Alicia Matz
Boston University, Classics, Graduate Student
- University of Puget Sound, Classics, AlumnusRutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Classics, Alumnusadd
- Classics, Vergil, The Reception of Vergil, Ovid (Classics), Ovid Metamorphoses, Reception of Ovid, and 14 moreOvid, Augustus, Augustus Caesar, Octavianus Augustus, Octavian Augustus, Augustus in numismatics, Augustan Poetry, Augustan Principate, Augustan Rome, Augustan literature, Augustan Age, J. R. R. Tolkien, Classical Reception Studies, and Gender and Sexualityedit
- I'm a PhD student in Classics interested in Augustan poetry and politics, gender and sexuality, intertextuality, and reception, especially in science fiction and fantasy.edit
- Leah Kronenbergedit
Suggestions for addressing topics like rape, suicide, and slavery in a way that does not ignore their sensitive nature but allows them to be discussed in a way that does not alienate students.
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Sexual imagery and graffiti from Pompeii for guest lecture in a Sexuality course
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I really love books. So much so, that I happen to have a personal library of over 200 of them. The majority of this rather large collection is split two ways: modern fantasy novels and books on or from the classical antiquity. I started... more
I really love books. So much so, that I happen to have a personal library of over 200 of them. The majority of this rather large collection is split two ways: modern fantasy novels and books on or from the classical antiquity. I started my fantasy collection at a very young age, with the books that formed my childhood: Harry Potter. While I had always been an avid reader, these books threw me into a frenzy. I just had to get my hands on fantasy books. I kept growing and growing my collection until my senior year in high school, when, as an AP Latin student, I read Vergil’s Aeneid in Latin. Although I had always had a love for ancient Greece and Rome, reading this work changed my life, and I decided to become a Classics major. Now when I go to the bookstore, the first place I browse is the fantasy section, and then I quickly move to the history section. Because of this, I have a lot of books on both of these topics. Ever since my freshman year I have wanted to submit a collection to ...