Hodie est a.d. IV Non. Octobres 2772 AUC ~ 6 Pyanepsion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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Greek/Latin News
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Public Facing Classics
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Fresh Bloggery
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Fresh Podcasts
In this special episode, we’re joined by Liz Smith, who has recently completed her doctoral research of the representation of women’s dress in statuary at Macquarie University. Together we’ll trace the threads of evidence for women’s attire in the Roman world.
Katherine joins David to discuss her work on the pioneering 18th century art historian and archaeologist Johann Joachim Winckelmann: his life, unfortunate early death, Katherine’s project on Winckelmann’s love letters and his status as a major figure in queer history, and giving his name to archaeology’s premier football tournament, the Winckelmann cup.
Katherine also discusses her own journey, growing up in the Roman town of Colchester, starting as a classics undergrad, but then moving onto modern history and then German philosophy for her PhD, and the benefits of being exposed to a range of ideas and approaches.
Following on from that, they also chat about some of the questions that need to be addressed regarding the relationship between classics and other subjects, as well as the reception of Rome in later cultures, and whether there is a disconnect between early career researchers and more established academics, especially when it comes to social media.
Dramatic Receptions
- Creative trio behind ‘Girls’ parties hearty with a wild Greek tragedy at Yale Rep – Hartford Courant
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Professional Matters
- Assistant Professor, Classics – University of Cincinnati
- Project Editor, Publications Office | American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- Doctor and Patient in Graeco-Roman, Early Christian and Jewish Texts of Antiquity • Collaborative Research Center 980 “Episteme in Motion”
Alia
- Classics instructor is keepin’ it real with Homer > News > USC Dornsife
- How the classics help us appreciate today’s cultural offerings
- Louvre director plots great collections reshuffle | The Art Newspaper
- Science needs myths to thrive
- Excavating the CA archive: Chedworth Roman Villa – Current Archaeology
- Society Spotlight: Classics Society | Palatinate Online
- Writing Cleopatra – The Mancunion
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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
- Sortes Virgilianae (English)
- Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it should thunder today, the lower classes will gain the upper hand over their superiors and the mildness of the air will be healthy.
… adapted from the text and translation of:
Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)
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