ante diem iii kalendas octobres 106 B.C. — birth of Gnaeus Pompeius 61 B.C. — Pompey celebrates his third triumph in recognition of his victories in the third Mithridatic War 48 B.C. — Pompeius Magnus, in the wake of his defeat at Pharsalus, is murdered as he steps ashore in Egypt (another possible date) 290 [...]
Archive for September, 2009
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii kalendas octobres
Posted: September 29, 2009 by rogueclassicist in TDIAH0
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv kalendas octobres
Posted: September 28, 2009 by rogueclassicist in TDIAHante diem iv kalendas octobres 48 B.C. — Pompeius Magnus, in the wake of his defeat at Pharsalus, is murdered as he steps ashore in Egypt
ED: Dickinson Summer Latin Workshop 2010
Posted: September 26, 2009 by rogueclassicist in UncategorizedSeen on the Latinteach list: July 11 to 16, 2010, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania <http://latincamp.wetpaint.com/page/Carlisle+and+Dickinson+College> We will read selections from De orbe novo by the Italian humanist Peter Martyr of Angleria (1457-1526), the most important early account of Columbus’ voyages to the new world. This work was originally written in Latin, and was complete by [...]
CONF: The Romance Between Greece and the East
Posted: September 26, 2009 by rogueclassicist in ConferencesSeen on the Classicists list: Booking for the conference ‘The Romance Between Greece and the East’, 12th- 13th December 2009, is now open. The venue will be the auditorium, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The programme is pasted below. For full details and booking form please visit the website at www.classics.ox.ac.uk/romance Saturday 12th December 9.00-9.10 Welcome [...]
Seen on various lists: Study in Greece Programs & Fellowships for 2010-2011 The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, one of America’s most distinguished centers devoted to advanced teaching and research, was founded in 1881 to provide American graduate students and scholars a base for their studies in the history and civilization of the [...]
Kenyon College invites applications for a 2-year position in the Department of Classics at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor, effective July 1, 2010. The successful candidate will teach both semesters of intensive elementary Greek each year in addition to two other courses, which may include upper level language courses, a survey of Greek history, [...]
Seen on various lists: POSITION AVAILABLE DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS Director of Publications, American School of Classical Studies, Princeton, New Jersey The primary responsibilities of the Director of Publications include the overall direction and management of the Publications Office; overseeing the assignments of the editorial staff and freelance editors and designers; working with excavation directors and [...]
CONF: Glasgow Research Seminar, 2009-10
Posted: September 26, 2009 by rogueclassicist in ConferencesSeen on the Classicists list: Dear colleagues – Please find below the programme of research seminars hosted by the Department of Classics at the University of Glasgow for the coming session. As always, everyone is very welcome to attend! Please do contact me if you have any queries about the programme, or if you’d like [...]
JOB: Charles Tesoriero Lectureship in Latin (UNew England – Australia)
Posted: September 26, 2009 by rogueclassicist in JobsUNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND THE CHARLES TESORIERO LECTURESHIP IN LATIN The multi-disciplinary School of Humanities at the University of New England has enjoyed a vibrant research culture and an enviable reputation in teaching over many decades. We are seeking an appointee who can actively contribute to a School with strengths in Ancient, Medieval and Modern [...]
Seen on Aegeanet: Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is inaugurating a series of conferences on the subject of "Zoroastrianism". These will be held every four years at the University of Oxford. The first in the series will take place in 2010 and explore how "Zoroastrianism in the Levant" interacted with Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Gnosticism and [...]
CONF: Round Table on Bronze Age Aegean Warfare
Posted: September 26, 2009 by rogueclassicist in ConferencesSeen on Aegeanet: Round Table on Bronze Age Aegean Warfare University of Athens, 12-13 December 2009 The archaeology of warfare in the Bronze Age Aegean has been a favourite subject of research during past decades. Several sub-fields have been explored, such as technologies of weapons, representations and symbolism, burial customs, fortifications and the archaeology of [...]
CONF: Moisa Epichorios: Regional Music and Musical Regions, Ravenna 1-3 October 2009
Posted: September 26, 2009 by rogueclassicist in ConferencesSeen on the Classicists list: MOISA EPICHORIOS: REGIONAL MUSIC AND MUSICAL REGIONS MOISA EPICHORIOS: MUSICA REGIONALE E REGIONI MUSICALI NELL’ANTICA GRECIA (Moisa – International Society for the Study of Greek and Roman Music and its Cultural Heritage IIIrd Annual Meeting) RAVENNA, ITALY, 1-3 OCTOBER 2009 Sala conferenze Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione [...]
CFP: Classical Representations in Popular Culture
Posted: September 26, 2009 by rogueclassicist in ConferencesSeen on Aegeanet: The Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Association will once again be sponsoring a session on CLASSICAL REPRESENTATIONS IN POPULAR CULTURE at the 31st Annual meeting to be held February 10-13, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico (330 Tijeras, Albuquerque NM 87102; tel. 505.842.1234). Papers on any [...]
CONF: London Roman Art and Ancient History Seminars
Posted: September 26, 2009 by rogueclassicist in ConferencesSeen on the Classicists list: In autumn of 2009 the London Roman Art and Ancient History Seminars are joining forces to host the following seminars (there will be no Roman art seminars in the spring). If you have any queries, please feel free to get in touch with Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe or myself. I can provide [...]
CONF: Ancient ³Unspeakable Vice² and Modern Pedagogy (APA 2011)
Posted: September 26, 2009 by rogueclassicist in UncategorizedSeen on Aegeanet: Ancient ³Unspeakable Vice² and Modern Pedagogy: Talking about Homosexuality in Classical Antiquity in the 21st Century Academy 2011 Annual Meeting of the APA, San Antonio, TX Sponsored by the Lambda Classical Caucus. Organized by Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos (Berea College) and John P. Wood (University of Missouri-Columbia) In E. M. Foster¹s novel Maurice, [...]
seen on the Classicists list: The Oxford Roman Economy Project will be hold a confererence on Trade, Commerce and the State on 1-3 October, 2009 at the Stelios Ioannou Centre for Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’, Oxford. For the programme and instructions of registration, please see: http://oxrep.classics.ox.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_events&Itemid=41
Helen of Troy to Host Conference Call Discussing Financial Results We’ll see if that whole Paris/Menelaus takeover was worth it, no doubt …
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi kalendas octobres
Posted: September 26, 2009 by rogueclassicist in TDIAHante diem vi kalendas octobres 46 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Venus Genetrix (and associated rites thereafter) 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Cosmas and Damian 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Cyprian 1687 — a Venetian mortar ignites a store of Turkish gunpowder being stored in the Parthenon, causing much damage.
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii kalendas octobres
Posted: September 25, 2009 by rogueclassicist in TDIAHante diem vii kalendas octobres 2nd century A.D. — martyrdom of Herculanus 233 A.D. — the emperor Severus Alexander celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Persians 1808 — death of Richard Porson 1931 — death of Ulrich von Wilamovitz-Moellendorff
ante diem viii kalendas octobres 15 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Vitellius (?)
Taliban Targetting ‘Alexander’s Descendents’
Posted: September 23, 2009 by rogueclassicist in UncategorizedExcerpts from an item in the Telegraph: The group, believed to be descendants of Alexander the Great’s invading army, were shielded from conservative Islam by the steep slopes of their remote valleys. While Sikhs, Hindus, and Christians were slowly driven out of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province by Muslim militants, the Kalash were free to [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem ix kalendas octobres
Posted: September 23, 2009 by rogueclassicist in TDIAHante diem ix kalendas octobres rites in honour of Latona at the Theatre of Marcellus Mercatus — those cupboards must have been really empty! 484 B.C. — Birth of Euripides (?) 480 B.C. — Athenian naval forces under Themistocles defeat Xerxes’ Persian force in the narrows of Salamis (one reckoning) 63 B.C. — birth of [...]
CONF: Bristol Research Seminar, Autumn 2009
Posted: September 22, 2009 by rogueclassicist in ConferencesSeen on the Classicists list: Department of Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar Seminars are held in the Classics Seminar Room, G37, 11 Woodland Road, and start at 4.10 p.m. except where noted. All welcome, especially postgraduate students; any queries, please contact n.d.g.morley AT bris.ac.uk. 6th October: Neville Morley (Bristol): ‘Thucydides and the Idea of [...]
All Roads Lead From Rome : The Classical (non)Tradition in Popular Culture 9th April 2010 Department of Classics at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick. Keynote speaker: Sheila Murnaghan, University of Pennsylvania. The aim of this conference is to bring together papers that consider the many ways that classics informs the world [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem x kalendas octobres
Posted: September 22, 2009 by rogueclassicist in TDIAHante diem x kalendas octobres Mercatus — the Romans continue the shopping spree 479 B.C. — the Persian general Mardonius is killed in the Battle of Plataea (source? … seems a little late) 36 B.C. — the triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus agrees to retire after losing all his military support to Octavian 19 B.C. — [...]
CONF: London Ancient History/Roman Art Seminars
Posted: September 20, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Conferences, UncategorizedSeen on various lists: In autumn of 2009 the London Roman Art and Ancient History Seminars are joining forces to host the following seminars (there will be no Roman art seminars in the spring). If you have any queries, please feel free to get in touch with Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe or myself. I can provide illustrated [...]
Edinburgh Classics Research Seminars 2009-2010
Posted: September 12, 2009 by rogueclassicist in UncategorizedSeen on the Classicists list: University of Edinburgh Classics Research Seminar Series 2009/2010 All meetings in Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower (ground floor), unless otherwise stated. For further information please contact Ursula Rothe (ursula.rothe AT ed.ac.uk) or Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (l.llewellyn-jones At ed.ac.uk). Semester 1 23 Sep 09 7pm: CAS Meeting – DHT Faculty Room [...]
CONF: Dublin Classics Seminars 2009-2010
Posted: September 12, 2009 by rogueclassicist in UncategorizedSeen on the Classicists list: All seminars are held in K217, Newman Building, Belfield, UCD, Dublin, on Tuesdays at 5.30pm. 29 September 2009 Dr Kathryn Welch, University of Sydney Dealing with Caesar: Augustus and the Republicans 6 October 2009 Dr. Anthony Harvey, Royal Irish Academy Frankenstein in the scriptorium: bringing Latin to life in early [...]
From the incipit of a movie column in the Times: William Graves, son of the writer and poet Robert Graves, has sold the rights of his father’s I, Claudius for a big-screen feature, to be directed by Jim Sheridan. Leonardo DiCaprio, whose production company is appropriately called Appian Way, has expressed interest in the project [...]
Just saw this: Second Congregational Church acquires labyrinth … hopefully there aren’t fundraising efforts for a Minotaur …
