Symposium on Ancient Greece
Calendar of Events
October 3 – November 7, 2012
|
Date |
From |
To |
Location |
Topic |
Speaker |
|
W 10/3/12 |
7:00
pm |
7:30
pm |
West Reading Room, Booth Library |
Opening Reception |
Sponsors’ Representatives and EIU
Administration |
|
W 10/3/12 |
7:30 pm |
8:30 pm |
West Reading Room, Booth Library |
Keynote Presentation |
Ms. Ioanna Efthymiadou Consul General of Greece |
|
Th 10/4/12 |
10:00
am |
11:00
am |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
Presentation on Greece |
Ms. Ioanna
Efthymiadou Consul General of Greece |
|
M 10/8/12 |
10:00 am |
11:00 am |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
From Demosthenes to Speech-Language
Pathology in the 21st Century:
How Ancient Greece Launched the Field of Speech & Hearing Science |
Dean Bob Augustine |
|
M 10/8/12 |
11:00
am |
12
Noon |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
Did the Ancient Greeks Really
Believe Their Myths? |
Dean Bonnie Irwin |
|
W 10/24/12 |
10:00 am |
11:00 am |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
1.
Ancient Greek
Technology 2.
Laughter, Food
& Curiosity in Greece |
Todd Bruns Prof. Kathy Rhodes |
|
W 10/24/12 |
11:00
am |
12
Noon |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
The Apostle Paul’s Influence on
the Ancient Greeks |
Dr. Andrew Robinson |
|
Th 10/25/12 |
1:00 pm |
2:00 pm |
PHYS 2120, Physical Sciences Building |
Business and Accounting Practices |
Dr. Cheryl Noll Dr. Bill Wootton Dr. David Boggs |
|
Th 10/25/12 |
2:00
pm |
3:00
pm |
PHYS 2120, Physical Sciences
Building |
Ancient Greek Geography and
Geographers |
Dr. Michael Cornebise |
|
Th 10/25/12 |
3:00 pm |
4:00 pm |
PHYS 2120, Physical Sciences Building |
1.
Ancient Greece
and the Concept of Techne 2.
Body and Sport
in Greek Antiquity and Today |
Dr. Gary Aylesworth Dr. Craig Eckert and |
|
Th 10/25/12 |
7:00 pm |
8:00 pm |
Booth Library Atrium, First Floor |
Daughters of Dionysus |
Dr. Jean Wolski Students’ Live Performance |
|
F 10/26/12 |
3:00 pm |
5:00 pm |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
The Dawn of Democracy (film
presentation) |
Prof. David Bell |
|
M
10/29/12 |
10:00 am |
11:00 am |
Witters
Conference Room 4440, Booth Library |
Euclid
and the Greatest Common Divisor |
Dr.
Peter Andrews Dr.
William Slough |
|
M 10/29/12 |
11:00 am |
12 Noon |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
A Survey of Classical Greek
Architecture |
David Finnigan |
|
M 10/29/12 |
12 Noon |
1:00 pm |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
Ancient Echoes in Greek Expressive
Culture – lecture and musical performance |
Dr. Angela Glaros Alper Aslihak Tufan Sevim |
|
W 10/31/12 |
10:00 am |
11:00 am |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
How Darwin Plagiarized Empedocles:
Modern Science Anticipated in Greek Philosophy |
Dr. Grant Sterling |
|
W 10/31/12 |
11:00
am |
12 Noon |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
The City of Delphi |
Andrew Brachear |
|
W 10/31/12 |
4:00 pm |
5:00 pm |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
Paideia: Education as Cultural Development of a Nation’s
Spiritual Life |
Dr. Gustavo Albear |
|
Th 11/1/12 |
10:00
am |
11:00 am |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
Hagia Sophia: Sacred Wisdom from the Christian Tradition
of the Greeks |
Dr. Ryan McDaniel |
|
Th 11/1/12 |
12:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
West Reading Room, Booth Library |
Becoming A Science: Astronomy in
Ancient Greece |
Prof. David Linton |
|
Th 11/1/12 |
2:00
pm |
3:00
pm |
West Reading Room, Booth Library |
The Tourism Journey and the Search
for the Authentic |
Dr. Betsy Pudliner |
|
Th 11/1/12 |
3:00 pm |
4:00 pm |
West Reading Room, Booth Library |
Geologic & Geographic
Settings-Foundation of Greek Culture & Civilization |
Dr. Alan Baharlou |
|
Th 11/1/12 |
7:00 pm |
8:00 pm |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
The Parthenon as Athens’ Response
to the Persian War |
Dr. Lee Patterson Dr. Janet Marquardt |
|
F 11/2/12 |
2:00 pm |
3:00 pm |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
Greek: An Ancient Language that Shapes
Today |
Dr. Adrian Lamkin |
|
F 11/2/12 |
3:00 pm |
5:00 pm |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
The Real Olympics (film
presentation) |
Prof. David Bell |
|
M 11/5/12 |
10:00 am |
11:00am |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
Ancient Greek Women and Their Specific
and Varied Roles in Families |
Prof. Christina Yousaf Dr. Crystal Duncan Lane |
|
M 11/5/12 |
11:00
am |
12
Noon |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
Remembering Hadrian, the Emperor
who put the Greek in Greco-Roman |
Dr. Bailey Young |
|
M 11/5/12 |
12
Noon |
1:00
pm |
Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth
Library |
The Myth of Epimetheus
and Prometheus: Time, Techne and the Invention of
the Human |
Dr. Thomas Hawkins |
|
T 11/6/12 |
7:00 pm |
8:00 pm |
Witters
Conference Room 4440, Booth Library |
1. Ancient Greek/Contemporary
US Families: Both Alike AND Different 2. Ancient Greece Funeral and
Marriage: Beliefs and Philosophy |
Dr. Mikki Meadows Oyindamola Idowu |
|
W
11/7/12 |
11:00 am |
12 Noon |
Witters
Conference Room 4440, Booth Library |
Homer,
Bach and Mozart: The Influence of Ancient Greek Culture on Music of the
Baroque and Classical Eras |
Dr.
Corey Francis |
|
W 11/7/12 |
12 Noon |
1:00 pm |
Witters
Conference Room 4440, Booth Library |
Eureka! |
Dr. Steven
Daniels |
|
W
11/7/12 |
6:00 pm |
8:00 pm |
North
McAfee Gymnasium |
Ancient
Greek Sports and Dance and
music by members of EIU Panther
Marching Band |
Dr.
Scott Ronspies Dr.
Corey Francis |