THE FIFTH ANNUAL

March 27, 2019

University of Michigan
Dept. of Classical Studies
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
The Papyrology Collection at the U-M Library

 
 PROGRAM 

All events held at the Michigan League unless otherwise specified.

ARRIVALS
8:00 am – 8:40 am

Please plan accordingly to arrive in time for the Welcome Ceremony.

Check-in will be just outside the Ballroom.
For those entering the Captioning Caesar contest, please bring your captions to the back of the
Ballroom where they will be displayed throughout the day.

WELCOME CEREMONY
ROGEL BALLROOM

8:50 am - 9:10 am

Welcome by Chair of Classical Studies, Professor Artemis Leontis

Welcome by CLD Organizer, Cathy Person, Malia Piper, Donka Markus

Presentation by Office of Student Recruitment

Roll Call of Schools

FACULTY PRESENTATION
ROGEL BALLROOM

9:10 am – 9:55 am

Professor Bruce Frier: “Law for the Romans, Law for Us”
MORNING ACTIVITY SESSIONS​:
10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Each school will be assigned an individual schedule for the day based on the preferences
indicated on the registration form. Below is the general schedule of activities for the day,
including lectures, workshops, a scavenger hunt, tours, and mythology-themed games.
Each activity will last 40 minutes​.

Session 1: 10:00 am – 10:40 am

Lecture 1A: ​Professor Aileen Das: “Anatomy as Spectacle in the City of Rome”

Workshops:
1B – ​Professor Ruth Scodel: Horace ​Satires​ 1.9
An in depth look at Horace’s poem about poetry, patronage, and how to deal boring
strangers that you run into on the streets of Rome. Satire holds a special place in Roman
literature as an genre that was created entirely by the them (and not the Greeks) and a
careful examination of it and it’s themes can lead to many revelations about Roman
culture and society.
1C – ​Professor Brendan Haug: Papyrology Collection
Take a tour of UM’s vast papyrological collection, including many unpublished pieces
that could not be seen anywhere else. Like the tour of the Kelsey, this workshop gives
students a chance to examine items of material culture up close and gain insight into the
life of everyday people from antiquity.
1D – ​Join the Club!: Make your own ​Collegia
After learning about the essential components of a ​collegium​ and its function in Roman
society, students will create their own ​collegium​, inspired by an ancient profession or
something from their own school or community.
1E – ​Who Gets a Say?: Voting Reenactment Game
A card game designed to teach students about the realities of voting in Rome (who gets to
vote and in what order, logistical obstacles to voting for those living outside the city, etc.)
and about the voting system and procedures more generally. ​Hail to the Victors:

Tours of Kelsey 1F: ​Two tours of Roman Daily Life at the Kelsey Museum will be
offered by docents from the Museum.

Scavenger Hunt 1G: ​Find Roman and Greek influences on campus with the help of
Copley Latin Day volunteers.
Session 2: 10:45 am – 11:25 am

Lecture 2A: ​Professor Chris Ratté: “Roman emperor worship in Asia Minor”

Workshops:
2B – ​Fun with Funerary Monuments
This activity is designed to introduce students to funerary monuments in the city of Rome
and their prominent place in the landscape and culture of ancient Rome. Main goals
include: illustrating the importance of funerary monuments to Roman society, exploring
formulaic features of these monuments, and having students recognize the ways in which
funerary monuments for us and funerary monuments for the Romans have both
similarities and differences.
2C – ​Professor Brendan Haug: Papyrology Collection
2D – ​Lunch
2E – ​Homing in on Hercules: Exploring Roman topography in​ ​Propertius 4.9
A translation workshop on Propertius 4.9 with the goal of illuminating how Roman
topography is represented in Roman poetry will also give students an idea of what it
would be like to be in a college level translation class. We will read the entire poem in
English before translating portions of it in groups. We will incorporate maps of Rome to
give students an idea of the layout of the city while emphasizing that Propertius uses the
poem to give a virtual layout of Rome.

Tours of Kelsey 2F:​ Two tours of Roman Daily Life at the Kelsey Museum will be
offered by docents from the Museum.

Scavenger Hunt 2G: ​Find Roman and Greek influences on campus with the help of
Copley Latin Day volunteers.

Session 3: 11:30 am – 12:10 am

Lecture 3A: ​Jan Dewitt: “Government in the City of Rome”

Workshops:
3B – ​Professor Ruth Caston: Eating out: Dinner parties in Catullus and Martial
Roman literature workshop on the significance of food, friendship, and dinner parties in
the city of Rome.
3C – ​Join the Club!: Make your own ​Collegia
3D – ​Lunch
3E – ​Professor Ben Fortson: Banksy in Pompeii: Latin graffiti
Latin wasn't just something fancy used for writing "great literature": it was also an
ordinary language used by regular people to say whatever they wanted to say. Nowhere
can you see this better than on the walls of Pompeii, which preserve thousands of Latin
graffiti. We'll take a look at some of them, including political slogans, advertisements,
messages to friends (and enemies, and complete strangers), bad lovers' poetry, and lots of
random scribblings that bring the city alive again.
 Tours of Kelsey 3F: ​Two tours of Roman Daily Life at the Kelsey Museum will be
offered by docents from the Museum.

Scavenger Hunt 3G: ​Find Roman and Greek influences on campus with the help of
Copley Latin Day volunteers.

Session 4: 12:15pm – 12:55 pm

Lecture 4A​: UM Classical Studies Student Panel (Moderator: Edward Nolan)

Workshops:
4B – ​Fun with Funerary Monuments
4C – ​Homing in on Hercules: Exploring Roman topography in​ ​Propertius 4.9
4D – ​Lunch
4E – ​Hail to the Victors: Triumphs and Triumphal Arches
Students will learn about the Roman triumph,the uses of the triumphal arch in Ancient
Rome and other periods throughout history​, ​and how the significance of these practices
has changed and evolved over time. They will also have a chance to create their own
triumphal arch.

Tours of Kelsey 4F: ​Two tours of Roman Daily Life at the Kelsey Museum will be
offered by docents from the Museum.

Scavenger Hunt 4G: ​Find Roman and Greek influences on campus with the help of
Copley Latin Day volunteers.

N.B​. Judging for the Captioning Caesar Contest will take place at 12:30. Students do not
need to be with their captions at this time.

LUNCH​:

The Michigan League has a few places to purchase food and there are also nearby places to get a
quick lunch on State Street.

AFTERNOON ACTIVITY​: RECITATIONS

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Our afternoon activities will be as one large group again and will begin immediately at 1:00 pm.
CLOSING CEREMONY​:
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm

Prizes for recitations and for Captioning Caesars contest which will be on display all of Latin
Day.

Concluding remarks.

The Kelsey Museum will be offering drop-in tours from 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm for schools who
have time to visit before leaving.