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[PAST EVENT] Lecture on Jesuit Poetry by Professor Yasmin Haskell

March 30, 2023
5pm - 6:30pm
Location
Boswell Hall (formerly Morton Hall), Room 220
100 Ukrop Way
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
Access & Features
  • Open to the public

Lecture on Jesuit Poetry featuring Professor Yasmin Haskell (IAS and University of Western Australia).  She will be speaking on 'Deus ex machina or AI?  Who really wrote the student poetry of the Old Society of Jesus'.  She is Cassamarca Foundation Chair in Latin Humanism Classics and Ancient History at The University of Western Australia (UWA), and the 'Emotions in Space' team leader at the UWA International Space Centre.  Yasmin is currently leading an Australian Research Council ‘Discovery’ project, ‘The Ancient Today: Living Traditions of Classical Language Education’, and writing a book titled ‘Jesuits at Play: Latin Poetry and Team Spirit in the Early Modern Society of Jesus’.   All are invited to attend.

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