OCC Planning Meeting, Monday, March 27, 7:00pm

Dear OCC Members,

On Monday 27 March 2023 at 7:00 p.m. we will hold our March meeting on Zoom. We will be meeting on Monday due to the upcoming CAMWS meeting later this week and some members may have travel plans on days preceding the CAMWS meeting. As has been our practice, please register for the meeting in advance following the Zoom link at the end of the message. The meeting will take no longer than one hour.

Sincerely yours,

Timothy Wutrich, Case Western Reserve University

President, The Ohio Classical Conference

You are invited to a Zoom meeting. 
When: Mar 27, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://cwru.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctcOuhpzMuHtH7SCksAC8A1ilPPux68yKk 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

In Memoriam: Judith de Luce

Dear OCC Members-

The OCC would like to honor the memory of former OCC member and officer Judith de Luce.  For those of you may not have heard, Judith passed away on February 12th, 2023.

Along with her warmth and exuberance, Judith’s passion for teaching was one of her defining features.  Following her retirement from the Classics department, Judith remained very involved in Miami’s Institute for Learning in Retirement program, excitedly planning courses on topics such as the contemporary mystery novel and Cleopatra.  Judith was devoted to service―to her students, to Miami University, and to the field of Classics at large. 

Within Classics, she was at the forefront of women’s studies and her interests focused largely on aging, gender, and power, as well as her beloved Ovid; a project on the “helpful princess” in classical literature was especially close to her heart.  Judith was a relentless advocate for Classics at Miami, and she remained deeply engaged in the larger Oxford community. 

Miamin university is inviting people to join them in sharing their memories of Judith at:

https://www.miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/french-italian-classics/index.html

Next OCC Planning Meeting, Tuesday, February 28th at 7:00 pm

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Feb 28, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://cwru.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlde6qpjgoGtRDVS6ls5CQJ8tY-Lg274gu

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Xavier University, Robert J. Murray Lecture Series

Please see the attached flyer regarding the Murray Lecture at Xavier University:

Topic: “Otherworldly Utopias? Pliny on Sri Lanka vs. Tacitus on Germany”

Lecturer: Dr. Kelly Shannon-Henderson

Date: Friday, March 24, 2022

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Call for Actors – Plautus’ Trinummus (aka Minimum Wage)

Theater in Greece and Rome (TIGR) is seeking actors and crew to participate in this year’s TIGR performance at CAMWS 2023 in Provo, UT, March 29-April 1. This year we will be doing a table reading of Plautus’ Trinummus (aka Minimum Wage) and exploring whether this is a snoozy moralizing play, as Trinummus’ detractors claim, or a daring play on morals meant to call out the hypocrisy of the Roman elite. This play features your favorite comic stock characters playing against type, including scheming old men, sententious youngsters, and a hilariously inept conman. And there’s buried treasure! Don’t miss a chance to participate in the fun. To volunteer, email Seth Jeppesen at sjeppesen@byu.edu.