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Friday Classics Luncheon
Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, University of Virginia
“Back to the Future: Greek History in Roman Schools"
Friday, 19 Sept, 1:00-1:45pm
Bryan Hall 229A
Boxed lunches provided by the Department of Classics will be available at 12:30pm, the talk will start at 1pm, and we will close at 1:45pm, so those who need to can make it to 2pm classes.
Archaeology Brown Bag Workshop
Opening Reception
Friday, 19 September, 4:00-5:15pm
Fayerweather Patio
Light refreshments will be served.
Archaeology Brown Bag Workshop
Anastasia Dakouri, University of Virginia
"The World Between. Egypt and Nubia in Africa: Telling the Story through Museum Artifacts"
Friday, 26 September, 4:00-5:30pm
Fayerweather Lounge
Final Friday reception and exhibit visit at the Fralin to follow
Classical Association of Virginia Fall Meeting
Saturday, 27 September, 9:30am-3:30pm
Gibson Room, Cocke Hall
REGISTRATION second floor, outside Gibson
9:30 AM Registration
Coffee and Pastries, Compliments of the UVA Department of Classics
MORNING SESSION in the Gibson Room
10:00 AM Business Meeting
Welcome and Introductions: Patrick Bradley - Officers & Chairs, New Members, First-Timers, Guests
Minutes of the Spring 2025 Meeting: Holly Fitterer
Treasurer’s Report: Jacquelyn Wilkins
Executive Committee Report: Patrick Bradley
Tournament, Contests, and Awards Report: Bart Natoli
General Announcements
11:00 AM Break
11:15 PM “This Barking Dog Also Bites: The Radical Philosophy of Diogenes the Cynic.” Inger Kuin, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
12:15 PM Group Photograph
Prepaid Box Lunch — outside on the Grounds & in the Amphitheatre, or in Cocke Hall, as weather permits
AFTERNOON SESSION in Gibson
1:30 PM “Spectacula Nova: Experiential Learning and Fostering Community in a Latin Program.” Noah Cogan, St. Catherine’s School, Richmond, VA
2:30 PM “The Names of Odysseus” Jorge Wong Medina, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Friday Classics Luncheon
Jon Mikalson, University of Virginia
“Thomas Jefferson the Hellenist: How to Read Greek Literature as TJ did"
Friday, 3 Oct, 1:00-1:45pm
Wilson 142
Boxed lunches provided by the Department of Classics will be available at 12:30pm, the talk will start at 1pm, and we will close at 1:45pm, so those who need to can make it to 2pm classes.
Classics Lecture
Tony Woodman, University of Virginia
“Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue: an even more basic approach"
Tuesday, 21 October, 5:00-6:30pm
Gibson Room, Cocke Hall
Friday Classics Luncheon
Meira Kensky, University of Virginia
“Sailing the Sea Fantastic: Lucian of Samosata’s True Story"
Friday, 24 October, 1:00-1:45pm
Wilson 142
Boxed lunches provided by the Department of Classics will be available at 12:30pm, the talk will start at 1pm, and we will close at 1:45pm, so those who need to can make it to 2pm classes.
Lowe Lecture
Josiah Osgood, Georgetown University
Monday, 27 October
Details TBA
Book Release Talk
Inger Kuin, University of Virginia
Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic: Book talk and conversation with Gregory Hays
Saturday, 22 November, 4:00-5:00pm
New Dominion Bookshop (404 East Main Street)
Join us for an afternoon with Inger N.I. Kuin, who will speak about her new book, Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic. A conversation with Gregory Hays will follow. This in-person event will be free and open to the public. We recommend arriving early for the best seating.
About the Book: In his own day, the ancient philosopher Diogenes the Cynic had a reputation for eccentricity, heckling his fellow philosophers in the marketplace, living in a clay pot, and relieving himself in public. Since his death in 323 BCE, devoted followers made him and his ideas famous the world over. But what we think we know about Diogenes remains distorted and sanitized.
In Diogenes, classicist Inger N.I. Kuin scours all existing evidence of Diogenes and his followers to offer an in-depth account of Diogenes’s life and thought, revealing a man whose innovative ideas about power, death, nature, and the body have much to teach the contemporary world. He pioneered a vision of simplicity and autonomy in his day-to-day life, stressing the importance of living in the here and now, and of always thinking for oneself. Diogenes stands apart as history’s first recorded critic of slavery and a proud exile from polite society whose challenging thought proved foundational for the Stoics and their successors.
Diogenes rehabilitates Diogenes as a compelling thinker for the twenty-first century, one who demands that we look at our society with fresh eyes and be unafraid of change—starting with ourselves.
About the Author: Inger N.I. Kuin is the author of the upcoming book Diogenes and is an associate professor of classics general faculty at the University of Virginia. Born in the Netherlands, she worked as a journalist before receiving an MA in philosophy from the University of Amsterdam and a PhD in classics from NYU. She divides her time between Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Charlottesville, VA.
About the Moderator: Gregory Hays is a classical scholar and translator, and a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books. His English version of Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations is available from Random House’s Modern Library. His academic research centers on late and medieval Latin, as well as on Latin palaeography and manuscript studies. He is currently finishing an edition with commentary of the works of the sixth century allegorist Fulgentius (forthcoming from Oxford University Press). He is an associate professor of classics at the University of Virginia.
Diogenes will be released on November 11. To order the book, please see below for the New Dominion Bookshop book order form or call the shop at 434-295-2552.
Karsh Talk
Thursday, 13 November
Details TBA
Friday Classics Luncheon
Erica Krause, University of Virginia
“Ecological Cognitive Dissonance in Pliny’s Natural History"
Friday, 5 December, 1:00-1:45pm
Wilson 142
Boxed lunches provided by the Department of Classics will be available at 12:30pm, the talk will start at 1pm, and we will close at 1:45pm, so those who need to can make it to 2pm classes.
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