October 17, 2024
Oval-shaped frame, black and white image. Three figures at lower right kneel and bow before an altar; priest figure stands behind altar, arms outstretched; robbed figure stands in front of altar; smoke from altar fills the air

Professor Debbie Felton gave invited presentations at two seminars in Madrid, Spain during the week of October 14. The first presentation, “The Uses of Humor in Ancient and Modern Ghost Stories,” was for the two-day seminar “Mito y tradición clásica en la literatura policíaca y de terror” at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (14–15 Oct.). The second was a keynote speech on “Interpreting Monsters: Approaches to the Cyclops Polyphemus” for the sixth annual Mythical Projections seminar held at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.