EITER FROM W E CHAIRMAN

hings are buzzing in the Classia Department. Our enrollments remain ample - did you know that we have nearly 50 majors and nearly forty graduate students? - and our students and faculty continue to be

active, as you will discover in reading this newsletter, which has been prepared by Daniel Pullen. Which is why I want to invite aP of you, should you visit Tallahassee, to visit us. If you have not seen the Department for several years, you might not recognize it. It now occupies vew attractive facil#ies In Dodd Hall (as 1 write this construction crews are demolishing the Williams BuBding, which is being renovated: never again will anyone be lost amidst those rnukipk - -- half-floors!). We am also populated by very different faces from a decade ago. And there are mure changes in the works. After this year Just in Glenn will entw p h w d retirement, an event that will render our mythology classes less sexybutwillgiveJustinthe~portunitytopursuevariouswritingpmj~rhat he has set himself. We are also in the process of making two new appointments for the 2000-2001 academic year: we are looking for a junior colleague who will specialize in Greek ur Latin poetry, and we hope to appoint a senior colleague, whose research will enhance our doctoral program. And I want to tell you about a very exciting event that we are all looking forward to: the Cetarnura Excavation will celebrate its jubilee anniversary this summer with a week-long exhibition, from July 15-22, 2000, in Chianti. There wilt be wonderful tours of the region as well, and I hope many of you, and not only thosewho actually dug there, will be abfe to share in the Festivities (please feel free to contact Nancy de Grurnmond at ndegrumrn@mailer.fsu.edu far more information on Cetamura's jubilee anniversary). This newsletter will show you much of what we have been up to lately. Please let us know what you are up to. Nothing is too trivial for us to care about, and you needn't feel obliged to send us a check with evey letter or email (just every other letter or email). The Classics are thriving a t FSU, and they thrive because of the energy of our students and because of the Interest and support of our alurnns. Thanks again.

TEACHING PRIZES AND RECOGNlTlONS

eaching has always been at the heart of the Classics Department, from the time of Lynetts Thompson's chairmanship to the present. And the faculty continue to be recognized for their teaching. Hans-

Fried rie h Muailer received a Universiw Teaching Award in April 1 999; we now have five winners of this award on our Faculty! Nancy de Grummond won a Pmfesmrial Excellence Program award in recognition of her teaching and research; this brings to two the number of full professors in Classics who k v s won this award in the few years it has been 1n place. And Teaching Incentive Program Awards were won by Hans-fried rich Musller, James Slcklnger, and Daniel Pullen (his second!).

VlRES TORCH AWARD TO LYNElTE THOMPSON

Professor Emerita tynett e Thompson was honored with the first Vires Torch Award at the annual meeting of the FSU faculty on Octo- ber 6th. The Twch Awards (Vires, Artes, Mores) were created by the FSU Faculty Senate to honor indi- viduals who have performed out- standing service to FSU. Lynette's legacy is featured prominently in the College of Arts and Sciences "Across the Spectrumu newsletter for Fall 1999.

ERIKA SIMON - 1999 LANGFORD S C H O M

The Classics Department was honored to have in residence during the Spring 1999 term Erika Simon, Professor Emerita of WUrzburg Uni- versity. Prof. Simon writes of her stay at FSU:

The four months of my tangford professorship at FW was one of the happiest times of my Ilfe. 1 was integrated within the depart- ment, had a beautiful office, and aB colleagueswere helpful andvery nice to me. I like the students, both undergraduates and the graduates, and I had the feeling that they liked my classes.

The beginning in January, it is true, was a great challenge, be- muse I had not taught for some years. But the themes of the courses, U€truscan Metal WorP and "Art of the Augustan Age", have always in- terested me, and the intelligent ques- tions of the students gave me cour- age. 1 am very thankful to my col- league Nancy de Gnrmmond, who spent much time with me in prepar-

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1999 LANGFORD CONFERENCE a

fhs Sixth iangford Conference, held Febnrwy 18- 20,1999, h& EIMscan Religion as its dteme. Msitors m m f r o m a l l b v e r t h e U S a n d m f m m e t s f a r ~ a s Japan. The pmgfm was quite International In b s m p ~ h i k a Slmon, The P m t k m of the E m n s n ; Ingrid Krauskopf, 7tre Gme and Beyond m Etruscan RelG gionff; tarlssa Bonfante, "Etnrscan ~ ~ o o w and Emscan W g i i w ; Jean Madntosh Turfa, "VoWes in E m bbghnw; Ingrid Edlund, 'Ritual Space and ~~ in Etruscan RetiglMI.; Glovrnnl Colonna, 'L1arcMtettur;a sacra e la digtone degli etruschi"; and Nancy dn Grummond,TheRdeofPmphecyinEtnlslsan Reliibn." As is often the case w%h conferences organired by Nancy de Grummond, attendees were m e d with sumthing e m a perbmane% by the FSU Dance Reper- tory Theam entitled ITTerpdhm Today: a T r i m of Oance.'

f 899-2000 LANGFORD LECTURERS

In r q n l t i o n of ttte approaching mihnhrm (though asgwdUasslc ls tswe ' l l~ te again m y e a r when the real miHemhum cams arwnd) we have invied a number of pmmlmt scholars to FSU to give talb P h t i n g the wide range of the field of Classics. For the Fat! 1 999ktrmwehave&hdled~lctcrr Dad8 Hansun (Califmia State UllvmitpFmno) to s p k on wrfare, Tristan Carter (UnWsRy of London) on the soelai context of Eatty Cyc lM~ obsidian, Jack Davis (Cad Blegen Professor of Arch- at the UnUnmrslty of C i n c i d ) on the G& setthmt of Alhnfa as segn thmugh a r c h a d q h l survey, and lam M orr Is (Jean and Rebecca Witlad Professor of Cbsks at Smnfard U M r - sky) tos~kontbEadylmAgeinGmce. Farthe Spring 2000 smester we an equally i r n w Ilmp:

' Jeny Llndsrskl (Faddfson Proksw of Latin at the h University of Nwth C a d i at Chapel Hill), Alessandro larchlssi (Professaroftatlnat the- of V m a ) , Karl Gallmky (Floyd Wbx Centennial Professar of C k k s at the UrdvemQ of Texas) and Malcom Heath

at the University of kids).

A ALUMNI NIWS

Malcolm Donaldson (Ph.D. '91 ) is writing a budc on the cat in the Roman m w k l , W n g a t I ~ r y a n d ~ p r - ceptionsoftbtkMiarmimd. Staphen Law (Ph.D. '86) serrres as departmmtal chair of phitosophy and humnitis at Central State Unhmity and on the OWa homa Regents Advisory Council. Samantha ScatJnga (BA '98), after doing a year in Ctassics in the post-bac

m L ~ ~ m at ~enn, h a received a MI 'p at SUNY Buffab in C h s i a l Admmhgy.

John 5tonlt ( B A '82) is a Major in the US Marine Corps; he and his wife Ggyle celebrated their 20th annhmry. He writes, 'I can't teU you hQw grateful I am for the insigh&, campadon, und-ng of human nature, and gmeml kn-e of mankind that I gained as a C l a s h student. I st111 read Roman and Greek Mstory-. stillreadthe&d,A&,etc. Who1amhaskenhr@y defined by the texhiw of the Department p r o ~ " T 1 m Stovet(MA'98)Just~WaPl-ta posse ornnia mmte tueri: 'Demythologizing' the Plague in kcretius," Latomw 58 (1999). AMmugh mrw in the Ph.D. program at Texas, signature lines forthis mcle read FW, where It was composed. John Svarilcen (MA '81) has been promoted to Associate Professor and has been awarded tenure by Transylmii Wvemity In Lexington. Jenrrlfsr Taylor-Hallberg (MA '95) teaches -mi- ties at Valenda (F1) Community College whik pursin~ her W.D. in mythology and psyehofogy at PaeW Graduate Insriarte.

We are p te fu l to our alumni for their generous contributions, especially Malcom Oonaldson and Stephen Law.

STUDENT NEWS

Congratutadons to our undegmdmte major,Tho- mas Bruder, who wan one of CAMWS' Manson A. Stuart scholmhlps for exdknce In Latin and G m k . There were forty-- nomimdms from awnd the country, but only six winrrers. Each award arties with it an honorary member&@ In CAMWS, a certificate, a s u b d p t h to ~ h m d , a n d s ~ n d ~ l a r ~ p r t z e .

James Slckinger, the uWrg&ate advisor, reports IM wa are now up to 48 undergtdwte m a w 1 This is due in pan to the very suadul annuat 'Meet the Majors' reception held d y e a ~ h Fall.

Our ovrrn Jeff Knopp, BA and MA In Classics and a doctoral Wdmt in HumanWes, appointed ta the m t l y pwm;inent posRion in the liberal at Talkhssw Community Cotlege, rClese poskions are way bit aa cmpet~rtkre as a university pitlon, and

rather rarer, which is why this is such a terriac aceornplish- ment for Jeff. And because h f f can now continue to be a part of w deprbmmt's intellectual mmunlty --and

he is well situated to make Latln a part of the cunidum at TCC - this is en excellent development for US.

Alexis Chrlstnnsen gave a paper, 'Orientatiring Glass W s Prom Poggla C k h t a (Murlo)," at the Interne thwl Congress of the Assmiation lntematlonale Pour PHIstoire du Verre (AIHV), in Venice and Milan, Oct. 27- Mw.1. Alexis spoke at the kwitation of the association in wmgnitlon of a previous award that she m d d fw her work at Murlo. H e r paper wifl be published in the assocjatbn's proceedings. In the Spring t 999 term she taught at FSU's tondon Study Centre. And then Alexis was invited by a team from the Swedish School in Rome to join their excavation this summer at the Villa uf Liiia at Prima Porta and ser\re as an excavation supenrlsor. Back at FSU Alexls is Resident of the Archaeolocrv Club.

Two of our gmluate students, ~irnxerley Christensen and Harry Ntetsen presented papers to

- the AM in December 1 998. KlmberIey was accepted for the A m Numhatlc Society's Summer 1 999 Semi- nar and ctehed a lectun, entitled The honeman and the fallen enemy: Severan victory imagery on the coinage of Asia Minor," to the ANS, in New Yo&, on August 1 1 th. Hany has had am abstmct accepted for the annual msgtlng of the AIA-APA in Dallas in December 1 999.

An i m m number of un- and g m b ate degrees were awarded last Spring. The fourth Departmental Germ in Recognitian of Graduates in Classics was held on April 30th. The Kathleen bnkln Prize for outstanding undergraduate in Ur was warded to Kathy Braun (who is now in the MA program in Anthm pdogy at FSU) and the Rankin prize for outstanding graduate was awarded to Norman Sandrldge (in the Ph.D. program in Clasdcs at Chapel Hill). Reglna Kelly of the Leon High School in Tafla)rassee was recognized with the Dldngulshed Alumna A m . The B A. awardees induded: Ronald Atchison (now in the MA pmgmm in Cbsb), Kathy Braun, Cayce Campbell, Rorrlle Candelarlo, Gabriel Caswell (University of San Fran- c k o Law School), Llsa Collins, Lucas Grjtybowskl (MA program In Classics at FSU), Robert Lambrlsky, Suzanna Ottlng, Chrfsta Jean Perez, Andrew Pfrengsr (US Peace Corps In Siberia), Jeffrey Shanks (MA program In Cktiics at FSU), John Sonntag, Scott Thoma& Emily Trirnble, Matt Watkins, Jennlfer Whirs M A degrees were waded to Robert Bow- man, Amber Brock Kelty Busby, Sophia Chaknls, Amy Dill (in the %.D. program at the Universlq of Texas), Melissa Eaby (Ph.D. program at Chapel Hill), Hsldl Gray, Michaet Morina, Ian Rubin, Norman Ssindridge(Ph.a m a t Chapel Hilt), David Serhill, Nicole Stoescyphsr (the first k i n teacher h i d at Tallahassee's new tawton Chlles High School), and Theresm Yon (teaching ancient history in Nwdr Carolina).

S M H GRADUATE SYMPOSIUM ON THE ANCIENT

MEDITERRANEAN WORLD

The Department sgonsom its annual Graduate Symposium, under the direction of Daniel Pullen, to aHow gmduate students fn any department to present their to students and faculty of the university in a conference setttng. The 1 999 program was devoted enthlytothewwkof Uassfcsstt&nts: Sarah Stlnson, 'Manlpulatitfon of Myth in Sophocles' T m Norman Ssndrldge, "Interpreting the Cavmen XI of Gatulus"; Harry Neiison, 'Roman Mvlgationw; and Klmbsrtey C h r l s t s ns en, 'Colossal Temples and the Forum Romanurn." We were honored to have as a keynote speaker Professor Francis Cairns of the Univerdty of Leeds who m e on *Propertius the Lawyer."

I FACULTY NEWS i Nancy de Grummond ~s sewing as the 1999 ' Parker Distinguish k t u r e r a t the Center for Old World

Archaeology at Brow University this FalL She will give two lectures at Brown: 'Etruscan Mirmrs: The State of Research," and 'From M i m to Manteia: TheVocabuhry of Prophecy In Etruscan, Greek and Roman Art." Nancy continues her service to the Ar&aeological lnstlarte of America, where she moved from the Governing 8oad to the Nominating Committee; shqalso the AIA's Committee on the Gold Medal Award. Justin Glenn recently publ!shed artides on Catullus 1 7 (and its W g e symbolism) and Homer's Odyssey* 9 (the lion simile in Odysseus' mfrontatlon with Nausicao). His current mearch interests Include Vergilin influences on Einhard's Life of M m g m and folktale elements of the Trojan War. He continues to be active with the High School Latin committee, editing the Latin Bulktin and gave a talk at the October, 1999 meting of the Classical M a t i o n of Florida. Leon Golden organized a workshop on the t@c: Why Does Tragedy Give Pleasure? at the annual meeting of the Association of Literary Scholars and Crttlcs held In October, f 998 in Toronto, Canada. He also gave a papr entitled, The Tmgic Pattem of Action m Oedfpus and Hamlet" at the meeting of em Section, also in October 1998. Leon recently served as a visktng at the University of Texas during the week of Octoroer 4-8, giving a talk entitled 'How War Changes Uves: From Homer to Euripides." Hens- Friedrlch Muellor, besides sewing as the Director of Graduate S t d e , @me talks a t the Ann& Jdnt Meeting of the Amxican Academy of Relyion and the M e t y for BiWW Uterature in Orlando, Member 1998 ("Vesta, Valeriw Maximus, and Religious PoIitfw in the Age of Tiberiusw) and at the annual AM-#A meeting in Oecem b r in Washington ("Chastening Male Desire in the Age of

Tibedus'). MtandJaff Tatum directedasesdononPliny and T a u s at thm same me51ne H a m has recentiy phhhed the artides "Vita, PdcM, Libem: Juno, Gender and Raliglous PoUtlcs in Valwius Maxims" In T-of tbAmerfcan W w - 1 28 (1 998) a d "Imperial Rome and the Habitations of Cnr- ~ i n S N ~ W E P Q m a ( e d s ) , V ~ A m i C l t i ~ ~ E s s a y s F n M 0 I K ) T o f A n r w r L ~ ~ a n d J h R . CIack (Wauconda, 1 999); and the entry on Valedm Mmi- mus In W, 8- (&I, Dictionary of Literary Biography: Am#ent R o m Writws (htrdt, 1999). Christopher Pfaff jlwt published the article, "The Early kon Age Pottery from the Sanctuary of m e t e r and at Corinth" Hesperia, wl. 68 (1 999). Thissemester Chris k in msideme at the Amerlm %hod of Classid Studie at Athens wbre he is putting the fhlshlng touches on his book on the ArglveHeraion. Daniel PullenspentSummar 1 999 runningthe labommyandobject pracessing for the Eastern ~ t a ~ g i m l Suwey. His researchwas funded by a grant from tb Inst'Wte for Aegean Rehi i tory. The mlb of hi 1997 season at t f a l i i are about to be published in -dam Daniel continues to dssrve on the A m e n S c M s fjcemtbe Committee and has just h nand chalr of ttpe AlAP monographs committee. Our congratulations to Jim Slckingrr who has been ~ t o ~ a t e Professor of Classics and warded tenurere His new hmk PWk R d end Plrchives h

ClassicalAahens is m hot off the pes from Unhrersity of Nwth &dim Press Jim has demrd papem at the Univ- of California d the Naval War College Nan- Wdmt Pmgram at Jacksomrflle Naval Air Station. He continues to serve as the undergraduate advisor. And covtulations are alao In order to wr Ch;mkman Jeff Tatum who has ken promoted to Full P r o m In the dqwtmt. Jews &a& 7ha Pat* T@mx RMJS O d s Mcher (Llrrirsity of N o h Cadiins) appeared last Spring, and has b featured pnrmtnently In the k m l newspaper as well in the College of Am & Sciences newsletter. He also recently puMished two artides ' R m Wgkn: Fragments and Further Questions" in SN Byms and EP CUM (eds), Vedtatis AnWtbqw Cairn: &mys In hm of Arma Lyda Motto and John R. M (Wauconda, 1 999) and "Wtra m. Law and Utmture in Hmce, %tins ll 1 ," in Mmmmym 5 1 (1 990).

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