February 6, 2011

  • ClassiCarnival 02-06-11

    Some gleanings from my blogroll (and elsewhere) from the past week or so which you might have missed (some are a bit older, having scrolled to the next page of my inbox the last time I was compiling) … in no particular order: Lucretius, “Of Natural Things”- also Atoms & Atheists| Rufus History’s Lost, Part…

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  • In Explorator 13.42

    I sent this one out early out of fear of internet outtages this a.m. … didn’t materialize, of course. Some items of interest from my weekly newsletter; some have already appeared at rogueclassicism and some will hopefully appear later. I’m including a section I put together on the goings-on in Egypt just in case you’re…

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  • Seen on the Classicists list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): ‘Alexander in Africa’ (12th Unisa Classics Colloquium, Grahamstown, South Africa 28-30 June 2011) Proposals for papers are hereby solicited on topics related to the theme, which is seen as covering the following: Alexander’s sojourn on…

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  • Seen in the Canadian Classical Bulletin (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): Feminism and Classics VI: Crossing Borders, Crossing Lines Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada May 24-27, 2012 Ancient Mediterranean society was crisscrossed by multiple boundaries and borders. Firm boundaries between male and female, slave…

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  • Seen on the Classics list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): Classics at the Core: Greek and Latin Word Roots in the General Education Curriculum Texts such as Donald M. Ayers’ English Words from Latin and Greek Elements and Tamara M. Green’s The Greek and Latin…

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