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The Beast Within (and Without)
Animals in the Ancient World
Graduate Colloquium at the University of Madison, WI, October 1-2

Ever since rational animals began to record their thoughts, they have
portrayed the creatures around them as friend, foe or food. Since that
time, the defining line between man and beast has preoccupied artists and
authors. While some, such as Pliny and Aristotle, have taken a scientific
approach to describing animal behavior, others have chosen a more artistic
path, using animals as a way to think about humans or vice versa.

Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:

€ Depictions of tame, wild or mythological animals in art or literature
€ Encounters between man and animal in the hunt, in the house or in the
arena
€ Metamorphoses, whether brought on by the gods, by natural forces or by
magic
€ Bestial behavior displayed by humans (or humane behavior by beasts)

These are only a few examples, and are not meant to exhaust the possible
topics that would fit under our theme. We welcome papers from any
discipline (history, philology, philosophy, material culture, etc.) and any
era of the Greco-Roman world. The keynote address will be delivered by Mark
Payne, Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Chicago.

Graduate students wishing to present a paper at the colloquium should submit
a titled abstract of 300 words or less to UWClassics.colloquium AT gmail.com by
April 30, 2010. Name, the title of the paper, email address, institution,
city, state, and country should be included on a separate page sent with the
abstract. Notifications will be sent around the end of May.

Questions about
the colloquium should be directed to Lisa Feldkamp, lfeldkamp AT wisc.edu.

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International conference on Greek and Latin syntax

Paris, November 26-27, 2010

Université Paris-Sorbonne, École Normale Supérieure

The LALG research group (Langues anciennes et linguistique générale) of the Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris 4) is organizing a two-day international conference on Greek and Latin syntax on the 26th and 27th November 2010, in the Maison de la Recherche de la Sorbonne and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. This conference has the support of the École doctorale 1 « Mondes anciens et médiévaux », the Équipes d’accueil 1491 « Édition et commentaire des textes grecs et latins » and 4080 « Centre Alfred Ernout : linguistique et lexicographie latines et romanes », the Université Paris-Sorbonne, as well as the Département des Sciences de l’Antiquité of the ENS Paris and the Équipe de recherche « Sciences des textes anciens » of the UMR 8546 « Archéologie d’Orient et d’Occident et textes antiques ».

The purpose of this meeting is to promote syntactic studies in the field of Latin and Ancient Greek languages, in any theoretical framework. Every aspect of syntax can be considered: simple and complex sentence structure (noun phrase, verb phrase, adverbial phrase, negation, and subordination), macro-syntax (information structure, text syntax), the syntax-semantics interface, and the description of syntactic structures in terms of synchronic functions and diachronic changes. We hope the conference will provide an opportunity for scholars from different countries and various theoretical frameworks to meet each other, and will be the basis for a more thorough dialogue between the fields of Latin and Greek languages.

Submission guidelines: Anonymous abstracts about 3500-7000 characters long (including spaces, examples and references) should be sent in .pdf, .doc or .rtf to the following address: abstracts.sgl2010 AT gmail.com. Abstracts and oral presentations may be in French or in English. Each presentation will be allotted 30 minutes, plus 10 minutes for discussion. The body of your email message should include your name, affiliation and contact information. The following elements should appear in the abstract: an explicit title, the theoretical framework, and the corpus. The deadline for abstract submission is April, 30th 2010. Each abstract will be anonymously reviewed by at least two members of the scientific committee. Notification of acceptance will be given by the end of June 2010. After the meeting, the speakers will have the possibility to submit a complete paper for publication.

Important dates:
Abstract submission: 30 April 2010
Notification of acceptance : 30 June 2010
Meeting dates: 26-27 November 2010

Invited speakers:
Egbert J. Bakker (Yale University)
Colette Bodelot (Université Blaise Pascal de Clermont-Ferrand)

Scientific committee:
Nicolas Bertrand (Université de Lille 3)
Colette Bodelot (Université Blaise Pascal de Clermont-Ferrand)
Bernard Bortolussi (Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense)
Richard Faure (Université Paris-Sorbonne)
Frédérique Fleck (École Normale Supérieure)
Frédéric Lambert (Université Michel de Montaigne-Bordeaux 3)
Arthur Ripoll (Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense)
Liliane Sznajder (Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense)
Jesús de la Villa (Université autonome de Madrid)

Organizing committee:
Nicolas Bertrand (Université de Lille 3)
Richard Faure (Université Paris-Sorbonne)
Frédérique Fleck (École Normale Supérieure).

Contact:
nicobertrand(at)free.frfaurerichard5044(at)neuf.fr
frederique.fleck(at)yahoo.fr

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JUSTICE IN THE ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN WORLD
The University of Western Ontario, Mar 5th-7th, 2010
This conference seeks to bring together scholars from around North America to present papers on aspects of law or justice in Greek or Roman antiquity. More specifically, the conference will address some of the following concerns: how a demand for justice was articulated and implemented in ancient civilizations; the nature of human or divine justice in Greek or Roman myth and literature; the function of law in ancient society; the rules, procedures, and institutions of Greek or Roman law; ancient philosophers on law or justice; and the influence of social norms and political and cultural traditions on law. The speakers draw together such diverse topics as philosophy, drama, the ancient city, and visual culture under the larger heading of law and justice.
To register: www.uwo.ca/classics/justice_conference
Queries: Kelly Olson at kolson2 AT uwo.ca

PROGRAMME:
FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010:

Session 1. Justice in Greek Poetry I: 1:00 -3:00 PM
A. Dr. Judith Fletcher (Wilfrid Laurier University): Avian Justice: Arbitration and Judgment in Aristophanes’ Birds
B. Dr. Victoria Wohl (Univ. of Toronto): The Justice of Lamentation in Euripides’ Hecuba
C. Dr. Christopher G. Brown (Univ. of Western Ontario): Paying the Penalty: Justice in This World and the Next
(coffee break- 3:00- 3:30 PM)
Session 2. Aristotle: 3:30- 5:00 PM
A. Dr. David Mirhady (Simon Fraser University): Justice the True and the Beneficial
B. Dr. Chi Carmody (Univ. of Western Ontario): Justice Then and Now: A Modern Reading of Aristotle’s Corrective/Distributive Distinction

SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010:
Session 1: Justice in Greek Poetry II: 9:00 – 11:30 AM
A. Dr. Roger Fisher (York University) Antigone Rests Her Case (Ant. 904-20)
B. Dr. Rebecca Kennedy (Denison University, OH): A Culture of Justice: The Courts in Athenian Tragedy and the Visual Arts
C. Dr. Cynthia Patterson (Emory University): The Justice of Athena: Aeschylus’ Eumenides and the Athenian Courts
(coffee break, 10:30-11:00 AM)
(lunch, 11:30-12:30 PM)
Session 2: Law in Ancient Rome I: 12:30-3:00 PM
A. Dr. Thomas A. J. McGinn (Vanderbilt University): Was Justice Delayed Justice Denied For the Romans?
B. Dr. Andrew Riggsby (Univ. of Texas at Austin): Cicero’s Ambivalence Towards the Criminal Courts
C. Eloise LeMay ((Univ. of Western Ontario): The Republican interrex and its application of imperium
D. Dr. James T. Chlup (Univ. of Manitoba): Just War in Onasander’s Strategikos
(3:00 -3:30 PM coffee break)
Session 3. Law in Ancient Greece I: 3:30 -5:00 PM
A. Dr. Michael Gagarin (Univ. of Texas at Austin): Law and Justice in Classical Athens
B. Dr. Sarah Bolmarcich (Trinity University, Texas): Justice in Greek International Relations
C. Dr. Robert Wallace (Northwestern University): Justice and Community in Democratic Athens

SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010
Session 1: Law in Ancient Greece II: 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM
A. Dr. Alex Gottesman (Temple University): Competing Visions of Justice and Community in [Lysias] 6 and Andokides 1
B. Dr. N. Popov-Reynolds (Florida Gulf Coast University): A History of Violence: Discussions of Violence Within the Army in Athenian Lawsuits
C. Carrie L. Galsworthy (Miami University): The Magicians’ Contributions to a Just World
(coffee break, 10:30-11:00 AM)
(lunch, 12:00 – 1:00 PM)
Session 2: Law in Ancient Rome II: 1:00- 3:00 PM
A. Kathryn Balsley (Stanford University): Performances of Justice in Imperial Latin Literature
B. Dr. Leanne Bablitz (Univ. of British Columbia): Babatha’s Legal Experience
C. Dr. Michael P. Fronda (McGill University): Q. and M. Minucius Rufus in Genoa: Arbitration and the Performance of Roman Power
(coffee break, 3:00-3:30)

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Postgraduate workshop on Religion and Identity in the Ancient World, 22nd-

23rd April 2010 Durham University

This postgraduate workshop, hosted by Durham University’s Centre for the
Study of the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East (CAMNE) on 22nd –
23rd April 2010 in Durham University’s Theology department, will explore
the extent to which religion influenced identity in the ancient world. The
aim is to stimulate interdisciplinary discussion of the issue: we
therefore invite contributions from theologians, classicists and
archaeologists, and indeed anyone else with an interest in religion and
identity in the ancient world.

The construction of an identity is influenced by many factors: linguistic,
cultural, geographical, political and historical, amongst others. In
today’s world, religion is a defining factor in the identities of
millions. Even in self-consciously secular societies, the remnants of
religious influence can still be seen in political and architectural
landscapes. From towering cathedrals and mosques to the horse and cart of
the Amish, there are many ways in which religion can influence identity.
The same diversity is also found throughout the ancient world.

Heads of state from the Egyptian Pharaoh to the Roman Emperor were not
merely political figures, but also occupied pivotal roles in state
religions, and were therefore fundamental in the religious identities of
their subjects. However, such figures existed alongside much more personal
and local beliefs which had an equally powerful influence on the religious
identities of individuals. The story of Israel on the other hand, while
equally varied, is of a nation whose ‘head of state’ is not an earthly
figure, but God himself. Differently again, early Christianity quickly cut
across social, ethnic and political boundaries by offering a new identity
through relationship with Jesus Christ.

If you would like to present a paper, please submit a short abstract of
ca. 150 words detailing your topic to p.j.alpass AT dur.ac.uk by Monday 8th
March. Contributors will be invited to include their papers in an
electronic volume of the workshop proceedings. There are some grants
available towards the cost of transport, and accommodation is provided for
those coming from UK institutions.

THE ORGANISERS
Peter Alpass, Ed Kaneen and Donald Murray

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Classicism and Romanticism: visit of Jonathan Sachs as IAS Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor, 1st-5th March 2010

Organised by the Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition and the Centre for Romantic Studies, University of Bristol.

Jon Sachs is Professor of English at Corcordia University, Montreal. His recent monograph, Romantic Antiquity: Rome in the British Imagination, 1789-1832, to be published by Oxford University Press later this year, examines how Romantic-period writers deployed Roman republican precedents to contest central aspects of political modernity, including the expansion of political franchise, the rise of mass democratic movements, and the consolidation and spread of empire. He is now working on a book about the idea of cultural decline in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, again focusing on the shifting interpretations, evaluation and deployment of the classical world in the ‘culture wars’ of this period. By exploring the origins and early development of ideas of the nature of ‘modernity’, his work goes to the heart of contemporary notions of culture and its importance.

1 March: research workshop on the uses of ancient ideas and examples in modern political discourse and debates, including contributions from Chris Bertram, James Thompson and Neville Morley. Seminar room G4, 3 Woodland Road, 4.30-6.00, followed by a reception in the Humanities Common Room.

2 March: Lecture: ‘The Cassandra of the State: Anna Barbauld’s Unknown Future and the Art of Prognosis’. With responses from Duncan Kennedy, Richard Sheldon and Ika Willis. The Link Rooms, 4.15-6.00, followed by a reception in the Humanities Common Room.

3 March: research workshop for postgraduates. Ground Floor Seminar Room, Graduate School, 2.00-4.00. Please contact n.d.g.morley AT bris.ac.uk to reserve a place and be sent the advance reading.

4 March: research workshop on ‘Classicism in Romanticism’, with contributions from Stephen Cheeke, David Hopkins, Bradley Stephens and Genevieve Liveley. 4.15-6.00, venue tbc.

All welcome. Any enquiries, please contact n.d.g.morley AT bris.ac.uk.