FALL 2004

Tuesday, September 7: Department Board Meeting, 12:30, Iselin Room

Friday, September 17: Class fieldtrip to the Whitney Museum to see the retrospective on Ana Mendieta, a Cuban artist, coordinated by Dr. Perez-Bustillo

Sunday, September 27: Pen Women's Literary Workshop Reading, attended by Dr. Perez-Bustillo

Tuesday, September 28: Department Board Meeting, 12:30, Chapel G17

Friday, October 1: Class fieldtrip to Aristophanes' - Nathan Lane's Frogs at Lincoln Center (CNR Critics Review), coordinated by Dr. Raia

Thursday, October 7-9: Annual Meeting, Classical Association of the Atlantic States, in Philadelphia, attended by Dr. Raia

October 12-16: International Conference Yari Yari Pamberi: Black Women Writers Dissecting Globalization, sponsored by the Organization of Women Writers of Africa, at New York University. Dr. Perez-Bustillo attended and read her poetry

Friday, October 15: Class fieldtrip to the award-winning film Maria Full of Grace at Lincoln Cinema, coordinated by Dr. Perez-Bustillo

October 21-23, Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Empire State in Binghamton, NY, attended by Dr. Raia

Thursday, October 21: Department Meeting: Lunch with the Dean, 12:30PM, Honors Center

Sunday, October 24: MCL Open House for prospective students, 2:00 pm, Maura Living Room, coordinated by Nisha Feliz and Stacy Coleman with Dr. Raia

Sunday, October 24: Fieldtrip to a production by The Culture Project of Euripides' Hecuba in The Hellenic Festival of the New York Public Library, 7 pm, coordinated by Dr. Raia

Tuesday, October 26: Study Abroad Student Presentations, 4 pm, the Iselin Room, co-ordinated by Dr. Segura-Rico

Saturday, October 30: Dia de los Muertos: A Family Celebration at El Museo del Barrio and the Guggenheim Museum, 11:30 am-6 pm

Thursday, November 11: 2004-2005 Faculty Classics Seminar Myth in the 21st Century, Dr. Judith de Luce, Classics Chair, Miami University of Ohio, co-ordinated by Dr. Raia, 4 pm, SCC Room C.

Friday, November 12: Neruda Centennial Poetry Reading, 12:30 pm, Maura Living Room, co-ordinated by Dr. Segura-Rico

Tuesday, November 30: Department Meeting: Lunch with Majors and Minors,12:30 pm, SCC Room C

Saturday, December 11: Department Meeting, 12:30 pm, Iselin Room

Tuesday, December 14: Class fieldtrip to the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan to view the exhibit The Aztec Empire

SPRING 2005

January 6-9: Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association in Boston, attended by Dr. Raia

Thursday, February 10: Department Board Meeting, 12:30 pm, Iselin Room

Friday, March 4: Class fieldtrip for Honors Greek Tragedy to the Onassis Cultural Center, Manhattan; docent tour of the Alexander Exhibit, 1:30 pm, coordinated by Dr. Raia

March 14-19: NCHC Honors Committee Faculty Institute Rome Unearthed in Rome, Italy, attended by Dr. Raia

March 31-April 2: Northeast Modern Language Association convention in Boston; paper given by Dr. Segura-Rico Afro-Hispanic Literature and the Space of the Hyphen

April 1: Class fieldtrip for Elementary Greek to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan; tour of the Greek and Roman Collections,1: 30 pm, coordinated by Dr. Raia

Thursday, April 7: Faculty Classics Seminar: I, Claudius, Dr. Judith Hallett, University of Maryland, College Park, Md., coordinated by Dr. Raia

Friday, April 8: Program for the MCL 3rd Biennial Colloquium: Keynote speaker Dr. Kathleen Madigan, Language Department Chair, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Mo, coordinated by Drs. Beauzethier and Segura-Rico, 9:30 am-2 pm, Library Seminar Room and Cafe

Thursday, April 14: Class Performance of Euripides' Trojan Women by Honors Greek Tragedy members, directed by Kathryn Tyranski '06, Maura Ballroom, 7:30 pm

Wednesday, April 20: Lunch Meeting with majors and minors, 12:30 pm, Iselin Room

Tuesday & Thursday, April 25 & 28: Crossing Cultural Borders Symposium: The Impact of the Female Identity: Crossing Cultural Borders Through the Arts, organized by Drs. Fitch and Segura-Rico, 11 am-12:15 pm in MC 230 A

Saturday, May 14: The New School University Symposium From Foreign to Familiar III; presentation by Dr. Beauzethier Teaching Culture in the Language Classroom

Wednesday, May 25: Hooding and Awards Ceremony in the Chapel, followed by a reception in Maura Ballroom, 4 pm

Thursday, May 26: Commencement, Radio City Music Hall, 11 am

Tuesday, May 31: Department Planning Meeting, 11 am - 2 pm, Iselin Room

May 31-June 8: Summer Session Bridging Cultures, Oaxaca, Mexico