March 2011
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Seen on the Classics list: We invite undergraduate and graduate students to take part in an archaeological fieldschool focusing on the remains of a large, 2nd century CE, probably imperial Roman villa in Genzano di Roma, about 20 miles south of the center of Rome next to the ancient Via Appia in the modern town…
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Seen on Aegeanet: The Department of Greek and Roman Classics at Temple University invites applications from candidates for a possible (pending final budgetary authorization) non-tenure-track, full-time position for 2011-12. This position will appear in the March Positions for Classicists. The department has particular needs in Latin language and Roman culture. Evidence of successful teaching experience,…
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Seen on Aegeanet: STAGING DEATH: FUNERARY PERFORMANCE, ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE IN THE AEGEAN 113th Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, JAN 5-8, 2012 Colloquium organizer: Anastasia Dakouri-Hild (University of Virginia) The performance of funerary rituals reinforces a sense of community, being a means to revive social memory and legitimize links with an ancestral past.…
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Seen on Aegeanet: Re-creation: Musical Reception of Classical Antiquity A conference at the University of Iowa, October 27-29, 2011 Conference organizers: Robert Ketterer (University of Iowa), Andrew Simpson (Catholic University), Greg Hand (University of Iowa) The power of music in Greek and Roman myth to move gods, men and even inanimate objects, and the descriptions…
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Seen on the Classics list (sorry for the short notice on this one) Happy Talk: Diversity of Speech in Greco-Roman Comedy and Satire Sponsored by the Society for the Oral Reading of Greek and Latin Literature Organized by Andrew S. Becker and Jerise Fogel This panel will examine linguistic diversification in Greek and Roman comedy…
