The Performance of Roman Comedy

FAIN: EH-288036-22

Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3800)
Christopher Brian Polt (Project Director: February 2022 to present)
T. H. M. Gellar-Goad (Co Project Director: February 2022 to present)

Participating institutions:
Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA) - Applicant/Recipient
Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC) - Participating Institution

A four-week, residential institute for 30 higher education faculty to engage with the scholarship, interpretation, and performance of ancient Roman comedy.

This National Endowment for the Humanities Institute for Higher Education Faculty, “The Performance of Roman Comedy,” will train college faculty and graduate students in the latest developments in the scholarship, interpretation, and stagecraft of the ancient theater of Plautus and Terence. Over the course of four weeks in summer 2023, trainees will, under the instruction of visiting experts representing three generations of scholarly excellence, study ancient evidence for and modern experiments in the performance of these plays; the social, historical, and literary contexts of the plays; and their continuing significance and influence. Trainees will put their instruction to use by rehearsing scenes from Roman comedy in multiple styles, and in both Latin and English, as well as developing pedagogical modules to apply and share what they have learned from the training and instruction. The Institute will conclude by filming the performances of those scenes and preparing post-Institute

Media Coverage

Gellar-Goad receives largest-ever federal grant earned by a WFU humanities professor & award from Women’s Classical Caucus (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Kimberly McGrath
Publication: Inside WFU
Date: 9/6/2022
Abstract: Short news article about the announcement of the grant
URL: https://inside.wfu.edu/2022/09/gellar-goad-receives-largest-ever-federal-grant-earned-by-a-wfu-humanities-professor-and-leadership-award/

Associated Products

The Performance of Roman Comedy (Web Resource)
Title: The Performance of Roman Comedy
Author: Christopher B. Polt
Author: T. H. M. Gellar-Goad
Abstract: Website for the 2023 NEH Institute for Higher Education Faculty, "The Performance of Roman Comedy." Includes Institute personnel profiles and Institute curriculum, including reading lists and scene descriptions.
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://romancomedy.wfu.edu/

Publications from The Performance of Roman Comedy (Web Resource)
Title: Publications from The Performance of Roman Comedy
Author: Christopher B. Polt
Author: T. H. M. Gellar-Goad
Abstract: Publications from the 2023 NEH Institute for Higher Education Faculty, "The Performance of Roman Comedy." Includes daily blog of Institute activities, videos of performances, annotated bibliographies, and pedagogical materials.
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://romancomedy.pubpub.org/

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