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CLASSIC GREEK & ROMAN MYTHOLOGY(Greek & Roman Classics 2911.01)
Days/Times: Monday, Wednesday, & Friday, 12pm to 12:50pm
Professor: Alex Gottesman
CRN: 38343
About: Greek myth has held an enduring fascination in western culture. The stories of the Greek gods and heroes have been retold, reread and reanalyzed at least since... the renaissance! Yet already in ancient times myths and their meaning was constantly debated, as it continues to be. In this course we will look at myth as an arena in which people have posed and tried to answer big questions about history, the world, and our place in it. In the first part of the course we will focus on ancient representations and discussions of mythical stories. We will look at how the ancients viewed myth, and how they thought about their stories. In the second part of the course we will survey some influential theories moderns have used to approach and understand myth. We will focus on particular case-studies that illustrate each approach as well as open up interesting windows into ancient culture and society.
About the Professor: I am Associate Professor in Temple's Classics department. I work on ancient politics and political thought. I recently published a book on ancient Athenian informal politics and its relationship to their formal, civic institutions. I am working on a new book on freedom of speech in Athens. I live in S. Philly and recently started getting into woodworking--undeterred by a minor table saw accident!
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Fellowships 101 - TODAY!
TODAY!, 4-5 PM
Tuttleman 201
Are you interested in applying for merit-based scholarships that fund supplemental undergraduate experiences? What if I told you that included STUDY ABROAD and RESEARCH? Yeah, we thought that might pique the interest. Or maybe ones that fund teaching English abroad or graduate study? Here's the best place to start: attend Fellowships 101 with Barbara Gorka. RSVP HERE!
Community Arts Lunch WITH PIZZA!
Tuesday, October 23rd, NOON (aka Pizza O'Clock)
Honors Lounge
Are you interested in any of the above? Because if you are, we've got a great use of your time for lunch on Thursday. Prof. Billy Yalowitz will be coming to discuss his forthcoming course which will bring together activist, artists, and communities to create art based on the life of the community. We are really looking forward to hosting Billy and looking forward to his course (Art Education 3911) in the spring. Come meet him! Tons more info in the flyer to the right.
EVENTS
Honors Spooky Lecture!
Friday, October 19, 6 PM
Tuttleman 101 (A haunted classroom?)
Did you know we have our very own Ghostbuster (aficionado) on campus - I urge you to click the photo to the right)? Honors alum and professor Jeff Boles will lead us down an intellectual journey of haunts and scares. In this talk, we will be exploring state of the art scientific findings related to parapsychology, the branch of psychology that addresses the investigation of purportedly psychic and paranormal phenomena (such as extra sensory perception, telepathy...). It's sure to be a spooky good time.
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