Mirum Hudsonicum – Radio Bremen
Found this on the Radio Bremen site: more about "Mirum Hudsonicum – Video – Mediathek …", posted with vodpod The text is available here ….
Radio Bremen: Latini mensis Maii 2009
Nuntii Latini mensis Maii 2009 – Latein – Radio Bremen.
Akropolis World News 05/31/09
It is possible to see Varo’s face / Three men executed in Iran / F. C. Barcelona wins European Cup
CONF: Communicating With the Dead in the Ancient Mediterranean World
… seen on the Classicists list: International Conference Announcement “Communicating with the Dead in the Ancient Mediterranean World” Volos, 19-21 June 2009 University of Thessaly Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology Programme Friday, 19/6/2009 18:00-20:00 Reception and coffee Alexander MAZARAKIS AINIAN: (University of Thessaly) Addressing and honouring heroes and distinguished dead in Geometric Greece [...]
Classics on the Chopping Block at UHawaii?
Ladies and gentlemen, start your keyboards … UH examines 33 programs for consolidation or cuts (tip o’ the pileus to Tim Parkin)
ED: Summer School in Latin Language – Bologna 29.06-17.07.2009 (extended deadline)
… seen on the Classicists list: Bologna University Summer School in Latin Language and Classical Culture (29th June – 17th July 2009) The Department of Classics (http://www.classics.unibo.it) of Bologna University is pleased to announce that it is still possible to enrol to the second Summer School in Latin Language and Classical Culture. The teaching will [...]
Recreating the Lituus
Although the BBC article only mentions Rome in passing, some folks have done the computer thang and have recreated what the Lituus might have sounded like, at least in the context of one of the last pieces written (by Bach) for the instrument which fell into desuetude a few centuries ago. Listen to it here [...]
Classical Effects
The incipit of a piece by Jonathan Tepperman in Newsweek: In 1942, a little-known Michigan-born journalist living in Europe decided to write a cookbook of sorts. Her name was M.F.K. Fisher, and the result, How to Cook a Wolf, was less a collection of recipes than a guide to, and a fierce defense of, eating [...]
Ex Deo: Romulus
Even if you’re not a fan of Death Metal, classicist types should find the imagery of the title track of Ex Deo’s latest Roman-themed project of interest: Exclaim (to whom I tip my pileus) also includes a list of tracks on the album (do they call them albums any more?): 1. “Romulus” 2. “Storm the [...]
Seasick Seneca
Not sure why this is in the Guardian‘s weather pages, actually … perhaps it’s a sidebar to something: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, mentor to the boy emperor Nero, had let himself be persuaded to travel by sea. "The sea was quite calm when we set off. The sky was certainly heavily overcast, with the kind of [...]
CFP: Journal of Hellenic Religion vol. 3
The Journal of Hellenic Religion’s (JfHR) will proceed shortly to produce the third volume of the Journal, which will be forthcoming in the mid 2010. The JfHR is a peer-reviewed annual periodical. It has as a main theme the original interdisciplinary study of ancient Greek Religion and Theology (i.e. history, philosophy, politics-sociology and archaeology-anthropology). The [...]
CONF: Digital Classicist seminar series
… seen on the Classicists list: We have had to make a small change to the Digital Classicist/ICS Work-in-Progress seminar series. The updated programme is copied here. *Digital Classicist/ICS Work in Progress Seminar, Summer 2009* Fridays at 16:30 in STB3/6 (Stewart House), Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU (NB: July 17th seminar in British [...]
JOB: Generalist @ UArizona (one year)
… seen on the Classics List: The Department of Classics at the University of Arizona in Tucson seeks a highly qualified candidate for a full-time, benefits-eligible, one-year position as Visiting Assistant Professor beginning August, 2009. We are seeking a broadly trained classicist who will teach six courses, including one each in elementary and intermediate Greek, [...]
ED: EpiDoc Training Sessions
… from the Digitalclassicist list: *EpiDoc Training Sessions 2009* London 20-24 July Rome 21-25 September The EpiDoc community has been developing protocols for the publication of inscriptions, papyri, and other documentary Classical texts in TEI-compliant XML: for details see the community website at http://epidoc.sf.net. (*Note:* the new Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri at http://papyri.info is [...]
CONF: Pacific Rim Roman Literature Seminar 2009 at UCL
… seen on the Classicists list: *Pacific Rim Roman Literature Seminar 2009 University College London, 7-9 July (Archaeology Lecture Theatre) Utopia and Dystopia in Roman Literature* Programme Tuesday, 7 July 2009 from 9.30 registration 10.00 Welcome 10.15–11.00 NIALL W. SLATER (Emory University) "Seneca’s Apocolocyntosis as Dystopic Prelude to a Neronian Golden Age" 11.30–12.15 PAUL BURTON [...]
JOB: PhD position (Heroic space in Attic drama) Universiteit van Amsterdam
… seen on the Classicists list PhD position (m/f) Noord-Holland), 38 hours per week University of Amsterdam For the offical announcement see http://www.academictransfer.nl/organisaties/?adm_pin=00361&fuseaction=detail&vacature_id=CNGX8YVW Job description The Institute of Culture and History (ICG) of the UvA has a vacant PhD position (Heroic space in Attic drama) per 1 September 2009, as part of the NWO funded [...]
This Day in Ancient History
ante diem iv kalendas Iunias Ambarvalia (?) 1905 — birth of E. Togo Salmon (Samnium and the Samnites)
Temple of Isis Found at Florence?
Brief item from ANSA: Workmen inside Florence’s courthouse have stumbled across a spiral column and hundreds of multicoloured fragments that experts believe may have belonged to a Roman temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis. Dating to the second century AD, the remains were discovered as the men dug a five by three metre hole, [...]
LIMC ‘Complete’
From a UBristol press release: A scholarly project to document and analyse all known images of mythology from the Greek, Roman and Etruscan civilisations, has reached it culmination with the appearance of the last two volumes of the 20-volume series. The project, known as LIMC (Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae), was begun in the early 1970s. [...]
Dear Socrates …
The latest installment of Dear Socrates is up at Philosophy Now … the hemlock-imbiber somewhat anachronistically makes reference to Jesus in this one …
Financial Scandals at Vindolanda? Probably Not …
The News Post Journal provides a fine example of journalists trying to make extremely tenuous connections to modern political events, in this case, the assorted financial adventures of assorted Members of Parliament. The item is brief, so: ANCIENT Roman writing tablets found near Hadrian’s Wall, suggest public officials were on the take 1,900 years ago. [...]
From the Mailbag: New Classics Blog – Pop Classics
Juliette Harrisson — a PhD candidate at UBirmingham — scripsit: I’m e-mailing to inform you of a new Classics blog which I have just started. It is called Pop Classics and posts informal reviews of Classics in popular culture; everything from The Life of Brian to a brief mention of The Aeneid in Red Dwarf. [...]
This Day in Ancient History
ante diem v kalendas Iunias 585 B.C. — solar eclipse predicted by Thales of Miletus occurs during the battle of the Halys (another possible date) 20 A.D. — Drusus "Minor", the son of the emperor Tiberius, celebrates an ovatio for his victories in Illyricum ca 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Heliconis
CONF: The Erotics of Narrative
seen on the Classicists list: The Erotics of Narrative’ An international KYKNOS conference KYKNOS, the Swansea and Lampeter Centre for Research on the Narrative Literatures of the Ancient World 15-17 July, Gregynog Hall For booking information see: www.kyknos.org.uk Conference organisers: John.Morgan AT swansea.ac.uk m.plantinga AT lamp.ac.uk; I.Repath AT swansea.ac.uk Theme [...]
(re)Building Hadrian’s Wall?
Interesting item in the North West Evening Mail on how much it would cost if they were to build Hadrian’s Wall today … here’s the incipit: Carillion, which is working on the Waterfront business park on Barrow Island, which includes some traditional stone walls, calculated that it would take around 1,500 construction workers about two-and-a-half [...]
