September 17, 2012

  • Putin ‘Fesses Up

    This is sort of interesting in a ‘closure of the story’ sort of way but also in a ‘never thought we’d hear him admit it’ sort of way too. Various versions of this one … we’re excerpting the Indian Express: Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted to staging some of his most famous stunts, including…

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  • Tip o’ the pileus to Lyndsay Powell for alerting us to this one from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln: A University of Nebraska-Lincoln archeological team, led by Hixson-Lied Professor of Art History Michael Hoff, has uncovered a massive Roman mosaic in southern Turkey – a meticulously crafted, 1,600-square-foot work of decorative handiwork built during the region’s…

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  • posted with permission: Cyrene to Chaeronea: Selected Essays on Ancient Greek History. By George Cawkwell. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xi + 485. Hardcover, £80.00/$150.00. ISBN 978-0-19-959328-6. Reviewed by Jeremy Trevett, York University, Toronto George Cawkwell is by any reckoning a major historian of classical Greece. From the early 1960s to…

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  • seen on the Classicists list: The discipline of Classics, part of the Classics and Archaeology program, in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, seeks to appoint a Lecturer in the field of Classics, with a specialisation in ancient Greek language and literature of the pre-Classical or Classical periods. This is a readvertisement of the…

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  • JOB: Ancient History @ Durham

    seeen on the Classicists list: The Department of Classics and Ancient History is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified candidate to a non-fixed-term Lectureship in Classics and Ancient History. The successful applicant will be expected to enhance Durham’s international reputation as a centre for the study of the ancient world. Requirements The successful applicant will…

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