Hallwalls is the perfect setting for a sixth year of the Humanities Institute's Scholars@Hallwalls lecture series. These monthly presentations feature one fellow's research in an engaging lecture with lively follow-up conversation. This year's lineup highlights the interdisciplinary range of humanities research at UB.
Talks are on Friday afternoons at 4 pm and are free and open to the public. Complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres are served. Please join us for any or all of the Scholars@Hallwalls talks!
Bodily Politics: Frank Speech and the Health of the Greek City
Classics professor Dana Fields, examines how Greek writers of the Roman Imperial period use metaphors of medical practice to talk about frank speech (parrhÄ"sia). In public assemblies, interactions among the oligarchic class, and even works addressed to the Roman emperor, the metaphors of drugs, cutting, and cauterization justify the special authority claimed by the frank speaker, which can contradict both Roman hierarchy and the Greek premium on freedom.
