Maticic, D. and Rogers, J. “Working Lives in Ancient Rome“. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. Dr. Jordan Rogers co-edited the volume, co-authored the introductory chapter “Structuring Subjects: Weaving the Web of Work/Life,” and contributed the chapter, “Labor as Religio in Imperial Rome: The fabri tignarii Relief.”
Faculty Events, Lectures & Interviews
On Oct. 4, the Departments of History and Biological Sciences welcomed Dr. Ellen Stroud, a faculty member at Penn State University, to deliver the keynote, “Bodies at Rest?: Unearthing the American Dead” at our Ashes to Ashes Symposium. This symposium marked the beginning of an official launch of the Department of History’s community projects and research on ancestral burial grounds. The symposium included student discussion on their experiences in public history and cemetery preservation; a review of nearly six current community-based projects on burial remains, and an overview of the joint partnerships of the Department of History and the Department of Biological Sciences at North Carolina State University.
Ashes to Ashes SymposiumAshes to Ashes Symposium
On Sept 3, Professor and Department Head, Dr. Traci Voyles gave the Arthur G. Pettit Memorial Lecture, Bodily Natures, Natural Bodies: Settler Colonialism, Indigenous Motherhood, and the Dispossessive Politics of Reproduction, at Colorado College. The Pettit Lecture series was established by family and friends in honor of Arthur G. Pettit, a distinguished scholar, teacher, and historian who was associate professor of history at Colorado College until his death in 1977.
Dr. Traci Voyles presents Arthur G. Pettit Memorial lecture
