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The Homeric Hymns and poetry of Hesiod—ancient texts that are less well known than the Iliad and Odyssey but equally important to the Western poetic tradition—were the focus of CIC’s third annual seminar on Ancient Greece in the Modern College Classroom. On July 14–18, 22 faculty members from CIC member institutions (see below) discussed the Hymns and Hesiod’s two major poems, the Theogony and Works and Days, within the context of the ancient cultural landscape. The seminar was specifically designed to give nonspecialist faculty members from all disciplines the opportunity to extend their knowledge of ancient sources and develop strategies for incorporating them into their courses, especially general education courses. Cosponsored by CIC and the Center for Hellenic Studies and made possible through the generous support of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the seminar took place at the Center’s Washington, DC, campus. It was directed by the Center’s director, Gregory Nagy, who is also Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and professor of comparative literature at Harvard University, and Kenneth Scott Morrell, associate professor of Greek and Roman studies at Rhodes College (TN). Participants worked collaboratively on materials and had full access to the Center’s renowned library. Because past participants have greatly benefited from sharing their syllabi, handouts, bibliographies, and lecture notes, participants this summer were encouraged to post their own class materials electronically on a collaborative Sakai website designed for the seminar. “Throughout the course of the seminar these documents served as important guides as participants considered the nature of assignments and ways of integrating the study of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns into courses,” Professor Morrell explained. Because of the overwhelming number of exceptional nominations that CIC received for participation in the 2008 seminar, CIC and the Center for Hellenic Studies will repeat the seminar on Homer and Hesiod in 2009. Twenty-three faculty members who were nominated for the 2008 seminar but who could not be accommodated this year have already been offered places in next year’s session. Also a group of 12 faculty members who attended a previous Ancient Greece seminar participated in the 2008 session through remote video and online access in order to expand on and deepen their earlier experiences. |
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