Tag: classics

Yurie Hong (Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies) was interviewed for a Star Tribune article focusing on the Saint Peter area as a political swing district.

Yurie Hong (Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies) was the Graduate Forum invited speaker at University of Wisconsin-Madison and presented a public lecture entitled “Between Appreciation and Complicity: A Korean-American take on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Arranged Marriage, and Women’s Honor.” She also led a graduate workshop on transferable skills and the connections between Classics…

Yurie Hong (Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies) presented a talk entitled “The Long and Winding Road: Intersectional Organizing and Coalition-Building” at the Minnesota Rural Equity Summit on October 16, 2020. Hong also delivered a lecture at Augustana College entitled “Birthing Ideas in Ancient Greece and the Modern World” on October 17 as part of their…

Yurie Hong (Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies) was a panelist for a session entitled “Getting it White: Activism Out of the Armchair” sponsored by The Women’s Center at MSU Mankato. This panel was the third in a three-part series on fighting white supremacy both on campus and off.

Eric Dugdale (Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies) co-authored with Adriana Brook and John Gruber-Miller “Careers for Classicists,” a career guide for classics majors published by the Society for Classical Studies, with online and print versions.

Yurie Hong (Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies) has been named a winner of the Mankato YWCA Woman of Distinction Award. The official award ceremony will take place Thursday, April 2, 2020.

Yurie Hong (Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies) participated in the Presidential Panel, “Central and Marginal in Classical Studies,” at the annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies in Washington DC on January 5, 2020. She presented on diversity in Classics and the possibilities facing individuals and institutions going forward.

Yurie Hong delivered a paper entitled “Between Appreciation and Complicity: A Korean-American Take on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Arranged Marriage, and Women’s Honor” at the “Naked Soul” Classics Conference on June 22, 2019.

Yurie Hong presented a paper entitled “Talking about Rape in a Myth Class: Preparation, Course Material, and Classroom Practices” at the Classical Association of Canada.

Yurie Hong delivered three talks at Concordia Moorhead as the Grose Memorial Lecturer: “Suffering and Status in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Reflections on Family History and Arranged Marriage in Greece and Korea,” “Trojan Horse/Trojan Women: Cause, Complicity, and Consequence in Virgil and Euripides,” and “Birthing Ideas in Ancient Greece and the Modern World: A…