{"id":22053,"date":"2016-02-25T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=22053"},"modified":"2016-02-25T01:54:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T07:54:08","slug":"classics-at-austin-peay-state-university-students-present-at-international-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2016\/02\/25\/classics-at-austin-peay-state-university-students-present-at-international-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Classics at Austin Peay State University students present at international conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Six Austin Peay State University Classics students recently presented papers at the Fifth Annual University of Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Conference, an international, refereed conference held on the campus of the University of Tennessee Knoxville.<\/p>\n<p>This marked the third consecutive year APSU has had multiple students accepted, and also represented the highest total of students of any university at the conference.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_315910\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Austin-Peay-State-University-Campus.jpg\"  rel=\"attachment wp-att-315910\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-315910\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-315910\" title=\"The campus of Austin Peay State University. (APSU)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Austin-Peay-State-University-Campus-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"The campus of Austin Peay State University. (APSU)\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-315910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The campus of Austin Peay State University. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>The following APSU students presented their work at the conference:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Amber Kearns, \u201cOedipus as an Epic Hero\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Brittany Orton, \u201cRoman Regulation of Prostitutes\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Katelynn DiStefano, \u201cThe Antonine Plague\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Etenia Mullins, \u201cLivy: A Mythological Chronicle in Nonfiction\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Kee, \u201cLivy\u2019s Use of the Frequentative Verb in His Historical Account of the Rape of the Sabine Women\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Illig, \u201cLivy\u2019s Application of Objectivity in the Ab Urbe Conduit\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThese students are all working with (APSU assistant professor of classics) Dr. Steve Kershner, who has encouraged and pressed these students to put themselves out there,\u201d APSU professor Dr. Timothy Winters said. \u201cI am proud of the students, and of the work that Dr. Kershner has done to to help these students get a jump on graduate school, and to shine a light on APSU\u2019s Classics section and the Department of Languages and Literature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Classics at APSU, visit apsu.edu\/classics, or contact Dr. Timothy Winters at <a href=\"mailto:winterst@apsu.edu\">winterst@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Six Austin Peay State University Classics students recently presented papers at the Fifth Annual University of Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Conference, an international, refereed conference held on the campus of the University of Tennessee Knoxville. 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