CNU's Third Annual Elizabeth Frances Jones Lecture in Classical Studies
Feature Author and Stanford University professor Dr. Caroline Winterer  

Lecture to focus on George Washington, the Revolutionary War and the Classical Ideal

 

News Release - April 17, 2009

Media Contacts:
Lori Jacobs
University Relations
lori.jacobs@cnu.edu
(757) 594-7961

( Newport News ) – Christopher Newport University's Third Annual Elizabeth Frances Jones Lecture in Classical Studies will feature Dr. Caroline Winterer, author and associate professor of history at Stanford University, 3 p.m. on April 23 in the Ferguson Center for the Arts Music & Theatre Hall. Dr. Winterer's lecture will focus on “George Washington, the Revolutionary War and the Classical Ideal.” A discussion and book signing will immediately follow. This event is free and open to the public. No reservation is required.

Dr. Winterer specializes in the intellectual and cultural history of 18th - and 19th - century America. She is the author of two books: The Mirror of Antiquity: American Women and the Classical Tradition, 1750-1900 (2007) and The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 1780-1910 (2004).  She has also published articles in the Journal of American History, the American Quarterly, the Journal of the Early Republic , and Modern Intellectual History. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Humanities Center, the Mellon Foundation, the Stanford Humanities Center, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

For more information on Dr. Winterer's lecture, please contact Dr. David M. Pollio at (757) 594-7020.