March 12, 2011
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From the Harvard Gazette: Professor Ernst Badian, John Moors Cabot Professor of History Emeritus, died on Feb. 1. After teaching in the universities of Sheffield, Durham, and Leeds in Britain, and at the State University of New York, Buffalo, he was appointed to Harvard’s Department of History in 1971, and was cross-appointed to the Department…
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Seen on the Classicists list (the date has past on this one; folsk might want to be aware of it though): TEACHING ROMAN COMEDY Sponsored by the American Classical League and organized by Timothy Moore, University of Texas, Austin and Mary C. English, Montclair State University The American Classical League invites scholars and teachers of…
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Seen on the Classics list: We invite undergraduate and graduate students to take part in an archaeological fieldschool focusing on the remains of a large, 2nd century CE, probably imperial Roman villa in Genzano di Roma, about 20 miles south of the center of Rome next to the ancient Via Appia in the modern town…
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Seen on Aegeanet: The Department of Greek and Roman Classics at Temple University invites applications from candidates for a possible (pending final budgetary authorization) non-tenure-track, full-time position for 2011-12. This position will appear in the March Positions for Classicists. The department has particular needs in Latin language and Roman culture. Evidence of successful teaching experience,…
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Seen on Aegeanet: STAGING DEATH: FUNERARY PERFORMANCE, ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE IN THE AEGEAN 113th Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, JAN 5-8, 2012 Colloquium organizer: Anastasia Dakouri-Hild (University of Virginia) The performance of funerary rituals reinforces a sense of community, being a means to revive social memory and legitimize links with an ancestral past.…
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