Archive for October 10, 2009

CONF: Reception within Antiquity, University of Nottingham

Posted: October 10, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Conferences

seen on the Classicists list: One-Day Colloquium on Reception within Antiquity University of Nottingham 31 October 2009 The colloquium is under the auspices of the Classical Reception Studies Network, the Department of Classics, University of Nottingham and the Centre for Ancient Drama and its Reception. It will take place at the Staff club conference rooms. [...]

CFP: Syllecta Classica

Posted: October 10, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Uncategorized

Syllecta Classica is a journal published annually by the Department of Classics at the University of Iowa. We specialize in long substantial articles, and have excellent facilities for reproducing maps, plans, and illustrations. Refereeing is double-blind, and every effort is made to reach a decision on a submission within two months. More details concerning Syllecta [...]

CONF: Bristol Research Seminar, Autumn 2009

Posted: October 10, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Conferences

seen 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. 6th October: Neville Morley (Bristol): ‘Thucydides and the Idea of History’ 13th [...]

CONF: Classics, Reception and Social Class, July 1-2, 2010

Posted: October 10, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Conferences

seen on the Classicists list: Classics, Reception, and Social Class A Workshop, July 1st – 2nd 2010, Royal Holloway at The Boardroom, 2, Gower Street, London The Centre for the Reception of Greece & Rome at Royal Holloway (http://www.rhul.ac.uk/research/CRGR/Index.html) will be holding a research workshop to explore the methodological challenges involved in researching the relationship [...]

seen on the Classicists list: Pros and Cons: Professionalism and Expertise in the Ancient World Harvard University, April 10th 2010 Keynote Speaker: Dirk Obbink, Christ Church, Oxford/University of Michigan Excellence was a concept well known to the ancient world. From Homeric heroes to triumphant Roman generals, superlative achievement was recognized and admired as valuable and [...]

seen on the Classicists list: The Royal Irish Academy National Committee for Greek and Latin Studies presents a colloquium on TRAVELS AND ENCOUNTERS: JOURNEYS TO THE KNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN IN GRECO- ROMAN ANTIQUITY 19–20 November 2009 Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER 6:00-7:15 Robin Lane Fox, New College, University [...]

CONF: Leeds Classics Department Research Seminars

Posted: October 10, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Conferences

seen on the Classicists list: Leeds Classics Department Research Seminar Wednesdays at 3pm Room 101, Parkinson Building University of Leeds Semester 1 October 7th Anthony Corbeill University of Kansas Feminine Dust and Masculine Bark: Fluid Grammatical Gender in Latin Poetry October 21st Andreas Willi Worcester College, Oxford The Rise of "Classical" Attic October 28th Bruce [...]

CONF: The Romance Between Greece and the East

Posted: October 10, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Conferences

seen on the Classicists list: Programme for workshop 5 in the AHRC series ‘The Romance Between Greece and the East’: October 17th, Corpus Christi College, Oxford (seminar room) 10.30-11.00 coffee (in hall) 11.00-12.00 Tim Whitmarsh, ‘Sex and violets: Ionia and the Greek imaginaire’ 12.00-1.00 Philip Mottram, ‘The World According to Chariton: Greeks, Barbarians, Hybrids and [...]

CONF: Hermeneutics in the Ancient World

Posted: October 10, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Conferences

seen on Agade Hermeneutics in the Ancient World An international conference at the Institut für Judaistik and the Orientalische Institut of Vienna University. Vienna, 31.10. – 01.11.2009 Sponsord by the Vice rector of Vienna University Prof.Dr. A. Mettinger, the dean of Faculty of Philological-Cultural Sciences Prof.Dr. F. Römer, the dean of Faculty of Historical-Cultural Sciences [...]

CONF: The Cult of Divine Birt in Ancient Greece

Posted: October 10, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Conferences

Seen on Anahita-l TWO BOSTON AREA LECTURES: “The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece” Presenter: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Ph.D. 1) A Fall 2009 James C. Loeb Lecture, sponsored by the Department of the Classics at Harvard University DATE: Friday, October 16, 2009 TIME: 5 p.m.; free and open to the public PLACE: Fong Auditorium, Boylston [...]