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Papers are invited for a panel entitled ‘Athenian Hegemonic Techniques’ which will be held at The Sixth Celtic Conference in Classics (University of Edinburgh, July 28-31, 2010) and chaired by Thomas Figueira. Although a major theme will be the fiscal aspects of Attic imperialism, papers are welcomed on any aspect of Athenian control over allies in the Delian League, Athenian Empire and Second Confederacy. Senior scholar participants include Christophe Pébarthe, Loren Samons, and Thomas Figueira. A group of rising scholars will be participating and the organizers encourage submissions from junior scholars. Forty minutes will be allotted for each paper.

Those interested may contact T.J. Figueira (figueira AT rci.rutgers.edu) or Sean Jensen (srjensen AT eden.rutgers.edu).
For the Celtic Conference, please contact Anton Powell at powellanton AT btopenworld.com or see the website at http://www.shca.ed.ac.uk/conferences/ccc/ where information about other panels may also be found.

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Please note that a one-day conference on ‘Aratus and the Astronomical Tradition’ will be held on Friday 18th June 2010, in the School of Classics, University of St Andrews. All those interested in attending should contact Emma Gee, ergg. General outline below; further details to follow.

ARATUS AND THE ASTRONOMICAL TRADITION

A study-day in the School of Classics at the University of St Andrews

18 June 2010

The School of Classics in St Andrews is holding a study-day on this most influential of ancient didactic texts. This will be a day-workshop and discussion covering many aspects of Aratus and his reception, from literary influences to the wider cultural significance of astronomy and didactic. Speakers will include:

Richard Hunter (Cambridge)
Katharina Volk (Columbia)
Joseph Farrell (UPenn)
Stephen Green (Leeds)
Helen van Noorden (Cambridge)
Emma Gee (St Andrews)
Caroline Bishop (UPenn)

There will also be a round-table session open to all those attending. This day will present a significant opportunity to discuss Aratus and his influences: all are very welcome.

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WATER IN MYTHS AND CULTS

A one-day workshop organised at Durham University, sponsored by the
Durham Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) & the Centre for the Study of
the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East (CAMNE)

Date: Thursday 24 June 2010
Venue: Dept. of Classics & Ancient History; 38 North Bailey; Durham DH1
3EU

For further information please contact ted.kaizer AT durham.ac.uk

PROGRAMME

10.30 – 10.50 COFFEE

10.50 – 11.00 Welcome

11.00 – 11.45 Mark Woolmer (Durham)
Sea monsters and seafarers: the religious
symbolisation of Phoenician ships

11.45 – 12.30 Etienne Dunant (Warwick)
Water in Greek sacred places – power, cult and
spatial narratives

12.30 – 13.15 Maria Pretzler (Swansea)
Healing waters on the ‘magic mountain’: Aelius
Aristeides in context

13.15 – 14.30 LUNCH

14.30 – 15.15 Rubina Raja (Aarhus)
What does water have to do with it? The role of
water in sanctuaries in the Roman Near East

15.15 – 16.00 Peter Alpass (Durham)
Water in the cult monuments of Nabataea

16.00 – 16.30 TEA

16.30 – 17.15 Michael Sommer (Liverpool)
God of the healing waters: Grannus and the
enchanted emperor

17.30 onwards Drinks & dinner in town

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‘INTEGRITY AND CORRUPTION IN ANTIQUITY’

UNISA CLASSICS COLLOQUIUM
PRETORIA, 21-22 OCTOBER 2010

You are cordially invited to submit paper proposals for this year’s Unisa
Classics Colloquium. Papers concerned with any aspect of the conference
theme in the ancient world will be considered. Scholars working on
historical, literary, oratorical, religious, philosophical, epigraphical
and other material are welcome to contribute.

The Unisa Classics Colloquium is hosted by the Department of Classics and
World Languages at the University of South Africa, Pretoria. Invited guest
speakers to this year’s conference are:

Clifford Ando (Chicago), “Two revolutions in government”
Emily Greenwood (Yale), “The corruptible logos: the politics of speech and
silence in Greek historiography”

Papers will be limited to 45 minutes. Speakers may request a shorter slot
of 20-30 minutes. Please submit abstracts of appr. 200 words via e-mail
attachment to bosmapr AT unisa.ac.za by the end of June 2010.

Please note that, depending on interest, a third day (23 October) may be
added to the conference programme.

The Unisa Classics Colloquium is held for the 11th time this year. The
conference is deliberately kept small enough to avoid parallel sessions, to
provide enough time for discussion and to promote interaction between
delegates. It presents an excellent platform for young scholars to present
their work. We are at pains to maintain an old tradition of South Africa
hospitality and attempt to show guests from abroad a little of our city and
country during and after the conference.

Further information regarding the conference may be found on the
departmental website at
http://www.unisa.ac.za/Default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=23613

For other enquiries, please contact Philip Bosman at bosmap AT unisa.ac.za.

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A reminder about the upcoming colloquium (details below) with news that Prof. Ian Storey of Trent

University, Canada has been added to our list of speakers, and a programme for the day, with
timings and full titles for all papers.

Laughter in the Library: a colloquium on Old Comedy for Penny Bulloch

Ioannou Classics Centre, Oxford
Saturday 5th June 2010
10.30 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.

To mark the retirement of Penny Bulloch and her contribution as Fellow Librarian at Balliol College,
Oxford, and earlier in Cambridge, and as a mainstay of all things Aristophanic and Old Comic in
the Classics Faculty of Oxford University, there will be a day of papers on Old Comedy in her
honour by friends, colleagues, and former students.

All are welcome and there will be no fee for attendance, though for the purposes of planning it
would be very much appreciated if you could let the organizers know that you plan to come by
Friday 21st May. Tea and coffee will be served, and a small reception held afterwards. There will
also be an optional buffet lunch at a cost of £6. Please let the organizers know if you would like
lunch, by the same date, and make cheques payable to Dr. R.W. Cowan.

Any enquiries may be addresses to Bob Cowan (bob.cowan AT balliol.ox.ac.uk) or Adrian Kelly
(adrian.kelly AT balliol.ox.ac.uk).

Speakers:
Edith Hall (RHUL):
Angus Bowie (Queen’s, Oxford)
Matthew Wright (Exeter University)
Peter Brown (Trinity, Oxford)
Ian Storey (Trent, Canada)
Matthew Leigh (St Anne’s, Oxford)

Programme

10.30-11.30 SESSION 1:
Angus Bowie (Queen’s, Oxford): ‘“I’ve no idea where we are now”: labile space in Aristophanes”

11.30 a.m. -12 noon COFFEE

12 noon -1.00 pm SESSION 2:
Matthew Wright (Exeter University): “Pea Soup and Old Jokes”

1.00-2.00 pm LUNCH

2.00-3.30 pm SESSION 3:
Ian Storey (Trent, Canada): "Comedy and the Crises"
Peter Brown (Trinity, Oxford): “Two Operatic Versions of Birds: Walter Braunfels (1920) and Ed
Hughes (2005)”

3.30-4.00 pm COFFEE

4.00-5.30 pm SESSION 4
Matthew Leigh (St Anne’s, Oxford): “Comedy and Tragedy: Constructions of Genre”
Edith Hall (RHUL): “The Aesopic in Old Comedy”

www.classics.ox.ac.uk/pennyfest.htm
www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/events/laughter-in-the-library-a-colloquium-on-old-comedy-for-
penny-bulloch