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 [...]
Mary Beard on Pompeii
Mary Beard was talking at the University of Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Department of Classics hosted a distinguished professor of classics for a lecture about the ancient Roman city of Pompeii at the Chazen Museum of Art Thursday night as part of the Year in Humanities. Mary Beard, a professor of classics from Cambridge [...]
Wallace-Hadrill on Tour
Classicist and a Roman social and cultural historian Dr. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, O.B.E., director of the Herculaneum Conservation Project and master of Sidney Sussex College in England, will lecture at Washington and Lee University on Tuesday, March 23, at 7 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater in the Elrod Commons.The title of the talk is “Herculaneum: Living [...]
Anne Carson Performs
From the Emory Wheel: Renowned classicist and contemporary poet Anne Carson read her work at Emory last Wednesday as the 2010 Nix Mann lecturer. The Nix Mann lecture series features a distinguished lecturer on campus each year. Carson, who performed her poems “Cassandra Float Can” and “Bracko” in the Michael C. Carlos Museum, has received [...]
Denise McCoskey (UMiami) Wins APA Teaching Aware
Denise McCoskey, associate professor of classics at Miami University, has won the American Philological Association 2009 Award for Excellence in Teaching at the College Level. “I find it nearly impossible to write about Denise without resorting to a list of superlatives, but she really is extraordinary,” one nominator wrote. McCoskey joined Miami’s faculty in 1995. [...]
