Classics conference to be held Friday

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An undergraduate research conference in Classics wil be held on Friday, April 21, in honor of Rome's traditional birthday and in conjunction with "The Athenian Acropolis: Photographs by William James Stillman (Class of 1848), An Exhibition in Memory of Professor Christina Elliott Sorum (1944-2005)," which opens today.

Sorum Guest Professor Andrew Szegedy-Maszak will give a workshop on the Stillman photographs for students at 10:15 a.m. Friday.

Following that, 12 students from Union, Colgate, Hamilton and Skidmore will read papers on topics ranging from ancient Egypt to classical influences on recent films and modern battle strategies.

Szegedy-Maszak is the Classical Studies and Jane A. Seney Professor of Greek at Wesleyan. He worked in Union's archives during summer 2004 and later published his research results.

Conference events are organized by the Classics Department, in part through an anonymous donor who created the Christina Elliott Sorum Guest Professorship in Classics.

Events will be held in the Nott and at Memorial Chapel. For more information, contact Hans-Friedrick Mueller, Classics chair, at muellerh@union.edu.