ED: Intensive Latin at Hunter College, Summer 2012

Seen on the Classics list:

The Department of Classical and Oriental Languages at Hunter College, City
University of New York, is offering a Beginning Intensive Latin course in summer
2012.

Course description and objectives:

Latin 107 is Hunter’s intensive course in Beginning Latin. This one-semester,
6-credit class, introduces students to the basics of the Latin language,
including vocabulary, grammar, and syntax. At the end of the course will be
prepared to read with understanding annotated selections of authentic Latin
texts. While learning to read Latin will be the primary goal, students will gain
experience with writing, listening to, and speaking Latin as well. Textbook used
is Wheelock’s Latin (7th ed.) with supplementary readings from R. Lafleur’s
Scribblers, Sculptors and Scholars (2010). E. J. Theodoracopoulos

Session starts on June 4 and ends on August 13, 2012. Class times MonTuWedTh
8-9:55 am.

6 credits.
Inquiries: Professor Tamara Green (chair) tgreen AT hunter.cuny.edu
or the instructor, E. J. Theodoracopoulos ejtheod AT hunter.cuny.edu

Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews

  • 2012.05.19:  Jörg Ulrich, Anders-Christian Jacobsen, David Brakke, Invention, Rewriting, Usurpation: Discursive Fights over Religious Traditions in Antiquity. Early Christianity in the Context of Antiquity, 11.
  • 2012.05.18:  Daniel Ogden, Alexander the Great: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality.
  • 2012.05.17:  James H. Richardson, Federico Santangelo, Priests and State in the Roman World. Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge, Bd 33.
  • 2012.05.16:  Michael D. Reeve, Manuscripts and Methods: Essays on Editing and Transmission. Storia e letteratura, 270.
  • 2012.05.15:  Lawrence Kim, Homer between History and Fiction in Imperial Greek Literature. Greek culture in the Roman world.
  • 2012.05.14:  Robert C. Bartlett, Susan D. Collins (trans.), Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics.
  • 2012.05.13:  Sebastian Ramon Philipp Gertz, Death and Immortality in Late Neoplatonism: Studies on the Ancient Commentaries on Plato’s Phaedo. Ancient mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts. Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition, 12.
  • 2012.05.12:  Domingo F. Sanz, Eneas Silvio Piccolomini (papa Pío II): Descripción de Asia. Nueva Roma, 34.
  • 2012.05.11:  Alexandra Lianeri, The Western Time of Ancient History: Historiographical Encounters with the Greek and Roman Pasts.

JOB: Greek and Homeric Epic @ UMelbourne

LECTURER IN CLASSICS

Position no.: 0029133
Employment type: Full-time Continuing
Campus: Parkville
Faculty of Arts
School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
University of Melbourne

Salary: $85,203 – $101,175 p.a. plus 17% superannuation

The discipline of Classics, part of the Classics and Archaeology program, in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies teaches a suite of undergraduate subjects, has a strong research higher degree culture, and an internationally recognised research profile.  The discipline has strengths in Near Eastern, Aegean and Classical archaeology.

The School now seeks to appoint a Lecturer who is an outstanding academic in the field of Classics, with a specialisation in ancient Greek and Homeric epic.

CONTACT FOR ENQUIRIES ONLY
Professor Trevor Burnard
Tel +61 3 8344 6686
Email: tburnard AT unimelb.edu.au

Close date: 24 June 2012

PDF of Full Position Description & Selection Criteria at:
http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=813816&lCategoryID=1799&lWorkTypeID=1081&lLocationID=5047&lPayScaleID=&stp=AW&sLanguage=en

Date advertised:4 May 2012 Aus. Eastern Standard Time
Closing date:24 Jun 2012 11:55pm Aus. Eastern Standard Time
http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au

HOW TO APPLY Online applications are preferred. Go to www.jobs.unimelb.edu.au
and use the Job Search screen to find the position by title or number.

Promoting Latin Internets Style

Saw this in my twitterfeed last night (click for a larger version):

UPDATE: the creators of this fine bit of LOLcatpublicity are: Serena Witzke and T. H. M. Gellar-Goad (who are at and/or just ph d hooded at UNC Chapel Hill)

Classical Words of the Day

… and the Latin Word of the Day:

… and dead guys tweeting:

https://twitter.com/#!/LiddellandScott/status/200828024705392641

https://twitter.com/#!/LewisandShort/status/200829069175169024