CIV/WMST 315 Schedule of Oral Reports and Readings

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RA= Article on Reserve at Swem; RB=Book on Reserve at Swem

Tuesday, April 3

 1) Gender in Ancient Society: The theories of Michel Foucault (Andrew Ridenour)
  Shadows: Meghan & Molly
Readings:
"Introduction: The History of Sexuality" by Larmour et al. (RA)
"Why is Diotima a Woman" by David Halperin (RA)
  2) Female Homoeroticism; (Erin Caro)
Shadows: Jen Wood & Stacy

Readings:
 

"Positions for Classicists, or Why Feminists Should Care about Queer Theory" by Kirk Ormand
Online at: http://www.stoa.org/dio tima/essays/ormand96.shtml
Wilson, Sappho's Sweetbitter Song pp. 42-46; 68-86 (RB)
Snyder, Lesbian Desire in the Lyrics of Sappho pp. 1-3; 27-61.
  3) Kinship Patterns (Crystal Campbell)
Shadows: Aly Barker & Marie-Therese

Readings:

"Blood Ties and Semen Times" (RA)
"Families in Multicultural Perspective" (RA)


Thursday April 5

 1) Women in Ancient China (Jennifer Morgan)
Shadows: Abby/Sarah
Readings:
Packet entitled "Ancient China" (RA)
  2) Women in the Ancient New World (Stacy Jerolaman)
  Shadows: Ali McMahan/Meghan
  Readings:
Packet entitled "Mayans" (RA)
 3) Women in the Old Testament (Dee Fritz)
Shadows: Halima/Grace
Readings from the Old Testament:
The Book of Judges
The Book of Ruth
1 Samuel 1-12
 Tuesday April 10
 1) Women in Athenian Law (Eric Garcia)
Shadows: Lareina/Betsy
Readings: Packet entitled "Athenian Law" (RA)
 2) Aspasia (Aly Barker)
Shadows:  Jen Wood/Crystal
Readings: Packet entitled "Aspasia" (RA)
 3) Virgin Sacrifice in Greek tragedy (Emily Tatum)
  Shadows: Sarah/Ali McMahan
  Readings: Packet entitled "Virgin Sacrifice" (RA)


Thursday April 12

 1) The character of Electra in Greek tragedy (Amber Normandin)
Shadows: Lareina/Betsy
Readings: (All on Reserve in books, and in many other copies elsewhere in the library)
Aeschylus, Choephoroi (also known as Libation Bearers)
Sophocles, Electra
Euripides, Electra
    .
 2) Women in the Cult of Dionysus (Meghan Kline)
Shadows: Dee/Grace
 3) The Cult of Isis (Mary Linn Bergstrom)
Shadows: Jen Morgan/Abby
Readings:
  Isis Among the Romans: Read selectively (RB)
Goddesses in Religions: Read marked passages (RB)


Tuesday April 17

 1) The female body in Ancient Greek Medicine (Antigone Georgiou)
Shadows: Dee/Jen Morgan
Readings: Packet entitled "Women's Bodies…"
 
  2) Birth Control and Contraception (Lareina Lattimer)
Shadows: Amber/Erin
Readings: Packet entited "Contraception"  3) Witchcraft and magic (Abby Just)
Shadows: Mary Linn/Aly Barker

Readings: The following Websites:

http://www.lib.umich.edu/pap/magic/intro.html

http://omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu/hyper-lists/bmcr-l/2000/0052.html

http://www.islandnet.com/~hornowl/library/hekate.html


Thursday April 19

 1) Women in the Entertainment Industry (Ali McMahan)
 
Shadows: Antigone/Marie Therese
Readings:
Websites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/26602/entertainment.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/26602/society.htm
http://junior.apk.net/~fjk/gjobs.html
http://junior.apk.net/~fjk/gdrama.html  (Mainly look at Roles of Women &
Women in the Audience)
http://mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu/cciv243/cciv243.WomenatTheater.html

Readings:
WCW:  270, 280-81, 305, 349-50
WLGR:  119, 128, 129, 286-316

On reserve (I will be putting them on reserve Monday the 16th):
Bieber:  History of the Greek & Roman Theater
            Pp. 8-9, 43, 86-107, 159, 165, 198-99, 236-38
Eatsterling:  Cambrige Collection of Greek Tragedy
            Pp. 26-31, 61-66, 103-110
Ferris:  Acting Women
            Chapters 2 & 3
Wiles:  Greek Theater Performance
            Pp. 66-68, 142, 159
Winkler:  Nothing to do with Dionysos?
            Pp. 63-96

 2) Roman Prostitution (Jennifer Wood)
  Shadows: Carrie/Erin

Reading:
Packet entitled "Prostitution" (RA)

 3) Agrippina Minor, Mother of Nero (Molly Bloom)
Shadows: Mary Linn/Andrew

Packet entitled "Agrippina" (RA)
 
 


Tuesday, April 24

 1) The Revolt of Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni (Grace Camblos)
  Shadows: Eric/Andrew
 
Readings:
Packet entitled "Boudicca" (RA)
 2) Dido, from Virgil to today (Marie-Therese Mudd)
  Shadows: Amber/Crystal

Readings:
Packet entitled "Dido" (RA)

Christopher Marlowe's _Dido, Queen of Carthage_. Here are two links to on-line versions:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=1999.03.0006

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/vabin/evd-browse?id=1.0603
- this one may have to be accessed through the swem lion on-line catalogue, but i'm not sure.
 3) Images of the Gods in ancient and modern art (Sarah Ruhland)
  Shadows: Carrie/Stacy
Readings:
Packet entitled "Art" (RA)


Thursday, April 27

 1) Gallia Placidia (late Roman empress) (Carrie Zirkle)
  Shadows: Eric/Emily
 2) Egeria's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land (Halima Alkisswani)
  Shadows: Molly/Emily
 3) Women in Islam and ancient parallels (Betsy Robinson)
  Shadows: Halima/Antigone
Reading:
Packet entitled "Women in Islam"(RA)