CONF: King’s College London Autumn Term Research Seminar

Seen on the Classicists list:

MEET THE CLASSICAL ANCESTORS
Many fascinating people have taught or studied the ancient Greeks & Romans
at KCL since its foundation in the late Georgian era. This five-part
research seminar represents a joint project in which we excavate the
contributions of ten of them to intellectual, cultural and pedagogical
history. Everyone is welcome; all sessions take place at 5.15pm in Classics
Room B6 (Strand Campus). The final session will be followed immediately by a
seasonal festivity. Please address any enquiries to edith.hall AT kcl.ac.uk

9th October Mike Trapp on Joseph Anstice
Edith Hall on Charles Kingsley

23rd Oct. Dominic Rathbone on H.H. Scullard
Ellen Adams on Bernard Ashmole

13th Nov. Fiona Macintosh on George Warr
Helen Eastman on Virginia Woolf

27th Nov. Ismene Lada-Richards on Winnington-Ingram
Hugh Bowden on John Barron

11th Dec. Henrik Mouritsen on A.J. Toynbee
Lindsay Allen on William Marsden

Pseudolus Hip Hop

A post on the Latinteach list reminded me that I had neglected to post the final results of the NEH Summer Institute on Roman Comedy in Performance which filtered through our Blogosphere posts for a while. Here’s a hip hop version of a bit of the Pseudolus as a tease:


Sharon James has a page of the performances here

Iliad Translation Contest ~ Winner Announced!

About a year ago we mentioned a contest sponsored by the Simon and Schuster folks wherein contestants were asked to translate a chunk of the Iliad and Stephen Mitchell would judge which was best (Iliad Translation Contest ~ Stephen Mitchell as Judge). A winner has been announced and Layne Evans’ version can be read here:

… even better, LE is a rogueclassicism reader! Congratulations!

Classical Words of the Day

hamartia (Dictionary.com)
protean (Wordsmith)

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