Attention all CAM members: 

CAM is pleased to offer its annual spring meeting, with its alliterative theme, "Cross Cultural Connections to the Classics", at the Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem, MA.

Tentative agenda is as follows-

9:30 AM: Continental Breakfast in Bartlett Gallery.

10:00 AM: Glorious Past: Heroic Warriors in Ancient Greece and China. Paul Properzio, Boston Latin Academy

Descriptive epithets have long been found in narratives of world literature, particularly in poetic compositions reflecting the heroic ages in Greece and Near East. This paper looks at the Iliad, Homeric Hymns to Ares and Athena, and the Chinese Book of Songs, 11 to see what the heroic epithets reveal about early Greek and Far Eastern literary traditions.

10:45 AM: Singing the Rug. Tony Tuck, UMASS Amherst.

Modern observation of traditional weavers in India and central Asia aid in understanding how chanting and singing may have both accompanied and assisted in the practice of weaving in the ancient world.

11:45 AM: Business Meeting. Deb Heaton, CAM President
• Presentation of Excellence in Teaching Award
• Announcements
o JCL
o ACL
o MaFLA
o CANE
o Treasurer
• New Officers
• Business for next year
• Adjourn

12:30 PM: Lunch in Bartlett Gallery.

1:00 PM: Self-guided Museum Visit.

Download the registration form by clicking here.

Questions? Contact Katy Ganino at ganino@alumni.williams.edu.

More information on the Peabody Essex Museum, including parking and current exhibits, can be found at http://www.pem.org.