September 30, 2012
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Yesterday Edith Hall informed the Classics International facebook group that the crisis at the University of Birmingham which we learned about last summer was going down the road everyone feared. Here’s a somewhat edited version of her comments: Yesterday, selected non-professorial Classicists, Ancient Historians and Archeologists received letters from the (Classicist) Pro-Vice-Chancellor Michael Whitby informing…
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I’m not sure I’ve seen one of these ‘Causes’ things before, but the Bulgarian Archaeological Society is apparently seeking some assistance in regards to the site of Colonia Ulpia Traiana Ratiaria: Here’s some info from their page: The Bulgarian Archaeological Association (BAA) along with Association “Ratiaria” have set themselves the goal of attracting the attention…
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A couple of weeks’ worth … didn’t have time last week, alas … Nuntii Latini from YLE (September 21): Manifestationes in mundo crebrae His diebus cives in compluribus mundi partibus variis causis excitati reclamitaverunt. Brevis pellicula magnetoscopica in interreti divulgata, in qua propheta Mahomed blasphematur, in terris islamicis iram civium in Americanos vertit. In Aegypto,…
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seen on various lists: AMERICAN PHILOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON CLASSICAL TRADITION AND RECEPTION 2014 ANNUAL MEETING: CALL FOR PAPERS CLASSICS AND THE GREAT WAR Organizer: David Scourfield, National University of Ireland, Maynooth The Committee on Classical Tradition and Reception (COCTR) of the American Philological Association invites submissions for a panel to be held at the…
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seen on the Classicists list: Cultural Encounters in the Ancient Mediterranean Keynote speaker & Master: Martin Goodman (Oxford) We want to invite PhD and Research Master Students, PostDocs, as well as senior researchers to take part in the second CRASIS Annual Meeting and PhD/MA Masterclass on 21–22 January 2013. CRASIS is the interdisciplinary research institute…
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