Classical Association of Vancouver Island Lecture Series

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Thursday, February 17th, 2022
3:30 PM

Dr. Alison Keith (Professor, Department of Classics and Director, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto) will present a lecture entitled: Sulpicia: A Latin Sappho?

Dr. Keith has written extensively about the intersection of gender and genre in Latin literature and Roman society, and has authored or edited books on Ovid and his reception, Vergil and Latin epic, Propertius and Roman literary cultures, Roman dress, women and war in antiquity, and motherhood in antiquity. Current projects include a biography of Sulpicia, the earliest female Latin poet whose work survives, and a monograph on Latin literature and Roman Epicureanism

. Classical Association of Vancouver Island is UVic’s organization for people interested in the Greek and Roman worlds. Everyone is welcome. To join CAVI and be on our mailing list, please contact: Dr. Ingrid Holmberg ([email protected]) or ([email protected]). https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/greekroman/undergraduate/Lectures/index.php

This is an ONLINE event via Zoom; register here at: https://uvic.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMocOmqrTooHNDgAc9MdaGh7z1Jj4YMN1vV