Professor reflects on growing up undocumented and the power of books

Posted on November 22, 2017 by lmonnens

By Jamie Saxon When Dan-el Padilla Peralta was 4, he and his parents left the Dominican Republic and traveled to the United States for better medical care for his mother. Although his father returned to Continue Reading →

Beyond Greek: The Beginnings of Latin Literature

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Lynne Brown

Author: Denis Feeney Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2016 (available January) Virgil, Ovid, Cicero, Horace and other authors of ancient Rome are so firmly established in the Western canon today that the birth of Latin literature Continue Reading →

Ashes, images and the survival of democracy

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Catherine Zandonella

Ashes, images and the survival of democracy: Nathan Arrington searches for meaning in ancient Athens’ public cemetery By Catherine Zandonella IT’S AN OVERCAST AND WINDY DAY, cold for June, but a strawberry stand across the Continue Reading →

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