February 2011
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From the Irish Times: Former Trinity vice-provost and emeritus professor John Victor Luce died yesterday following a short illness at the age of 90. Better known as JV Luce, he was a senior fellow of Trinity and was the 62nd vice-provost of the university from 1987 to 1989, a position which his father, Arthur Aston…
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Some gleanings from my blogroll (and elsewhere) from the past week or so which you might have missed (some are a bit older, having scrolled to the next page of my inbox the last time I was compiling) … in no particular order: Lucretius, “Of Natural Things”- also Atoms & Atheists| Rufus History’s Lost, Part…
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I sent this one out early out of fear of internet outtages this a.m. … didn’t materialize, of course. Some items of interest from my weekly newsletter; some have already appeared at rogueclassicism and some will hopefully appear later. I’m including a section I put together on the goings-on in Egypt just in case you’re…
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Seen on the Classicists list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): ‘Alexander in Africa’ (12th Unisa Classics Colloquium, Grahamstown, South Africa 28-30 June 2011) Proposals for papers are hereby solicited on topics related to the theme, which is seen as covering the following: Alexander’s sojourn on…
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Seen in the Canadian Classical Bulletin (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): Feminism and Classics VI: Crossing Borders, Crossing Lines Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada May 24-27, 2012 Ancient Mediterranean society was crisscrossed by multiple boundaries and borders. Firm boundaries between male and female, slave…
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