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The Department has over the past few months been in contact
with five of its alumni from the 1990s, all of whom are pursuing
academic careers, and we thought we would bring you up to date
on their activities. First, Fanny Dolansky (Classical history; class of 1993),
who won the Governor General's medal in 1997, visited Trent in
February to lecture in Jackie Tinson's course on Roman Women
(CCWS 232b), on the subject of the assumption by a Roman male
of the toga virilis, which marked a Roman boy's passage to adulthood
at age 14. This had been the subject of her MA thesis at the
University of Victoria (1999). After taking a year off, Fanny
has accepted (from among several offers) a scholarship to do
her doctoral work at the University of Chicago (in Roman social
history). Fanny gave us a fascinating lecture on the implications
of the rite of passage for a Roman boy. Second, Kelly MacFarlane (Classical Studies, class of 1987),
met up with Professors Ian Storey and David Page who were all
attending the meeting of the Classical Association of Canada
in Winnipeg in May. After completing her BA at Trent, Kelly went
on to do an MA at Western, and is now completing her doctorate
at the University of Alberta. Her thesis will concern four ancient
Greek poets who celebrated the Greek victory in the Persian Wars
(492-479 BC). This past year she held the Craik Fellowship at
Mount Allison University, perhaps the most prestigious graduate
award in the country. This coming year, she will be teaching
at Western and re-visiting Trent in February 2001 to lecture
in CL 300. Next we have news of two alumni in the United Kingdom. Arlene
Allan (Classical Studies; class of 1992; Symons medallist in
1996) did her MA in the Trent/Queen's agreement, and since 1998
has been pursuing her doctorate at the University of Exeter,
holding a very distinguished graduate scholarship. She is an
assistant warden at St Luke's College, one of her "charges"
being the grandson of the Queen. Her work is focussed on aspects
of the Greek god, Hermes. She has managed to continue her thespian
activities, directing a production of Euripides' Alkestis in
early May. Kevin Whetter (English/Classical Studies; class of 1988),
successfully defended his doctoral thesis on June 19, 2000 and
"Dr. Whetter" is still in a state of exultant exuberation.
His topic was a re-evaluation of the genre of romance with special
emphasis on the writings of Malory. He has been spending his
time teaching at Bangor, attending various conferences around
the UK, publishing articles and notes, and getting married (on
April 9) his wife, Ann, is an academic librarian at the University
of Glamorgan in Cardiff. Both Kevin and Arlene were able to meet
up with Professor Ian Storey at Exeter in February; a photograph
of these three in an Exeter pub is shown below. Finally, George Kovacs (English/ Classical Studies; class
of 1995), who graduated in 1999, spent the past year doing further
work in Greek and Latin and assisting with teaching in Classical
Literature and Latin. He will be taking up a scholarship at the
Memorial University of Newfoundland to do graduate work with
former Trent professor Toph Marshall, in the area of ancient
drama. George had the lead role of "Uncle" in the Classics
Drama Group's production of Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae this
year, and demonstrated just how stunning he looks in a pink dress. The Department would like to wish these and all its alumni
well in their future careers and would be delighted to hear from
any of you. Visit the Ancient History and Classics website at http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/cl/. |