September 12, 2009

  • Seen 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…

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  • Seen 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…

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  • I, Claudius Remake

    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…

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  • Double Take Headline

    Just saw this: Second Congregational Church acquires labyrinth … hopefully there aren’t fundraising efforts for a Minotaur …

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  • CONF: Apuleius and Africa

    From the Ancient Narrative folks: APULEIUS AND AFRICA An International Classics Conference April 29-May 2, 2010 Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.A. From April 29 to May 2, 2010, Oberlin College will host a major international Classics symposium entitled “Apuleius and Africa.” The conference is being organized by Ellen Finkelpearl (Scripps College), Luca Graverini (Università di…

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