Gladiator Graveyard?
From the Times … seems to be hyping an upcoming TV documentary: Archaeologists believe that they may have discovered a Roman gladiator cemetery near York city centre. About 80 remains have been found since the investigation began in 2004, with more than half of them decapitated. Researchers believe they may form part of the world’s [...]
What Classicists Like to Be …
Sorry … the rogueclassicist is genetically predisposed to appreciation of horrible punnery. More visual punnery at one of my favourite blogs: So Much Pun …
CFP: Land & Natural Resources in the Roman World
Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) International conference: Land and natural resources in the Roman World Brussels, 2011, May Thu. 26th – Sat. 28thRoman Society Research Center (VUB/UGent/Kent University) Further details on the conference and the wider research project of the Roman Society Research [...]
CONF: Ancient Greek Music (Corfu)
Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) Department of Music The Ionian University, Corfu Seventh Annual Seminar on Ancient Greek Music 5-11 July 2010 Every year since 2004, the Department of Music at the Ionian University has hosted a week-long seminar on a topic related [...]
CFP: Imagining Europe: Perspectives, Perceptions and Representations from Antiquity to the Present
Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) IMAGINING EUROPE – PERSPECTIVES, PERCEPTIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT Call for Papers – LUICD Graduate Conference 2011 Leiden University Institute for Cultural Disciplines 27 and 28 January 2011 Confirmed key note speakers: Professor Edith Hall, [...]
CFP: Athenian Hegemonic Techniques, at the Celtic Conference in Classics
Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) Papers are invited for a panel entitled ‘Athenian Hegemonic Techniques’ which will be held at The Sixth Celtic Conference in Classics (University of Edinburgh, July 28-31, 2010) and chaired by Thomas Figueira. Although a major theme will be [...]
Restoring the Garland Sarcophagus
Very interesting feature on the work of conservators at the Walters Museum: Walters staff restores the 2,000-year-old Garland Sarcophagus | Baltimore Sun.
Sexaginta Fortress Excavations Continue
Image via Wikipedia Not sure if we’ve ever mentioned this site before: The archaeological excavations of the Roman fortress Sexaginta Prista, located near the city of Ruse in north-central Bulgaria, will continue during the summer of 2010 into previously unexplored parts. The archaeologists Varbin Varbanov and Deyan Dragoev this summer will study the area to [...]
Being a Stoic Ain’t Easy
Interesting opeddish sort of thing from the Times … sort of in the Jonathan Shay category: A Crack in the Stoic’s Armor | NYTimes.com. Tip o’ the pileus to Arthur Shippee and Diana Wright for passing this along …
CONF: Digital Classicist/ICS summer seminars 2010
Seen on various lists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) Digital Classicist 2010 summer seminar programme Institute of Classical Studies Meetings are on Fridays at 16:30 in room STB9 (Stewart House) Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU *ALL WELCOME* Seminars will be followed by refreshments * [...]
