April 2011
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Ancient Greeks / Modern Lives Combat Trauma on the Ancient Stage Conference Hosted by Aquila Theatre, the NYU Center for Ancient Studies and Humanities Initiative and supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities Wednesday April 20 and Thursday April 21, 2011 Schedule: All events at Hemmerdinger Hall (100 Washington Square East, New York, NY…
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Speaking of Iklaina … from the Classics list: The Iklaina Excavation is seeking students and volunteers for the 2011 field season (June 13-July 9). Iklaina is a Mycenaean town in the region of Pylos, identified in the Linear B tablets as a-pu2, one of the district capitals of the Hither Province (AJA 2006, pp. 205-228).…
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Cute item from the Indiana Statesman … I suspect the date is a bit off: Where only toga-wearing colleagues used to walk into her office, Marilyn Bisch, a professor of Latin, was shocked when three figures floated into her office. These men happen to be none other than Caesar, Cicero, and Catullus: three of the…
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From an Atlanta publication: Art patrons, friends and educators are invited to celebrate the unique Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in DeKalb County Saturday at an elegant Veneralia evening of cocktails in the main museum gallery followed by dinner and dancing in a tent on the historic Emory quadrangle. The name “Veneralia” is…
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While most of press seems to be still flopping around on the bottom of the boat trying to extract the hook they fell for in relation to those lead codices, they have — for the most part — ignored a rather more exciting (and real) discovery that was made by the University of Missouri –…
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