THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

FULBRIGHT COLLEGE'S CLASSICAL STUDIES PROGRAM

PRESENTS TWO LECTURES OCTOBER 16:

"THE GREATEST STORY EVER DRAWN! CLEOPATRA IN AMERICAN COMICS"

(3:30 PM in WCOB 240)

and

"DOWN AND OUT IN ANCIENT ROME: WHO WERE THE URBAN POOR?"

(7:00 PM IN GIFFELS AUDITORIUM, OLD MAIN)

Fulbright College's program in Classical Studies, in conjunction with Eta Sigma Phi, the Classical Studies Honors Society, with funding from the Associated Student Government (ASG) will sponsor a visit by Gregory N. Daugherty, of Randolph-Macon College, who will make two free illustrated public presentations on Monday, October 16, 2006:

Lecture #1:

3:30 PM: Walton College of Business, room 240:

"THE GREATEST STORY EVER DRAWN! CLEOPATRA IN AMERICAN COMICS" Our speaker will examine the three ages of Cleo Comics (determined by the influence of Liz Taylor), and present Cleopatra's changing image and story in numerous comic media, including Ideal Comics, Lovelorn, Detective Comics, Batman and Robin, Strange Adventures, House of Secrets, HA HA Comics, Archie, DC and Marvel comics, Xena, and Japanese Manga. Comics are a reflection of the concerns of American popular culture and of the reception of classical literature and ancient history. When we see how this ancient figure has appeared in the modern American media, we learn about the past, and we learn about ourselves.

Lecture #2:

7:00 PM: Old Main, Giffels Auditorium:

"DOWN AND OUT IN ANCIENT ROME: WHO WERE THE URBAN POOR?" Dr. Daugherty will address the questions of why we should be interested in the Roman Urban Poor, and how the Romans exerted social control of the lower classes through repression, subversion and distraction. Although the urban poor are almost invisible in the archaeological and literary record, we can learn about the ideology of class in works of philosophy and law, and in Roman customs of architecture and dress. This lecture will discuss the social and economic aspects of daily life for the urban poor, including their housing, the dangers of fire, life on the street, justice, death, burial, and how the poor enjoyed themselves.

Gregory N. Daugherty, a native of Dallas, Texas, earned his bachelor's degree in Latin from the University of Richmond in 1970, and, after spending a year at the Collegio Ghislieri of the University of Pavia in Italy on a Fulbright Scholarship, he received his M.A.(1975) and Ph.D. (1977) in Classical Studies from Vanderbilt University. He came to Randolph-Macon College in the Fall of 1976, and currently Chairs the Department of Classics. He has taught classes on ancient Greek and Latin language and literature, ancient history, ancient warfare, Roman Britain, religion and daily life. His research interests have been centered on public safety in the ancient city, with particular reference to the Imperial Roman fire brigades, the Cohortes Vigilum, especially their role in the Great Fire at the time of Nero, but recently he has become interested in the reception of Classics (especially Cleopatra and Homer) by American Popular culture more: http://faculty.rmc.edu/gdaugher/public_html/gdaugher.html