Session 3

Amber Ace is a Classics PhD candidate, specializing in Greek and Roman philosophy. Her interests include Plato, Epicureanism (especially Lucretius), gender, ethics, and animal studies. In her dissertation, she will discuss the imagery of animals, gender, and reproduction in Greek and Roman ethics and politics.

Armando Maggi’s most recent book is Preserving the Spell (University of Chicago Press 2015) on European fairy tales. In previous volumes, most of them published by the University of Chicago Press, he studied Renaissance demonology and mysticism, the Platonic view of love, and contemporary culture. He is a Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.