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Ancient History & Classics: who's where

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.

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