April 17, 2010
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Folks who are familiar with the Ning social networks — especially the pair which are of most interest to us (eClassics and Schola) — were likely concerned t’other day when the folks in charge of Ning decided they were going to charge for the erstwhile free service, potentially threatening the survival of such networks. Fortunately,…
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Readers of my Explorator newsletter will recognize the name of Gavin Menzies as the guy who wrote a book suggesting that a Chinese sailor reached North America before Columbus. While the book was hailed in China (for obvious reasons), it seems to have been generally met with skepticism on this side of the Pacific ……
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Christian Zgoll, “Crossroads Narrative or Beauty Contest? Role-Play in Ovid, Amores 3.1” 10.97-111 via Digressus, the internet journal for the Classical World.
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): Oratory and Politics in the Roman Republic Oxford, September 1st – 3rd, 2010 Organisers: Henriette van der Blom (Oxford) and Catherine Steel (Glasgow) Speakers: Valentina Arena, Andrea Balbo, Henriette van der Blom, John Dugan, Harriet Flower, Karl-Joachim…
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): Conference: Integration and identity in the Roman Republic Manchester, July 1- 3, 2010 Full details, including a registration form, are available at the conference website, http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/subjectareas/classicsancienthistory/eventsnews/romanrepublic/ and registration is now open. Organisation: Saskia Roselaar (Manchester) Conference Programme…
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