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Past Latin Forum Events

37th Annual Program

Latin Forum took place at Reed College on Saturday, February 22, 2025! 

  • Keynote: Ellen Millender (Reed College), "The Female Body and the Roman Body Politic in Livy's Ab Urbe Condita"
  • Seminars:
    • Michael Faletra, "Reading the Stars … in Latin!"
    • Tom Landvatter, "Imperial Images: Portraits of the Emperor and Roman Propaganda"
    • Gregory MacNaughton, "The Lettering of the Trajan Inscription"
    • Nigel Nicholson, "Many Romes: The Romes of Martial, Ovid, Pliny, Horace and Augustus"

36th Annual (2024)

Latin Forum took place at Reed College on Saturday, February 3, 2024! View our seminar topics here.

  • Keynote: Brett Rogers (University of Puget Sound), "Accio Latinam! Or, Latin and the Making of Science Fiction and Fantasy"
    • Seminars:
      • Tom Landvatter, "Magic and Magical Texts in the Roman Empire"
      • Gregory MacNaughton, "The Writing on the Walls of Pompeii"
      • Nikola Golubović, "Education in the Roman Empire"
      • Nigel Nicholson, "What did Romans Make of their Sports?"
      • Sonia Sabnis, "Roman Bakeries and Bread"

    35th Annual (2023)

    Latin Forum returned to Reed College campus on Saturday, February 4, 2023! View our seminar topics here and our presenter bios here. 

    • Keynote: Ulrike Krotscheck (The Evergreen State College), "'Treasures' from the Deep? What Shipwrecks can tell us about Roman Identity, Mobility, and Economy"
      • Seminars:
        • Alice Hu, "Voting in the Roman Republic"
        • Gregory MacNaughton, "The Writing on the Walls of Pompeii"
        • Ellen Millender, "The Art and Risks of Political Vitriol"
        • Nigel Nicholson, "Poetry about Poetry"
        • Sonia Sabnis, "Getting Loopy: A Celebration of the Roman Wolf"

      34th Annual (2022)

      Virtual format: March 14–April 5, 2022

      Latin Forum was presented as a virtual program in March of 2022. The multimedia Latin Forum featured video lectures from Reed faculty, synchronous discussions on the afternoons of April 4th and 5th, and an online calligraphy workshop after the discussion on April 5. 

      • Lectures:
        • Alice Hu, "A Tour of the Forum Romanum"
        • Tom Landvatter, "Living on the Edge: The Life and Death of Regina, a Woman on the Roman Frontier"
        • Ellen Millender, "The Real Housewives of Ancient Rome"
        • Nigel Nicholson, "An Unsettling Poem"
      • Workshop:
        • Gregory MacNaughton, "The Lettering of the Trajan Inscription"

      33rd Annual (2021)

      The 33rd annual Latin Forum in March of 2021 was Reed's first multimedia, virtual forum. 

      • Lectures:
        • Tom Landvatter, "How to Bury a City: Pompeii and Archaeological Site Formation"
        • Ellen Millender, "How to Read a Roman Coin"
        • Nigel Nicholson, "Roman Chariot Racing"
        • Sonia Sabnis, "Cupid and Psyche in Rome and Beyond"
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      Latin Forum 2021. (Clockwise) Profs. Sonia Sabnis, Tom Landvatter, Nigel Nicholson, Associate Dean of Graduate and Special Programs Ashley Hudson, and Prof. Ellen Millender

      32nd Annual (2019)

      Latin Forum took place on the Reed College campus on Saturday, November 16, 2019.

      • Keynote: Kevin Dicus (University of Oregon), "When Humans Become Artifacts: inventing and displaying body casts at Pompeii"
      • Seminars:
        • Walter Englert, "Learning to Speak Like a Roman Orator: Controversiae and Suasoriae"
        • Tom Landvatter, "Magic and Magical Texts in the Roman Empire"
        • Sonia Sabnis, "Latin Tattoos and Roman Tattooing"
        • Paul Vădan, "Moneta’s Message: Roman History through Coins"
        • Laura Zientek, "How to Read a Volcano (in Latin)"
      • Workshop: 
        • Gregory MacNaughton, "Calligraphy Scriptorium"