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Fall 2017 (Pdf) THE NEWSLETTER OF THE CLASSICS DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS www.classics.ku.edu • Issue 11 • Winter 2018 studied the results of this structure and epic tradition. compared it with various other options, and Meanwhile, another major change in have found that our students respond best our Classics climate is the departure of Dear Friends, to a more interactive approach to language Prof. Tony Corbeill for the noble halls of learning. We will work on the Latin the University of Virginia to become the Greetings from sequence in the next few years (see below); Gildersleeve Chair of Latin. Tony leaves a Kansas, where a chilly stay tuned to this space to see how it turns great legacy to our department in the form January has out. of its excellent, respected, and thriving MA followed on • Ethics in Greek Tragedy (CLSX 384): program, which he built and sustained for the heels of an This new course meets the KU Core’s more than 20 years as graduate director. intemperately requirement for ethical thinking and thus The MA program is now in the care of warm December. As attracts students from a variety of majors. DGS Prof. Emma Scioli, who brings her we have rounded the corner into 2018, Who knew that Greek tragedy was full of own considerable talents to the role. We’re the theme of the year seems to be “climate ethical content, introducing and exploring searching for a new Latinist faculty colleague change” and accordingly, “adaptation.” ideas of motive vs. effect, individual vs. to start in the fall. The biggest changes we face are those in group responsibility, autonomy and moral This year, we are lucky to have Anne Rabe student needs. Our students are burdened luck? We knew (particularly Michael Shaw back in our halls. Anne, who graduated increasingly with the need to work a job and Craig Jendza), and now the rest of KU as Anne Stephens with a BA in Classics - or two - to pay for school. Their time does as well. and Anthropology in 2002 and the MA in is both limited and less flexible. We have • Medical Terminology: Greek and Latin Classics in 2007, went on to earn a PhD in worked hard to adjust our curriculum to Roots (CLSX 332): Formerly known as Classics at Brown University. Her research accommodate their need for flexibility while “Scientific Word Power,” this course blends focus is on metaphors of violence in political maintaining the integrity and rigor of our a rigorous march through (and through rhetoric. At KU this year, she has taken courses. Here are five examples from our and through, for mastery) Greek and Latin the helm of the Intro Latin course and is undergraduate curriculum: morphemes and the rules for combining teaching two graduate language seminars • First-year Greek language: Pam Gordon them with opportunities to delve into this year: one in Plautus’ comedies, the other developed a hybrid intro Greek sequence, questions of culture and science such as, a survey of Greek literature. The students in which students come to class three days what are the benefits and costs of having a admire and respect her as we knew they a week and work online two days a week. universal language for scientific research, would, even though her courses are rigorous. Each semester, the online work improves as and does it matter what that language is? Finally, we have adapted to the age Pam tinkers with it to respond so students’ What cultural biases affected health care in of social media. We have revived and needs and feedback. This hybrid course has ancient Greece and Rome, and what biases reinvigorated our Facebook page. If you enabled a steady stream of students to take affect healthcare now? And, what incentives haven’t already liked or followed it, please Greek – and stick with it – who might not promote public health measures? This course do so – you’ll find photos, news, events, and otherwise have been able to take it. is entirely online and has attracted KU articles. • First-year Latin language: We students near and far. Amid all this change, what remains experimented with a different form of • Ancient Epic Tales (CLSX 168): constant is our commitment to sharing hybrid language learning for intro Latin This popular course takes students from our passion for ancient Greece and Rome – a “flipped” model in which students are Gilgamesh through Homer, Vergil, and with students, and our gratitude for the introduced to the material through online Ovid all the way to the Mayan Popol Vu. opportunity to do so. resources, and then come to class to practice It’s a great introduction to Classical We wish you the very best in 2018. and apply it. Latin classes function more literature, and an enlightening look at how like workshops in this flipped model. We’ve Classics fits into the grand and worldwide Tara Welch, Chair Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Join us on Facebook: University of Kansas Department of Classics Alumni Page Department News Celebrating the Career of Anthony Corbeill ay 2017 brought both joy and sadness to the KU Classics Department. As we celebrated the achievements of our graduating seniors, we also Mbid farewell to our dear colleague and friend, Tony Corbeill. After 26 years in Lawrence, Tony retired from KU to become the Gildersleeve Chair of Latin at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. During 2017-18, he bridges the gap between the two institutions in England, where he holds Wilcox Classical several research fellowships. Among Tony’s legacies at KU Museum Updates stand the three books he published during his time here, the most recent of which, Sexing the World: Grammatical Gender and Biological Sex in Ancient Rome (2015), was awarded the The Future of the Wilcox Museum Charles Goodwin Award of Merit from the Society for Classical Studies in 2016. By Phil Stinson, Curator Several KU students, faculty, local teachers, and friends of Latin over the years spent At thirty years old, the Wilcox Museum their Friday afternoons reading Latin in the convivial environment of Tony’s living is in many ways at a crossroads. There room, and remember those sessions with great fondness. Tony did great work during is rich potential in imagining future his 20 years at the helm of our thriving Master’s program, and its enduring success as directions for the Museum and its well as the program’s record of placement in PhD programs and teaching positions is wonderful collection. To begin, we a testament not only to the excellent students that have attended the program, but also must resume regular teaching in the to Tony’s stewardship and advocacy for the program. gallery spaces. Towards this end, we plan on soon offering an undergraduate seminar, to be cross-listed with Museum Studies, which would introduce collecting practices of American universities during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and provide hands-on experience with ancient Greek and Roman artifacts in the collection. A long-term goal aims to fully renovate the Museum and its mission, using the “reading museum” model, which has been so successful at sites such as the Wellcome Museum in London, and the “BioLounge” at the University of Colorado. A transformed Wilcox Museum might serve as much as a Tony Corbeill is toasted by friends and colleagues at the department’s end-of-year “commons” (continued on page 4) celebration, as Emma Scioli reads aloud a testimonial from one of Tony’s former students. Many of you have cherished memories of your experiences with Tony as professor, advisor, mentor, and friend. It was fitting that our guest speaker at the May honors ceremony was Konstantinos Nikoloutsos, associate professor of Classics at St. Joseph’s University, who worked closely with Tony when he was an exchange graduate student at KU from 2000-02. One of the high points of the celebration was hearing the many tributes written by Tony’s former students read aloud as a surprise during the toast Wellcome Museum, London (photo to Tony. Excerpts from some of these testimonials convey the high regard in which by Peter Welsh). Tony’s students held him. Read on! 2 www.classics.ku.edu Jim Gioia, (BA 2003) wrote, “I think of Professor Corbeill much more often when I consider who I want to BE as a teacher. While Professor Corbeill’s talent and depth of knowledge always amazed me, his humility and sincere enthusiasm still inspire me today. Both in and out of class he frequently offered brilliant insights as if it were just part of a conversation among equals. He delighted in a student discovering something that he and others might not have seen.” Mariah Smith, (MA 2009), reflected as follows, “One of my most treasured grad school experiences is the summer study abroad trip to Italy, where I had the massive good fortune to be the graduate assistant. The location itself, of course, has manifest charms - but I also appreciated Tony’s approach to the trip. He allowed me to be both teacher and student; tourist and assistant. He was excellent at making all the students feel included, making sure to rotate dinner with everyone. Amongst all the great moments, there was a funny one. We stopped at a museum but were not allowed in, although there was staff present. Tony asked, pleaded, and complained to the staff to let us in. They wouldn’t budge. As a somewhat bizarre consolation, they offered him Jordan Almonds (the candy!), or maybe it was just to get him to go away - in any case, Tony obstinately insisted that they give him one for each of the students!” Wes Hanson, (MA 2015), shared this anecdote: “One of my favorite memories of Tony during my time at KU came when different PhD programs had requested Skype interviews with me.
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