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Classical Conferences and Meetings in 2019
June 27–29, 2019
Hilton Midtown
New York, NY
Representatives: Bridget Dean, Laurel Draper, and Donald Sprague
Presentations
Friday, June 28
8:30 am–10:00 am
"Quomod discamus? Tunc et Nunc: A Century of Teaching Latin"
Panelist: Kenneth Kitchell, author, The Other Middle Ages, They Said It First: The Wisdom of the Ancient Greeks and Romans; coauthor, Catullus: A LEGAMUS Transitional Reader
"Teaching Greek Better in the 21st Century"
Wilfred Major, coauthor, Plato: A Transitional Reader
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Poster Session: "Rome Through the Ages: A Tour of Rome and Surroundings Celebrating the American Classical League's Centennial" Cindy Caltagirone, Chair ACL Technology Committee, and Don Sprague, editor, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
4:00 pm–5:00 pm
"The Contemporary City Dionysia, Past, Present, and Future"
Marianthe Colakis, author, Lectiones Memorabiles: Volume I: Selections from Catullus, Cicero, Livy, Ovid, Propertius, Tibullus, and Vergil; coauthor, Classical Mythology & More: A Reader Workbook, Excelability in Advanced Latin: A Workbook for Students, and Lectiones Memorabiles: Volume III: Selections from Caesar, Catullus, Horace, Livy, Ovid, and Vergil
Friday, June 28
9:00 am–10:00 am
"Let's Diversity: Using African American Fiction to Bring Black Classicism into Your Classroom"
Michele Valerie Ronnick, William Scarborough Sanders' First Lessons in Greek: A Facsimile of the 1881 First Edition
"ACL's The Classical Outlook: The Early Years in New York City"
Ronnie Ancona, Writing Passion: A Catullus Reader, Writing Passion Plus: A Catullus Reader Supplement, Horace: Selected Odes and Satire 1.9; coauthor: Horace: A LEGAMUS Transitional Reader and A Horace Workbook
Saturday, June 29
12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Roundtable Discussions
"Local and Global Perspectives on Latin/Classics Teacher Training"
Ronnie Ancona, see above, and Arlene Holmes-Henderson, University of Oxford
"Extra Muros: Teaching Latin Online"
Ed DeHoratius, author, Follow Your Fates Series: The Exile of Aeneas, The Journey of Odysseus, and The Wrath of Achilles
July 26–31, 2019
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Representatives: TBD