Strong showing of Bryn Mawr Archaeologists and Classicists at joint conference in Toronto

In early January, the Archaeological Institute of America and the Society for Classical Studies held their annual joint meetings in Toronto. On Friday, January 6th, Bryn Mawr College hosted a luncheon for alumnae/i, faculty, and students.

For the paper she delivered at the 2015 conference, Danielle Bennett was awarded the 2016 Graduate Student Paper Award.

In addition, several current graduate students and faculty presented their research during the conference. The talks include:

Archaeological Institute of America papers:

“Girl Talk: Female-Directed Communication about Marriage on Attic Loutrophoroi”
Danielle Smotherman Bennett (Ph.D. candidate)

“When Does a Satyr Become a Satyr?”
Hollister Pritchett (Ph.D. candidate)

“Woes and Wealth of Votive Deposits on Cyprus: An Investigation into Attitudes Towards Dedications and their Treatments”
Mackenzie Heglar (Ph.D. candidate)

“Early Imperial Imagery in Achaemenid Glyptic as Found in the Persepolis Fortification Archive”
Christina Chandler (M.A. 2016)

“Stratigraphical Observations and Considerations at the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia in the Late 19^th Century”
Astrid Lindenlauf, Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology

Society for Classical Studies papers:

“Book IV of the Dialogues attributed to Gregory the Great as a commentary on the Ecclesiastes 9”
Charlie Kuper (Ph.D. candidate)

“Post Longa et Tristia Dyaboli Bella: Allegory and the End of the Aeneid”
Luca D’Anselmi (Ph.D. candidate)

“Hysterical” Virgins in the Hippocratic Peri Partheniōn”
Abbe Walker (Ph.D. candidate)

“Holy Places: Some Theorizations of Sacred Spaces”
Radcliffe Edmonds III, Paul Shorey Professor of Greek and Professor of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies

“Virgil, Creator of the World”
Catherine Conybeare, Chair and Professor of Greek, Latin and Classical Studies