Living the Good Life
Lucretius & Epicureanism from Ancient to Modern
10:00am - 10:30am Registration and Refreshments
10:30am - 10:45am Welcome
10:45am - 1:00pm Session 1
10:45 "Lucretius and Empedocles" - David Sider, New York University
11:45 "An Epicurean Discourse on Love: Lucretius, Philodemus, and Sulpicia" - Erin McKenna Hanses, Fordham University
12:45 Reports of recipients of 2017 NYCC Summer Scholarships
1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch for Registrants
2:00pm – 6:00pm Session 2
2:00 “Max Radin’s Atticus on Octavian: from Epicurus My Master.” - Ron Janoff, Co-President, New York Classical Club
2:30 "Was Memmius a Good King?" - Joseph Farrell, University of Pennsylvania
3:30pm Coffee Break
4:00 “Was Julius Caesar an Epicurean?” - Katharina Volk, Columbia University
5:00 "Lucretius and the Jesuits: The De Rerum Natura in early modern Jesuit Texts" - Matthew McGowan, Fordham University
6:00pm Wine and Cheese Reception
Sponsored by the New York Classical Club and co-sponsored by the NYU Department of Classics and the Center for Ancient Studies.