Oregon Undergraduate Conference in Classics (OUCC)

Saturday, April 12, 2008

9:30 conference registration opens, continental breakfast served in Art 210

Lysianic Themes
chair: Diane Johnson (Western Washington University)

10:10 Charles Bettendorf (Reed College)
"Laying Lysias to Heart: An Aristotelian Analysis of Lysias 3"
10:35 Gregory Henselman (Willamette University)
"Aorist vs. Imperfect in Lysias 1: The Two-Component Approach"
11:00 Brian Urrutia (Reed College)
"What's Love Got to Do with It?: Sexual and Social Decorum in Lysias 3"
11:25-11:40 coffee break

Satire and Romance
chair: Ortwin Knorr (Willamette University)

11:40 Joseph Olson (Western Washington University)
"On the Beach: Encolpius as Epic Hero in Petronius' Satyricon"
12:05 Sara Foerster (Willamette University)
"The Quest for Identity and Meaning in Heliodorus' Aethiopika"
12:30 lunch in Art 210

Gender and Power in Ancient Greece
chair: Ellen Millender (Reed College)

1:30 Zachary Templeton (University of Puget Sound)
"Act Like a Man: Masculine Performativity and Shifting Hegemonies in Demosthenes' De corona"
1:55 Hilary Gray (Reed College)
"The Lady and the Dragon"
2:20-2:55 break, refreshments available in Arts 210

Morality and Power in Roman History
chair: Mehran Nickbakht (Willamette University)

2:35 Phillip Myers (Western Oregon University)
"The First Catilinarian Conspiracy: Who Supported the Death of the Senate?"
3:00 Alicia Maggard (Willamette University)
"Livy's Ethnography of Primitive Rome"
3:25 Samantha Toman (Western Washington University)
"Hoc casibus eripe iuris, ne subiti caecique ruant: Cosmic Order, Power Dynamic, and Future-Centrism in First-Century Imperial Rome"

Take the Highway 22 exit (number 253).
At the first light, head west (a left turn for those coming from the south, a right when coming from the north).
Stay on Highway 22 for about 1.5 miles.
As you pass 17th Street, you will start up an overpass.
At the top of this overpass there is an exit to the right.
Take this exit (Willamette University is indicated on the sign).
Keep left as the exit divides.
After passing through the stoplight, you will be on Bellevue Street. You will see a Willamette University sign and entrance to the right. Pass by, and continue to the next stoplight, at Winter Street.
Turn right on Winter Street, then pull into the Guest Parking lot immediately on the right or, if you would like to get closer to the conference, continue on Winter Street, then turn right onto State Street. Park anywhere on that block (free on weekends).

A map of the campus and additional directions can be found in the "About Willamette" section.

The Art Building is on the corner of State and Winter Streets, facing the capitol.

To register for the conference, please contact the conference organizer, Professor Mary Bachvarova.