Select Public and Invited Lectures (2010-present)
- Response in Panel “The City of Rome: Real, Imagined, Created,” Annual Meeting, CAMWS 2021, Cleveland, OH
- Response in Panel “Hybrid Epicenters: Peripheral Adaptations in Flavian Literature,” Annual Meeting (virtual), Society for Classical Studies, January 9, 2021, Chicago, IL (co-organizers Clayton Schroer and Angeliki Roumpou)
- “Scenes of Death and Burial in Flavian Epic,” Lisbon Flavian Seminar, November 6, 2020
- “Έκτορας και Αννίβας: Μια συγκριτική ματιά από τον Όμηρο στο Σίλιο Ιταλικό,” Τροφεία ΙΙ: Νέες προοπτικές στη μελέτη του Αρχαίου Ελληνικού και του Ρωμαϊκού Κόσμου. Διεθνές Συμπόσιο με επίκεντρο νέες μεθοδολογικές προσεγγίσεις. December 12-15, 2019, Rethymno, Greece
- “Scylla’s Lament in the Ciris and the (post-)Ovidian Latin Literary Tradition,” Annual Meeting, CA/FIEC, July 7, 2019, London, UK
- “College Greek Exam: Past and Future” (with Mary Pendergraft), Annual Meeting, CAMWS, April 6, 2019, Lincoln, Nebraska
- “Introduction” in Organized Panel: “The Writing on the Wall: The Intersection of Flavian Literary and Material Culture,” Annual Meeting, Society for Classical Studies, January 2019, San Diego, CA (co-organizers Emma Buckley and Claire Stocks)
- “Scylla’s Lament in the Ciris and the Latin Literary Tradition,” Authors and Readers in the Appendices, Trinity College, Oxford, September 5-7, 2018
- “Death, Burial, and Ritual in Flavian Poetry,” Arthur Stocker Annual Lecture, University of Virginia, April 20, 2018
- “Best Practices from an Editor’s Perspective,” Annual Meeting, CAMWS, April 12, 2018, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- “Hannibal’s Journey,” Inaugural Libson Classics Seminar, University of Lisbon, March 19, 2018
- “Hannibal’s Journey: A Literary Manipulation of Cultural Memory,” Epic and History International Conference, Florida State University, October 28, 2017, Tallahasee, FL
- “The New Ben-Hur (2016) in a Changing World,” Illinois Classical Conference, October 7, 2017, Urbana, IL
- “The New Ben-Hur (2016) in a Changing World,” Wabash College, September 18, 2017
- “Death, Ritual, Burial in Flavian Poetry,” Middlebury College, May 5, 2017
- “A New Ben-Hur (2016) in a Changing World,” Annual Meeting, CA, April 28, 2017, Canterbury, UK
- “Death and Ritual in the Silvae,” Editing and Commenting on the Silvae, Workshop, Centre of Classical Studies, University of Lisbon, March 17, 2017, Lisbon, Portugal
- “Epicurean Postures in Silius’ Punica,” Philosophies of Flavian Literature, University of Toronto, March 4, 2017
- “From (Mythological) Greece to (Imperial) Rome: Burying the Dead in Flavian Poetry,” University of Toronto, March 3, 2017
- “Response in The Next Generation: Papers by Undergraduate Classics Students,” Annual Meeting, SCS, January 6, 2017, Toronto, ON
- “From (Mythological) Greece to (Imperial) Rome: Burying the Dead in Valerius Flaccus and Silius Italicus,” University of Cincinnati, November 15, 2016
- “Gods and the Divine in STARZ Spartacus” Film and History Conference, Milwaukee WI, October 2016
- “From (Mythological) Greece to (Imperial) Rome: Burying the Dead in Valerius Flaccus and Silius Italicus,” University of Missouri Columbia, April 22, 2016
- “Who is Spartacus? Casting a New Spartacus in the STARZ Series,” Annual Meeting, CA, April, 2016, Edinburgh, UK
- Presidential Address at CAMWS: “Visualizing Epic” (March 18, 2016)
- “haec pietas, haec fides: Permutations of Trust in Statius’ Thebaid,” Annual Meeting, SCS, January 8, 2016, San Francisco, CA
- “From (Mythological) Greece to (Imperial) Rome: Burying the Dead in Valerius Flaccus and Silius Italicus,” Intertextuality in Valerius Flaccus, University College London, December 18, 2015
- “Quaenam spes hominum? Dashed Hopes in Statius’ Thebaid,” The Emotion of Hope, Rethymnon, Greece, December 13, 2015
- “Ancient Greek Myth and Modern Greek History in Theo Angelopoulos’ The Weeping Meadow (2004),” Film and History Conference, Madison WI, November 6, 2015
- “Fides in Statius’ Thebaid,” Fides in Flavian Literature, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands, June 6-8, 2015
- “Collateral Damage: Todeskette in Flavian Epic,” Flavian Epic Intertextuality, Fondation Hardt, Geneva, Switzerland, May 28-30, 2015
- “Male Lament in Statius’ Thebaid,” Annual Meeting, SCS, January 11, 2015, New Orleans, LA
- “Death, Burial and Ritual in Flavian Epic” Royal Holloway, University of London, November 12, 2014
- “Dreaming Inconsistency: Ismene in Thebaid 8,” Unity and Inconsistency in Flavian Epic, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), September 4, 2014, Budapest, Hungary
- “Civil War and Semblance of Burial in Flavian Epic,” Celtic Conference in Classics, Edinburgh, June 26, 2014
- “Burial and Lament in Flavian Epic: Mothers, Fathers, Children,” Colloquium at St. Andrews’ University, June 20, 2014
- “Terence in Cornelius Schonaeus’ plays,” 8th Trends in Classics International Conference, Roman Drama and its Contexts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, May 29, 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece
- “Greeks and Romans: Literature, Religion, and Culture,” Osaka City University, Japan, May 11, 2014
- “The Representation of Ancient Women on Screen,” Osaka City University, Japan, May 10, 2014
- “The Other on Screen in the 21st Century,” Annual Meeting, CA, April 2014
- “The Other on Screen in the 21st Century,” Annual Meeting, CAMWS, April 2014
- “Terence and his World,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, March 26, 2014
- “Editing Companions: From Roman Comedy to Flavian Epic,” Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 24, 2014
- “Burial Scenes: Silius and Greco-Roman Historiography,” Annual Meeting, APA, January 3, 2014, Chicago, IL
- “Burial Scenes: Silius and Greco-Roman Historiography,” I generi letterari nell’età dei Flavi: Canoni, trasformazioni, ricezione, Torino Italy, September 19, 2013
- “Partnership and Love in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011),” Annual Meeting, CAMWS, April 19, 2013, Iowa City, IA
- “Burial Scenes: Silius and Greco-Roman Historiography,” Silius Italicus: Poetry and Historiography, Washington University St. Louis, March 23, 2013
- “Recycling Hecuba,” Langford Latin Seminar, Florida State University, February 22, 2013
- “Campanian Politics and Poetics in Silius Italicus’ Punica,” Annual Meeting, APA, January 2013, Seattle, WA
- “Women in the Ancient World, Athens and Rome,” Hellenic Link-Midwest (HLM), November 18, 2012
- “Greek Myth, Roman History, and the Affirmation of Patriarchy in Le Gladiatrici,” Film and History Conference, Milwaukee WI, September 27-28, 2012
- “Silius Italicus’ Punica in Claudian’s De raptu Proserpinae,” Flavian Epic and the World of Ideas, University of Warsaw, 24-25 May 2012
- “Women in Flavian Epic,” Illinois Wesleyan University, January 18, 2012
- “Teichoscopia and Katabasis: Engendering Poetics in Flavian Epic,” Flavian Epic Interactions, University College London, 23–24 June 2011
- “A Translation of Silius Italicus’ Punica in the English Restoration,” Annual Meeting, CAMWS, April 6, 2011, Gran Rapids, MI
- “Partnership and Love in Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” Film and History Conference, Milwaukee WI, November 11-14, 2010
- “Hrotsvitha Reading Terence,” Monmouth College, April 29, 2010
- “Cheap Bodies, Vile Politics: Effacing the Female in HBO-BBC’s Rome, Season Two,” Annual Meeting, CA, April 9, 2010, Cardiff, UK
- “εἰς ἀνδροβρῶτας ἡδονὰς ἀφίξεται: Tydeus’ cannibalism at the end of Thebaid 8,” Statius Workshop, January 22, 2010, University of Nottingham, UK
- “Raping Achilles and the Poetics of Manhood: Re(de)fining Europe and Asia in Statius’ Achilleid,” Annual Meeting, APA, January 9, 2010, Orange County, CA
Organized Conferences
- “Τροφεία ΙΙ: Νέες προοπτικές στη μελέτη του Αρχαίου Ελληνικού και του Ρωμαϊκού Κόσμου. Διεθνές Συμπόσιο με επίκεντρο νέες μεθοδολογικές προσεγγίσεις” December 12-15, 2019, Rethymno, Greece
- “Return to the Future: Silius Italicus’ Punica in the Tradition of Latin Historical Epic / Ritorno al future: I Punica di Silio Italico nella tradizione dell’epica storica romana,” International Conference, University of Udine, September 10-11, 2019 (Organizers: Antony Augoustakis (Illinois), Marco Fucecchi (Udine)
- “Domitian and the East,” International Conference, Anargirios and Korgialenios School of Spetses, Greece, June 30-July 2, 2019
- “Contested Authorships in Latin Literature and Beyond,” International Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 29-30, 2019 (Co-Organizers: Antony Augoustakis and Brian Walters)
- “Race Work and the Classics,” Workshop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 22, 2019 (Co-Organizers: Antony Augoustakis and Clara Bosak-Schroeder)
- “Flavian Campania,” International Conference, Naples, Italy, September 16-19, 2015 (with Claudio Buongiovanni, Joy Littlewood, and Arianna Sacerdoti)
- “New Heroes on Screen,” International Conference, Cultural Centre at Delphi, Greece, June 29-July 1 2015 (with Stacie Raucci, Union College)
- “Flavian Literature and Its Greek Past,” International Conference, Cultural Centre at Delphi, Greece, July 5-7 2012
- “Reading Ritual and Religion in Flavian Epic,” International Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 23-25 2010
- “Τροφεῖα, Επιστημονικό Συμπόσιο Αποφοίτων Πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης, Τομέας Κλασικών Σπουδών,” May 23-25, 2008, University of Crete, Rethymnon, Greece (co-organized)
Organized Panels
- Organizer of Panel: “Female Protagonists in Troy: Fall of a City(2018),” Annual Meeting, CAMWS, April 2019, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Organizer of Panel: “The Writing on the Wall: The Intersection of Flavian Literary and Material Culture,” Annual Meeting, Society for Classical Studies, January 2019, San Diego, CA (co-organizers Emma Buckley and Claire Stocks)
- Organizer of Roundtable Discussion: “Meeting with the Editor,” Annual Meeting, CAMWS, April 2017, Kitchener, ON
- Organizer of Panel “Fides in Flavian Poetry,” Annual Meeting, Society for Classical Studies, January 2016, San Francisco, CA (co-organizer Claire Stocks)
- Organizer of Panel “New Directions in Onscreen Receptions,” Annual Meeting, Classical Association, April 2014, Nottingham, UK
- Organizer of Panel “New Directions in Cinematic Receptions,” Annual Meeting, CAMWS, April 2014, Waco, TX
- Organizer of Panel “The Transition to Empire in HBO-BBC’s ROME, Season Two,” Annual Meeting, Classical Association, April 2010, Cardiff, UK
- Organizer of Panel “Carmen Solutum: Interactions of Poetry and History in Flavian Literature,” Annual Meeting, Classical Association, March 2008, Liverpool UK (co-organizer Eleni Manolaraki)
- Organizer of Panel “Between Myth and History: Flavian Epic and Imperial Culture,” Annual Meeting, CAMWS, April 17, 2004, St. Louis, MO
- Organizer of Panel “Cultural Constructions in Flavian Poetics,” Annual Meeting, APA, January 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA