JOB: Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Classical Studies (ASCSA)

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ANDREW W. MELLON PROFESSOR OF CLASSICAL STUDIES

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens seeks an established
scholar with extensive experience in Greece to be the next Andrew W. Mellon
Professor of Classical Studies. The Mellon Professor organizes and conducts
the academic program of the School in collaboration with the Director and
the Assistant Director and must be able to provide a graduate-level introduction
to the sites, monuments, museums and topography of Greece as well as advise
students of the School in their research. In addition, as one of the officers
of the School, the Mellon Professor participates in the operations of the
School.

The appointment is for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2014. Salary
commensurate with rank and experience. Benefits include pension contribution,
health insurance, travel budget, and housing on campus. The incumbent has
not applied. The deadline for application is March 15, 2013. Send a letter
of application detailing qualifications for the position as well as experience
in Greece, research and pedagogical agendas, curriculum vitae, and three
letters of reference to Professor Barbara Barletta, Chair, Committee on
Personnel, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 6 – 8 Charlton
Street, Princeton, NJ 08540-5232. Send to application AT ascsa.org. ASCSA is
an EO/AA employer.

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens does not discriminate
on the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, national
or ethnic origin, or disability when considering admission to any form of
membership or application for employment.

CFP: Nox erat: Night and Nocturnal Activities

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Nox erat: Night and Nocturnal Activities in the Ancient World
17th Annual Classics Graduate Student Colloquium
University of Virginia
March 23, 2013

From lovers’ trysts to covens of witches, from all-night parties to midnight
raids, from dreams to insomnia, night in the ancient world is far from an
empty darkness that merely marks the interval between sunset and sunrise.
This colloquium aims to consider the characteristics and depictions of night
both as mythological figure and temporal experience, while also exploring
the social and cultural aspects of nighttime events. Professor Catherine
Keane of Washington University in St. Louis will deliver the keynote
address. We welcome submissions from diverse fields and disciplines.
Possible areas of investigation include, but are not limited to:

– Night as a deity or personification depicted in literature
and/or art
– Night as a social construction, e.g. as holy or unholy, as a time for
transgressive activities; the way that night affects conceptions of time
– Dreams, whether true or false, and inspiration that comes at night; poets,
philosophers, storytellers, and others who work through the night
– Religious aspects of night: for example, rites which only happen at night,
incubation
– Nighttime activities such as symposia and paraclausithyra
– Practical advantages and disadvantages of night: night raids, banditry,
intrigue
– Means of illuminating the night both natural and artificial: streetlamps,
constellations, the moon
– Night in similes and metaphors
– Transitions into and out of night at dusk and dawn; the false night which
occurs during eclipses and storms

Papers should be 15-20 minutes in length. Please send abstracts of no more
than 300 words to Jennifer LaFleur (jll4x AT virginia.edu) by February 1, 2013.

CFP: Antiphon to Autocue: Speechwriting Ancient and Modern

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The Centre for Oratory and Rhetoric (COR), Royal Holloway, University of
London, announces an international conference entitled From Antiphon to
Autocue: Speechwriting Ancient and Modern to take place at RHUL’s central
London venue in Bedford Square on 25 and 26 of April 2013.

Confirmed speakers include experts on ancient Greek and Roman logography
and oratory: Prof. Chris Carey (UCL), Prof. Mike Edwards (Lampeter), Prof.
Michael Gagarin (Texas), Prof. Catherine Steel (Glasgow). They will be
joined by an expert on modern media and communications, Prof. Andrew
Tolson (De Montfort), a modern historian specializing in Churchill’s
oratory, Professor Richard Toye (Exeter), and a modern speechwriter, Simon
Lancaster.

We welcome proposals for papers on any aspect of speechwriting ancient,
medieval, or modern (30-40 mins. duration). Please send your proposal to
antiphon2autocue AT gmail.com by 31 January 2013 at the latest.

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