Latin
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Yay! Canisius College will introduce a new bachelor’s degree in classics, the study of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations and the Greek and Latin languages, in fall 2010. The new classics major will prepare students for graduate work in the field and also train a new generation of Latin teachers to meet increasing demand across…
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Some good news from the Telegraph: Some 160 pupils in three schools will be given lessons in the native tongue of Archimedes and Herodotus from September. The move follows the successful introduction of Latin to dozens of state primaries in England. The Iris Project, a charity campaigning for the teaching of the Classics, which is…
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So there was a bit of twitter chatter about the Daily Mail’s claims about celebrity tattoos ‘causing’ a revival of interest in Latin, and it was decided that we’d start a new feature here which possibly is a bit more realistic in regards to Latin and tattoos by showcasing the Latin/Classical ink festooning the dermises…
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In today’s Scotsman: IT IS the dead language of ancient Rome, the Declaration of Arbroath, law books and medical terminology. But a new campaign is using that most modern of inventions – Facebook – to wage a battle to save Latin in Scottish schools. An online bid to protect qualifications in the study of the…
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Image via Wikipedia Tip o’ the pileus to Dorothy King for alerting us to this somewhat strange connection being made by the Daily Mail: Celebrity Latin tattoos may be fuelling a revival of the ancient language in schools, it emerged today. Pupils are increasingly demanding to study the subject, according to an exam board, as…
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