Seen on Aegeanet (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!):

ONTARIO AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY DAY

The Archaeology Centre (University of Toronto) and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) present a full day of lectures by nine archaeologists from Ontario universities, each presenting an illustrated lecture on the results of his/her recent field work in the Aegean.

Sponsored by the Hellenic Republic and the Greek Communities of Canada

Saturday March 6th 2010, 10:30-5:00
Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre
FREE entrance with ROM membership or Museum admission

Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!):

The Rutgers Classics Graduate Student Organization would like to invite you
to our conference, "All Roads Lead From Rome." It will be held on 9 April
2010 at the Busch Campus Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ. The
registration form is attached, and should be emailed in return to Liz Gloyn
(lizgloyn AT eden.rutgers.edu) by March 12th. The conference is free, but we
would like an estimate for catering. People are welcome to attend without
registering.

Please visit our Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=147915551768&ref=ts

Registration begins at 9 AM, and the program is as follows:

Panel I (10:00-11:30 AM):
"The Iliad in the Original: Theorizing Classical Reception in Filmic and
Televisual Texts"
Vincent Tomasso, Stanford University

" ‘As You Wish’: The Reception of the Greek Romance in The Princess Bride"
Katharine Piller, University of California at Los Angeles

"The Hyper-Alexandrianism of Virgilian Centos and Girl Talk’s ‘Mashups’ "
Patrick Burns, Fordham University

Keynote Speaker (11:45-12:30 PM):
"Classics for Cool Kids: Popular and Unpopular Versions of Antiquity for
Children"
Sheila Murnaghan, University of Pennsylvania

Panel II (1:30-3:00 PM):
"Europa Barbarorum and the Rehabilitation of Historical Accuracy"
Michael Sullivan, Rutgers University

"Animaniacs and Ancient Greek Satyr Drama"
Sophie Klein, Boston University

"Transformation as Disease, Reincorporation as Cure: A Comparative
Case-Study of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses & C.S. Lewis’ The Horse and His Boy"
Midori E. Hartman, University of British Columbia

Panel III (3:15-4:45 PM):
"The Classics and the Pursuit of Legitimacy in Modern Medicine"
Jan Verstraete, University of Cincinnati, Montclair State University
Jorie Hofstra, Rutgers University

"Brought to You Live or in Living Color: The 1960’s Reinterpretation of a
1950’s Socrates Portrayed in Maxwell Anderson’s ‘Barefoot in Athens’ "
Charles Castle, Northwestern University

"Creating the Grotesque: Zombification in Lucan’s Bellum Civile, Shelley’s
Frankenstein, and Romero’s Day of the Dead"
Andrew McClellan, University of British Columbia

Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!):

Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network, in collaboration with the European Network of Research and Documentation of Performances of Ancient Greek Drama (Arc-Net), Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Goethe Institute in Athens, Swedish Institute in Athens, The Embassy of Sweden, Department of Early Childhood Education-National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Embassy of Cyprus, the Dutch Institute in Athens, the Hellenic Centre of the International Theatre Institute, the Educational Television, the British Council in Greece, the Finnish Institute in Athens and other arts and educational organizations organizes international symposium entitled

«Ancient Greek Drama: contemporary approaches & education»

on the 26th-30th of March 2010 in Athens.

A number of prominent international researchers and theatre practitioners are taking part with lectures, discussions, practical workshops, and master classes.

The aim of the Symposium is to accommodate and foster dialogue concerning contemporary research and professional practice related to ancient drama and education (formal and non-formal).

It can be attended by teachers, artists, theatrologists, students of theatre and of education, and anyone who is interested in ancient Greek drama and education.

POSTSYMPOSIUMMASTERCLASSES

On Tuesday, 30 March 2010, two master classes will take place in Athens.

1. Michael Meschke, Emeritus Professor in Puppet Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden

2. Dr Maria Zannetou-Papacosta, drama/theatre educator, Primary School Principal, Cyprus

More information soon at www.Theatroedu.gr

Symposium languages: Greek & English

Submission of applications begins: 1st of February 2010

Places are limited. (Strict) order of priority will be observed.

Registration fee includes attendance in Keynotes speeches, participation in Workshops, light lunch on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, coffee at breaks, programme, and symposium material.

info: symposium2010 AT theatroedu.gr , (Natasha Merkouri) nm_558 AT hotmail.com

Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!):

Registration is currently open for the 2010 Classical Association Conference in Cardiff. The full programme and booking form are available from the conference website at:

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/hisar/newsandevents/ancienthistory/2010-ca-conference-programme-and-booking-form.html

Bookings should be made by 26th February to avoid incurring a late booking fee.

Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!):

Dear All,

We are pleased to announce that registration for this conference (see the email below) is now open: the registration form and full details of the programme are available at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/classics/research/conferences/mediterranean.aspx. We ask that registration forms be returned to us together with payment not later than Wednesday 10th March. Please note that lunch and refreshments only are included in the conference fee: a list of local accommodation is available on the project website, www.mediterraneanidentities.com.

Student Bursaries

Thanks to the generosity of the Classical Association, we are able to offer six student bursaries covering the full conference fee, which are available to postgraduate students; preference may be given to doctoral students, but students on Masters programmes may also apply. If you would like to be considered for one of these bursaries, please email me (mark.bradley AT nottingham.ac.uk) with details of your affiliation, year of study and research topic, and a statement of how you believe the conference will contribute to the development of your research. It would be most helpful if you could do this by Wednesday 3rd March.

You can also apply to the Thomas Wiedemann Memorial Fund (http://www.thomaswiedemann.org.uk/) for a contribution towards the cost of travel and registration; please note that applications should be made within the next few weeks, and that you should normally seek half of your expenses from your own institution, which, if you are successful, the Wiedemann Trust will aim to meet.