the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at UNL is very excited to be able to bring Dr. Dan-el Padilla-Peralta to campus. Dr. Padilla-Peralta received his Ph.D. in Classics from Stanford University in 2014 and holds B.A. degrees from Princeton University and Oxford University. He currently holds a fellowship at the Columbia University Society of Fellows. He is also the author of a memoir, Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League (Penguin Books, 2015). He was the subject of a recent article in the New York Times: see http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/nyregion/from-an-undocumented-boyhood-to-a-doctorate.html?_r=0
Dr. Padilla-Peralta will give a talk called “Platano Classics: ancient Greece and Rome through undocumented eyes.” It will be at 4:00 pm in the Unity Room of the Gaughan Multicultural Center on City Campus. This exciting and inspiring talk is free and open to the public.
If you have any questions about the event, please contact Dr. Anne Duncan at aduncan4@unl.edu