New Classics Magazine for Primary Schools: Iota

Lorna Robinson scripsit:

Iota – a new Classics magazine for primary schools!

The Iris Project is launching a younger sibling for Iris magazine, Iota. Each issue is to be structured around a different myth from the ancient world, and will contain an exciting mix of games, articles, puzzles, language learning ideas and activities, and much more. The pilot edition of Iota will be available in autumn 2010. If you would like to receive a copy of the first issue, please get in touch with us!

More information will be posted up soon about Iota so check out The Iris Project’s website www.irismagazine.org and our facebook page for updates.

Learning Latin Facebook Group

Steven D. McCain, a Latin language student at the University of Texas at Arlington has set up a Facebook page for folks learning Latin; check it out at:

CFP: Minoan Archaeology Conference

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A Call for Papers for an international
conference on Minoan Archaeology to be held on March 23-27, 2011 at
the University of Heidelberg.

More information can be found on the website:
http://www.propylaeum.de/klassische-archaeologie/fachservice/MinArch2011.html

Ute Guenkel-Maschek, Mag. Phil. & Sarah Cappel, M.A.

JOB: Archaeology @ McMaster

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Dear all,

For your / your colleagues’ / your students’ consideration:

http://oraweb.aucc.ca/pls/ua/ua_re3?ADVERTISEMENT_NUMBER_IN=11892

Archaeology – Assistant Professor
McMaster University
Location: Ontario
Date posted: 2010-05-21

The Department of Anthropology at McMaster University invites applications for a tenure-stream faculty position in Archaeology at the Assistant Professor level, commencing July 1, 2011. We are seeking an archaeologist who is actively engaged in theoretically informed topical research that includes the study of ceramic technology or related materials analysis. Experience with analytical techniques, including petrographic and elemental composition analysis, is an asset for the successful candidate. Regional specialization is open, but a willingness and capacity to undertake or to supervise research in northeastern North America is an additional asset.

The successful candidate will be a researcher who can collaborate with faculty in other fields within the Anthropology Department, and can also develop research links and collaborations beyond the department. The candidate hired will be joining a department with graduate programs in cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, and the anthropology of health, and with a strong tradition of collegiality and collaboration.

The candidate selected for this position will be expected to teach undergraduate lecture and seminar courses in archaeology, contribute to MA and PhD teaching and supervision, carry out an active research program leading to peer-reviewed publications, and take on administrative responsibilities. A PhD in anthropological archaeology at the time of hire and evidence of effective university-level teaching are required.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be considered first for this position. McMaster is strongly committed to employment equity within its community and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women, members of visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, members of sexual minorities, and persons with disabilities.

Applications should include a curriculum vita, the names and addresses (including email) of three referees, a statement of research interests and plans, and a statement of teaching philosophy and should be sent in electronic format, though an additional hard copy may be sent by regular mail. Letters of application should address how candidates are prepared to engage in the supervision of graduate students. Submit applications to:

Aubrey Cannon, Chair
Department of Anthropology
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4L9
Tel: (905) 525-9140, ext. 23920
Fax: (905) 522-5993
E-mail: cannona AT mcmaster.ca

CLOSING DATE: October 1, 2010.

CONF: Water in Myths and Cults

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WATER IN MYTHS AND CULTS

A one-day workshop organised at Durham University, sponsored by the
Durham Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) & the Centre for the Study of
the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East (CAMNE)

Date: Thursday 24 June 2010
Venue: Dept. of Classics & Ancient History; 38 North Bailey; Durham DH1
3EU

For further information please contact ted.kaizer AT durham.ac.uk

PROGRAMME

10.30 – 10.50 COFFEE

10.50 – 11.00 Welcome

11.00 – 11.45 Mark Woolmer (Durham)
Sea monsters and seafarers: the religious
symbolisation of Phoenician ships

11.45 – 12.30 Etienne Dunant (Warwick)
Water in Greek sacred places – power, cult and
spatial narratives

12.30 – 13.15 Maria Pretzler (Swansea)
Healing waters on the ‘magic mountain’: Aelius
Aristeides in context

13.15 – 14.30 LUNCH

14.30 – 15.15 Rubina Raja (Aarhus)
What does water have to do with it? The role of
water in sanctuaries in the Roman Near East

15.15 – 16.00 Peter Alpass (Durham)
Water in the cult monuments of Nabataea

16.00 – 16.30 TEA

16.30 – 17.15 Michael Sommer (Liverpool)
God of the healing waters: Grannus and the
enchanted emperor

17.30 onwards Drinks & dinner in town