April 2009
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Translation, Performance, and Reception of Greek Drama, 1900–1950: International Dialogues A Special Issue of Comparative Drama Proposals are invited for essays on the translation, performance, and reception of ancient Greek drama in the period between and around the two world wars—so, very broadly speaking, 1900 to 1950. Essays that have an international focus or dimension…
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Cleaning out the rest of the inbox … A new roof for Newport Roman Villa: Roofing work starts at Roman villa (County Press) Coverage of Richard Seaford’s thoughts about Greek money at the Classical Association: Ancient Greeks could throw light on financial crisis, says professor Coverage of the “Subversive Classics” session at Princeton: Down on…
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Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge Day of seminars on Tacitus’ Agricola Wednesday May 27th 2009, in Faculty Building, Sidgwick Avenue 11. 15–11.20 STEPHEN OAKLEY, Welcome 11. 20–12.45 TONY WOODMAN, The preface + DISCUSSION 12. 45–1.30 LUNCH 1. 30–2.25 CHRIS WHITTON, The voice of Cicero in the Agricola + DISCUSSION 2. 30–3.30 MYLES LAVAN, Slavishness…
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Lucretius in the European Enlightenment A Conference hosted by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology The University of Edinburgh 3 – 4 September 2009 For more information and registration details, see http://www.shca.ed.ac.uk/conferences/lucretius09/index.html Provisional Programme: David Butterfield (W.H.D. Rouse Research Fellow, Christ’s College, Cambridge): ‘Lucretius’ De rerum natura and classical scholarship in the eighteenth century’…
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Plato’s Timaeus and its legacy in Stoicism A workshop to be held in the School of Classics, University of St Andrews, on Saturday 9 May 2009. Jenny Bryan (Cambridge) ‘The Stoics on nature and necessity’ Sarah Broadie (St Andrews) ‘The Timaeus and the Stoics on individual responsibility’ Paul Scade (Pittsburgh) ‘Divine mathematics in the Timaeus…
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