Homerica
“Homeric” was once again a popular adjective this week: A review of Susan Sontag’s diaries (New Statesman) included this: “It’s time for Homer, I think,” she writes. “The best way to divert these morbid individualised religious fantasies is to overwhelm them by the impersonal Homeric …” The Yorkshire Post on the challenges facing the new [...]
Matters Inaugurational
A compendium of items relating — more or less — to the big events last week … now that they’ve had time to ‘sink in’. We being with a bit from the Register-Herald, which actually was about the inauguration of the governor of West Virginia, but had some nice ClassCon: Noting the term “inauguration” is [...]
@ the Online Auctions
Plenty of stuff from Live Auctions this week, with varying degrees of provenance: Roman, c. 100-300AD., a nice and very small silver (ring; ex Ventura County Collection … not sure what that means) Roman, c. 100-300AD., a lot of 2 small and choice (ditto … a couple of flasks) Roman Egypt, Alexandria, c. 305-30BC., a [...]
Museum Case Resumes in Italy
I was wondering about this one a couple of days ago … there’s a brief AP report just hitting the ewaves that the trial of Marion True and Robert Hecht has resumed in Rome. Nothing much new, yet, but the focus appears to be on Robert Hecht right now. Trial Resumes for Former Curator (New [...]
Matters Theatrical
A flurry of items of theatrical interest this week: Two Views of Julius Caesar: As Victor and as Victim (A couple of productions of Julius Caesar in New York) Boal’s New Play Raises Questions About Truth From Antiquity (one of the above: 23 Knives) Hotel Medea (London) Curious ‘Trojan’ still worth seeing (Trojan Women 2.0 [...]
JOB: Two posts at Cambridge
Temporary Lecturing Assistant Lectureship in the Faculty of Classics (Greek literature)
CFP: Writing the Self, Writing Lives in Greco-Roman Culture (APA)
***** PLEASE NOTE EARLY DEADLINE FEBRUARY 2 ****** The following is a call for papers for the panel ‘Writing the self, Writing lives in Greco-Roman culture’, to be held at the 2010 APA meeting in Orange County, California. Abstracts must reach the APA office by 2 February (further instructions are at the end of this [...]
CONF: Rome and the Mediterranean
Registration is £40 (which includes a drinks reception on the Thursday evening, and lunch on the Friday and Saturday), or £20 for one day. Cheques should be made payable to ‘The University of Oxford’ (with ‘Derow Conference’ on the rear), and sent to Dr S.J. Heyworth, Derow Conference, Wadham College, Oxford OX1 3PN, preferably before [...]
CONF: Illness, Disability, Medicine, and Healing
Call for Papers on Illness, Disability, Medicine, and Healing The Biblical Scholarship and Disability Section of the 2009 Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting is seeking papers. The 2009 Meeting will be held June 30-July 4 in Rome. Our section addresses a broad range of issues including illness generally (chronic or short-term), illness understood as [...]
CONF: Bristol Seminars
Details of the programme of the research seminars and events at Bristol University’s Department of Classics and Ancient History are listed below. Tuesday seminars take place in room G37, access through 3-5 Woodland Road, porters’ lodge. School of Humanities Seminars take place in Link Rooms 1 and 2, access through porters’ lodge 3-5 Woodland Road. [...]
CONF: Brief Notices
It’s handy when conferences have websites: ERÔS IN ANCIENT GREECE (UCL) Study afternoon: Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greece (Roehampton)
ED: AAiR – Classical Summer School
American Academy in Rome – Classical Summer School The Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome has extended its application deadline to 1 February 2009 and invites applications from High School teachers of Latin. Program details, eligibility, and the application, which is joint with an application for scholarships administered by the Classical Society [...]
ED: Tytus Summer Residency Program
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI Department of Classics TYTUS SUMMER RESIDENCY PROGRAM The University of Cincinnati Classics Department is pleased to announce the Margo Tytus Summer Residency Program. Summer Residents, in the fields of philology, history and archaeology will come to Cincinnati for a minimum of one month and a maximum of three during the summer. Applicants [...]
