Classical Studies Home Classics Faculty Classes Spring 2007 Student Research at WU Study Abroad News from Students and Alumni Why Study Classics? Classics VIPs Archaeological Institute of America, Salem Society                       last updated: 4/23/07			Welcome to the second OREGON UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCE IN CLASSICS (OUCC) at Willamette University, Salem, OR, Eaton Hall, 2nd floor Saturday, April 21, 2007 Organizer: Prof. Mary Bachvarova (Willamette University) Student Assistant: Rositsa Atanasova (Willamette University) sponsored by the Classical Studies Program and the Center for Ancient Studies and Archaeology at Willamette University and funded by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The 2007 Oregon Undergraduate Conference in Classics boasted a record 45 participants. The fourteen presenters came from five (of six) Classics programs in Oregon and two in Washington State. Willamette's Eaton Hall, site of the conference PROGRAM OF EVENTS 9:00am conference registration opens, continental breakfast served in Eaton 211 SESSION ONE: Eaton 209 chair: Lowell Bowditch (University of Oregon) 9:35am Sam Tucker (Reed College) "The Ethics-Theology Interface in Stoicism" 10:00am Jeff Johnson (Willamette University) "Lucretius on the Epicurean Soul: Atomism and the Efficacy of Philosophy" 10:25am Tyler Laughlin (Western Oregon University) "The Controversy of Constantine's Conversion to Christianity" 10:50am Christopher Breyer (Western Oregon University) "Forever Inexplicable: Antiochus IV and the Persecution of 167 BC" 11:15-11:25am coffee break SESSION TWO: Eaton 209 chair: Benedict Lowe (Western Oregon University) 11:25am Cassie M. Miura (Portland State University) "Conventions of Representation: Virgilian Ekphrasis in Chaucer's House of Fame" 11:50am Whitney Mims (Reed College) "Law and Orders: keleuô and nomos in Lysias' On the Murder of Eratosthenes" 12:15pm Aaron Heinrich (University of Oregon) "A Note on Petronius' Use of Vulgar Latin as a Rhetorical Tool in the Cena Trimalchionis"     12:40pm LUNCH in Eaton 211 opportunity to visit the Hallie Ford Museum of Art exhibit "Ancient Glass: Selections from the Richard Brockway Collection" SESSION THREE: Roger Hull Lecture Hall in the Hallie Ford Museum of Art chair: Ann Nicgorski (Willamette University) 1:40 pm Raino Isto (Willamette University) "Attributing, Categorizing and Dating a Hermogenean Skyphos Acquired by the Hallie Ford Museum" 2:05pm Claudia Hite (Pacific Lutheran University) "Where's the Privy? Plumbing in the Aegean Bronze Age" 2:30pm Lauren Quinlan (Willamette University) "Reading Roman Coins: The Secrets of Imperial Propaganda" 2:55-3:10pm break refreshments available in Eaton 209 SESSION FOUR: Eaton 209 chair: Ortwin Knorr (Willamette University) 3:10pm Nolan M. Doyle (Western Oregon University) "Rome's Bloody Nose: The Pannonian Revolt, Teutoburg Forest: Roman Concepts of Frontier" 3:35pm Kristen Vaccaro (Reed College) "Kings, Master and Rulers: One Non-Consecutive Sequence in Book II of Martial's Epigrams" 4:00pm Laura Zientek (University of Puget Sound) "Gauls, Snakes, and Corruption in Lucan's Bellum Civile" 4:25pm Matthew Lucas (University of Oregon) "Petronius' Eumolpus: From the Life of Lucan" DIRECTIONS Coming from I-5 (North or South) 1. Take the Highway 22 exit (number 253). 2. At the first light, head west (a left turn for those coming from the south, a right when coming from the north). 3. Stay on Highway 22 for about 1.5 miles. 4. As you pass 17th Street, you will start up an overpass. 5. At the top of this overpass there is an exit to the right. 6. Take this exit (Willamette University is indicated on the sign). 7. Keep left as the exit divides. 8. 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. 9. 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). For a map of the campus and additional directions, click here. . Eaton Hall directly faces the Oregon State Capitol, the white marble building with the golden pioneer on top. Enter the campus from State Street through the brick gateposts and proceed through the rose garden straight along the path to Eaton Hall. If the doors facing State Street are for some reason not unlocked, proceed to the other side of the building to the opposite set of double doors. This year, the conference lectures will be held on the second floor of Eaton Hall. There is an elevator on the main floor, hidden in one of the side halls, or you can take the main stairway to the second floor.   To register for the conference, please contact the conference organizer, Professor Mary Bachvarova. Register now!