Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Mark Masterson published an article on the Roman architect Virtruvius in the The American Journal of Philology (125.3 [2004]: pp. 387-416). Masterson explores Vitruvius' portrayal of his profession both through considering his placement in the Roman social hierarchy and through investigating the philosophical issues that attend pleasure and its enjoyment. He also gave two papers:, "The Emperor Julian, Salutius and the Pederastic Intertext" at the Classical Association of the Atlantic States fall meeting in Philadelphia in October; and "Amphiaraus, Pluto, and Poetics in Statius, Thebaid 8" at the American Philological Association meeting in January in San Francisco.
Masterson presented a position paper, "Occluding (?) Lens: The Turn to Masculinity in Roman Studies," at the University of Arizona at the Feminism and Classics 4 conference in May 2004.
He is also one of the co-organizers for an American Philological Association three-year colloquium (2005-07): "Exploring Roman Manhood: Formations, Transformations, and Contestations."
