Classical Association of the Canadian West Annual Meeting

The University of Manitoba will be hosting the annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Canadian West on 6th and 7th March 2009, at the Delta Hotel in downtown Winnipeg.  The theme of the conference is ‘Violence in Greek and Roman Antiquity’.

The finalised programme is now available at the following address:

http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/classics/conference_program.html

SPRING MEETING OF ONTARIO CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION: Sat. 28 March 2009

The Spring Meeting of the Ontario Classical Association will take place at Trent University (Peterborough) on Saturday 28 March 2009 from 9.30 to 3.30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room, Scott House, at Traill College (Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario). It will be in honour of Professor David Page, a former OCA President who taught Roman History and Classics at Trent University for his entire career. The theme of the meeting is “The Lessons of History”.

The keynote speaker is Professor Tim Cornell (University of Manchester), who will give a talk on “When was Rome founded?”.

Other speakers include Professor Guy Chamberland (Laurentian University) and Professor Fanny Dolansky (Brock University). There will also be a panel discussion on “Think Latin, Take Latin: Promotional Strategies for Classics”, involving Elizabeth Ellison (Elmwood School, Ottawa), Richard Burgess (University of Ottawa) and Allison Glazebrook (Brock).  For full details of the meeting, see schedule below.

Registrations are due 1 March 2009 (see registration form, below). Cost: $50 (OCA members), $60 (non-OCA members), $40 (students), including a hot lunch.

Schedule:

The Lessons of History
9:30-9:50 a.m.

Registration (Teachers– bring 20 items for Promotional Materials Exchange)
9:50-10:00 a.m.

Welcome by Dr. Christine McKinnon, Vice-President
Academic and Dean of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Hugh Elton,
Department of Classics and the OCA Vice-President, Elizabeth Ellison
10:00– 10:30 a.m.

Dr. Guy Chamberland, Laurentian Univerity, “A New
Constantinian Milestone from Xanthos in Lycia”
10:30-10:45 a.m.

Coffee Break
10:45-11:15 a.m.

Dr. Fanny Dolansky, Brock University, “Mixed Messages,
Girls, Dolls and Roman Ideals”
11:15-12:00 p.m.

OCA Annual General Meeting
12:00-1:30 p.m.

Luncheon in Honour of Dr. David Page
1:45-2:30 p.m.

“Think Latin, Take Latin: Promotional Strategies for
Classics”- Dr. Richard Burgess, University of Ottawa, Dr. Alison
Glazebrook, Brock University and Elizabeth Ellison, Elmwood School
1230-3:30 p.m.

Keynote Address by Dr. Tim Cornell, University of Manchester,
“ When Was Rome Founded?”
3:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks and Adjournment

Registration Form:
Please complete the following form and return it by 01 March 2009 to
Ontario Classical Association, P.O.Box 19505, 55 Bloor Street West, Toronto, M4W 3T9

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Brock University Archaeological Society 20th Annual Scholarly Symposium

Saturday March 14th 2009
Pond Inlet Brock University
11:30 am to 5:30 pm
Banquet to follow

Michael Carter
Brock University Department of Classics
Living the Nightmare: When Your Gladiatorial Dreams Come True

Judith Fletcher
Wilfrid Laurier University Archaeology and Classical Studies
Oaths and Oracles in Greek Tragedy

Daryn Lehoux
Queens University Department of Classics
Nature, Duty, and Divination in Cicero

Hugh Mason
University of Toronto Department of Classics
Seeing Witches Everywhere: Apuleius? Lycius at Hypata

Holt Parker
University of Cincinnati Department of Classics
Lesbian Love Call: Magic, Sappho, Sex Wars and the Construction of Feminine
Desire

Pauline Ripat
University of Winnipeg Department of Classics
Expelling Misconception: Identifying the Professional Astrologer in Rome

Email buas AT brocku.ca for more information and to register for the day by March 8.
$5.00 pre-registered
$10.00 day of and after March 8
http://www.brocku.ca/buas

Critical Approaches to Ancient Philosophy

University of Bristol

21-22 March 2009 (2 pm Saturday- 1 pm Sunday)

While the diversity of disciplines influenced by classical philosophers is
a testament to their works’ fecundity, all too often it happens that
specialists approaching them from the perspective of the history of
philosophy, literary theory and “continental” philosophy, and ancient
cultural history do not communicate. When they do happen, encounters
between these perspectives are sometimes marked by confusion and
frustration. Even with abundant good will, we may get the feeling that we
simply are not speaking about the same texts. The purpose of this workshop
is to bring scholars from different backgrounds into a round-table format
in order to consider the feasibility and desirability of breaking down
these “disciplinary walls.” Speakers will give a series of
methodologically self-conscious papers on ancient philosophical texts,
reflecting on the preconceptions about the means and aims of “philosophy”
particularly and “scholarship” generally that underlie their approaches.
Equal time will be given to papers and discussion, and there will also be
a closing discussion.

There is no cost for this workshop, but those interested in attending
should contact the convener, Kurt Lampe (clkwl@bristol.ac.uk).
Postgraduates are welcome.

Speakers:

Robert Wardy (Cambridge), “Unapproachable Philosophy”
Kurt Lampe (Bristol), “Authenticity inside and outside the Text: the
Reception and Meaning of the Platonic Theages”
Miriam Leonard (UCL), “Hegel’s Socrates”
Wilson Shearin (Stanford), “Philosophical Things: the Materiality of
Language and the Practice of Reading in Epicureanism”
John Sellars (UWE), “Conceptions of Philosophy and Genres of Philosophy:
The Case of Marcus Aurelius”
Christopher Rowe (Durham) will chair the first day’s papers, and David
Konstan (Brown) will chair the second day and introduce the closing
discussion.

This workshop is supported by BIRTHA (The Bristol Institute for Research
in the Humanities and Arts), the Bristol Institute of Greece, Rome, and
the Classical Tradition, and the Bristol Institute for Advanced Studies

Inquiries about accommodation or other particulars should be directed to
Kurt Lampe (clkwl AT bristol.ac.uk).
Website: http://www.bris.ac.uk/ias/events/2009/257?t=10:27:57

COMIC INTERACTIONS: COMEDY ACROSS GENRES AND GENRES IN COMEDY

Friday 17 – Saturday 18 July 2009
Department of Greek and Latin, UCL, and the Institute of Classical Studies

A conference sponsored by the British Academy, the Institute of Classical
Studies, and the Department of Greek and Latin.

Speakers: Eric Csapo, Chris Carey, Edith Hall, Stephen Halliwell, Nick Lowe,
Regine May, Lucia Prauscello, Richard Rawles, Martin Revermann, Ralph Rosen,
Alan Sommerstein, Michael Silk, Mario Telò, Emmanuela Bakola

One of the defining features of ancient comedy is its self-conscious
dialogue with other literary genres. Greek comedy constantly negotiates its
position among other genres and through its literary affiliations with them
absorbs and reflects popular ideas, ethical values, and socio-political
practices. Scholarly attention has so far been limited to comedy’s
indebtedness to single literary genres conceived as isolated tesserae of a
lost mosaic (tragedy, iambos, lyric, satyr drama) and to isolated influences
of comedy on other genres, especially tragedy.

The intention of the international conference ‘Comic Interactions: Comedy
across Genres and Genres in Comedy’ is to explore new perspectives in the
working of such influence in both directions. Papers will focus both on how
the generic microcosms were re-staged and showcased by comedy as it evolved
during the fifth and fourth centuries BC, and on how comedy was
conceptualized and received at the other end by these other genres during
antiquity. This will allow us to chart the perceived literary and social
changes in the concept of comedy as a ‘genre’ and at the same time to gauge
the extent to which comedy itself reflects and handles these changes.

Papers will engage with comedy’s dialogue with early iambic poetry, choral
lyric, epic, the fable tradition, tragedy; they will also explore its
reception in Roman satire and the novel.

The conference is open to the public. Location: Gordon House 106, 29 Gordon
Square, London WC1H 0PP.

For enquiries, please contact the organisers: Emmanuela Bakola
(e.bakola AT ucl.ac.uk), Lucia Prauscello (lp306 AT cam.ac.uk), Mario Telò
(mtelo AT humnet.ucla.edu).