House of Mortals and Gods: Latin Literature in Context

Recipient: Dougherty, Therese Marie (Baltimore, MD 21210-2404 USA) in affiliation with College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Baltimore, MD 21210 USA)

Goal: A five-week school teacher institute for twenty-five participants to study Latin texts on the themes of house and household in and around Rome and in the region of Pompeii.

Description: College of Notre Dame of Maryland will hold a five-week Summer Institute (June 27-July 28, 2010)for middle and high school Latin teachers. The program will begin at Notre Dame in Baltimore, Maryland and mot to Italy after the first week for the remainder of the institute. Lectures and readings of literary and non-literary Latin texts will be complemented by visits to related sites. The theme of house and household will help to focus the experience on the reality of life in ancient Rome and the practical issues regarding property and personal relationships that resembled concerns of society today. Teachers may read the texts in Latin or in translation. They will design instructional materials for future classroom use.

Grant: 197478 / ES-50310-09,   Category: Classics,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2009

Houses of Mortals and Gods: Latin Literature in Context

Recipient: Dougherty, Therese Marie (Baltimore, MD 21210-2404 USA) in affiliation with College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Baltimore, MD 21210 USA)

Goal: A five-week institute for twenty-five middle and high school Latin teachers to contextualize the study of Latin language and Roman culture through on-site study of dwellings in and around Rome and in the region of Pompeii.

Description: This proposal is for a five-week Summer Institute for 25 middle- and secondary-school teachers. The first week will be held at College of Notre Dame of Maryland and the last four weeks in Italy. Lectures and reading of literary and non-literary Latin texts will be complemented by visits to related sites. The theme of house and household will help to focus the experience on the reality of life in ancient Rome and the practical issues regarding property and personal relationships that resembled concerns of ours today. Teachers will design instructional materials for studying literature and archeology appropriate to beginning, intermediate or advanced Latin programs.

Grant: 187104 / ES-50198-07,   Category: Classics,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2007

Classical Scholarship and the Age of Augustus

Recipient: Dougherty, Therese Marie (Baltimore, MD 21210-2404 USA) in affiliation with College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Baltimore, MD 21210 USA)

Goal: A series of workshops for sixteen high school Latin teachers on the history and culture of Augustan Rome.

Description: Classical Scholarship and the Age of Augustus is a Faculty Humanities Workshop for sixteen Latin teachers from Maryland and neighboring states within commuting distance of College of Notre Dame of Maryland. The program is sponsored by College of Notre Dame of Maryland, a liberal arts college for women with a strong tradition of humanities education and scholarship, and will be directed by Sister Therese Marie Dougherty, a classics scholar and recognized leader in the promotion of classics among high school and college students. Participants will explore several aspects of ancient Rome in the Age of Augustus (27 B.C.E. to 14 C.E). Topics include history, literature, monuments, and religious beliefs, as the teachers study the events leading to the rise of Augustus, the verbal and visual iconography of Augustus and his achievements, and the beginnings of emperor worship.

Grant: 185033 / EZ-50198-07,   Category: Classics,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Faculty Humanities Workshops,   Year Awarded: 2007

Houses of Mortals and Gods: Latin Literature in Context

Recipient: Dougherty, Therese Marie (Baltimore, MD 21210-2404 USA) in affiliation with College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Baltimore, MD 21210 USA)

Goal: A five-week institute for twenty-five middle and high school Latin teachers to contextualize the study of Latin language and Roman culture through on-site study of dwellings in and around Rome and in the region of Pompeii.

Grant: 176877 / ES-50117-05,   Category: Classical Literature,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2005

Catullus and Horace: Poets in a Landscape

Recipient: Dougherty, Therese Marie (Baltimore, MD 21210-2404 USA) in affiliation with College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Baltimore, MD 21210 USA)

Goal: A three-week summer institute for twenty-five school teachers to study the poetry of the 1st century BCE Roman authors Catullus and Horace in their literary and historical context.

Description: This proposal is for a three-week summer Latin institute for twenty-five school teachers at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, July 10-29, 2005. The focus will be on the poetry of Catullus and Horace, lyric poets of the late Republic and the Augustan Age of ancient Rome. Participants will study the poems of Catullus, Horace’s odes and his Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare and relevant literary criticism. Lectures on the history of this era, critical scholarship on the poetry and approaches to teaching these authors will be supplemented by seminars in translation and pedagogy and opportunity for individual research to be shared with other participants at various times during the institute.

Grant: 171839 / ES-50041-04,   Category: Classics,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2004

Houses of Mortals and Gods: Latin Literature in Context

Recipient: Dougherty, Therese Marie (Baltimore, MD 21210-2404 USA) in affiliation with College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Baltimore, MD 21210 USA)

Goal: A six-week institute for 25 Latin school teachers to contextualize the study of Latin language and Roman culture through on-site study of Roman dwellings.

Grant: 165455 / ES-50008-03,   Category: Classical Literature,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2003

Novus Ordo Saeclorum: The Age of Augustus

Recipient: Dougherty, Therese Marie (Baltimore, MD 21210-2404 USA) in affiliation with College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Baltimore, MD 21210 USA)

Goal: A four-week national institute for 24 middle and high school Latin teachers to study the cultural contexts of the Augustan Age of Rome in conjunction with the study of Latin language and literature.

Grant: 143674 / ES-23143-01,   Category: Classics,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2001

Epistulae romanae: The Letters of Cicero and Pliny

Recipient: Dougherty, Therese Marie (Baltimore, MD 21210-2404 USA) in affiliation with College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Baltimore, MD 21210 USA)

Goal: To support a humanities focus project on the letters of Cicero and Pliny and the social and political issues of their times for 16 teachers of Latin.

Grant: 141761 / ED-20147-96,   Category: Classical Literature,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Education Development and Demonstration,   Year Awarded: 1996

Orbis Romanus: A Summer Latin Institute

Recipient: Dougherty, Therese Marie (Baltimore, MD 21210-2404 USA) in affiliation with College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Baltimore, MD 21210 USA)

Goal: To support a four-week summer institute on topics in classical scholarship and related Latin texts for 24 high school Latin teachers from the mid-Atlantic region.

Grant: 143492 / ES-22524-93,   Category: Classics,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1993

Orbis Romanus: A Summer Latin Institute

Recipient: Dougherty, Therese Marie (Baltimore, MD 21210-2404 USA) in affiliation with College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Baltimore, MD 21210 USA)

Goal: To support two four-week institutes in consecutive summers for 30 middle and high school Latin teachers on the Latin language and literature, Roman history, and classical culture.

Grant: 143350 / ES-21996-90,   Category: Classics,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1990