August 22, 2009
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Seen on the Classicists list: Animals in the Greek and Roman World Chairs: Sarah Hitch (Bristol) and Chiara Thumiger (UCL) To form a conference panel at the sixth Celtic Conference in Classics, Edinburgh, 28-31 July 2010. From Homeric similes to recipes for fishcakes, descriptions and discussions of animals abound in ancient sources in a variety…
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Seen on the Classicists list: CALL FOR PAPERS for the Work-in-Progress seminar series at the Institute of Classical Studies, London. The series organisers would like to invite postgraduates to present a paper at one of our weekly seminars, beginning in October and running through early December and resuming in January 2010. The Work-in-Progress series: The…
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Seen on the Classicists list: "Classics and Robert Graves: a relationship in literature, translation and adaptation" 19th September, 31st October, 21st November 2009 This series of three interdisciplinary workshops in the School of Classics, University of St Andrews will allow for the discussion and re-evaluation of the work of Robert Graves in relation to the…
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From Today’s Zaman (I’m a bit late with this one): Ongoing excavations at the ancient port city of Andriake in Lycia — located in Antalya’s Demre district — have uncovered a centuries-old Jewish temple. Site chief Dr. Nevzat Çevik, an archaeology professor at Akdeniz University, told the Anatolia news agency that his team believes the…
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Andrew Reinhard posted this to the Latinteach list a while back: It is with great pleasure that Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers announces two upcoming webinars from Milena Minkova and Terence Tunberg of the University of Kentucky: "Training Techniques for Spoken Latin Expression" September 23, 2009 6-8 PM Eastern The presenters maintain that the active use of Latin…
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