The Department Congratulates Thomas Vozar, (Latin 2013) who has been named one of the two winners of the 2010-11 Friends of the (Oberlin) Library Research award, for his essay "Scorti Libellus: Publication as Prostitution in the Elegies of Sulpicia."
The first Classics talk of the 2011-12 school year will Sarah Olsen, a Ph.D. candidate at the U-California Berkeley, and the winner of the 2011 Winkler Prize in Classics. Ms. Olsen will talk on "Maculate Conception: Romantic and Sexual Discourse in Heliodorus' An Ethiopian Tale.
Ms. Olsen's Talk will be Wednesday Sept. 21 at 4:30 in King 239, and is free and open to the public.
A poster for Ms. Olsen's talk can be seen here.
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Well, we sort of skipped 2010... but the 2011 Newsletter is now available! To download your very own .pdf you can click on this link, or go over to the Newsletter tab to your left.
