Triste: Steven Jackson
Seen on various lists (by John Hilton) … we await a more formal obituary: The Classics discipline at UKZN (Howard College) regrets to announce the death of an eminent colleague. Dr. Steven Jackson (8/12/1946-26/5/2012) was lecturer and later senior lecturer at the University of Natal from 1989 to 2000. He obtained his M.A. at Queen’s [...]
Greg Woolf on What’s New in Ancient Rome
Nice little video on why there’s still so much to learn in our field: … and Greg Woolf also talks about what sustained the empire: Greg Woolf also has a post at the OUP blog: How did Rome last so long?
Ancient Math and Hellentistic Poetry
Interesting item from a Stanford press release: Like novelists, mathematicians are creative authors. With diagrams, symbolism, metaphor, double entendre and elements of surprise, a good proof reads like a good story. Reviel Netz, a professor of classics and, by courtesy, of philosophy, is especially interested in exploring the literary dimensions of the textual artifacts left [...]
William Murray Looks at Naval Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean
Nice feature in USF News on William Murray’s ongoing research: Shipping and Greek culture connect University of South Florida Professor William Murray and Aristotle Onassis, a legendary titan in the shipping industry – a connection born of Murray’s lifelong love of sailing and the Onassis legacy. More than three decades of research about some of [...]
Honours for Tim Winters
From the Leaf Chronicle: One gets the impression that Dr. Tim Winters, Austin Peay State University classics professor, doesn’t sleep much. A dedicated teacher, he’s won most of the University’s major faculty awards, such as the Socrates Award for Excellence in Teaching and the APSU National Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award. Add that to grading [...]
Making Classical Connections at Emory
From an Emory news release thingy: In a time defined by the Internet, social media and constant technological change, is it possible to excite students with literature written 2,000 or more years ago in languages sometimes referred to as “dead”? At Oxford College, the answer is a resounding yes. The study of Latin and classical [...]
Peter Burian Emeritus
Nice feature in the News Observer: In a narrow seminar room at Duke University, Peter Burian leads 14 students through ancient Rome to the palatial Baths of Caracalla, where 1,600 Romans at a time could soak in pools of cool, warm and hot water. His mellifluous voice narrates the slideshow from his laptop. The imperial [...]
Mary Beard is Everywhere!
This is one of those posts that has been on the backburner for a while because things just kept coming up, both on my side of the keyboard and Mary Beard’s, so I better get this out before it becomes a book unto itself. In any event, obviously in conjunction with her very interesting (from [...]
Honours for Judith Lynn Sebesta
Nice item about our longtime interent friend Judith Lynn Sebesta! From the Yankton Press and Dakotan: Judith Lynn Sebesta, Ph.D., professor of classics and chair of the department of history at the University of South Dakota, is the 2012 recipient of the Monsignor James Doyle Humanities Teaching Award. Presented by the College of Arts and [...]
d.m. Colin Austin
From Cambridge City News: Cambridge professor Colin Austin, one of the world’s leading specialists on ancient Greek texts, has died of cancer at the age of 69. Australian-born Prof Austin was educated in England and France – his mother tongue was French. He studied at Oxford and came to Trinity Hall as a research fellow [...]
d.m. Bernard Knox
From the New York Times: Bernard M. W. Knox, an authority on the works of Sophocles, a prolific scholar and the founding director of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies, died July 22 at his home in Bethesda, Md. He was 95. The cause was a heart attack, said his son, MacGregor. An American born and [...]
Congrats to Mary Beard!
I forgot to mention this one yesterday, but our favourite Cambridge Don has been adlected as a Fellow of the British Academy! She allowed herself a little boast on her blog last week, and rightly so! Congrats!
d.m. Herbert H. Huxley
Image via Wikipedia From the Canadian Classical Bulletin, with the kind permission of John G. Fitch: Herbert Henry Huxley, Professor of Latin at the University of Victoria from 1968 to 1979, died on 5 May in Cambridge, England at the age of 93. Educated at Manchester Grammar School and St John’s College, Cambridge, he held [...]
d.m. Michel Janon
From the Canadian Classical Bulletin, with the kind permission of Daniel M. Millette: Michel Janon, Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Ottawa from 1986 to 1995, died on May 31st, in Marseilles, France, at the age of 72. He was educated in Algiers (History and Archaeology, 1964) and earned his doctorate at the [...]
d.m. Herbert and Eve Howe
Image via Wikipedia Herbert M. Howe, emeritus professor and former chair of both Classics and Integrated Liberal Studies (ILS), passed away on Tuesday, June 29 in Fort Atkinson. He was 98. His spouse and colleague in ILS, Evelyn Mitchell (Eve) Howe, passed away two days later, at age 94. A memorial service commemorating the Howes’ [...]
Warmongers v Senators in the Third Century
I think this is something many folks suspected … Military warmongers took over the Roman Empire in the third century. The senate, the administrative elite of the Roman empire watched from the sidelines. Dutch researcher Inge Mennen investigated the balance of power in Imperium Romanum during the ‘crisis of the third century‘. Conclusion: senators lost [...]
Citanda: Oxford DNB: Alice Pleasance Hargreaves (Liddell)
I twittered this one a few days ago … not sure how much longer it will be available (Alice, of course, is the Alice of Alice in Wonderland fame and daughter of Henry George Liddell of Greek lexicon fame): Oxford DNB: Lives of the week = Alice Pleasance Hargreaves .
Citanda: Mary Beard: A Classicist in a Class of her Own
Nice feature on our favourite Cambridge don: Mary Beard: A classicist in a class of her own | The Observer.
Tom Sienkewicz and CAMWS
Image via Wikipedia Tom Sienkewicz, Capron Professor of Classics at Monmouth College, was named secretary-treasurer elect of The Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) during its 106th annual meeting, held recently in Oklahoma City. “We are planning on a two-year transition period, with phasing out of the office at St. Olaf College [...]
Kathleen Coleman on Fatal Ambitions
In case you’re at Cambridge a few hours from now: Professor Kathleen Coleman, Professor of Latin at Harvard University and renowned author on Latin literature and history will give Newnham’s biennial Jane Harrison Memorial Lecture on Friday, 23 April 2010. She’ll argue that pushy parents and a competitive society driving youngsters to extremes to succeed [...]
David Davies on Archaeological Traces of LitTrad
Interesting incipit from the UDallas University paper: On Thursday, at 7:30 p.m. in the Art History Auditorium, the Rome office gave the third installment of the Rome Walking Tour in Irving, a series of lectures designed to both prepare future Romers for their semester abroad and enhance the Rome experience for past Romers, as well [...]
Citanda: Things I’ve Learned with Matt Roller
Interesting interview: Things I’ve Learned with Matt Roller | Johns Hopkins Newsletter.
Francesca D’Alessandro Behr Talks About Cato
Professor Francesca D’Alessandro Behr, Associate Professor of Classics and Italian Studies at UH, spoke about the historical figure Cato the Younger and how he fit into history on Tuesday during a lecture at the Honors commons. Behr was recently awarded the 2010 Ross M. Lence Teaching Award. This award is given to the teacher who [...]
Paul Christesen on Matters Gymnasial
Greek society was not much more accepting of public nudity than modern societies are today, Paul Christesen said. The Dartmouth College classics associate professor said this may come as a surprise because of the numerous depictions of nudes in Greek art and the ancient Greek practice of participating nude in sports competitions. But in his [...]
Amanda Wrigley on Radio Propaganda
This looks interesting: Classical scholar Dr. Amanda Wrigley will talk about politics and propaganda on public radio Thursday, April 15, as a visiting lecturer at Western Michigan University. The free, public talk, “Politics, Propaganda and the Public Imagination: Ancient Greece on BBC Radio, 1920s-1950s,” will begin at 7 p.m. in Room 3025 of WMU’s Brown [...]
