Brooklyn Public Library
Library Info
Brooklyn Public Library is an independent system that serves the borough’s 2.5 million residents, offering thousands of public programs, millions of books and use of more than 850 free Internet-accessible computers.
It is the mission of Brooklyn Public Library to ensure the preservation and transmission of society’s knowledge, history and culture, and to provide the people of Brooklyn with free and open access to information for education, recreation and reference.
The vision of the Brooklyn Public Library is to be a vital center of knowledge for all, accessible 24 hours a day, and to be a leader in traditional and innovative library services which reflect the diverse and dynamic spirit of the people of Brooklyn.
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Program Scholar
Professor Laura Slatkin
Program Scholar for the Brooklyn Public Library
B.A. 1968, Harvard; M.A. 1970, Cambridge; Ph.D. 1979, Harvard
Before joining the faculty of Gallatin at New York University, Laura M. Slatkin taught at the University of California at Santa Cruz, Yale University, Columbia University, and the University of Chicago, where she received the Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Her research and teaching interests include ancient Greek and Roman poetry, especially epic and drama; wisdom traditions in classical and Near Eastern antiquity; anthropological approaches to the literature of the ancient Mediterranean world; and cultural poetics. Professor Slatkin has published articles on Greek epic and drama; a second edition of her book The Power of Thetis is being published in 2009 by Harvard University Press. She has served as the editor in chief of Classical Philology, an international journal in the field of classics, and is currently one of its associate editors. She has coedited Histories of Post-War French Thought, Volume 2: Antiquities (with G. Nagy and N. Loraux, New Press, 2001), and is currently working on a study of the reception of Homer in British romantic poetry. In 2007, she was a Fellow at the Columbia University Institute for Scholars at Reid Hall, Paris. She is also currently visiting professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.
Events
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Previous Events
Reading Group
Join program scholar Professor Laura Slatkin for a reading group at the Brooklyn Public Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Contact Amanda Zenteno at 718-369-9385 x152 to RSVP or to gain more information
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December 16 2009 at 02:00 PM
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Reading Group
Join program scholar Professor Laura Slatkin for a reading group at the Brooklyn Public Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Contact Amanda Zenteno at 718-369-9385 x152 to RSVP or to gain more information
Click here for directions
November 18 2009 at 02:00 PM
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Reading Group
Join program scholar Professor Laura Slatkin for a reading group at the Brooklyn Public Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Contact Amanda Zenteno at 718-369-9385 x152 to RSVP or to gain more information
Click here for directions
November 04 2009 at 02:00 PM
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Public Lecture
Join program scholar Professor Laura Slatkin for a lecture entitled: Gods, Warriors, Women: Exploring Identities in the Iliad at the Brooklyn Public Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Contact Amanda Zenteno at 718-369-9385 x152 to RSVP or to gain more information
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October 21 2009 at 02:00 PM
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Iliad Performance
Join us for a performance of Homer's Iliad at the Brooklyn Public Library
10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Contact Amanda Zenteno at 718-369-9385 x152 to RSVP or to gain more information Click here for directions
April 05 2009 at 04:00 PM
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This library is focusing on the thematic unit “Know Thyself: Issues of Identity”
