Abstract
Classical Studies is pleased to invite you to a lecture by Dr David Porreca, entitled « Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Today: Paying it Forward. A Tribute to Dr. Lucinda L. Neuru. » The talk will talk place on Thursday October 29th at 6:00 p.m. in AL 124. Immediately Following the lecture we will go to the Graduate House for our annual Student Award event, where we will recognize the accomplishments of our students. All are welcome!
David Porreca
Broadly speaking, my research interests involve Medieval intellectual history, especially the reception of the pagan Classical tradition in the Christian Middle Ages. The main focus of my research has been the enigmatic figure of Hermes Trismegistus. In the process of hunting for any and all references to Hermes during the Middle Ages, I have conducted research at over thirty manuscript libraries scattered throughout Europe. Along the way, I have become interested in ancient and Medieval magic, astrology, alchemy, palaeography, manuscript transmission and glosses. This path has led me, along with my co-author and collaborator Dan Attrell, to produce a new English translation of the Latin astral magic text known as Picatrix, which appeared in 2019 through the Pennsylvania State University Press. More recently, Dan, myself, and a third collaborator (and UW alumnus) Brett Bartlett have completed an annotated English translation of Marsilio Ficino's polemical work De Christiana religion with the University of Toronto Press.
