2026 Epic Summer Seminar—
Lectures

6-8-25 Faculty Remarks & Lecture: Iliad I-VIII—Dr. Allums

6-9-25 Faculty Remarks & Lecture: Iliad IX-XVI—Dr. Starr (recording not available)

6-10-25 “Shield of Achilles” & Lecture: Iliad XVII-XXIV—Dr. Allums

6-11-25 “Three Moments” & Lecture: Odyssey I-XII—Dr. Nweze

6-12-25 Faculty Remarks & Lecture: Odyssey XIII-XXIV—Dr. MacMillan

6-15-25 “The Sorrow of Love” & Lecture: Aeneid I-IV—Dr. Bainard Cowan

6-16-25 “Heroes” &  Lecture: Aeneid V-VIII—Dr. Bainard Cowan

6-18-25 “Aeneas at Washington” & Lecture: Aeneid IX-XII—Dr. Bainard Cowan

6-19-25 “Ulysses” & Lecture: The Divine Comedy: Inferno & Purgatorio—Dr. Balan

6-20-25 Faculty Remarks & Lecture: The Divine Comedy: The Paradiso—Dr. Allums

6-23-25 “The Maldive Shark” & Lecture: Moby Dick Chs. 1-45—Dr. Nweze

6-24-25 “Convergence of the Twain” & Lecture: Moby Dick Chs. 46-90—Dr. Balan

6-25-25 “The Satanic Hero” & Lecture: Moby Dick Chs. 91-end—Dr. MacMillan