CONF: Reading Seminars
DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS UNIVERSITY OF READING Mary Beard (Cambridge) “Laughing with (or at?) the Romans” Room: HumSS 175 14 May 2009, Thursday, 4 p.m. Robert Parker (Oxford) “Sacrifice: The Big Issues” Room: HumSS 175 20 May 2009, Wednesday, 4 p.m. Terence Irwin (Oxford) “Beauty and Morality in Aristotle” Room: HumSS 175 27 May 2009, Wednesday, [...]
CFP: AMPAL 2009
The Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient Literature 2009 will be held at the University of Birmingham on 14-15 November 2009. AMPAL is a conference for postgraduates studying ancient literature which is now in its fifth year. It allows students to present their research, to take part in discussion and exchange of ideas, and to [...]
CFP: Family as Strategy in the Roman Empire
10TH UNISA CLASSICS COLLOQUIUM in cooperation with the Department of New Testament and Early Christian Studies University of South Africa, Pretoria Date: October 15 – 17, 2009 THEME: ‘Family as Strategy in the Roman Empire’ Papers are hereby invited on any aspect of the family in Greco-Roman antiquity and early Christianity that may be seen [...]
This Day in Ancient History
pridie kalendas maias ludi Florae (day 4) 65 A.D. — death of Marcus Annaeus Lucanus … a.k.a. Lucan (by one reckoning) 304 A.D. — beginning of Diocletianic persecutions under Galerius 311 A.D. — Edict of Toleration of Galerius 1936 — death of A.E. Housman
CONF: Classical Reception in English Literature
Classical Reception in English Literature, 1660-1790 An international Workshop in connection with The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature (published by Oxford University Press) 27-28 June 2009, University of Bristol The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature is a new, five-volume publication, offering a comprehensive survey and investigation of the reception [...]
CONF: Defining Citizenship in Archaic Greece
Defining citizenship in archaic Greece Thursday 7th May 2009 10.00 – 11.00: Registration in the Department of Classics (1st Floor, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds) 11.00 onwards: Papers in the Beechgrove Room, University House 11.00 – 11.15: Introduction: Alain Duplouy (Paris) 11.15 – 11.45: John Davies (Liverpool) ‘The emergence and consolidation of the polis- state’. [...]
This Day in Ancient History
ante diem iii kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 3) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who [...]
CONF: Lampeter Seminars
RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CLASSICS RESEARCH SEMINAR PROGRAMME EASTER TERM With the exception of KYKNOS papers which start at 6.00pm (www.kyknos.org.uk), all papers start at 5.00pm. All seminars are held in the Roderick Bowen Research Centre. For more information please contact Mirjam Plantinga (m.plantinga AT lamp.ac.uk) or Owen Hodkinson (o.hodkinson AT lamp.ac.uk). All very welcome. Thursday [...]
CONF: Communities and Networks in the Ancient Greek World
COMMUNITIES AND NETWORKS IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN 6-9 JULY 2009 Organisers: Dr Claire Taylor, Trinity College Dublin Dr Kostas Vlassopoulos, University of Nottingham This conference will examine the networks of interaction within and between different groups in the classical and early hellenistic periods. Questions for exploration include: • [...]
CONF: The End of Ancient Empires
THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF SCOTLAND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ‘THE END OF ANCIENT EMPIRES’ University of Edinburgh, 19-21 June 2009 The Classical Association of Scotland (founded 1902) is proud to present its first annual conference in a new format. Papers will be 20 minutes long, and will be followed by 10 minutes of discussion. All sessions will [...]
This Day in Ancient History
ante diem iv kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 2) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who [...]
Dance of the Muses
Dance of the Muses: Choral Theory and Ancient Greek Poetics is a very interesting website designed to accompany A.P. David’s book of the same name. Additional content at the website includes audio of Homer’s poetry being recited according to the book’s theory, videos of Homeric dance and other items of interest. Worth checking out!
CONF: Writings of Early Scholars in the ANE, Egypt and Greece
Writings of Early Scholars in the Ancient Near East, Egypt and Greece: Zur Übersetzbarkeit von Wissenschaftssprachen des Altertums Interdisciplinary and international conference, Johannes Gutenberg University, 27-29 July 2009 The historiography of the sciences in antiquity (including Egyptian and Mesopotamian cultures) has changed fundamentally during the past 40 years. Changing methodologies and aims have led to [...]
CFP: Classical Association 2010
Classical Association Annual Conference 2010 Cardiff University, Wednesday 7th April – Saturday 10th April 2010. Call for papers The Classical Association Annual Conference 2010 is to be hosted by Cardiff University. Panels and plenary lectures will be held in the Cathays Park campus of the University. The President’s address and conference dinner will take place [...]
JOB: APA April Listings
… at the APA site, of course …
This Day in Ancient History
ante diem v kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 1) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who [...]
Movie Gossip
There was quite a bit of movie gossip this past week … First, from the Hollywood Reporter (and other sources) we hear of a movie-to-be called Odysseus … inter alia: Warners is going back to ancient Greece, winning a major spec script bidding war to pick up “Odysseus,” written by Ann Peacock, with Jonathan Liebesman [...]
ED: Iris Festival
The Iris Festival for inner London schools 17-19th June, 2009 The Scoop at More London The Iris Festival is a free three-day festival of Classics, run by educational charity The Iris Project (www.irismagazine.org), including plays and performances of Greek drama by London state schools from London’s most deprived boroughs, as well as activities, workshops and [...]
Tomb of Cicero’s Daughter?
In light of all the Cleo hype (about which I’ll probably have more to add later), it’s interesting perhaps to direct the readers of rogueclassicism to an interesting section of Lanciani in which he describes an amazing discovery in Rome from 1485 (hat tip to Man of Roma for this) … here’s a useful excerpt [...]
Classicisms?
A review of Iphigenia and Other Daughters in the Columbia City Paper suggests, inter alia: Classicists hate to admit it, but Homer and all who proceeded him in the tradition of ancient Greek theater (Euripides, Sophocles, Aeschylus, etc.) were of a mind to entertain just as much to educate and elucidate. … er, no … [...]
Roman Torture?
David Bromwich in the Huffington Post writing about US torture etc. mentions, inter alia: Romans of the imperial age practiced torture against enemy combatants on an imposing scale of unrestraint. The gloves were really off. Any viewer of the final montage of Kubrick’s film of Spartacus will remember the captives of the slave rebellion nailed [...]
Roman Burials from Bethlehem
Haven’t seen any more coverage of this other than from the Ma’an News Agency: Roman-era catacombs were unearthed in Bethlehem Saturday during construction in an empty lot beside Bethlehem University. The small underground cave system opens facing north, and held four stone coffins with engravings on each, housed in two separate dug out burial areas. [...]
The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships
A ‘busy girl’ sent this one in (gratias tibi ago!): Mythtickle by Justin Thompson
Cross Cultural Match of the Century!
… or so it seemed when I read this headline a bit too quickly: Alexander on undercard as Latimore faces Spinks … could the wily translator match up to the inquisitive Egyptian beastie? The followup tells the tale: Spinks edges Latimore for IBF belt! … and in case you were wondering, Alexander enneagrammatically KOed Jesus [...]
Cleveland Museum of Art Returns
Getting a smattering of coverage this past week was the announcement that the Cleveland Museum of Art would be returning 14 items (13 from the period within our purview) to Italy which were considered to be of dubious origin. In return, the CMoA will be receiving a loan of items of similar value. There don’t [...]
