Classical Association of Canada / Société canadienne des
études classiques
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C A N A D I A N C L A S S I C A L
B U L L E T I N
C A N A D I E N D E S E T U D E S A N C I E N N E S
VOLUME/TOME 4, NUMBER/NUMERO 5, 1998 01 15
Published by e-mail by the Classical Association of Canada/
Publie par courrier electronique par la
societe canadienne des etudes classiques
President: A. Daviault, Universite Laval
ANDRE.DAVIAULT@LIT.ULAVAL.CA
Secretary/Secretaire: I.M. Cohen, Mount Allison University
ICOHEN@MTA.CA
Treasurer/Tresorier: C. Cooper, University of Winnipeg
CRAIG.COOPER@UWINNIPEG.CA
Edited by/redige par
K.H. Kinzl, Trent University
KKINZL@TRENTU.CA
http://www.trentu.ca/cac/ ISSN 1198-9149
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CONTENTS:
[1] Association announcements / Editor's remarks
[2] Lectures and seminars
[3] Job openings; fellowships etc.
[4] Conferences: announcements and calls for papers
[5] Varia
[6] E-mail addresses corrected etc.
[7] WWW sites noted
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[1] ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCEMENTS / EDITOR'S REMARKS
[1.1]
Professor S. Treggiari, Stanford University, has kindly informed us that
she will be in eastern North America next October and is willing to be
invited as a guest speaker.
As readers may recall, this was one of the purposes of the bulletin: to
take advantage of the presence of a scholar from a distant university and
invite that scholar to deliver a guest lecture or conduct a seminar at
significantly lower cost to the host(s).
From: IN%"stregg@leland.Stanford.EDU" "Sue Treggiari" 15-DEC-1997
From: IN%"stregg@leland.Stanford.EDU" "Sue Treggiari" 17-DEC-1997
[The following incorporates information taken from both messages.]
While en route to the APA Directors' meeting in New York next October ...
I have to arrive in New York on the afternoon of Friday Oct. 16 and will be
there until Sunday morning, 18. It will probably be best if I fly back from
there to S[an] F[rancisco] on 18 (in one hop).
I shall be at Smith College for a talk on Thursday Oct. 15. I ought to
reach Smith on the Wednesday [Oct. 14]. THIS SEEMS TO LEAVE A POSSIBILITY
OF SPEAKING SOMEWHERE ELSE TUESDAY OCT. 13, 1998. I realise it's the day
after Thanksgiving. The title of the talk at Smith is not decided. Terrible
developments at Carleton and elsewhere. Sue
[1.2.]
You may recall that we hoped to compile a status report for our discipline
from reports by departments. We had some encouraging responses but they
were not very many as yet. A very good report (citing a supportive Dean)
came from the University of Toronto (E.Robbins).
The digest is at http://www.trentu.ca/cac/caclist/reports.html
Additions would be most welcome indeed.
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[2] LECTURES AND SEMINARS
From: IN%"hmason@chass.utoronto.ca" 7-JAN-1998 16:49:46.54
The first seminar this term will be by
Professor M.E.Irwin, University of Toronto at Scarborough
"Lexicography and Natural Kinds: Greek Plant Names"
Friday January 16, 3:10
University College 144
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INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL STUDIES, LONDON
Ancient History Seminar, Spring Term 1998
WAR AND VIOLENCE IN GREEK SOCIETY
Institute of Classical Studies, Room 331, Senate House (Third floor), Malet
Street, London WC1E 7HU, Thursdays, 4.30
15 January Paul Sant Cassia (Durham) "Anthropological approaches to
violence: Mourning, the return of bodies, and xenitia in modern Greek
society"
22 January Hans van Wees (UCL) "War and the social order in Greece:
Shaping perceptions of class, gender, and age"
29 January Simon Hornblower (UCL) "Sticks, stones, and Spartans: The
sociology of violence in Sparta"
5 February Susan Deacy (Keele) "The creation and aversion of terror:
Warfare in the myth and cult of Athena"
12 February Paul Beston (KCL) "The image of military power in the
Hellenistic world"
19 February Louis Rawlings (Cardiff) "Patterns of Greek warfare: Aims,
scales, and intensities in archaic and classical campaigns"
26 February Robert Parker (Oxford) "War and religion" [title to be
confirmed]
5 March Peter Krentz (Davidson, North Carolina)" Deception in Greek
warfare"
12 March Nick Fisher (Cardiff) "Hybris, revenge, and stasis in the
Greek city-states"
19 March Barry Strauss (Cornell, New York) "Death of a seaman:
Classical naval casualties in societal context"
Further information from : Hans van Wees
Department of History, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Tel.: 0171 4193633 Fax: 0171 4138394 E-mail: ucrahvw@ucl.ac.uk
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CAMBRIDGE ANCIENT HISTORY SEMINAR, Lent Term 1998
`The Ancient Economy Twenty-Five Years After "The Ancient Economy"'
Tuesdays, 5.15 p.m., Cambridge Classics Faculty, Room G 21. ALL WELCOME.
13 January Robin Osborne (Corpus Christi College, Oxford)
`The ancient economy: questions of evidence'
20 January Nicholas Purcell (St John's College, Oxford)
`Ancient economy or Mediterranean economy?'
27 January Michael Crawford (University College, London)
`Water, water, everywhere...between the economy and law'
3 February John Davies (University of Liverpool)
`Linear and non-linear flow models for ancient economies'
10 February Jean Andreau (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences
Sociales, Paris)
`Did public debt exist in the Graeco-Roman world?'
17 February Henry Kim (Lincoln College, Oxford)
`The reinvention of money in the ancient economy'
24 February Sitta von Reden (University of Bristol)
`Money economy and social dependence in 3rd c. BC Egypt'
3 March Lin Foxhall (University of Leicester)
`Dining on dreams: trade and consumption in the archaic
Mediterranean world'
10 March Wim Jongman (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
`The spell of Moses Finley'
Helen Parkins (Fitzwilliam College) Walter Scheidel (Darwin College)
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[3] JOB OPENINGS; FELLOWSHIPS etc.
There are two prime locations listing job openings, the latter only for the
USA:
http://www.umich.edu/~classics/archives/jobs/
There is also a convenient link from Michigan to the APA site:
http://scholar.cc.emory.edu/scripts/APA/positioninfo.html
Here listed are Canadian openings and openings in other countries which I
have not found at these sites.
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From: IN%"agkeen@nenu.edu.cn" 1-JAN-1998 21:16:01.25
Subj: IHAC Foreign Experts posts
JOB ADVERTISEMENT
Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations
Northeast Normal University
Changchun, P.R. China
The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations has *four* vacancies
for 1998/99 for Foreign Experts in Classics (2), Egyptology (1), and
Assyriology (1), for people willing to take up the challenge of teaching
the ancient world in China. Ph.D. in hand is preferred, but not essential.
The posts are for ten months initially, from 1 September 1998 to 1 July
1998, but may be renewable annually thereafter.
IHAC, set up in 1984, exists to promote the study in China of the ancient
Near Eastern and Mediterranean world. It is a small, friendly institution,
with enthusiastic students. It has a continually developing library, and
growing computer facilities, and publishes an annual _Journal of Ancient
Civilizations_ (JAC).
Teaching duties: c. 16 hours per week, at B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. level. All
teaching will be conducted in English.
Classics: Ancient Greek and Latin; Greek and Roman History.
Assyriology: Sumerian and Akkadian languages; other Assyriological
subjects, including Mesopotamian history.
Egyptology: Ancient Egyptian languages; history and archaeology; other
subjects.
There is also the opportunity for one of the Foreign Experts to act as
editor for JAC, with an appropriate reduction in teaching load.
Salary: Yuan 2400 (= c. $290) per month (70% of this amount per month may
be converted to US dollars for a single person and 50% for one with family
if wished). (The average cost of food for a family of three per month is
Yuan 1000 [= c. $120]; that of eating out [three meals per day for one
person] Yuan 850 [= c. $100] per month).
One return fare to Changchun will be paid. Various travel awards will be
given, totalling c. Yuan 2000 (c. $240).
Free centrally-heated accommodation is provided, comprising living room,
bedroom, bathroom and kitchen (with washing machine and gas stove).
Reasonable electricity requirements are free of charge. Free health care
is provided.
Academic Terms
Autumn c. 1 September - 10 January
Spring c. 1 March - 10 July
Holidays: October 1- 2; Christmas, December 25 - 26; New Year January 1 - 2
Winter c. 10 January - 28 February; May 1 - 2
Summer c. 10 July - 28 August
Climate - normally sunny, dry and clear. Winter c. -25 - -10C. Summer c. 16
- 28 C
If you are interested and would like further information, please contact the
Director of IHAC, Prof. J. Hao, with your C.V.
Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations
Northeast Normal University
130024 Changchun, Jilin Province
P.R. China
Fax. (+ 86) 431 5684027
Email: ihac@ivy.nenu.edu.cn
Informal enquiries may also be made to Dr Antony Keen
(agkeen@ivy.nenu.edu.cn).
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, TAMPA, FL
Joint appointment anticipated: Philosophy and Classics. Rank: Visiting
Assistant Professor. Term: maximum of three years. Ph.D. required by start
of appointment (August 1998). Salary: $33,000 to negotiable. Anticipated
teaching load will be twelve hours per week. Candidates must be able to
teach a range of courses in ancient philosophy with an emphasis on
Aristotle, undergraduate courses in Greek and Latin, and undergraduate
classics-in-translation courses (Myth, Literature, Civilization). Complete
applications and placement dossiers, including three letters of
recommendation, must be postmarked no later than February 15, 1998.
Address: Bruce Silver, Philosophy/Classics Search Committee, University of
South Florida, Department of Philosophy, CPR 107, Tampa, FL 33620. The
University of South Florida is an equal opportunity, affirmative action,
equal access institution.
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From: IN%"jvanderleest@mta.ca" "Hans vanderLeest" 17-DEC-1997 09:00:35.52
THE CRAKE DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN CLASSICS
The Crake Foundation and the Department of Classics at Mount
Allison University are pleased to announce the Crake Doctoral Fellowship in
Classics for the academic year 1998-99. The Fellowship was established in
1984 in memory of Dr. J. E. A. Crake and has been awarded annually since.
The Crake Fellowship is non-renewable, open to Canadian citizens
and permanent residents who at the time of taking up the fellowship have
completed all course and residential requirements for the Doctorate in
Classics, passed all preliminary examinations and completed the research
for the thesis, and who can reasonably be expected to finish the doctorate
during the year of the fellowship.
The holder will be asked to teach the equivalent of one full
course, give a public lecture, and be in Sackville from September to May.
In 1998-99 the holder of the Crake Fellowship will receive $18,000,
with an allowance of up to $2,500 to cover moving and other
research-associated expenses.
Applications for the Crake Fellowship should include official
transcripts and three letters of reference. The thesis supervisor should
be asked to write concerning the subject of the thesis and the expected
date for its final submission. Applicants should also send a statement
regarding the progress of their doctoral studies, including their schedule
for completion, and a 1-2 page synopsis of their thesis.
Completed applications should reach the Head, Department of
Classics, Mount Allison University, 63D York Street, Sackville, N. B. E4L
1G9 by the deadline date of March 2, 1998.
The Crake Foundation and the Department of Classics expect to
announce the name of the successful candidate on, or before, March 31,
1998.
Dr. J. Ernest A. Crake was Professor of Classics at Mount Allison
University from 1946 to 1976. Seven years before his death in 1983 he
founded the Crake Foundation, which in 1979 began a program of support for
projects that reflected his life-long concern for Classics, the Humanities,
the Library, and Scholarship.
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From: IN%"ISTOREY@trentu.ca" "IAN C. STOREY" 12-JAN-1998 11:16:44.56
Bagnani Graduate Awards at TRENT UNIVERSITY:
The Department of Ancient History & Classics at Trent University
wishes to announce details of the recently established Bagnani Graduate
Awards which will be made for the first time for the academic year 1998/99.
These may be of interest to students in Classics contemplating an M.A. in
this field. The formal text follows:
Bagnani Graduate Awards - Established in 1997 by the Dewar Memorial Fund,
these annual awards honour the late Professor Gilbert and Stewart Bagnani.
Graduate awards will be granted to Ontario students who demonstrate both
academic excellence and financial need. Preference will be given to
graduate students in classical (traditional) disciplines of the humanities,
especially Classics, Archaeology/Anthropology, Ancient History, Philosophy,
and English. OSOTF guidelines will apply.
Four such awards have been established, each to the value of $4000. First
priority will be given to students enrolled in the M.A. programme in
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R E M I N D E R
CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA MEMBERSHIP:
The bulletin is meant primarily to represent a service
by the CAC to members of the CAC. If you are not at
present a member, you may wish to consider joining. The
regular annual membership (which includes *Phoenix* and
*Classical Views/Echos du monde classique*) is CAD 75
(sustaining CAD 90, life CAD 750, student or retired
CAD 30); contact:
Professor Craig Cooper, Treasurer,
Department of Classics, University of Winnipeg,
515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3B 2E9,
e-mail craig.cooper@uwinnipeg.ca
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Classics that enables an M.A. from Queen's to be completed largely at Trent
University. The full details of this programme (the Trent/Queen's
Agreement) are available in the respective calendars from Trent and Queen's
Universities, but briefly put, this arrangement allows students to be based
at Trent and to complete the M.A. from Queen's (usually two years). A
student may take one of the two required formal courses at Trent, and be
supervised by one of the Adjunct Professors at Trent. Currently Professor
J.P. Bews (Cicero, Ovid, Tacitus; ancient myth) and Ian C. Storey (Greek
Drama) are Adjunct Professors in the Trent/Queen's programme. Students
should be advised that Professor Bews will be on sabbatical leave in
1998/99.
Information about the programme may be obtained from the departments at
Trent or Queen's, but formal application is made through the Office of
Graduate Studies at Trent University *before 1 February 1998*.
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The AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY:
The 46th Graduate Seminar in Numismatics (June 17-August 15, 1998).
Designed to familiarize students with numismatic methodology and
scholarship, this seminar is an intensive program of study including
lectures and conferences by specialists, preparation and oral delivery of a
paper on a topic of the student's choice, and actual contact with related
coinages. Applications accepted from students with at least one year of
graduate work in classical studies, history, economic history, or related
disciplines and from junior faculty with an advanced degree in one of these
fields. Stipend of $2000 available to citizens or permanent residents of
the U.S. AND CANADA.
Information and application forms are available from the American
Numismatic Society, Broadway at 155th Street, New York, NY 10032. All
applications are due March 1, 1998.
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From: IN%"abzsomme@arn1.arts.nottingham.ac.uk" 14-JAN-1998 11:56:39.49
To: IN%"CLASSICISTS@LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK"
CC:
Subj: UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
The Department of Classics, University of Nottingham, invites applications
for a University Research Scholarship, to be held for three years from
October 1998. The scholarship is primarily designed for a student from the
UK or an EU country, but students from other countries are free to apply,
provided that they can secure funding to cover the difference (stlg3870 per
annum at 1997/98 rates) between the University's UK/EU fees (which the
Scholarship will defray) and its International fees.
The successful candidate must, before October 1998, possess a Master's
degree or equivalent, or a first degree of a standard sufficient to qualify
him/her for commencing doctoral research, in a subject within the field of
Classical studies, and will be required to register, not later than 15
October 1998, as a full-time PhD student in the Department.
The University's Research Committee will pay the UK/EU postgraduate tuition
fee (stlg2490 p.a. at 1997/98 rates) on behalf of the awardee, and will
also pay him/her a maintenance grant (stlg5300 p.a. at 1997/98 rates),
subject, after the first year, to satisfactory progress. The level of all
grants and fees is reviewed annually. The awardee may be invited to
undertake small group teaching of undergraduate students, not exceeding six
hours per week, for which additional payment would be made.
The Scholarship has been awarded for a research project, led by Professor
A.H. Sommerstein, on "Fragmentary Tragedies of Sophocles", and the awardee
must be prepared to undertake doctoral research under Professor
Sommerstein's supervision on a topic that can contribute to this project.
The objectives of the project are "to investigate the fragmentary tragedies
of Sophocles with a view to reconstructing as much as possible of their
structure, plot and staging, to establishing the "grammar" of Sophoclean
dramatic technique on a broader base of data than the seven fully preserved
plays can provide, and to preparing an edition, with translation and
commentary, of selected fragmentary plays". The edition is expected to
comprise 8-10 plays, and it is envisaged that each research student joining
the project, including the holder of the Scholarship, would undertake the
editing of one play, which would constitute either the whole or a
substantial part of his/her doctoral research; the choice of play, and the
overall scope of the awardee's research, would be a matter for discussion
with the project leader.
For further information contact Prof. A.H. Sommerstein, Department of
Classics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD (tel. 0115 951 4805;
fax 0115 951 4811; email alan.sommerstein@nottingham.ac.uk). Applications,
in the form of a letter and CV with the names and addresses of two academic
referees, should be sent to Prof. Sommerstein to arrive no later than 19
March 1998. It is intended to hold interviews about four weeks after this
date. Applicants are encouraged to submit with their applications samples
of their recent work.
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[4] CONFERENCES: ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CALLS FOR PAPERS
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 13:25:51 +0000
From: Aara Suksi
To: classics@u.washington.edu
Subject: Workshop on Teaching Myth
Colloquium and Workshops on The Teaching of Myth
The Program in Classical Studies at York University, in collaboration with
the Division of Humanities and Vanier College, announces a workshop /
conference on the Teaching of Myth, to be held at York University on
Saturday, 18 April 1998. The program will include presentations on a
variety of topics, such as The Goals of Teaching Myth, Designing a
Syllabus, The Instructor's Classroom Persona, Print Resources, Teaching
Myth with the Internet, The Aeneid on CD-ROM, etc.. In addition, there will
be ample time for discussion of problems and solutions. The conference is
designed for those who are, or expect to be, actively engaged in teaching
myth.
For further information, or to register, please contact:
Matthew Clark at 251 Vanier College, York University, 4700 Keele St., North
York, Ont., M3J 1P3, email matthewc@yorku.ca, or
Aara Suksi, Department of Classics, University of Toronto, email
asuksi@chass.utoronto.ca
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CALL FOR PAPERS
"Virginity Revisited: Ancient and Modern Configurations of Sexual
Renunciation" A Conference at the University of Western Ontario, October
2-4, 1998
Plenary Speakers: Dr. Jenny Franchot (Department of English, University of
California, Berkeley) and Dr. Kate Cooper, The Centre for Religion, Culture
and Gender, University of Manchester)
In Greek antiquity the word which we translate as "virgin,"
(*parthenos*) was applied to young women in the pre-nuptial state, to women
who, not yet tamed by marriage, were likened to animals in the wild. From
Greek antiquity to the present, individuals - male and female - have
elected (or been dedicated to) the virginal state, and it is the potential
for autonomy created by virginity/chastity that this conference seeks to
explore.
We invite proposals for papers of twenty-minute reading length.
Possible topics include: the iconography of the virgin; the virgin body;
the Virgin Mary; politics and virginity; myths of the virgin; virgin as
metaphor in philosophy; male virgins; virginity and chastity;
representations of the virgin in the arts; theories of the virgin;
virgins and society; "born-again" virgins; the new virginity movement.
Send substantial abstracts or completed papers to: Bonnie MacLachlan,
Department of Classical Studies, University of Western Ontario, London ON,
N6A3K7, Canada by March 15, 1998. Fax: (519) 661-3922 email:
bmacl@julian.uwo.ca
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From: IN%"KMORGAN@humnet.ucla.edu" 19-DEC-1997 14:34:47.07
Subj: "Popular Tyranny"
The Department of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles
announces a conference, Popular Tyranny: Sovereignty and Its Discontents in
Classical Athens, to be held at UCLA on March 27 and 28 1998. The
conference will bring together a group of historians and literary critics
to examine the development of the 'tyrannical' paradigm. We will consider
both the archaic background of the Greek conception of tyranny, and its
deployment in classical Athens. The list of speakers includes Carolyn
Dewald (USC), Jeffery Henderson (BU), Lisa Kallet (U Texas, Austin),
Kathryn Morgan (UCLA), Sarah Morris (UCLA), Josh Ober (Princeton), Kurt
Raaflaub (Brown/Center for Hellenic Studies), and Richard Seaford (Exeter).
The conference is free and open to the public. For further details, and
information about meal reservations and accommodation, contact Jean
Marshall at (310) 206 4717; or by e-mail: Marshall@humnet.ucla.edu.
Kathryn A. Morgan, Assoc. Professor of Classics
Dept. of Classics, UCLA, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1475; (310)
794 1766; Fax: (310) 206 1903
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TEXTS - AUTHORS - CONTEXTS
Reflecting interpretive techniques in the field of Classics
A Graduate Student Conference at PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (October 16-18, 1998)
Further information: http://www.princeton.edu/~clasconf
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Hellenists and Latinists, Ancient Historians, Philosophers, and Literary
Scholars alike share three basic categories of analysis: texts, authors and
contexts. Yet, depending on their method of approach, scholars tend to
differ in how they conceive of and apply these notions in interpretive
practice. The purpose of our conference is to offer graduate students a
chance to reflect on the assumptions that underlie references to texts,
authors, and contexts in their own research projects. Specific problems of
interpreting the Graeco-Roman past will thereby serve as points of
departure for the discussion of broader theoretical concerns.
We encourage the submission of abstracts from graduate students as well as
recent Ph.D.s in Classics (and adjacent disciplines). Abstracts of about
500 words should contain an outline of a specific project of investigation
(concerning a historical problem, a literary text, or an issue of culture)
and a paragraph that makes explicit (some of) the methodological
assumptions informing it. If possible, please append two or three
bibliographical references that you consider to be influential upon your
method of approach and, in a paragraph or two, indicate any interests
relevant to the aim of this conference. Abstracts are due by MARCH 1, 1998.
We shall send out notifications by April 15.
We would like to make this conference as interactive as possible. Please
feel free to get in touch with us early to discuss possible paper topics
and (innovative) modes of presentation. As a tune-up for the conference, we
shall host an on-line discussion list during the upcoming spring term,
which will be linked to a biweekly graduate student colloquium at Princeton
University. Potential presenters and everyone else who is interested in the
inter-relation of issues of theory and interpretive practice are encouraged
to subscribe. To sign up, send email to clasconf@princeton.edu or register
online at http://www.princeton.edu/~clasconf/contact.html
You may also wish to view the sample abstracts that we have put together at
http://www.princeton.edu/~clasconf/samples.html
Send abstracts to: Graduate Student Conference Committee, Department of
Classics, 103 East Pyne, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Inquiries via email may be sent to clasconf@princeton.edu
On-line information, including this document, may be found at the
following URL: http://www.princeton.edu/~clasconf
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MIDLANDS CLASSICAL SEMINAR
Symposium, Nottingham, Wednesday 20 May 1998
"ATTITUDES TO THEATRE IN WESTERN CULTURE"
This interdisciplinary Symposium is designed to explore political,
philosophical and religious responses to the phenomenon of theatre in the
ancient and in the early modern worlds, and the responses of dramatic
artists to influential critiques of their art.
This is the first full-scale Symposium held by the Midlands Classical
Seminar, a new collaborative venture by the Classics Departments at
Birmingham, Keele and Nottingham. The Symposium will be held in the
Department of Classics, University of Nottingham, University Park,
Nottingham, NG7 2RD, from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm on Wednesday 20 May 1998.
PROGRAMME
Ismene Lada-Richards (Nottingham), Signs of anti-theatricality in Greek drama
Penelope Murray (Warwick), Plato and Greek theatre
Stephen Halliwell (St Andrews), Aristotelianism and anti-Aristotelianism in
attitudes to theatre
Cedric Littlewood (Birmingham/Maynooth), Theatricality in Seneca
Richard Beacham (Warwick), Reactions to Nero as actor
Richard Miles (Cambridge/OU), The masks of John Chrysostom: theatricality
and belief in the late antique East
Robert Cockcroft (Nottingham), Dr Rainolds, Dr Gager and Dr Gentili:the
last-ditch defence of academic drama
Tony Nuttall (Oxford), Milton's "Samson Agonistes": Protestant poet
writes Greek tragedy
For further information about the Symposium contact Alan Sommerstein
(phone 0115 951 4805; fax 0115 951 4811; email
alan.sommerstein@nottingham.ac.uk). For more on the Midlands
Classical Seminar, visit its website at
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/cl/mcs.htm
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The following call for papers was omitted from the October-December APA
NEWSLETTER and will appear in the February NEWSLETTER.
NOTE EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: APRIL 15, 1998 (TAX DAY).
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THREE-YEAR COLLOQUIUM ON
"CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY IN THE CINEMA"
Organizer: Martin Winkler, George Mason University
This interdisciplinary three-year colloquium examines antiquity and
classical forms and formulae as they recur in the twentieth-century's most
seminal visual art form. The colloquium aims to encourage both teaching
and research in the area of classics and film and to establish connections
among interested colleagues. A detailed rationale may be found on page 13
of the "Guide to APA Annual Meeting Program" in the October 1995 APA
Newsletter, describing the colloquium as a whole.
The colloquium's 1998 topic is "Classical Themes in Modern Cinema" and
addresses classical archetypes which appear in films with non-classical
settings, including modern and futuristic ones. Such films may exhibit
various aspects of heroic mythology or motifs from comedy or tragedy. The
topic thus focuses on a particularly wide-ranging area. Potential
contributors may wish to consult some of the essays collected in CLASSICS
AND CINEMA (1991), ed. M. Winkler, for examples of work in this field.
BY APRIL 15, 1998 (TAX DAY), please mail, fax, or e-mail four copies of an
anonymous abstract (500-800 words), with name and address of submitter on a
separate sheet, to Martin Winkler, Classical Studies, 233 Thompson Hall,
George Mason University, Fairfax VA 22030-4444; fax number (703) 993-1245;
email: mwinkler@gmu.edu . Referees to be selected by the organizer will
anonymously judge the abstracts submitted. Authors will be notified about
acceptance or rejection by early May. For further information contact the
organizer.
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From: "Gregory N. Daugherty"
I have placed a draft of the CAMWS Program for the April meeting in
Charlottesville on our homepage at the address below. I welcome any
corrections or questions especially before Monday when I take it to the
printer. I will be inserting the Greek before then! I will post a final
version sometime next week, along with more travel information etc.
Gregory N. Daugherty EMail: gdaugher@rmc.edu
Department of Classics Phone: 804-752-7275 CAMWS: 804-752-3732
Randolph-Macon College Fax: 804-752-7231
P.O. Box 5005 http://www.rmc.edu/~gdaugher/camwshp.html
Ashland VA 23005-5505 http://www.rmc.edu/~gdaugher/gdaugher.html
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ASSOCIATION OF ANCIENT HISTORIANS: SPRING MEETING PLANS
The Association of Ancient Historians will hold its annual Spring Meeting
at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Accommodations and meals
will be provided at the Allerton Mansion Conference Center and at the Best
Western in nearby Monticello, IL.
The meeting will begin with registration and an evening reception on
Thursday, April 30. Four paper sessions are planned, two on Friday and two
on Saturday. The annual banquet will be on Friday evening. For those
choosing to stay over Saturday night, entertainment will be provided
Saturday evening and brunch will be provided on Sunday morning.
ATTENTION, YOUNGER SCHOLARS: A special session is planned for graduate
students and those who have recently received the PhD to present papers.
Papers should be limited to about 15 minutes and topics are open. Please
submit proposals to Dr. Mitchell at the address below.
Other sessions will include:
1. From provincia to province
2. Great families, great houses, great gardens, great wealth
3 Asia Minor (organized by John Eadie)
For more information, please contact Richard Mitchell, Department of
History, 309 Gregory Hall, 810 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL 61801.
Professor Mitchell can also be reached via e-mail at rmitchll@uiuc.edu or
by FAX at 217-333-2297.
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The 19th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF HISTORICAL Sciences will meet in Oslo,
Norway, August 6-13, 2000. This Congress surveys new trends and
developments within historical disciplines and offers scholars from all
over the world an opportunity to exchange ideas. For more information,
visit their home page at
http://www.hf.uio.no/hi/prosjekter/verdenskongressen or write to The 19th
International Congress of Historical Sciences, Department of History, P.O.
Box 1008 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway.
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The AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION invites proposals for their 1999
Conference in Washington DC. Proposals are sought especially for the theme
of Diasporas and Migrations in History. Please contact John Voll at (202)
687-0288 / vollj@gusun.georgetown.edu or Gary Kulik, Library and Academic
Programs, Winterthur Museum /gkulik@chopin. udel.edu for more information.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
CHOROS: A Graduate Student Conference on Archaic Greek Choral Poetry
Keynote Speakers: Claude Calame (Universite de Lausanne), Glenn Most
(Universitaet Heidelberg & the University of Chicago)
April 24-25, 1998
CHICAGO HUMANITIES INSTITUTE, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
The graduate students of the Department of Classical Languages and
Literatures of the University of Chicago are pleased to sponsor a graduate
student conference on archaic Greek choral poetry. The conference will
embrace all aspects of choral poetry prior to the emergence of Greek tragic
and comic drama. We invite papers that incorporate the varied approaches
of such fields as anthropology, archaeology, art history, religion,
linguistics, literary theory, as well as classical philology. We also
encourage papers addressing issues of choral performance context, including
music, dance and costume.
Please submit by mail three copies of an abstract (350 words maximum) for a
15-20 minute presentation by mail to Choral Conference, Department of
Classical Languages and Literatures, 1010 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL
60637. Do not include your name on the abstracts but do include a
curriculum vitae with an e-mail address. Abstracts must be received by
January 15, 1998. Participants will be notified by February 1, 1998.
For further information please contact:
Carin Calabrese (773) 271-9026,clcalabr@midway.uchicago.edu;
Phillip Lenihan (773) 684-2894, plleniha@midway.uchicago.edu; or
Daniella Reinhard (773) 288-1687, dreinhar@midway.uchicago.edu
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4th Groningen Workshop on Hellenistic Poetry:
Apollonius Rhodius, 2-4 September 1998
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[5] VARIA
Greek students in the UK declared 5 December "Parthenon Day". A few
hundred from amongst a few thousand Greek students studying at British
universities marched in London in support of this worthy cause.
They also have a web site from which you are invited to send your opinion
on the matter to the British authorities whose e-mail addresses are
conveniently linked
http://www.parthenonday.org/ ... a site well worth a visit ...
------------I append the following relevant document:
STATEMENT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM
THE SCULPTURES FROM THE PARTHENON
"Among the sculptures known as the 'Elgin Marbles', the most important are
the frieze and other architectural sculptures rescued by Lord Elgin from
the ruins of the Parthenon, with the approval of the appropriate
authorities, at the beginning of the 19th century. The entire collection
was purchased from him by the British Government in 1816 and entrusted to
the British Museum to be preserved and kept together'.
"The Museum's collections are vested in the Trustees in accordance with the
legislation enacted by Parliament, which since 1753 has prohibited them
from permanently disposing of any objects (other than duplicates), and has
required them to ensure that the collections are preserved for the benefit
of international scholarship and the enjoyment of the general public.
"In fulfilment of this responsibility the Museum is open seven days a week
and attracts more than 6 million visitors a year from all parts of the
world. The sculptures from the Parthenon constitute one of the greatest and
best-loved of its treasures; and the fact that they exemplify, in a unique
manner, the aesthetic genius of classical antiquity, which has exerted so
profound an influence on the subsequent history of mankind, makes it all
the more appropriate that they should find their setting in a Museum which
is universal in its scope and designed to present as complete and
integrated a picture as possible of the development of different, but
related, cultures through the ages.
"The Trustees of the British Museum would regard it as a betrayal of their
trust to establish a precedent for the piecemeal dismemberment of
collections which recognise no arbitrary boundaries of time or place."
[Information collected K.H. Kinzl]
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The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations, Northeast Normal
University, Changchun, People's Republic of China, would like to announce the
availability of volume 12 of the Journal of Ancient Civilizations, featuring
the following articles:
Marco Angelini, "Did Protagoras have an Epistemology?"
Robert L. Chard, "Ancient Religion in China and the West Compared"
Stephanie Dalley, "Babylonian Influence in the Far East"
J. de Roos, "Anatolia and the Etruscans"
Hao Jitao, "The **A)H/R** of Anaximenes and the Qi Doctrines"
Antony G. Keen, "Eurymedon, Naxos and the Delian League"
Lester J. Ness, "The Zodiac in the Synagogue"
B. Oded, "Cutting down Orchards in Assyrian Royal Inscriptions"
W.Z. Rubinsohn, "Macedon and Greece: The Case of Thebes"
David Warburton, "Kadesh and the Egyptian Empire"
Wu Yuhong, "The 'Caterpillar-and-Herb' in Chinese Medicine and in Mesoptamian
Medicine"
JAC is available for exchange, or on subscription, price $34.00; it is also
offered through SWETS, at a reduced rate of $28.00. Back copies of vols. 1-11
are still available. For ordering details, contact:
Guo Dantong, Editorial Assistant, JAC, IHAC, Northeast Normal University,
130024 Changchun, People's Republic of China.
Email: ihac@ivy.nenu.edu.cn. Fax: + 86 431 5684027.
Antony Keen, Chief Editor, JAC, IHAC, NENU, P.R. China
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The JOURNAL OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS (JAC), published annually by the
Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (Northeast Normal
University, Changchun, People's Republic of China) invites contributions
for volume 13 (1998).
JAC provides a forum for the discussion of various aspects of the cultural
and historical process in the Near Eastern and Mediterranean world,
encompassing studies of individual civilizations as well as common
elements, contacts and interactions among them (e.g., in such traditional
fields as Assyriology, Classics, Egyptology, Hittitology, etc.). JAC aims
to publish the work of international scholars at the same time as
showcasing the finest Chinese scholarship, and so welcomes articles dealing
with history, philology, art, archaeology and linguistics which are
intended to illuminate the material and spiritual culture of the Near
Eastern and Mediterranean region. Articles discussing other cultures will
be considered for publication if they are clearly relevant to that region.
Articles may be written in English, French or German. We ask authors not
to exceed 30 typewritten double-spaced pages for articles scientific
events. Authors may also enclose 4-6 black-and-white photographs. Styles
standardly employed in humanities and social science publications are
acceptable in JAC. Authors should provide a list of abbreviations used in
their articles.
We encourage the sending of manuscripts on computer disk. At present we
can accommodate IBM PC-compatible 3.5 inch micro-diskettes prepared in
either WordPerfect (version 4.1 or above) or Microsoft Word. Please
enclose a double-spaced hard copy.
All communications, manuscripts, and disks should be sent to:
Chief Editor, Journal of Ancient Civilizations, Institute for the History of
Ancient Civilizations, Northeast Normal University, 130024 Changchun, Jilin
Province, People's Republic of China.
Email: ihac@ivy.nenu.edu.cn. Fax: (+ 86) 431 5684027.
Information about new discoveries and current scholarly events is also
welcome. Publishers are encouraged to send review copies of books in
relevant fields. The editors reserve the right to select books for critical
review in JAC.
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[6] E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF CANADIAN UNIVERSITY TEACHERS--NEW, CORRECTED, ETC.:
UNIVERSITY OF REGINA Annabel.Robinson@uregina.ca
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[7] WWW sites noted
Canadian institute for Mediterranean Studies
http://www.utoronto.ca/cims
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From: IN%"pburke@clarku.edu" 18-DEC-1997 15:09:17.05
Subj: Vergilian Society Web site
http://www.vergil.clarku.edu
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From: Ilja Pfeijffer
I am pleased to announce that the Leiden University Classics Web Page
(http://wwwlet.leidenuniv.nl/www.let.data/gltc/index.html) now gives access
to updated and expanded versions of [..., inter alia:]
-- A Bibliography of Hellenistic Poetry, including bibliographies of
Aratus, Callimachus, Theocritus, Apollonius Rhodius (full bibliography, ca.
1360 items), Nicander, Hellenistic Epigram, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Nonnus,
Hellenistic Society and Hellenistic Poetry 1992-1997. You can also access
the full archive (ca. 3200 titles) on which these bibliographies are based.
Maintained by dr. M.P. Cuypers. Last updated: 22 December 1997.
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From: James O'Donnell
The site is devoted to Apuleius' *Apology*, his spirited speech for the
defense against a charge of magic. The site includes several
presentations of Latin text with and without two English translations (one
that of Butler, the other a new one created for this site), as well as
basic bibliography and some original essays by doctoral students in a Penn
seminar held in the spring of 1996.
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/apuleius
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Institute of Classical Studies, London:
http://www.sas.ac.uk/icls/
Hellenic society:
http://www.sas.ac.uk/icls/Hellenic
Roman society:
http:/www.sas.ac.uk/icsl/Roman
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WEB SITE ANNOUNCEMENT: PLACES AND PEOPLES OF ROMAN GAUL
This WEB site incorporates some 1,500 sites and peoples relating to Roman
Gaul. The places include both ancient placenames (including both
settlements and geographical features such as rivers, mountains, and
swamps) and modern archaeological sites (including villas, cemeteries,
aqueducts, and so on). The entries can be accessed according to Roman
Province, French Department, Site Type, and Roman Itinerary Route.
The "Geography of Roman Gaul" WEB site can be accessed at:
http://www.sc.edu/ltantsoc/geogmain.htm
Ralph W. Mathisen
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