June 29, 2009
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Seen on Aegeanet quite a while ago: The Swedish Institute at Athens is organizing a conference entitled “Bones, behaviour and belief. The osteological evidence as a source for Greek ritual practice”. The event will take place in Athens, on the 10th-12th of September 2009. The purpose of the conference is to highlight the role and…
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From the Otago Daily Times: Dr Douglas Little, an influential classics teacher who retired from the University of Otago classics department as an associate professor in 1987, has died in Dunedin after a long illness. He was in his mid-70s. Dr Little, who at one stage was the department’s only New Zealand-born staff member, had…
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Seen in the Canadian Classical Bulletin: Call for Papers Cross-cultural Influence in the Roman World, McMaster University 3 October 2009 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Emma Dench, Harvard University Abstracts for papers on cross-cultural influence in the Roman world are sought for the Classics Graduate Conference at McMaster University on Saturday, 3 October 2009. Abstracts should be…
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At the APA site, natch: POSITIONS FOR CLASSICISTS AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS
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In case you missed it, Paris Hilton’s latest ‘scent’ has a potentially Classical bent. Here’s a photo (via People): Sez the heiress: Siren is all about being sexy in a playful way. I feel irresistible as a mermaid,What girl doesn’t want to have fun being a fantasy creature that men can’t resist? What many folks…
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