Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!) [n.b. I’m obviously late on this one, but I figured there might be some interest in the topic]:
MYTHMAKING: CELEBRATING THE WORK OF FROMA I. ZEITLIN
International Conference
Princeton University
Saturday, 8 May 2010http://www.princeton.edu/~classics/conferences/2010/mythmaking
Invited Speakers:
Page duBois (University of California, San Diego)
Jas’ Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford)
Simon Goldhill (King’s College, Cambridge)
Edith Hall (Royal Holloway University of London)
Daniel Mendelsohn (Author and Critic)
Tim Whitmarsh (Corpus Christi College, Oxford)
Nancy Worman (Barnard College, Columbia University)In 1976, an already distinguished Froma I. Zeitlin arrived at Princeton in the
Department of Classics. Thirty-four years later, it is hard to imagine the University
without her. Over five decades, she has transformed the field of Classics, opening
it up to fertile interactions with post-War French thought and feminist theory and
imprinting it with her own extraordinary vision. During these years, and since
1992 as the Ewing Professor of Greek Language and Literature, she has helped
make Princeton one of the leading centers for the innovative scholarship that
she pioneered.The impact of her vibrant presence, creativity, and intellect extends even
more widely, however. Professor of Comparative Literature, early and staunch
supporter of the Program for the Study of Women and Gender, and the
visionary force behind the Program in Jewish (later Judaic) Studies, as well as its
longtime Director, she has been extraordinarily influential both here and on the
international stage. The affection and esteem of her colleagues is evident in the
unprecedented support from across the University for this celebration of one of
our great mythmakers.In honor of her remarkable contributions, this conference gathers seven friends,
renowned scholars all, whose work carries on her wide-ranging legacy.
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