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Fall Professional Day 2017

Saturday, November 18, 2017

The Baldwin School, Anne Frank Library, Bryn Mawr

 

9 am Doors Open/Check-In/Coffee & Matinal Refreshments from Whole Foods

9:45 am Business Meeting [Financial Report; Announcements]

10 am "Seneca, Stoic Exemplarity, and my Aunt Edith," Professor William Turpin, Swarthmore College

10:25 am "Elite vs. Popular Antiquity: Helen of Troy and Metacinema in Carnaval Atlantida," Professor Konstantinos Nikoloutsos, Saint Joseph's University

11 am Break & Refreshments

11:20 am "Weaving Rare Books Into The Classics Curriculum," Eric Pumroy, Author and Director of Library Collections, Bryn Mawr College

11:35 am "Building Community with Microsoft Teams," Professor Valentina DeNardis, Director of Classical Studies, Villanova University

Noon " 'In medio Tutorissimus ibis': Edward Lear's Classical Anti-Pedagogy, Professor Marian Makins, Temple University

12:25 pm CLASSICS ALIVE! Sharing Pedagogy Techniques and Discussion of Trends 

12:45 Lunch Catered by ARROWROOT of Bryn Mawr [including Vegan & Gluten-Free Items]

1:30 pm LUNCHEON SPEAKER in memoriam Dr. Rudolph Masciantonio: Professor Bret Mulligan, Haverford College, "Reading Philadelphia Latin: the Case of Makin's Descriptio Pennsylvaniae"

  • PCS T-shirts will be available at $10 each.
  • Bring used or new books and posters, etc. for our traditional PCS "Libri Classici" giveaway!
  • Materials for the 2018 PCS Contest Week, February 19-24, will be available.
  • PCS Annual Latin Week Judging Day: February 24, 2018 [snow date: March 3]
  • The PCS Annual Awards Luncheon will be held @Drexelbrook on Saturday, May 5, 2017

 


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