John C. Shields, Distinguished Professor of English at Illinois State University, director of the Center for American Classicism, and author of The American Aeneas, will speak today at 4 p.m. in the Isabella Cannon Room.
Shields, whose work is an interdisciplinary study of classics, American literature and culture, religion, and ethnic literature, will present “George Washington, the American Aeneas,” and explore the classical influences on the founding of America.
Shields’ visit is sponsored by the Center for Law and Humanities and the Department of English.