Our Speakers
Hodie et Cras brings together renowned Yale faculty and scholars who are redefining what it means to study the ancient world. These experts aren’t just teaching the Classics—they’re shaping the field with new discoveries, interpretations, and interdisciplinary approaches.
This is a rare opportunity to learn from some of the best minds in the field, ask questions, and gain insights that go beyond the classroom.
Malina Buturović
Malina Buturovic earned her BA from Yale (2016) and PhD from Princeton (2023) in Classics and Interdisciplinary Humanities. Now an Assistant Professor at Yale, she researches Imperial Greek intellectual history, focusing on medicine, Middle Platonism, and theology. Her work includes a monograph on heredity in Plutarch and Galen, studies on embodiment, afterlife theology, and kinship, and explorations of Greek tragedy’s reception and physiognomy. She also co-organizes Yale’s colloquium on ancient medicine with Jessica Lamont.
Kirk Freudenburg has taught at Yale since 2006, previously teaching at Kent State, Ohio State, and the University of Illinois, where he chaired the Classics Department. His research focuses on Roman poetry, particularly satire and the cultural codes shaping Roman literary ideas. His publications include The Walking Muse (1993), Satires of Rome (2001), and Horace Satires Book II (2021). His latest book, Virgil’s Cinematic Art (2023), won the 2024 Alexander G. McKay Prize. He is currently working on a commentary on Aeneid 12 for a forthcoming series from Lorenzo Valla. His work is featured on The Tel Podcast, and his full CV and writings are available on Academia.edu.
Kirk Freudenburg
James Patterson is the Language Program Director in Classics, overseeing the curriculum for introductory and intermediate Greek and Latin and supervising graduate student instructors. He also assists graduate students in preparing for their PhD qualification exams in Greek and Latin. His research focuses on the politics of martyrdom in Roman Africa, with additional interests in the reception of Rome in the Maghrib, particularly Algeria, and the western Balkans. His work is primarily directed toward students at Yale, both undergraduate and graduate.