Year: 2009

CONF: Newcastle University Classics Research Seminars

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Newcastle University
Classics Research Seminar, 2009-2010 Semester 1

All seminars take place in the Shefton Room, Armstrong Building, 1st floor, Newcastle University, beginning at 5pm. All are welcome.

Wednesday 7 October 2009
PROF. JOHN MOLES, Newcastle University
What’s in a name?’ Χριστός/Χρηστός and Χριστιανοί/Χρηστιανοί in the first century AD

Wednesday 14 October 2009
PROF. A.J. WOODMAN, University of Virginia
Making History. The Heading of the Res Gestae

Wednesday 4 November 2009
PROF. JOHN MORGAN, Swansea University
Love Beyond the Grave. The Epistolary Ghost-Story in Phlegon of Tralleis

Wednesday 2 December 2009
PROF. PETER PARSONS, Oxford University
Calligone in the Crimea

A map of Newcastle University can be found here:
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/travel/maps/printable/

Durham Seminars

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SEMINAR PROGRAM, MICHAELMAS TERM 2009

Department of Classics & Ancient History, University of Durham

Ritson Room, 5.30

All visitors welcome!

Wednesday 14 October

Prof. Françoise Létoublon (Grenoble)

Memory games – Odysseus and Penelope

Wednesday 21 October

Dr Diego Machuca (University of Buenos Aires)

The Pyrrhonist’s Attitude to the Modes of Agrippa

Wednesday 28 October

CA slot (Durham)

Wednesday 4 November

Professor Philip van der Eijk (Newcastle)

Some ancient thoughts on the hardware of memory

Wednesday 11 November

Dr Alex Long (St Andrews)

The lure of the past in Plato’s Menexenus

Wednesday 18 November

Dr Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (Edinburgh)

Remembering the Past in Achaemenid Iran: Reading Ctesias’ Persica

Wednesday 25 November

Dr Laurel Fulkerson (Florida State University)

Socrates Polutropos and the figure of Alcibiades in Plato’s Symposium

Wednesday 2 December

Prof. Douglas Cairns (Edinburgh)

Ἄτη in the Homeric poems

Wednesday 9 December

Dr Lara Nicolini (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)

In spite of Isis: word games in Apuleius 11

CONF: Durham Work in Progress Seminars

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WORK-in-PROGRESS

Department of Classics & Ancient History, University of Durham

(Wednesdays 1pm – Seminar Room – sandwiches welcome)

MICHAELMAS TERM 2009

All visitors welcome

14 October: Johanna Hannink (Cambridge University)

Anecdote and narrative in the pseudo-Euripidean epistles

21 October: Andreas Hartmann

Objects, relics, and memory in classical antiquity

28 October Johannes Haubold

The grammar of the bard

4 November Donald Murray

‘As was my wish’ – Darius and the crossing of the Bosporus

11 November Lilah-Grace Fraser

Women and memory in the Iliad and the Kossovo cyle

18 November Valentina di Lascio

Aristotle’s linguistic fallacies in the Sophistical Refutations

25 November: John Marincola (Florida State University)

Towards a new interpretation of Hellenistic historiography

2 December: Paola Ceccarelli

Topical Identities

9 December Mark Woolmer

Intelligence networks and the exchange of information in ancient Phoenicia

CFP: Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World IX

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ORALITY AND LITERACY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD IX

‘Orality and Literacy, Composition and Performance’

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Classics and Ancient History Program at the Australian National University invites all classicists, historians, and scholars with an interest in oral cultures to participate in the Ninth Conference on Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World, to take place in Canberra from Tuesday 29 June to Saturday 3 July 2010.

The conference will follow the same format as the previous eight conferences, held in Hobart (1994), Durban (1996), Wellington (1998), Columbia, Missouri (2000), Melbourne (2002), Winnipeg (2004), Auckland (2006), and Nijmegen (2008). It is planned that the refereed proceedings once again be published by E.J. Brill as Volume 9 in the Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World series. The anticipated publication date would be early 2012.

Location: The Australian National University, Canberra
Dates: Tuesday 29 June (registration that evening) to Saturday 3 July 2010
Theme: Composition and performance

Keynote speaker: Professor Richard Martin (Classics, Stanford)

Further information as it becomes available will be posted on the Classics site at: http://cass.anu.edu.au/humanities/programs/classics.php

The theme for the conference is ‘Composition and Performance’, and papers in response to this theme are invited on topics related to the ancient Mediterranean world or, for comparative purposes, other areas. Also welcome are papers that engage with the transition from an oral to a literate society, or which consider the topic of reception.

A range of accommodation options for your stay in Canberra and further details of other activities will be circulated in January 2010.

Abstracts of 250 words should be sent by 31 December 2009 by mail or email as Word attachments to:

Elizabeth Minchin
Classics and Ancient History Program
A.D. Hope Building (#14)
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200 AUSTRALIA

Elizabeth.Minchin AT anu.edu.au

JOB: Roman Historian @ USydney

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Lecturer (Roman History)
Department of Classics and Ancient History,
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, Faculty of Arts
The University of Sydney
Reference No. 560/0909

The School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI) is seeking a Roman Historian for a continuing post, starting as a Lecturer (Level B) in the Department of Classics and Ancient History, to commence in January or July of 2010. Preference will be given to candidates with an established research record in the field of Republican Roman History. An additional expertise and interest in Hellenistic history is desirable. If successful, you will be expected to teach broadly across the major divisions of the department’s undergraduate curriculum, which includes Latin & Greek as well as Ancient History, and to participate in graduate teaching and supervision as appropriate.

The Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney is internationally recognised for its excellence in research and teaching in all aspects of Greco-Roman antiquity (http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/cah). It collaborates closely with members of the sister Departments of Archaeology and Philosophy whose expertise lies in the ancient world.

The department is currently enjoying an exciting period of renewal and growth. This includes participation in the newly established Centre for Classical and Near Eastern Studies of Australia, in collaboration with the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens, the Near Eastern Archaeological Foundation and others. The successful applicants will be expected to contribute to its vibrant research future.

The position is full time continuing appointment subject to the completion of a satisfactory probation period for new appointees. Membership of a University approved superannuation scheme is a condition of employment for new appointees.

Remuneration package: a competitive remuneration package is available consisting of a Level B salary range ($76,250.00 – $90,546); plus leave loading and up to 17% employer’s contribution to superannuation.

All applications must be submitted online. For more information and to apply, please use Reference No. 560/0909 and visit the following web link: http://usyd.edu.au/positions

Closing Date: Consideration of applicants will begin on 7th November and will continue until the position is filled.

The University is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity and social inclusion. Applications from equity target groups and women are encouraged.