Raoul Bertrand Lecture in Classics: The Sacks of Rome, 390 B.C. - 2015 A.D.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Joseph Farrell, professor of classical studies and Mark K. and Esther W. Watkins Professor in the Humanities at University of Pennsylvania, presents the 11th annual Raoul Bertrand Lecture in Classics. Reception to follow. Free.
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Humanities Building, Room 587
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Classics Department
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Classics Department
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415-338-2068
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Over the past 30 years, Farrell has offered courses, lectured and published books and articles on topics that range from Homer and Vergil to Ridley Scott and Silvio Berlusconi. His current research projects include a book, Juno’s Aeneid: Narrative, Metapoetics, Dissent; a series of studies of the literature of the Roman suburbium; and articles on the relationship between scholarly and literary production in antiquity.