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The William Penn Honors Program<\/a> invites you to a special evening featuring E. Christian Kopff<\/strong>, associate professor of classics at the University of Colorado, Boulder, on Friday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m.<\/strong> in Hoover 105<\/strong>. Admission is free, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Kopff’s visit is part of the honors program’s ongoing lecture series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kopff will present \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Devil Knows Latin: Why America Needs the Classical Tradition.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d In a world obsessed with STEM subjects and globalization, does it matter what people did and said thousands of years ago? This talk argues that freedom and creativity in the modern world still depends on a continuing contact with the civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean, Greek, Roman and Hebrew.<\/p>\n

Dr. Kopff has taught at the University of Colorado, Boulder, since 1973. For about five of the last 30 years he has lived in Rome, Italy, teaching and studying. He is editor of a critical edition of the Greek text of Euripides’ Bacchae<\/em> and author of more than 100 articles and reviews on scholarly, pedagogical and popular topics. He currently works with the Classics Department of the University of Urbino, Italy, on ancient Greek lyric poetry.<\/p>\n

For more information on his visit, go to this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prospective high school students interested in George Fox’s William Penn Honors program are invited to join us to meet the director of the program, Joseph Clair<\/strong>, and attend a 6:30 p.m. reception with Dr. Kopff in the Hoover lobby. Please RSVP to Lynn Scott<\/strong> at lscott@georgefox.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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