March 2011
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Seen on the Classicists list: The Department of Classics at King’s College London is appointing to a permanent Lectureship in Classical Greek Art. Candidates should specialise in any aspect of Classical Greek Art. The lecturer will be expected to contribute flexibly to the teaching of Greek Art and Archaeology at BA and MA level. Supervision…
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Seen on the Classicists list: The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology at the University of Reading is home to a rare example of a popular musical instrument from the ancient world. The instrument is an aulos, a form of pipe or oboe, played by blowing through a reed. On Friday March 25th, 2011 the "Reading…
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Seen on various lists: The Department of Classics at the Florida State University announces a Visiting Assistant-In position in the field of Roman archaeology. This is a definite nine-month post that will begin in August 2011. Ph.D. must be in hand by July 1, 2011 (this is not negotiable). The successful candidate will teach three…
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Seen on the Classicists list: Son of Classics and Comics Edited by George Kovacs (Trent University) and C.W. Marshall (University of British Columbia) Proposals are invited for chapters examining the ancient world in comics and related media for an edited volume to be entitled Son of Classics and Comics. Classical reception happens everywhere, and as…
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Folks who hang out with me know I’m one of those ‘precision of language’ mavens, so when I saw this, I cringed: My 58th birthday was March 15—Ides of March. Unlike Gaius Julius Caesar, who was eliminated from life by a myriad of stabs from his friends on that fateful day, and despite extremely severe…
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