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University of Reading

Department of Classics

Postgraduate Latin Summer School 2011

Applications are invited for the Postgraduate Summer School in Latin hosted by the Department of Classics, University of Reading, UK.

The Summer School will run 18 July-19 August 2011 and is open to students who have graduated or are in their final year of undergraduate study. It is an ideal opportunity for those planning to do postgraduate work or to pursue a career in Classics teaching.

Students will be expected to have read to the end of section 3 of Reading Latin (or equivalent) before the Summer School begins. They will complete a course of study designed to enable them to engage successfully with unmodified Latin texts.

More detailed information, including instructions on how to register, is available on the website:

http://www.reading.ac.uk/classics/shortcourses/class-latinsummerschool.aspx

Please direct further inquiries to Dr David Carter (d.m.carter AT reading.ac.uk).

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Position Description: The Department of the Classics in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a tenured position at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor in the area of Latin literature, beginning 16 August 2011. The successful candidate will be expected to engage in teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels, to supervise graduate research and to pursue an active program of scholarly publication. Preference will be given to applicants whose interests are interdisciplinary and who combine expertise in Classical Latin literature with an interest in an area such as gender and women’s studies, literary theory or Mediaeval studies. Applicants must have a PhD in Classics or in an immediately relevant field and must present a record of publication and excellence in teaching sufficient for appointment with indefinite tenure at the University of Illinois. Salary is commensurate with experience. The University is noted for its extensive library holdings in Classics and related fields and for its museums, with excellent collections of ancient Mediterranean artifacts.

For full consideration, online application, including curriculum vitae and names of three referees, must be completed by 15 October 2010 at https://jobs.illinois.edu. Short-listed candidates will be invited for campus interviews before the end of the calendar year. Inquiries should be addressed to David Sansone, Head, at <dsansone AT illinois.edu> or 217-333-7573.

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences and ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusivity (www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu).

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Practitioners’ Voices Issue 2 ‘Translation, Rewriting and Staging: Scholarship and Creativity in the Reception of Greek and Roman Poetry and Drama’ is now available at http://www2.open.ac.uk/practitioners

This edition of Practitioners’ Voices publishes interviews with poets, translators and theatre directors. It focuses on how they engage with Greek and Latin material in and through translation, rewriting, new writing and staging (including questions about translation to the stage as well as for the stage). The interviews reflect an increasing interest in how the work of scholars and practitioners is not only mutually informative but also interacts in the creation of literary and theatrical works. The boundaries between translation and creativity are increasingly recognised as porous. Furthermore, various aspects of these activities may interact in the work and careers of the individuals themselves.
The seven people interviewed for this publication represent a broad spectrum of types of engagement with Greek and Roman material and are:

• Josephine Balmer, Poet and Translator
• Maureen Almond, Poet
• Oliver Taplin, Academic, Translator and Writer
• Martin Wylde, Theatre Director Helen Eastman, Theatre Director
• Michael Ewans, Academic, Translator and Director
• Ian Ruffell, Academic and Translator