June 2009
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Here’s the last post at Akropolis World News prior to the usual summer break: Michael Jackson dies / Hamelin flautist arrives again / Politkovskaia killers to be judged again
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From the News-Gazette: Friends and colleagues remembered Richard Thomas Scanlan as an enthusiastic and outstanding teacher who brought the world of Latin and classical mythology to life for a generation of University of Illinois students. Mr. Scanlan, 81, of Champaign, died at 1:14 a.m. Sunday at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Funeral arrangements were incomplete…
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ante diem iii kalendas quinctilis 179 B.C. (?) — dedication of a Temple of Hercules and the Muses (and associated rites thereafter) 29 B.C. — restoration of the Temple of Quirinus
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Seen on the Classicists list: Director Of The Archive Of Performances Of Greek And Roman Drama And University Lecturer Reception of Greek and Latin Literature Faculty Of Classics In Association With St Hilda’s College (Non-Tutorial Fellow) Grade 10a: Salary £42,351 – £56,917 p.a. Applications are invited for the above permanent post, tenable from 1 January…
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Seen on the Classicists list: Faculty of Classics and Wolfson College, University of Oxford The Oxford Roman Economy Project Assistant Director ACADEMIC-RELATED RESEARCH STAFF GRADE 07S 1-4: Salary £28,839.00 – £31,513.00 Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates of postdoctoral status for a fixed-term post in Roman Economic History or Archaeology for three years with…