Seen on Agade:
The NYU Center for Ancient Studies presents the annual Rose-Marie
Lewent Conference on Ancient Studies, “XENOPHON IN A NEW VOICE,”
Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 5:30PM.The conference will take place in Hemmerdinger Hall, Room 102, Silver
Center for Arts and Science, 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place
(wheelchair accessible), New York, NY.The event is free of charge and open to the public, and seating is by
general admission.Welcome
MATTHEW S. SANTIROCCO, Seryl Kushner Dean, College of Arts and
Science, and Angelo J. Ranieri Director of Ancient Studies, New York
UniversityDiscussants
PAUL CARTLEDGE
Hellenic Parliament Global Distinguished Professor in the History and
Theory of Democracy, NYUDAVID THOMAS
Independent Scholar, Contributor, “The Landmark Xenophon’s Hellenika”ROBERT B. STRASSLER
Independent Scholar, Editor, “The Landmark Xenophon’s Hellenika”PHIL TERRY
Chief Executive Office, Creative Good; Founder, Reading OdysseyFor more information about the event, please see details below, visit
http://ancientstudies.fas.nyu.edu/page/events, or contact the CollegeDean’s Office at 212.998.8100;
kenkidd AT nyu.edu.
Thanks for noting this conference. We expect to have a podcast available soon.
The Reading Odyssey – a nonprofit based in New York – will also be running a phone-based reading group on Xenephon’s Helleniak for folks around the world. It starts in January and we’ll be using Robert Strassler’s new Landmark edition.
The reading group is free and will include guest appearances by Bob Strassler and other scholars.
More info and registration here:
http://Xenophon2010.Eventbrite.com
Thanks again for noting the Xenophon conference at NYU.
Best,
Phil
CEO, Creative Good
Founder, Reading Odyssey, Inc.
http://www.readingodyssey.com