Classicists
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[playing catchup … as often] Gregory Crane on use of technology: Scholars still using new technology ‘to do the same damn thing’ | THE News An honourary degree for Paul Cartledge: Classics expert honoured by University of Warwick Shining the spotlight on Patrick Burns: Library Research Spotlight: Patrick J. Burns — Institute for the Study…
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[I’m thinking of making this a regular feature] The Ancient Greece and Rome section of my Explorator newsletter for this week (full issue available here): Horse burials from an 8th century necropolis in Athens: http://www.amna.gr/english/article/12498/Intact-horse-skeleton-discovered-in-ancient-cemetery-in-southern-coastal-Athens http://horsetalk.co.nz/2016/01/16/horse-skeletons-ancient-greek-cemetery/#axzz3xVa3dQu4 Plenty of evidence found during A1 construction suggests the Romans were in Yorkshire a decade earlier than previously thought:…
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From Columbia News: The examination of mental disorders would seem to be the almost exclusive domain of psychiatrists and psychologists, not humanities scholars. Yet William V. Harris, the William R. Shepherd Professor of History, has spent his time in recent years studying his chosen field—the history of ancient Greece and Rome—through the lens of mental…
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From the News and Observer: Lawrence Richardson, Jr. December 2, 1920 – July 21, 2013 Durham Lawrence Richardson, Jr., died late July 21, 2013 in the Pavilion at Croasdaile Village after a very short illness. He lived a long and wonderful life, and he was lucid and productive to the end. Born December 2, 1920…
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Here’s the official description (with a link to further info): This week’s interview features Dr Michael Squire of King’s College London, talking about his current research project on the Imagines. This text, which was written by the third-century AD Greek author Philostratus the Elder, contains accounts of 65 paintings displayed in an (imaginary?) gallery on…
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