CONF: Roman law and legal history: a conference in memory of Alan Rodger

Seen on various lists:

In Memory of Alan Rodger: A Conference on Legal History and Roman Law

Conference site

http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/law/research/legalhistory/aconferenceinmemoryofalanrodger/

Friends and  colleagues of Alan Rodger will meet in his memory at the
University of Glasgow, on 7-8 September 2012, for a conference on legal
history and Roman law.

 Alan Rodger, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, wrote on legal history and Roman law
for more than forty years. He was a student of David Daube at the University
of Oxford, and remained an active and engaged scholar even as he pursued a
career as an advocate and in government, eventually serving as a Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

There will be presentations on the Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, as
well as a reception and dinner on the Friday evening.  The conference is
being organised by Ernest Metzger, Douglas Professor of Civil Law in the
University of Glasgow, and David Johnston QC, Axiom Advocates, Edinburgh.

Please send a note to rodgermemorial AT iuscivile.com if you are considering
attending.  We will then keep you informed of arrangements. In due course
those who wish to attend the conference, with or without the reception and
dinner, will be able to register from the conference site (address above).
 
The speakers will include:

Tiziana J. Chiusi (Professor of Civil Law, Roman Law and Comparative Law,
University of Saarland); Michael Crawford FBA (Emeritus Professor, History,
University College London); Robin Evans-Jones (Professor of Jurisprudence,
University of Aberdeen); Joshua S. Getzler (Professor of Law and Legal
History, University of Oxford); Kenneth Reid CBE, FBA, FRSE (Professor of
Scots Law, University of Edinburgh); John Richardson FRSE (Emeritus
Professor of Classics, University of Edinburgh); Boudewijn Sirks (Regius
Professor of Civil Law, University of Oxford).

A list of tributes to Alan Rodger, with a bibliography of his works, may be
found at: http://www.iuscivile.com/people/earlsferry/

On the Web: Teaching Classical Languages 3.1

John Gruber-Miller posted this to the Classics list:

The latest issue of Teaching Classical Languages (www.tcl.camws.org) features articles meant to inspire and provoke. Eric Dugdale shows the way he motivates his Latin students to use the language actively to create lively Latin compositions ranging from comic strips to haikus. Wilfred Major and Byron Stayskal challenge us to re-think how we currently teach the verbal system in beginning Greek, arguing that students need to see the big picture just as much as the little details. Albert Watanabe presents the latest results from the 2011 College Greek Exam. And Stephen Trzaskoma reviews the latest intermediate Greek textbooks. As usual, it is possible not only to read the articles, but also to post comments online responding to the authors. You can find the latest issue by going to www.tcl.camws.org and clicking on Current Issue.

Eric Dugdale, "Lingua Latina, lingua mea: Creative Composition in Beginning Latin"
Wilfred E. Major and Byron Stayskal, "Teaching Greek Verbs: A Manifesto"
Albert Watanabe, "The 2011 College Greek Exam"
Stephen Trzaskoma, Review Article "Innovation in Recent Intermediate Greek Textbooks?"

Teaching Classical Languages welcomes articles offering innovative practice and methods, advocating new theoretical approaches, or reporting on empirical research in teaching and learning Latin and Greek.

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