Classical Association of the Atlantic States Preliminary Program for the Fal Meeting

Program Committee

Michael Arnush, Skidmore College: CAAS Regional Representative for Eastern New York State

Henry Bender, The Hill School, Pottstown, Pa.; St. Joseph's University; and Villanova University: CAAS Past President and Conference Coordinator

Frederick J. Booth, Seton Hall University: CAAS Secretary

Gail Cooper, The Academy of the New Church, Bryn Athyn, Pa.

Nathaniel Costa, Saint Andrew's School, Middletown, Del.

Barbara Gold, Hamilton College: CAAS Past President

Nicolas Gross, University of Delaware: CAAS Past President

Judith P. Hallett, University of Maryland, College Park: CAAS Past President and Program Coordinator

Thomas Hayes, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, N.Y.: CAAS President

W. Gerald Heverly, New York University: CAAS Archivist

Diana Jensen, The Academy of the Holy Cross, Kensington, Md.: CAAS Regional Representative for Maryland

William Klingshirn, The Catholic University of America: CAAS Past President

Maria Marsilio, St. Joseph's University: CAAS Regional Representative for Philadelphia

Janet M. Martin, Princeton University

Jan McGlennon, The Maret School, Washington, D.C.: CAAS Regional Representative for Washington, D.C.

Barbara F. McManus, The College of New Rochelle, CAAS Immediate Past President

Ann Raia, The College of New Rochelle: CAAS Second Vice President

Carl A. Rubino, Hamilton College: CAAS First Vice President

Karin Suzadail, Owen J. Roberts High School, Pottstown, Pa.

Thursday, October 5, 2006

8:00–10:00 P.M. Registration

8:00–10:00 P.M. Book Display

8:00–10:00 P.M. Workshop A: Bringing Latin Learning into the Twenty-First Century with Total Immersion Latin

    Kay Rodabaugh Reyes (Hewitt-Trussville High School, Ala.), presiding

8:00–10:00 P.M. Panel A: The Impact of Changing Demographics on Latin Teacher Certification and Training

    Judith P. Hallett and Thomas Hayes, presiding
Panelists:
Betty Belfiore (University of Minnesota), Martha Davis (Temple University), Chris Ann Matteo (Edmund Burke School and University of Maryland, College Park), Donal McGay (North Penn High School), Dawn Mitchell (Dulaney High School), Molly Pasco-Pranger (University of Mississippi), and Carl Rubino.

Panel B: Mini-Semester Study Abroad at the University of Maryland, College Park
    Steven Rutledge (University of Maryland, College Park), presiding
Gypsies, Tramps, and "Heaves": The Perils and Pleasures of Study Abroad in Central Italy
    Joseph Scholten (University of Maryland, College Park)
A Study Tour to Discover the Classical Tradition in Paris
    Lillian Doherty (univeersity of Maryland, College Park)
Time-Travelers: Studying Abroad in Greece
    Mary Pittas-Herschbach (University of Maryland, College Park)
Comments and Discussion by Steven Rutle

Friday, October 6, 2006

8:00 A.M.–6:30 P.M. Registration

8:00 A.M.–6:30 P.M. Book Display

8:00–11:30 A.M. Meeting of the CAAS Board of Directors

8:00–11:30 A.M. Workshop B: New Initiative in Graduate Latin Education

Milena Minkova and Terence Tunberg (University of Kentucky), presiding

8:00–9:45 A.M. Paper Session A: Gender, Cult, and Identity in Greek Literature and Society

    Barbara Gold and Karin Suzadail, presiding What Pandora Let Out and What She Left In
    E. F. Beall
The Eleusinian Secret: Methods and Sources
    Allaire B. Stallsmith (Towson University)
Of Helmets, Spears, Swords, and Gods
Victor Castellani (University of Denver)
Rethinking Andreia: Masculinity or Courage?
    Walter Penrose (John Jay College of Criminal
     Justice, City University of New York)
Becoming a Man: Herakles and Deianira in Sophocles
    Ryan Fowler (Rutgers University)

9:45–10:15 A.M. Coffee Break

10:00–11:30 A.M. Paper Session B: Myth, Ritual, and Biography in Greek Literature and Society

    Gail Cooper and William Klingshirn, presiding Becoming Divine: Politics and the Popularity of the Perseus and Andromeda Myth
    Valentina DeNardis (St. Joseph's University)
The Sacrifice of the Hymn: Sacrificial Context and Hymnic Imagery
    Monica Signoretti (The Johns Hopkins University and Hollins University)
We Three Kings: Similarities between Jason in Apollonius' Argonautica and Two Isocratean Kings
    Norman Sandridge (Howard University)
The Birthplace of Ibycus of Rhegium...