Lectures in English

Kimiko Adler is a second-year PhD student at NYU in the Department of Classics. She received her BA in Classical Studies and Government from Claremont McKenna College in 2023, writing her thesis on Roman literary representations of Jews and Cult of Isis devotees. At NYU, her primary area of interest is Egyptian religion in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean, specifically the cult of Isis. Kimiko’s research allows her to explore broader questions about hybridity and cultural transmission in the Roman world. Due to her materially centered approach to ancient history, Kimiko has extensive archaeological fieldwork and museum experience. Having previously held internships at the Getty Villa (Public Programs, Summer 2021) and the American Academy at Rome (Fall 2021), she is currently an assistant trench supervisor at the Agora Valley Project at Morgantina (Sicily) and an architectural analyst for the South Etruscan Tomb Survey.

Robert Conn received his M.A. in Classical Archaeology from Florida State University and his Ph.D in Classical Civilizations from the University of Florida. As a founding faculty member of Thaden School in Bentonville, AR, and the inaugural chair of the World Languages department, he cultivated a curriculum that has emphasized spoken Latin since the school’s inception in 2017. He is dedicated to integrating archaeology into his teaching, co-developing innovative courses such as The Culinary and Cultural Roots of Western Civilization. His interdisciplinary courses and projects bridge language, history, and archaeology, and he fosters engagement through student-centered activities, including games and a spoken Latin lunch.

As a participant in The Paideia Institute’s LLiNYC conference in 2019 and later the Living Latin in Rome program in 2022, he had the opportunity to connect with many other Latin speakers. Paideia’s Rome program motto, loci in locis, inspired him to create a graffiti project for his Latin students, providing them with a creative way to engage with the language and participate in creating Thaden’s loci in locis. These initial students later attended LLiNYC in 2023, allowing them to connect with fellow Latin speakers and deepen their understanding of the language in an immersive environment. Robert is thrilled to present the latest iteration of his graffiti project with his current students at LLiNYC 2025!

Colin Gorrie is the author of Ōsweald Bera: An Introduction to Old English, a reader which teaches Old English in the spirit of Hans Ørberg's Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata series. He is also the Dean of Students at the Ancient Language Institute, where he teaches Old English and Latin. He received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Arizona in 2014.

Austin Sarker-Young is a third-year undergraduate at Brown University who plans to major in Latin and Chemistry. He is working on a two-year project about the usage of texts, tools, and drugs in Western Surgery from Celsus (1st century) to Vesalius (16th century) under the mentorship of Professor Joseph Pucci (Chair of the Department of Classics) and Professor Harold Cook (Hon. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians).

Beyond this one project, Austin’s main interests center on the sciences, religion, and the intersecting histories of both. He has recently been reading from Isidore’s Etymologiae and Newton’s Principia, along with a host of other documents, including Henry Rink’s nineteenth-century collection of Inuit stories and Wittgenstein’s notebooks. Within chemistry, Austin has been developing his skills in computational chemical biology, which focuses on using digital models of molecules in order to accurately predict a
substance’s properties and reactivity.