, University of Alberta, A Marble Relief from Carthage
Kathi Sherwood, Concordia University, Ethnographic Parallels to Greek Dining Rooms
Max Nelson, UBC, Scythian Inebriants: A Note on Vergil, Georgics 3.379-80

Classics and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Programmes Steve Duguid, SFU, Chair
Jennifer Dellner, Drury University, The Classics in the Wide, Wide World
Bella Vivante, University of Arizona, The Nostos of the Warrior: Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony and Homer’s Odyssey
Chris Morrissey, SFU, Girardian Triangles? Aristotle’s Anger Management

10:30-10:45 Coffee

10:45-12:30

Presocratic Philosophy and its Modern Analogues Brad Inwood, U of T, Chair
Peyman Vahabzadeh, University of Victoria, Return of Presocratic Origins: Reiner Schürmann’s Reading of Parmenides and Heraclitus
Hallie Marshall, MUN, Empedocles Kathormoi Re-examined
Leonard Angel, Douglas College, The Relevance of Zeno’s Paradoxes in Contemporary Quantum Physics and Philosphy of Mind

Modern Approaches and Parallels to Greek Literature Mary-Ann Stouck, SFU, Chair
Kristin Lord, Wilfred Laurier University, Hermione Unattached: Parental Bonding in Euripides’ Andromache
Reyes Bertolin, University of Calgary, Greek Influences in Jewish Spain
Dolores Clavero, SFU, The Myth of Hercules and its Treatment in Medieval Spanish Literary Sources

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:45-3:30

Ancient Rhetoric in the Modern Classroom Bill Winder, UBC, Chair
Matthew Clark, York University, Rhetoric and the Humanities
Richard Coe, SFU, Using Classical Rhetoric to Teach Writing and Reading
Kathleen Loucks, Green River College, Speech Communication and Classics
Frances Batycki, University of Calgary, Roman Rhetoric and Rennaissance Literature

Children’s Literature and Movies
Roderick McGillis, Univerity of Calgary, Paul Fleischman’s Iliad: Dateline Troy
Eleanor Irwin, University of Toronto, Deity in Film from Fantasia to Walt Disney’s Hercules
Laurel Bowman, University of Victoria, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Greek Hero Revisited
John Aveline, UBC/SFU, Latin in the Harry Potter Series

Ancient Science and the Modern Scientist Lynn Burton, SFU, Chair
Len Berggren, SFU, Ancient Artifacts as an Introduction to Greek Mathematics
Daryn Lehoux, King’s College, Ancient Science, Head On
John Humphrey, Ancient Technology and the Modern Engineer


4:00-5:30 Keynote Speaker: Paul Dutton, SFU, Chair

Brent Shaw, University of Pennsylvania, Slavery and Freedom: the Image of Spartacus

7:00 Banquet