October 2009

  • Seen on Aegeanet: *GRINNELL COLLEGE ­ DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS (AREA OF SPECIALIZATION OPEN) * *TENURE-TRACK POSITION (START FALL 2010)* GRINNELL COLLEGE. Tenure-track position in the Department of Classics, starting Fall 2010. Area of scholarly specialization is open, but the department currently has members focusing on Greek lyric, Roman lyric, and ancient philosophy. Broad training in…

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  • JOB: Hellenist @ Brown

    The Department of Classics at Brown University has been authorized to announce a search for a Hellenist (open rank). The area of specialization is open, as is the rank (Assistant Professor to Full Professor). The successful candidate will teach Greek language and literature as well as courses in translation; courses in Greek history are also…

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  • Seen on the Classicists list: Graduate Archaeology at Oxford and the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford invite the submission of proposals for papers and posters to an interdisciplinary conference titled "Death, Disasters, Downturn. The Archaeology of Crises." Oxford, 24-25 April 2010. "From plagues to economic collapses, natural disasters to the deaths of…

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  • Pavlopetri Followup

    Back in May we first were deluged with news coverage about plans to poke around the submerged Mycenean remains of Pavlopetri. Now we’re getting coverage of what they actually found this past summer … an excerpt from the Science Daily coverage: This summer the team carried out a detailed digital underwater survey and study of…

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  • Matters Propylaean

    Interesting bit of synchronicity here (caused more by my backlog, than anything) … first, Harrison Eiteljorg has announced that the CSA’s Propylaea Project has come to a close, which means — if you weren’t already aware of it — that there is a wealth of information (including photos, papers, and the like) at the CSA…

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