Join us for a casual departmental reception with Elena Giusti. This is a chance to meet the speaker, discuss her work on Classics and Race, and connect with faculty, students, and colleagues over refreshments. All are welcome!
About the Guest
Professor Elena Giusti specializes in Roman literature, especially Augustan poetry and Virgil, combining philology with postcolonial, feminist, and ideological critique. Her monograph on Carthage in the Aeneid highlights the poem’s role in shaping Roman identity and encoding war memory. Her current work includes a commentary on Aeneid 5 and a study of Dido. A second monograph examines Roman representations of Africa under Augustus and Nero, tracing early constructions of race and alterity. She also researches textual absence and conspiracy, and collaborates widely on Classics, race, and gender.