The 2009 Boston Area Roman Studies Conference

The Boston Area Roman Studies Conference (BARSC) was instituted in 1995 to promote the study of Latin literature and Roman culture, to increase the visibility of these studies in the New England scholarly community and to provide a place for area Latinists and Romanists to meet, socialize, and exchange ideas.

The BARSC is sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies and the Humanities Foundation of Boston University and is held annually in April.
The conference is open to anyone interested and is free of charge. Following the conference is a dinner, and those wishing to attend must pre-register. The dinner charge is $22.00, and the registration deadline is Friday, April 17, 2009. Click here for the registration form.

The 2009 Conference will be held on Friday, April 24, with registration opening at 3:30 p.m. and the program starting at 4 p.m. in Barristers Hall, School of Law (765 Commonwealth Avenue, 1st Floor). For directions to BU click here. For a campus map click here.

Below is the program for the 2009 Conference.

NOVEL IDEAS

Jeffrey Henderson, Boston University
"Petronius and the Greek Novel: Some Open Questions"

Niall Slater, Emory University
"Various Asses"

Judith Perkins, Saint Joseph College
"Imagined Communities in Ancient Fictions"

For more information please call the Department of Classical Studies (617-353-2426) or contact Prof. Zsuzsanna Varhelyi or Ms. Stacy Fox at romstud@bu.edu.