December 5, 2012

  • Seen on Aegeanet Movement in Ancient Economies: Archaeological Approaches to Distribution With Keynote Speaker Gil Stein An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference Sponsored by the University of Michigan Collaborative Archaeology Workgroup Date: February 15-16, 2013 Where: University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI Studies of the economy are often divided into three segments: production, consumption, and…

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  • King’s College London Classics Postgraduate Conference: Identity and Representation in Antiquity 14 June 2013, London Keynote Speaker: Dr. Irene Polinskaya (KCL) Abstract Submission Deadline: 28 March 2013 The Classics Department of King’s College London is delighted to announce the second Postgraduate Conference on Identity and Representation in Antiquity. The conference will take place on Friday…

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  • posted with permission: Augustus: Introduction to the Life of an Emperor. By Karl Galinsky. New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp. xxiv + 221. 22 black-and-white illustrations; 3 maps. Hardcover, $90.00/£55.00. ISBN 978-0-521-76797-2. Paper, $27.99/£17.99. ISBN 978-0-521-74442-3. Reviewed by Alden Smith, Baylor University Karl Galinsky’s handsomely produced new biographical study of Augustus lives…

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  • Cloelia is the newsletter of the Women’s Classical Caucus … this is their 40th anniversary edition: Cloelia N.S. 2 (Fall 2012) Available!

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  • Rosella Lorenzi over at Discovery News is on it … here’s the incipit: The tomb of the ancient Roman hero believed to have inspired the Russell Crowe blockbuster “Gladiator,” might be returned to oblivion four years after its discovery in Rome. A lack of fundings is forcing Italian archaeologists to bury again the large marble…

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