Established on 05.20.2013 by Dr. Charles Grose
Dr. Charles Frederick Grose, grand-nephew of Ingebrikt Frederick Grose, and other members of the Grose family wish to commemorate the critical early leadership of I. F. Grose who traveled the long journey from southern Minnesota to serve as Concordia College's first president at the young age of 29. Grose earned both a bachelor's and master's degree from Luther College. Grose served as president from 1891 to 1893 and continued to serve the college in other capacities until 1897. Grose spent the majority of the remainder of his remarkable career at St. Olaf College. Over his many years on the two campuses, Grose served as a professor in German, history, religion, literature and composition. He was a true classicist who knew both Latin and Greek.
The purpose of the I. F. Grose Memorial Lecture in Classical Studies Endowed Fund is to provide an annual lecture in Classical Studies which serves to enrich the work of future faculty and students devoted to Classical scholarship.
Previous I.F. Grose Memorial Lecture in Classical Studies lectures:
2019 Yurie Hong
"Birthing Ideas in Ancient Greece and the Modern World: A Personal and Professional Story"
2018 Sarah Derbew
“Black Faces: Identifying Iconographic Representations of Black People in Classical Greek Antiquity”
2015 Gwendolyn Gruber
“Atoms of the Universe, Letters of a Poem: A Scientific Epic in Ancient Rome”
2014 Karlyn Griffith
“Sex and Death: The Mystery of the Etruscan Tomb of the Bulls”
2013 Bronwen Wickkiser
“Medicine, Magic and Miracle: Health Care in the Ancient Greek World”
2012 Karen Rosenbecker
“Occupy Athens: Economy, Scatology, and Theatrical Protest in Aristophanes’ Wealth”
2011 Laurel Fulkerson
“Enslaved to Love: Gender, Politics, & Poetry”
2010 Mont Allen
“Stone Dead? Visions of the Afterlife on Roman Sarcophagi”
2009 Gideon Nesbit
“Let’s make history.’ Experiencing Antiquity in Modern Media”