Seen on various lists:

University of British Columbia
Faculty of Arts
Assistant Professor in Classics/Biblical Hebrew for 2012-13

Applications are invited for a 9-month position in Classics at the
level of Assistant Professor, without review, in the Department of
Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies (CNERS) in the Faculty
of Arts, University of British Columbia. The successful candidate will
be expected to teach five courses over the two terms, including Roman
Law and some combination of Ancient History, Classical Studies, Greek
and/or Latin courses. The ability to teach Biblical Hebrew at either
beginners’ or intermediate level will be an advantage but should not
deter applicants who do not have this skill. The successful candidate
will also be expected to conduct an active program of research and to
participate fully in student advising, departmental service, events
and initiatives. This position is subject to final budgetary approval.

Ideally candidates will have completed their PhD and will be able to
demonstrate excellence in both teaching and research. The appointment
will run from August 1st 2012 until April 30th 2013. Informal
enquiries may be made to the Acting Head of the Department of CNERS,
Professor Susanna Braund, at the email address below. Please visit
www.cnrs.ubc.ca for information about the department.

Applicants should send a letter of application, a CV, a scholarly
writing sample, and the names and e-mail addresses of three referees.
Please ask your referees to write separately to the address below, to
reach the Department not later than the date specified. We cannot
accept e-mail applications, but referees’ signed letters of support
can be sent forwarded as .pdf attachments. Applications and letters of
reference should be sent to the Chair of the Search Committee,
Professor Susanna Braund, CNERS, Buchanan C227, 1866 Main Mall,
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1, to reach her not later than March 19th
2012. E-mail: susanna.braund AT ubc.ca.

UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity.
All qualified persons are encouraged to apply. UBC is strongly
committed to diversity within its community and welcomes applications
from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons,
persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and
others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

We encourage all who are qualified to apply; however, Canadians and
permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. Applicants from
this group are encouraged to self-identify.

The incipit of a brief item from UPI:

Archeologists found an ancient hut from the Bronze Age during construction work on the southern Italian resort island of Lipari, officials said.

The hut was uncovered, along with Roman-era Hellenistic slabs, during work in a town square, Italian news agency ANSA reported.

The age of the hut was not immediately determined, but the Bronze Age is generally recognized as extending from 1800 B.C. to 1000 B.C. […]

• Bronze Age hut found on Italian island[UPI via Outcome Magazine]

The ANSA coverage (similarly brief):

• Archeologia: scoperta a Lipari capanna dell’eta’ del bronzo (ANSA)

Archaeomolise is a bit more extensive: Lipari: scoperta capanna dell’età del Bronzo

Seen on the Classicists list:

Ruin or Renewal? Places and the Transformation of Memory in the City of Rome
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Lampeter Campus)
The City of Rome Project (www.city-of-rome.org)

9-10 March, 2012

This conference aims to explore the connections between memory and the topography of the city of Rome, with a particular focus on the afterlife in antiquity of monuments, buildings and places. Papers will explore such themes as the natural transformation, or the deliberate appropriation or manipulation, of the memories associated with monuments, by means of relocation, restoration, embellishment, neglect or demolition.

Speakers:

Dominique Briquel (Paris-Sorbonne): ‘Monuments of the Regal Period and the Beginnings of the Republic: the Ambiguity of realia’

Amanda Claridge (Royal Holloway): TBC

Marta García Morcillo (Trinity Saint David): ‘Topography of Terror: Proscriptions and the City of Rome’

Lucy Jones (King’s College London): ‘Movemur enim nescio quo pacto locis ipsis: Nostalgia and the Ethics of Social Memory’

Don Miller (Newcastle): ‘For God, Country or Self? Religious Dedications and the Construction of Public Image in Republican Rome’

Jill Mitchell (Trinity Saint David): ‘The Religious Transformation of the Caelian Hill in the Late Fourth Century’

John Patterson (Cambridge): ‘The Imperial City of Rome and the Demise of the Republican Nobility’

Cecilia Ricci (Molise): ‘Memory and Epigraphy. The pauper in First Century Rome, an ongoing research project’

James Richardson (Trinity Saint David): ‘Poetry, Performance and Place in Archaic Rome’

Federico Santangelo (Newcastle): ‘The Statue of Marsyas’

Alexander Thein (Trinity College Dublin): ‘The Myth and Monuments of Castor and Pollux circa 168 B.C.’

Lily Withycombe-Taperell (Royal Holloway): ‘The Temples of Jupiter Feretrius on the Capitoline Hill in Augustan Rome’

The conference is part of the City of Rome Project, and is timed to coincide with the inaugural City of Rome lecture, which will be given by Professor Tim Cornell. The lecture will take place on Thursday, 8 March at 6.00 pm, and will be on ‘The City of Rome in the Archaic Period in the Light of Recent Discoveries’.

Please direct any inquires to the organisers:

Marta García Morcillo (m.morcillo AT tsd.ac.uk)
James Richardson (J.Richardson AT tsd.ac.uk)
Federico Santangelo (F.Santangelo AT ewcastle.ac.uk)