Archive for January 19, 2009

This Day in Ancient History

Posted: January 19, 2009 by rogueclassicist in TDIAH

ante diem xiv kalendas februarias Ludi Palatini (day 3) c. 155 A.D. — martyrdom of Germanicus in Smyrna 169 A.D. — martyrdom of Pontianus c. 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Messalina

Classical Words of the Day

Posted: January 19, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Classical Words

gradation (OED) cohere (Wordsmith) obscure (Dictionary.com) oxymoron (Podictionary)

CONF: The New Hypereides

Posted: January 19, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Conferences

The Institute of Classical Studies in co-operation with The British Academy and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences will hold a one-day colloquium devoted to the newly published palimpsest text of Hypereides. The palimpsest contains fragments of two speeches and is the most exciting discovery in the area of Greek oratory for almost a century. Friday [...]

CONF: Late Antique and Byzantine Historiography

Posted: January 19, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Conferences

Late Antique and Byzantine Historiography A one day colloquium at Cardiff University Hosted by the Centre for Late Antique Religion and Culture Date: 21 January 2009, 10.00am-5pm Place: Humanities Building, Colum Drive, Room 2.03 Provisional Programme: 10.00am: Mark Humphries (Swansea), Visa vel lecta? Ammianus Marcellinus and the monuments of Rome 10.45: Andy Fear (Manchester), A [...]

Dublin Seminars

Posted: January 19, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Conferences

All papers take place on Tuesdays at 5.30 in the Classics seminar room, K217, Newman Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4. 27 January 2009 Dr Helen Dixon, University College Dublin Pomponio in the bath-house: the reception of the thermae Constantinianae in Renaissance Rome 10 February 2009 Professor Judith Barringer, University of Edinburgh The Olympic [...]

CONF: Oxford Classical Literature Seminars

Posted: January 19, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Conferences

University of Oxford Classical Language and Literature Subfaculty Seminar, Hilary 2009 ‘Current Research in Classics’ Thursdays at 5 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Classics Centre (except 5th wk). Convenors: Ruth Parkes, Sarah Harden, Bob Cowan 1st wk (22nd Jan.): ‘Oops! Accidental death and the poetics of contingency in Greek and Roman epic.’ Bob Cowan [...]

CFP: Greenscapes ~ Sense and Meaning

Posted: January 19, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Conferences

CALL FOR PAPERS Greenscapes ~ Sense and Meaning: Fields of Dreams (Landscapes of Myth and Imagination) October 1-3, 2009, Brock University Our landscapes have long been the unconscious repository of cultural hopes, fears and desires. >From the Garden of Eden to Aboriginal Dreamtime, societies have perceived their surrounding natural environment to express cultural values reflected [...]

CONF: Kentucky Conventiculum

Posted: January 19, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Conferences

Conversational Latin Seminar in Lexington for 2009

JOB: Executive Director CAAS

Posted: January 19, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Jobs

The Classical Association of the Atlantic States is seeking to appoint a part-time Executive Director, effective October 2009, for a renewable term of three years. A member of the Board of Directors, the Executive Director is responsible for coordinating CAAS’s ongoing operations and provides continuity in planning, budgeting and policy. The Executive Director acts as [...]

JOB: Postdoc in Roman Archaeology @ UManitoba

Posted: January 19, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Jobs

Post-doctoral Fellowship in Roman Archaeology, 2009-2010 University of Manitoba, Canada With funding from the Canada Research Council (CRC) Chair in Roman Archaeology, the Department of Classics, University of Manitoba, will offer a one-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Roman Archaeology to commence July 1, 2009 (start date flexible). This postdoctoral fellowship will have an annual value of [...]

JOB: Postdoc @ Brown

Posted: January 19, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Jobs

Two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in International Humanities Department of Classics, Brown University The Department of Classics seeks applications for a post-doctoral fellowship in classical reception studies for a tenure of two academic years: 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. We are looking for a scholar who specializes in the reception of classical antiquity in Africa, Asia, or Latin America. [...]

Miscellaneous Job Listings

Posted: January 19, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Jobs

Directorship – British School at Rome APA January Listings