Classicists in the News 03/07/09

I’m trying out some new ‘organizational principles’ for certain types of post … one category will be devoted to items where a particular Classicist and/or their work is the focus, to wit:

Paul Cartledge:

• The myths of ‘ancient Greece’ dispelled (Charlotte Higgins in the Guardian)

Robert Graves:

• From Meccania to Atlantis – Part 9: Goodbye To All That (Brussels Journal)

Lorna Robinson (Iris Project):

• Latin, ad nauseam (Audio interview at Lingua Franca)

Andrew Wilson (Oxford):

• Oxford professor discusses Roman economy with the Daily (Tufts Daily)

Monica Cyrino (UNew Mexico):

• Star of ‘Rome’ makes surprise visit to Classics class (Daily Lobo)

• Women of HBO’s Rome to be discussed (Register Mail)

Jinyu Liu and Ellen Muehlberger (DePauw):

• Two DePauw Professors to Make Presentations at Conference on Late Antiquity (DePauw Press Release)

Ray Van Dam (UMichigan):

• Dr. Ray Van Dam to Lecture on Rome and Constantinople (Baylor Press Release)

Steven Fineberg (Knox College):

• Fineberg Awarded Research Grant (Press Release)

• Prof to study Greek art at University of Chicago (Register-Mail)

How W. Royal Stokes is spending retirement:

• The jazz writer: Music critic and former classics professor semiretires to Elkins (Gazette)

… and of course, we can’t ignore the coverage of Gail Trimble’s success on the UK University Challenge:

• One-woman winning machine Gail Trimble rises to the final University Challenge (Times)

• Leading article: University challenged (Independent)

• Nicholas Lezard: The challenge of Gail Trimble (ditto)

• Oxford student Gail offered lads’ mag photoshoot (ditto (!))

• Your starter for ten: Why do so many people hate this girl simply for being clever? (Daily Mail)

• Editor’s blog: Trimble’s University Challenge to UK economy (Management Today)