Month: September 2012

CONF: “HIP SUBLIME: Beat Writers and the Classical Tradition”

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"HIP SUBLIME: Beat Writers and the Classical Tradition"

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
November 16th and 17th 2012

An interdisciplinary conference on the intersections between avant-garde practice and the cultural
legacies of ancient Greece and Rome in Post-war America; hosted by the University of
Pennsylvania’s Department of Classical Studies, in collaboration with the School of Classics at the
University of St Andrews.

Friday’s program (starting at 1:30 PM): Kevin Batton ("Landscape, Classicism, and the Californian
Sublime"), Loni Reynolds ("Myth and Quest in the Early Work of William S. Burroughs"), Netta Berlin
("The Bardic Voice of Allen Ginsberg”), Matthew Pfaff ("Classical Languages and Literatures in Howl
and Other Poems"), and poet Bob Perelman (poetry reading and remarks).

Saturday’s program (starting at 9:00 AM): Gideon Nisbet ("Kenneth Rexroth, Greek Anthologist"),
William Lawlor ("Homer’s Place in Rexroth, Snyder, and Ferlinghetti"), Nick Selby ("Robert Creeley
and Gary Snyder"), Jaap van der Bent (“The Case of John Clellon Holmes”), Marguerite Johnson
("Brothers-in-arms: Gaius and Hank at the Racetrack"), Jane Falk ("Philip Whalen and the Classics"),
Richard Fletcher ("Charles Olson’s Second Sophistic"), Christopher Gair ("Literary Circulations:
Xenophon, Joyce, Kerouac"), and Stephen Dickey (“Beat Katabasis and Big Sur”).

Paper sessions will take place on the University of Pennsylvania campus, in the Terrace Room,
Claudia Cohen Hall, and will be free and open to the public. For more information, see the Penn
Classical Studies website (http://www.classics.upenn.edu/) or contact the organizers: Sheila
Murnaghan (smurnagh AT sas.upenn.edu) and Ralph Rosen
(rrosen AT sas.upenn.edu).

JOB: Ancient Roman Art and Architecture at UMaryland

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The Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland, College Park, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Ancient Roman Art at the rank of Assistant Professor. The Department seeks a candidate with high potential for significant publications and excellence in teaching. The starting date for the position is August, 2013. The successful candidate must have the Ph.D. by August, 2013.

The University of Maryland is a Research I institution located inside the Washington, D.C. beltway with excellent access to the numerous libraries, museums, and research institutions of the Baltimore-Washington area, including the Library of Congress, Dumbarton Oaks, the Center for Hellenic Studies, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Walters Art Museum.

The Department of Art History and Archaeology offers the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degree in a wide range of art-historical fields. (Further information about the Department may be found at http://www.arthistory-archaeology.umd.edu/.) The successful applicant must be able to teach a variety of undergraduate courses including a survey course (Art and Society in Ancient and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean) and upper-level courses in ancient Roman art and architecture; s/he will also teach graduate colloquia and seminars on specialized topics–as well as direct theses and dissertations–in Roman art and architecture.

For best consideration, candidates should submit a complete application by October 31, 2012. Application materials must include a cover letter describing your research and your qualifications for this position, a current curriculum vitae, a chapter from your dissertation or a copy of a publication, and the names and e-mail addresses of three referees who will submit letters electronically.

Preliminary interviews with selected candidates will be conducted by appointment at the Annual Meeting of the College Art Association in New York, February 13–16, 2013. Questions may be addressed to Dr. Anthony Colantuono, chair of the search committee, at pyr AT umd.edu. The search is contingent upon the continued availability of funds.

The University of Maryland, College Park, actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital status, genetic information, political affiliation, and gender identity or expression. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.

CFP: Swords, Sorcery, Sandals and Space: The Fantastika and the Classical World

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A final reminder that the Call For Papers closes on 30 September.
Apologies for cross-posting. Please distribute to anyone who might be interested.
Swords, Sorcery, Sandals and Space: The Fantastika and the Classical World. A Science Fiction Foundation Conference
29 June – 1 July 2013

At The Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool

Guests of Honour/Plenary Speakers: Edith Hall, Nick Lowe, and Catherynne M. Valente

Call for papers

The culture of the Classical world continues to shape that of the modern West. Those studying the Fan­tastika (science fiction, fantasy and horror) know that the genres have some of their strongest roots in the literature of the Graeco-Roman world (Homer’s Odyssey, Lucian’s True History). At the same time, scholars of Classical Reception are increasingly investigating all aspects of popular culture, and have be­gun looking at science fiction. However, scholars of the one are not often enough in contact with scholars of the other. This conference aims to bridge the divide, and provide a forum in which sf and Classical Reception scholars can meet and exchange ideas.

We invite proposals for papers (20 minutes plus discussion) or themed panels of three or four papers from a wide range of disciplines (including Science Fiction, Classical Reception and Literature), from aca­demics, students, fans, and anyone else interested, on any aspect of the interaction between the Classi­cal world of Greece and Rome (including post-Roman Britain and the Byzantine empire) and science fiction, fantasy and horror. We are looking for papers on Classical elements in modern (post-1800) examples of the Fantastika, and on science fictional or fantas­tic elements in Classical literature. We are particularly interested in papers addressing literary science fiction or fantasy, where we feel investigations of the interaction with the ancient world are relatively rare. But we also welcome papers on film, television, radio, comics, games, or fan culture.

Please send proposals to conferences AT sf-foundation.org<mailto:conferences AT sf-foundation.org>, to arrive by 30 September 2012. Paper pro­posals should be no more than 300 words. Themed panels should also include an introduction to the panel, of no more than 300 words. Please include the name of the author/panel convener, and contact details.

Any enquires should be sent to the e-mail address above.

Swords, Sorcery, Sandals and Space is organised by the Science Fiction Foundation, with the co-operation of the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool.

Tony Keen

Chair, 2013 Science Fiction Foundation Conference

Conference Website: http://www.sf-foundation.org/conference

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