Richard Campbell sent this one along; really a series of lectures rather than a conference per se … from a page at the National Gallery of Art:   The Sixtieth A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts were established by the National Gallery of Art’s [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: We invite offers of papers for the forthcoming workshop: “Burial and social change in ancient Italy, 9th-5th century BC: approaching social agents”. The workshop will be held at the British School at Rome on June 7th 2011. With its great regional diversity and variety of community forms and networks, Italy [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: Deadline approaches: March 25 European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting Oslo, Norway — September 14-18, 2011 — http://www.eaa2011.no/ Tattoos and Body Modification in Antiquity – Part II Philippe Della Casa & Constanze Witt Session Abstract: From Oetzi the Iceman to today’s full-sleeved and pierced urbanite, it seems that body modification [...]

Seen on the LatinTeach list: Summer is in sight, and summer means conversational Latin conventicula! On June 27-29, Neil Coffee and I will be hosting the Conventiculum Buffaloniense at the University of Buffalo, SUNY campus. More information about the conventiculum is available at http://classics.buffalo.edu/events/buffaloniense/. On this website, you will find a description<http://classics.buffalo.edu/docs/ConventiculumBuffaloniense2011.pdf>of this year’s Underworld-themed [...]

A good introductory article (and available for free!), although perhaps a bit presumptuous title-wise for readers of this blog): The Oxyrhynchus Papyri | Biblical Archaeology Review .

I’ve been delinquent in posting this, I think … here’s a huge list of items from my blogroll which caught my eye over the past month or so (in no particular order); as can be seen, it’s been a very busy month in the Classical Blogosphere: From Roger Pearse: The resurrection of Dionysus every spring? [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: MENANDER IN CONTEXTS July 23-25, 2012 University of Nottingham, UK It is now over a century since Menander made his first great step back from the shades with the publication of the Cairo codex, and over half a century since we were first able to read one of [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: The Reception of Rome and the Construction of Western Homosexual Identities: Call for Papers An international conference to be held at Durham University, 17th-18th April 2012, under the auspices of the Centre for the Study of the Classical Tradition. Confirmed speakers include: David Halperin (U Michigan), Ralph J. Hexter (University [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: Land and natural resources in the Roman World Brussels, 2011, Thu. 26th – Sat. 28th May (The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium & Free University of Brussels) For details on the program, registration, locations and accommodations see our website: http://www.rsrc.ugent.be/LNR_Colloquium_2011 or contact Paul Erdkamp (perdkamp AT vub.ac.be) Koen Verboven (UGent) [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: The Department of Classics at King’s College London is appointing to a permanent Lectureship in Classical Greek Art. Candidates should specialise in any aspect of Classical Greek Art. The lecturer will be expected to contribute flexibly to the teaching of Greek Art and Archaeology at BA and MA level. Supervision [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology at the University of Reading is home to a rare example of a popular musical instrument from the ancient world. The instrument is an aulos, a form of pipe or oboe, played by blowing through a reed. On Friday March 25th, 2011 the "Reading [...]

Seen on various lists: The Department of Classics at the Florida State University announces a Visiting Assistant-In position in the field of Roman archaeology. This is a definite nine-month post that will begin in August 2011. Ph.D. must be in hand by July 1, 2011 (this is not negotiable). The successful candidate will teach three [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: Son of Classics and Comics Edited by George Kovacs (Trent University) and C.W. Marshall (University of British Columbia) Proposals are invited for chapters examining the ancient world in comics and related media for an edited volume to be entitled Son of Classics and Comics. Classical reception happens everywhere, and as [...]

Folks who hang out with me know I’m one of those ‘precision of language’ mavens, so when I saw this, I cringed: My 58th birthday was March 15—Ides of March. Unlike Gaius Julius Caesar, who was eliminated from life by a myriad of stabs from his friends on that fateful day, and despite extremely severe [...]

A very interesting website (tip o’ the pileus to Jona Lendering), briefly described as: A route planner with all main roads and cities of the Roman Empire. Based on an ancient Roman map of which a copy survived that is now known as the ‘Tabula Peutingeriana’. This site mostly extends on research by Richard Talbert. [...]

Tip o’ the pileus to Diana Wright for spotting this item in Kathimerini: The issue regarding the unearthing of the Altar of the Twelve Gods has been getting less and less publicity lately, after it became evident that — for the time being at least — the government is offering no alternative solution than the [...]

Well, new to me, anyway … my spiders seem to have been rather lacksadaisical dragging these ones back: February 25 2011: Theognis 133-142, on the limits of human action. October 30 2010: Anacreon 358 — maybe she’s Sappho, maybe she’s not. … and others at: Aoidoi.org.

The latest issue includes: Remembering Douglass Parker Review: 45th Season of Classical Plays at the Greek Theatre in Syracuse (Caterina Barone) The Brothers Menaechmus at East Carolina University (Amy R. Cohen) Didaskalia – The Journal for Ancient Performance.