June 6, 2010

  • Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) Papers are invited for a panel entitled ‘Athenian Hegemonic Techniques’ which will be held at The Sixth Celtic Conference in Classics (University of Edinburgh, July 28-31, 2010) and chaired by Thomas Figueira. Although a major theme will be…

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  • Very interesting feature on the work of conservators at the Walters Museum: Walters staff restores the 2,000-year-old Garland Sarcophagus | Baltimore Sun.

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  • Image via Wikipedia Not sure if we’ve ever mentioned this site before: The archaeological excavations of the Roman fortress Sexaginta Prista, located near the city of Ruse in north-central Bulgaria, will continue during the summer of 2010 into previously unexplored parts. The archaeologists Varbin Varbanov and Deyan Dragoev this summer will study the area to…

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  • Interesting opeddish sort of thing from the Times … sort of in the Jonathan Shay category: A Crack in the Stoic’s Armor | NYTimes.com. Tip o’ the pileus to Arthur Shippee and Diana Wright for passing this along …

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  • Seen on various lists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) Digital Classicist 2010 summer seminar programme Institute of Classical Studies Meetings are on Fridays at 16:30 in room STB9 (Stewart House) Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU *ALL WELCOME* Seminars will be followed by refreshments *…

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