Ever wonder how the ancient queen became a modern icon & an advertising tool?
Join us April 6th at the Chazen at 5:30 and hear the dynamic Professor Daugherty give his exciting lecture!
Professor Gregory N. Daugherty of Randolph-Macon College in Ashland VA is an expert on Cleopatra and will be giving two lectures on April 6th!
1. "It's Theda Bara Meets Princess Leia: A Social History of the Snake Bra!"
12pm, Room 1418 Van Hise Hall
2. "Her Infinite Variety: Cleopatra in American Popular Culture"
5:30pm, Room L140 Chazen Museum of Art
This event is hosted by Classic Society, University Lectures Committee, Department of Classics, Phi Alpha Theta, & the Classics Graduate Student Forum
If you have any questions or would like to be invited through Facebook to these events, please email Sean at spmiller3@wisc.edu.
Classics Society
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Meeting Minutes 3/24/09
Meeting Minutes
1. T-shirts
-can’t get a 2nd order of original design
-currently working on a new design
2. Professor Daugherty
-need to advertise lectures, talk to Sean if you want to help (spmiller3@wisc.edu)
-Dinner Sunday April 5th w/Professor Daugherty, Paisan’s 6:00pm, RSVP w/Sean
-Lectures:
*“It’s Theda Bara Meets Princess Leia: A Social History of the Snake Bra;” 12:00pm, 1418 Van Hise Hall
*“Her Infinite Variety: Cleopatra in American Popular Culture;” 5:30pm, Room L140 Chazen
3. Other Upcoming Lectures:
*Cultural Heritage Preservation at Home and Abroad: From the Wisconsin State Capitol to the Campidoglio” Tony Rajer; Thursday, March 26th, 7:00pm, Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium
*”Virgil’s Aeneid from the Aztecs to the Dark Virgin: Latin Poetry and Ethnohistory in Colonial Mexico” Andrew Laird; Tuesday, March 31st, 4:00pm, Room 204 Bradley Memorial
4. Olympics
-Committee meeting w/Ethan next week, contact Ethan if interested (etschmidt@wisc.edu)
-Society Olympics presentation next meeting
5. Officer Positions
-primary elections for next year’s officers will take place next meeting
-if interested in being an officer (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Historian), contact Sean (spmiller3@wisc.edu)—need to prepare a short paragraph concerning why you would make a good officer, also include desired office
*Next meeting will be April 14th
1. T-shirts
-can’t get a 2nd order of original design
-currently working on a new design
2. Professor Daugherty
-need to advertise lectures, talk to Sean if you want to help (spmiller3@wisc.edu)
-Dinner Sunday April 5th w/Professor Daugherty, Paisan’s 6:00pm, RSVP w/Sean
-Lectures:
*“It’s Theda Bara Meets Princess Leia: A Social History of the Snake Bra;” 12:00pm, 1418 Van Hise Hall
*“Her Infinite Variety: Cleopatra in American Popular Culture;” 5:30pm, Room L140 Chazen
3. Other Upcoming Lectures:
*Cultural Heritage Preservation at Home and Abroad: From the Wisconsin State Capitol to the Campidoglio” Tony Rajer; Thursday, March 26th, 7:00pm, Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium
*”Virgil’s Aeneid from the Aztecs to the Dark Virgin: Latin Poetry and Ethnohistory in Colonial Mexico” Andrew Laird; Tuesday, March 31st, 4:00pm, Room 204 Bradley Memorial
4. Olympics
-Committee meeting w/Ethan next week, contact Ethan if interested (etschmidt@wisc.edu)
-Society Olympics presentation next meeting
5. Officer Positions
-primary elections for next year’s officers will take place next meeting
-if interested in being an officer (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Historian), contact Sean (spmiller3@wisc.edu)—need to prepare a short paragraph concerning why you would make a good officer, also include desired office
*Next meeting will be April 14th
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