香蕉直播Honors College headlines Classical Week with Roman comedy performance, Orators lecture
Contact: Lexi Holdiness
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擯resented by the Bobby and Judy Shackouls Honors College, Mississippi State鈥檚 annual Classical Week returns Tuesday [Sept. 24] with the first performance of the famous Roman comedy 鈥淭rinummus,鈥 or 鈥淭hree-Dollar Day,鈥 followed by this year鈥檚 first edition of Orators Lecture Series
For its 12th year, Classical Week is exploring the convergence of humanities and technology with the theme 鈥淲riting Humanity鈥檚 Next Chapter: Artistic Expressions in the Time of AI.鈥
The two student performances of the 2,000-year-old script are scheduled for Sept. 24 and 25, 6 p.m., in Lee Hall鈥檚 Bettersworth Auditorium. Written by Roman playwright Plautus, MSU鈥檚 performance of the comedy will showcase creative expression through transformative technologies.
The play, praised for its writing, moral lessons to society and individuality of characters, is an interdisciplinary project between students and faculty of the Shackouls Honors College and Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The all-Honors College cast and production staff includes seven freshmen, four sophomores, a junior and senior.
Donna Clevinger, a senior Shackouls Honors College faculty Fellow and communication professor, thanked CSE Department Head Shahram Rahimi, also the department鈥檚 Gloria and Douglas Marchant Endowed Chair and professor, for supporting students as they integrated technology into the performance.
鈥淭hese students will bring this 2,000-year-old comedy to the 21st century through intersecting creative expression through transformational technologies and AI,鈥 said Clevinger, who is directing the play. 鈥淭hese students have worked very hard and made personal sacrifices to bring this timely story to the stage. They all took their roles seriously and had some fun along the way.鈥
Thanks to the Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities Initiative of the Society for Classical Studies, the production was awarded funds to defray its costs. An additional Bridge Initiative grant from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South helped fund costumes.
鈥淥n behalf of the honors college, we appreciate these scholarly associations looking favorably on our production of our classical play presentation,鈥 Clevinger said.
Unlike recent years, the week鈥檚 Orators Series will kick off events with a talk-back discussion period immediately following each performance. In these discussions, students from the play and CSE faculty will discuss and entertain questions based on the Orators鈥 theme 鈥淭he Intersection of Creative Expression Through Transformational Technologies.鈥
Now in its seventh year, the Shackouls Honors College-sponsored lecture series invites speakers from various disciplines to engage and enrich the campus and local community through public forums, panel discussions, seminars, coursework, research and public lectures. Events from the series are scheduled three times a year, typically in September, November and February.
For information contact 662-325-2522 or dclevinger@honors.msstate.edu
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