A Free Classics Workshop for K-12 Teachers

From The Founding Fathers to Rita Dove

  

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Ancient Greece and Rome have long held the imagination of American writers, scholars, scientists, artists, and politicians from the early colonial period to contemporary times. Its influence, therefore, emerges in the teaching of various subjects - history and government, English, Latin and other languages and literatures, drama, and art. For the inaugural Classics workshop at Howard University in collaboration with UVA, this workshop will focus on the tremendous influence of Classics in American history, scholarship, and culture.

This workshop in American Receptions of Classics offers two presentations by Howard faculty, one presentation by UVA faculty, and a special presentation by Hunter R. Rawlings III, Professor of Classics and President Emeritus of Cornell University. Topics include the influence of Classics among the founding fathers, in the thought and writings of W. E. B. Du Bois, and among African American artists from Phillis Wheatley to Rita Dove. Group discussion after each talk will include how to adapt the various materials and perspectives to K–12 classrooms.In celebration of Howard University's Sesquicentennial in 2017, Dr. Michele Ronnick's exhibit "Black Classicists" will be on view at the Blackburn Gallery Lounge.

As part of the afternoon session, participants will tour the exhibit and receive materials that can be incorporated into the classroom for future scheduled visits with students.

Lunch will be provided

Schedule:

9:15 – 9:45 – Registration (Coffee and pastries will be served)

9:45 – 10:00 – Introductions

10:00 –11:00 – Hunter R. Rawlings III, Professor of Classics and President Emeritus, Cornell University, "The Lion in the Path"

1:00 –11:15 – Break 1

11:15 –12:15 – Johnson Olusegun Ige, Assistant Professor of Classics, Howard University, "Rhetoric, Reception, and Two Oratorical Icons: Cicero and W. E. B. Du Bois Compared"

12:15–1:15 – Lunch

1:15  –2:15 – John F. Miller, Arthur F. and Marian W. Stocker Professor of Classics, UVA, "Rita Dove's Mother Love"

2:15 – 2:30 – Break 2

2:30 – 3:30 – Caroline Stark, Assistant Professor of Classics, Howard University, "African American Classical Reception and Scholarship"

3:30 – 4:00 – View "Black Classicists" Exhibition

Sponsored by the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, with Assistance From the Center for the Liberal Arts, University of Virginia
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Howard University