August 13, 2009
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Seen on the Classicists list: Classics at Edinburgh, in conjunction with the Leventis Foundation announces the 6th Leventis conference on History without Historians: Greeks and their past in the Archaic and Classical age 5th-7th November 2009 in Edinburgh The conference has been organised by Prof. John Marincola, Professor of Classics at The Florida State University…
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Seen on the Classicists list: BELIEF AND ITS ALTERNATIVES IN GREEK AND ROMAN RELIGION University of St Andrews, 2-3 July 2010 Call for Papers The religions of Greece and Rome have long been regarded as religions of ritual, religions in which what was done mattered far more than what was thought. Responses to the supposedly…
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A piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education (which might only be available for a few days for free for non-subscribers) was mentioned on the Classics list t’other day (and doesn’t seem to have generated any response). It comprises a response by Nancy K.D. Lemon to an earlier review essay in the same journal by…
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If you’ve got nothing to do tonight (or even if you do have something to do tonight, you might want to change your plans) and happen to be in Queens (New York … not the University), you probably want to check this out. Here’s a tease: With America beset by two wars overseas and economic…
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A recipe column in the Times incipits thusly: Pissaladière is one of my Desert Island dishes, a pizza-esque onion tart from Nice that is recognisable by its anchovy lattice studded with black olives. Its name comes from pissala, a Provençal word for a Niçoise fish sauce made from fermented anchovies and sardines. This sauce, now…
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