Seen on the Classicists list: Ancient Fallacies Durham, 21-23 September 2011 Department of Classics and Ancient History, Ritson Room An international conference organised by Dr Luca Castagnoli and Dr Valentina Di Lascio, with the sponsorship of the Leverhulme Trust and the Department of Classics and Ancient History of Durham University. Greek philosophers ‘invented’ the discipline [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: ENCOUNTERING THE DIVINE: BETWEEN GODS AND MEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD University of Reading, 1st-3rd September 2011 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Final Deadline: Friday August 19th 2011 How and why did mortal men and women relate to their gods – and their gods to them? Ancient men and women exhibited [...]

When last we mentioned Maryport, they had just begun the dig … now that I’m digging into past email myself, we can share the results of that dig … a few weeks late (sorry!). From the News & Star: A series of dramatic discoveries made at Camp Farm in Maryport will rewrite the history books. [...]

You have to read this one from the LA Times … here’s the incipit (we’ll ignore the toga mention): Capt. Kirk and Bruce Wayne together – and in togas? Yes, before they took on their iconic roles on “Star Trek” and “Batman,” actors William Shatner and Adam West worked together on a buddy project called [...]

In case you missed them: Ancient History Competition 49 August 1, 2011 constantinakatsari Book review: The Senate of Imperial Rome – R. J. A. Talbert August 1, 2011 lizgloyn On This Day in Ancient History – Emperor Pertinax August 1, 2011 (N.S. Gill) Down the Roman Road: Part I August 1, 2011 Mark A. Keith [...]

Seen on the Classicists list [ The Cambridge Faculty of Classics are happy to announce the conference Simonides Lyricus, which will be held with the generous support of the British Academy from Thursday 8th September to Saturday, 10th September 2011 at the Classics Faculty (Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge). The conference will bring together ten of the [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: Desiring Statues: Statuary, Sexuality and History Conference University of Exeter, 27th April 2012 Keynote Speakers Dr Stefano-Maria Evangelista (University of Oxford) Dr Ian Jenkins (British Museum) Statuary has offered a privileged site for the articulation of sexual experience and ideas, and the formation of sexual knowledge. From prehistoric phallic stones, [...]

Image via Wikipedia From a University of Haifa press release: The Roman Legion that lay siege on Masada some 2,000 years ago was forced to use timber from other areas in the land of Israel for its weapons and encampments, and was not able to use local wood as earlier studies have proposed. This has [...]

Another one for your in-class arsenal:

Dr Eran Almagor talks about his work with Plutarch (and especially irony therein) If you’re wondering about the conference …

Freudian slip? Editorializing? Seen in passing in Kathimerini: Officials said on Wednesday that the Acropolis, the most popular ancient monument in the Greek capital, will not open on the night of the August full moon following extensive damage to the site last year. Fool moon night in August is the only time when archeological sites [...]