Augustus, in the Res Gestae:

I'm emerging from my social media hiatus to say that I think there's a reference to Hannibal crossing the Alps in the Mandalorian and Grogu trailer

I'm really excited to be teaching a week-long course on monsters and myth this summer at the CANE Summer Institute this July at Stonehill College in Easton, MA.! Be sure to check out the other awesome courses, workshops, and lectures! All courses will have virtual options as well. @caneweb.org

It's been 8 years in the making, but the metapoetic dictionary I contributed to is finally out! I wrote two entries (in English): one on bees/honey in Latin literature and one on nymphs in Greek and Latin literature. If you'd like PDFs of my entries, I'd be happy to share them!

And I'm pumped to be teaching my monsters course again this fall. It's the Gorgons to Godzilla Maine tour!

New update! I'll be joining Colby's Classics Department as a Visiting Assistant Professor this fall. I'm sad to leave my wonderful colleagues and students at Bowdoin. But I am excited to be staying in Maine and I'm looking forward to this new venture!

The edited volume on the sublime that I contributed to is out! My chapter examines the Isthmus of Corinth, the Nero's plan to build a canal through it, and the cosmic implications of such a project. I'm happy to share a pre-proof draft with anyone who is interested!

The Medea has a very unexpected ending

Tomorrow! At Bowdoin College!

I'm co-organizing a Classics "B Movie" festival this spring at Bowdoin. It's open to the public, so if you happen to be in southern Maine on any of these dates, come join us! And check out the poster I made!

I'm excited to announce that I'll be presenting at the 2024 PCA National Conference this March on a panel that examines monsters in popular culture. My paper explores the ways in which Godzilla has become a symbol of empowerment for marginalized groups.

If you're attending #AIASCS this week, be sure not to miss the workshop I'm running with Dr. Arti Mehta this Friday morning at 8m CT: "A Workshop on Classics, Racism, Bias: Discussion and Praxis on American History, Mythology, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." in Salon A-3!

Euripides

Snow! 😍

Final proofs are in for my contribution to Sublime Cosmos in Graeco-Roman Literature and its Reception (Bloomsbury) which is due to come out in April 2024! My contribution explore references to Isthmus of Corinth in Latin imperial poetry and their connection to the canal project.

Hey everyone, Sportula currently has a backlog of emergency requests—they really need funds! The next person who donates to Sportula gets a free copy of the Thetis volume I co-edited! You can donate through Venmo with the username @Sportula! Email me (d.wright@bowdoin.edu) with receipt!