May 2011

Seen on the Classicists list: Call for Papers: The XVIth World Economic History Congress (8-13 July 2012, Stellenbosch, South Africa) Ancient History Session Panel Title: “Transport infrastructure and economic development in the Roman World (1st c. BC – 6th c. AD)” We are organising a panel at the XVIth World Economic History Congress (Ancient History…

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Seen on the Classicists list: Call for papers (deadline Tuesday 31 May 2011) for an international conference at Durham (Apologies for cross-posting) ANCIENT CARTHAGE: MODELS OF CULTURAL CONTACT Friday 5 – Saturday 6 August 2011 The aim of this networking project is to address the Carthaginian-Phoenician nexus in the wider Mediterranean context from the 9th…

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Seen on the Classicists list: We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for: Cinema and Antiquity: 2000-2011 The 1st J.P. Postgate Colloquium, University of Liverpool 12-14 July 2011 The resurgence of cinema’s interest in antiquity that was triggered by the release of Gladiator in 2000 shows no signs of abating. In 2010-11,…

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Seen on the Classicists list: Crossing the Divide: Ancient History and Archaeology 10 Years After ‘Breaking Boundaries’. Workshop: School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester November 19, 2011 The relationship between ancient sources, material culture and contemporary scholarship is an uneasy one. The Classical world is typically studied either through the lens of…

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My kid is currently trying to work a paper he did on Spartacus into a presentation for his high school class and we were looking for video clips of gladiator training last night. More interesting, however, was coming across a documentary on Spartacus — online, and free at Top Documentary Films — with Barry Strauss…

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