Many UNC faculty, students and alumni to give papers at CAMWS in Winston-Salem

UNC-Chapel Hill Classics faculty, graduate students, Ph.D.s, and undergraduate alumni will be well-represented at the 118th meeting of CAMWS (The Classical Association of the Middle West and South) that will take place March 23-26, 2022, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina at the Winston-Salem Marriott and the Embassy Suites at the invitation of Wake Forest University. Just short of two dozen scholarly papers will be given at the conference by members with those connections to the Classics Department. Another UNC Ph.D., Hunter Gardner of the University of South Carolina, is the current president of CAMWS. CAMWS is an organization for Classics scholars and teachers and students at all levels; its geographic range includes 32 U.S. states and 3 Canadian provinces, but the organization welcomes members from anywhere in the world. The conference is hosted by the Classical Studies Departments at Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and by the North Carolina Classical Association. Information about the conference may be found at the CAMWS website.

Papers by UNC students, faculty, and alumni:
“Daphne on Display: Botanical Imperialism in Ovid’s Metamorphoses,” S. Elizabeth Needham (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
“The sulcus primigenius and memory-making on Roman colonial coinages,” Robyn Le Blanc (University of North Carolina, Greensboro, UNC Ph.D.)
“Why is the wild lion still and silent? A Case Study in Psychological Metaphor in Euripides’ Herakles 1210-1211,” Rebekah Rust (New York University, UNC B.A.)
“What Makes a Happy Ending: Responses to Europa in Ode 3.27,” Sarah H. Elsenlohr (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
“The Limping God and the Manly Woman: Hephaistos and Clytemnestra in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon,” Emma M. Duvall (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
“Agamemnon’s corpse as theatrical “dark matter” in Aeschylus’ Libation Bearers,” Al Duncan (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
“Propertius, The Seven Against Thebes, and Civic Grief,” Jermaine R.G. Bryant (Princeton, UNC B.A.)
“Myth and Structure in Propertius 2.8, 2.9, and 2.10” Aidan Mahoney (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
“The Laws of Peace: The Representation of Gendered Antagonism in Vergil and Propertius” Chandler Kendall (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
“Ciceronian Humor in Apuleius’ Apology, Emma N. Warhover (Colorado College, UNC Ph.D.)
“Dominae natalis: Playing with Tradition in the Tristia,” Joy E. Reeber (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, UNC B.A.)
“From “Cyclops” to “Polyphemus,” and Back Again,” Keyne Cheshire (Davidson College, UNC Ph.D.)
“Plautus’ Poenulus and the Play-within-the-Play: A Metageneric Reevaluation”, Rachel Mazzara (University of Toronto, Mississauga, UNC B.A.)
“Revenants and Civil Unrest in Ancient Greece and Rome,” Debbie Felton (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, UNC Ph.D.)
“Generic Subversion and Political Critique in Lucan, Vergil, and American Westerns,” Tedd A. Wimperis (Elon University, UNC Ph.D.)
“Laughing in the Face of Death: Xenophon’s Use of Humor in the Anabasis and Other Works,” Nicholas R. Bolig (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
“The Progress of Persian Diplomacy in Herodotus’ Histories,” Sydnor Roy (Texas Tech University, UNC Ph.D.)
“Fronto and Favorinus On Roman Color Cognition,” David B. Wharton (University of North Carolina, Greensboro, UNC Ph.D.)
“Tantalized by Natural Phenomena: Tantalus and Intratextual Allusions in Lucretius’ DRN 6,” Ryan M. Baldwin (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
“The Failure of Orpheus: The Difference Between Lex and Praecepta in Vergil’s Georgics,” Matthew W. Sherry (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
“Bovine Hoofs and Epicene Sexuality: Natural History as Intertextual Space in Moschus’ Europa and Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe,” Janet Downie (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
“Translating Whiteness: Color Aesthetics and the Early Modern Reception of Daphnis and Chloe,” A. Everett Lang (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)