New Issue of CANE Newsletter
Ed DeHoratius posted this on the Latinteach list: Just wanted to let you know that the new issue of CANE’s newsletter is available via download from the CANE website (which, if you haven’t seen it yet, has been beautifully redesigned by Roger Travis of UConn: http://www.caneweb.org). There is a very amusing article on a classicist [...]
Also Seen: Bibliographies on the Roman Army, Roads and Imperial Cult
At the Ancient World Open Bibliographies page: Bibliographies: Roman Army, Roads, and Imperial Cult | Ancient World Open Bibliographies.
Malta Classics Association
Speaking of Malta (see next item), Joseph Anthony Debono writes to inform us that the Malta Classics Association now has a web presence: Malta Classics Association
Pondering the Xlendi Shipwreck
From the Independent (Malta): Outside Xlendi Bay, near the fort, is a spit of land with some salt pans at its tip. The cliff face right outside that promontory descends from just a few metres under sea level to an awesome 60 metres and there, right under the cliff, lies the remains of a Roman [...]
Perl and Latin
Allan Terry sent along this link (thanks!) to a paper by Damian Conway which concludes, inter alia, that “Latin is a surprisingly good fit for Perl.” via Lingua::Romana::Perligata — Perl for the XXIimum Century.
Greek Paleography Threatened at the University of Pisa
Seen on the Classicists list: Greek Paleography has a longstanding tradition of studies at the University of Pisa, where courses held at the Department of Classics have traditionally catered also for students of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Its teaching will be cancelled from next Academic Year. Please consider signing the petition to save [...]
CONF: Andreas Alfoeldi in the Twenty-First Century
Seen on the Classicists list: Andreas Alföldi in the Twenty-First Century University of Wales Trinity Saint David 31 August – 2September, 2011 Professor Andreas Alföldi (1895-1981) was an eminent ancient historian, numismatist, archaeologist and epigraphist. His scholarly output was not only immense, it was also extremely diverse, covering archaic Rome, late Republican Rome, the provinces [...]
CONF: The Playful Plutarch
Seen on the Classicists list: Irony and Humour as Imperial Greek Literary Strategies: The Playful Plutarch 12-13 July 2011 Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St. Giles’, University of Oxford. PROGRAMME Tuesday, 12th July 2011 9:00-9:30: Registration 9:30-10:00: Opening words/ welcome: Christopher Pelling (University of Oxford) Eran Almagor (Hebrew University of Jerusalem/ University [...]
