Conference March 22-24, 2012 • 3222 Angell Hall
| Thursday, 22 March | |
| 4:00–5:30 | Public Lecture: ‘Ancient War as Spectacle’ Kurt Raaflaub, Brown |
| Friday, 23 March | |
2:00 |
Welcome Dean Terry McDonald, Michigan |
2:15 |
Genocide in Ancient Greece Hans van Wees, UC London |
3:00 |
Lysistrata and the War’s Impact on the Homefront Kurt Raaflaub, Brown |
4:00 |
Deciding to Go to War: Who’s Responsible? Arlene Saxonhouse, Michigan |
4:45 |
The Inefficiency of Hoplite Warfare David Potter, Michigan |
| Saturday, 24 March | |
9:00 |
Socrates in Combat Sara Monoson, Northwestern |
9:45 |
War as Education Paul Woodruff, UT Austin |
10:45 |
Recovering Lost Goodness after War: Self-Empathy & Self-Forgiveness Nancy Sherman, Georgetown |
11:30 |
Post-Traumatic Plays: Warfare and Theatre in Ancient Athens Peter Meineck, NYU |
2:00 |
Mrs Vergil’s Horrid Wars James Tatum, Dartmouth |
2:45 |
Ancient Greek War: What is it Good For Today? Seth Schein, UC Davis |
3:45 |
The Modern Achilles: Rage — Mourning — Sexuality Susanne Goedde, Munich |
4:30 |
War and Slavery: ‘I Am Spartacus’ Page duBois, UC San Diego |
Outside the Wire presents 'Theater of War'
Kahn Auditorium 7:00–9:00 PM, March 23 |
Michigan Theater 7:00–9:00 PM, March 24 |
SPONSORED BY Contexts for Classics; the Department of Comparative Literature's Year of Anachronism; the Departments of American Culture, Classical Studies, English, German Studies, History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Psychology; the Independent Program in Greek and Roman History; the War Studies Group; the Law School’s Center for International & Comparative Law; the Student Veterans Assistance Program; the Institute for the Humanities; the International Institute; the Residential College; the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; the Rackham School of Graduate Studies; the Office of the Vice Provost for Research; Classical Traditions Initiative at Northwestern.
