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 7, 1998 03 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 corner
[2] Lectures and seminars
[3] Job openings; scholarships
[4] Summer 1998: courses
[5] Conferences
[6] Calls for papers
[7] Varia
[8] W3 sites noted
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[1] Association business; editor's corner
[1.1] CAC / SCEC meetings / congres annuel:
The programme (with a few minor lacunae to be filled in by the organisers),
is now available:
http://www.trentu.ca/cac/progr/programme-98.html
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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 15:31:31 -0600 (CST)
From: Iain McDougall
I know that it may be late, but it has just come to my attention that
several members have not received their registration materials from the
conference secretariat. Could you alert members in the forthcoming Bulletin
to the deadline for early registration (March 31) and to the facts that all
the registration information is available on the Web and that they can
register electronically at:
http://www.hssfc.ca/cong/CongressInfoEng.html (English)
or
.....................................Fr.html (French)
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[1.2] Echos du monde classique/Classical Views
Annual Archaeological Issue
The annual archaeological issue of Echos du monde classique/Classical
Views, which for the past three years has appeared as #1 in the volume,
will be restored in 1998 to its former position as #2. Although the
deadline of January 30 has passed for the submission of articles, the
editors will receive submissions from potential contributors until March
31. Submissions should be sent to:
The Editors, EMC/CV, Department of Classics, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, A1C 5S7
jbutrica@morgan.ucs.mun.ca; mjoyal@morgan.ucs.mun.ca
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[1.3] CAC Annual Essay Contest
As term draws to an end, I would like to remind CAC members to keep in mind
the CAC Annual Essay Contest while marking the current crop of
undergraduate essays. Essays can be on any aspect of the ancient world,
and can be of any length (within reason) and at any level, from junior
survey courses to senior seminars. Please be so kind as to draw the
attention of your colleagues and students to the contest; cash prizes will
be awarded to the winners, and the author of the winning essay will have
the opportunity to have it published electronically.
In order to allow the participation of students in summer courses, the
deadline for the receipt of the essays is August 31, 1998. Please send
essays (please provide a clean copy) to:
Frances Pownall, Department of History and Classics, 2-28 Tory, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H4
I also present the results of the 1996-97 CAC essay competition. A toral
of 13 essays were submitted, 3 in French and 10 in English, 3 by men and 10
by women. The essays submitted represented a good range of the
subdisciplines of Classics, and the contributions ranged from junior survey
courses to senior seminars. I am a little concerned about the regional
representation; although I received essays from both Victoria and St.
John's, and the central region was well represented, there were none
submitted from the prairie provinces or the Maritimes.
The winners are as follows:
First Prize: Marie-Helene Labory (Universite de Montreal) for "La Mort
dans l'arene: Morituri te salutant?"
Second Prize: Tania Bruno (University of Toronto) for "On the Hoopoe of
Aristophanes' Birds"
Third Prize: Marie-Claire Goyer (Memorial University of Newfoundland) for
"`If You Can't do it, Fake it!' A Comparison Between the Ars Amatoria and
The Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right"
Honourable Mention: Dayle Elder (Wilfred Laurier University) for "Caught in
the Middle with Who? Etruscan-Carthaginian Relations"
As was the case last year, the essays submitted were all of excellent
quality. The first-prize winner, however, stood out for her exellent grasp
of the source material and her ability to transcend the biases of both
ancient and modern writers on a topic which has attracted substantial
interest and highly emotional narratives since antiquity.
It was a pleasure to read the fine work of some of the most promising of
our undergraduates of this past year. Congratulations to last year's
winners and thanks to all who submitted entries.
I look forward to reading this year's submissions.
Frances Pownall
University of Alberta
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[1.4]
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 17:27:09 -0500
From: Ross Kilpatrick
IN MEMORIAM Professor Stanley Eric Smethurst M.A. (Cantab.)
Eric Smethurst was the last lifetime appointee to the Headship of the
Classics Department at Queen's, serving there from 1962 until his
retirement in 1980. He came to Queen's from the University of New
Brunswick, as probably the youngest full professor ever to that date
appointed to the Faculty of Arts and Science, and he never ceased to chide
Ontario 'arrogance' with the zeal of an ex-Maritimer. He made his
scholarly reputation with his mastery of Ciceronian scholarship, and
regularly contributed to the Classical World a superb and indispensable
survey of recent work on this ancient author whose importance in Western
cultural history he stoutly upheld and whose civilized spirit, or
'humanitas', he exemplified in his own life. He will be mainly remembered
at Queen's as the wise and kindly paterfamilias who oversaw the expansion
of the Department from a fledgling group of three faculty to become one of
the important scholarly centres of the province, with its flourishing
graduate program.
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A. J. Marshall
[Abridged by KHK]
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[1.5] The recent death of John Cole, Professor emeritus, University of
Toronto, was reported in the *Globe & Mail*.
From the *Globe & Mail* 1998 03 06 (forwarded by Hugh Mason)
"COLE, John Wavell, M.A. Oxon (Professor, Trinity College, Retired).
Suddenly, in Surrey, England, on Wednesday, March 4, 1998, beloved father
of Elizabeth Denton and her husband Colin, Jennifer Redwood and her husband
Gary, Christopher Cole and his wife Rhonda. Beloved grandfather of Meghan
and Jessica Redwood. Cherished brother of Joan Stoner of England. Dear
friend of Nancy Caroll Cole. He will be sadly missed and always in our
hearts. Funeral to be held on Saturday, March 7, 1998 in England."
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[1.7] I am frequently asked about "situation at Carleton" but have no
first hand or recent knowledge, as far as our discipline is concerned. My
colleague in the German department at Trent who was my original source of
information has forwarded a message which includes a web site:
http://www.carleton-layoffs.net
which, however, contains no specific information pertaining to our
discipline.
K.H. Kinzl
[1.6]
E-mail directory of Canadian classicists.
I have decided to discontinue the feature of a *parallel, e-mail addresses
only*, directory; it remains frozen in its latest version (but I shall not,
for the time being, remove it). There are two reasons. First, as it is,
every e-mail addition or change has to be made by me in several lists, and
one fewer makes life easier for me and reduces the possibility of mistakes.
Second, updating of the full directory *Classical Studies in Canadian
Universities* is now about two-thirds complete, *including new or modified
e-mail addresses*. I plead with those who have not yet sent in their
materials to do so. Updated departments are for the time being identified
by, e.g., "1998Acadia University", as opposed to, e.g., "University of
Alberta".
The main directory as such is copyrighted to myself but the information is
of course in the public domaine. If anyone wishes to see the e-mail
directory continued and is willing to assume responsibility for maintaining
it, s/he is invited to do so and I shall be happy to be of assistance.
*Classical Studies in Canadian Universities*:
URL http://www.trentu.ca/classics/cacdir.html
K.H. Kinzl
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[2] Lectures and seminars
FOURTH MEETING OF THE CHICAGO-STANFORD SEMINAR ON HELLENISTIC EGYPT:
Narrative Strategies in Greek and Egyptian Prose of the Hellenistic Period
Saturday, April 4, 1997 at the Chicago Humanities Institute, Regenstein
Library, The University of Chicago, 1100 East 57th Street, Room S 118
9:00 AM H.J. Thissen (University of Cologne)
"Homeric Influence on the Inaros-Petubastis Cycle: Fact or Fiction?"
10:30 AM John Dillery (University of Virginia)
"Greek and Egyptian Narrative Strategies in Manetho's Aegyptiaka"
1:00 PM John Tait (University College, London)
"Tradition and Innovation in Egyptian and Demotic Narrative"
2:30 PM Ludwig Koenen (University of Michigan)
"Narrative Strategies in the Potter's Oracle"
4:00 PM Ian Rutherford (University of Reading)
"Narrative in the Demotic and Greek Novels"
5:30-6:30 PM Roundtable Discussion with S. Burstein (Cal-State LA) R.
Hunter (Cambridge), J. Johnson (Chicago), and D. Selden (UC Santa Cruz), S.
Stephens (Stanford).
Sponsored by the Visiting Committee to the Division of the Humanities and
the Workshop on Ancient Societies.
Persons with a disability who believe they may need assistance: please
contact Barbara Collins in advance at 773-702-8274.
Janet H. Johnson, Professor of Egyptology, Oriental Institute, U of Chicago
j-johnson@uchicago.edu
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[3] JOB OPENINGS, SCHOLARSHIPS
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
There are no Canadian positions advertised at this point.
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University of Liverpool
School of Archaeology, Classics and Oriental Studies
TTH POSTGRADUATE BURSARY IN LATE ANTIQUITY
The Editorial Committee of Translated Texts for Historians has agreed to
offer a postgraduate bursary, of 1000 pounds sterling p.a. for up to three
years, for work leading to a Liverpool PhD in any topic relevant to the
series remit for which the School of Archaeology, Classics and Oriental
Studies can offer appropriate supervision. The topic need not, but ideally
would, lead to a publication within the series.
Candidates must also apply for Humanities Research Board (at the British
Academy, for British or EU candidates) or other appropriate funding. The
successful candidate will be asked to give some assistance (time-limited in
accordance with HRB rules) to the series editors.
Please apply to Prof. J.K.Davies, School of Archaeology, Classics and
Oriental Studies, University of Liverpool, L69 3BX
(j.k.davies@liverpool.ac.uk), giving an outline of your proposed topic and
the names of two referees. Applications should be received by May 1st 1998.
Further information at http://www.liv.ac.uk/~egclark/tth.html
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS
UNIVERSITY POSTGRADUATE STUDENTSHIP
(Please bring this to the attention of suitable candidates)
The Department of Classics, University of Nottingham, invites applications
for a University Postgraduate Studentship, to be held for three years from
October 1998, for a PhD student in any field of Classical Studies or
Ancient History. The award 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
Studentship 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.
For further information contact:
The Postgraduate Admissions Tutor, Department of Classics, University of
Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD (tel. 0115 951 4800; fax 0115 951 4811;
email classics@nottingham.ac.uk).
Applications, in the form of a letter and CV, with a short research
proposal (max 500 words) and the names and addresses of two academic
referees, should be sent to the above address to arrive no later than 31
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.
This award is in addition to the Research Scholarship offered by the
Department in connection with the "Fragmentary Tragedies of Sophocles"
project, for which the closing date is 19 March.
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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 10:32:46 -0800 (PST)
From: "Maria C. PANTELIA"
The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Project (TLG) at the University of
California Irvine invites applications for the following two positions:
1. A full-time research appointment effective July 1, 1998. This
appointment is for an initial one-year period subject to annual renewal.
The individual appointed will be expected to provide scholarly expertise
in the area of Greek Literature and contribute to computer-related
activities. Proven commitment to research and attention to detail are
necessary qualities for this position. Ph.D. in Classics with an emphasis
in Greek required. Preference will be given to candidates with interest
in the history of Greek literature and textual criticism. Experience
with technology is essential.
2. A full-time postdoctoral research appointment in Byzantine literature
effective July 1, 1998. This appointment is for an initial one-year
period with the possibility of renewal up to a maximum of three years.
The individual appointed will engage in research and contribute to the
expansion of the TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works into the Byzantine
period. Ph.D. in Byzantine Literature required.
Applicants for either position should send a letter of application,
curriculum vitae and three letters of reference to Professor Maria
Pantelia, University of California Irvine, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae,
3450 Berkeley Place, Irvine, CA 92697-5550; e-mail: mcpantel@uci.edu
Application deadline: April 15, 1998.
UC Irvine is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to excellence
through diversity.
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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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[4] Summer 1998: courses (Canada, USA)
TRENT UNIVERSITY, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO
Classical Literature 220 - Myths: Ancient and Modern
This new course explores the origins and evolution of three female
mythological figures (Antigone, Medea, and Dido) through classical and
modern literature, art, and music. Particular emphasis will be placed on
tragedy, epic, and opera. Authors include Sophokles, Euripides, Vergil,
Anouilh, and Apollonius of Rhodes. Students will investigate the extent to
which the classical representations have endured or changed, focusing on
mythology as evidence of cultural beliefs and values.
The class meets Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m., from April 27 to
July 27. Assessment is by essay, oral work, and exam.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, SUMMER GREEK & LATIN PROGRAM
JUNE 22-AUGUST 21, 1998
Information:
Helma Dik, Dept. of Classics, University of Chicago
h-dik@uchicago.edu
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/humanities/classics/
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Once again UCLA will be offering an intensive summer workshop in Greek;
the dates are June 29 through September 4. More information is available
at http://www.summer.ucla.edu/
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Summer Program, UT Austin Classics
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/events/summer.html
THE CLASSICS DEPARTMENT at the University of Texas at Austin offers a wide
range of summer courses from Classical Civilization courses (in Ancient
Greece and Rome, Latin & Greek Elements in the English language, Medical &
Scientific Terminology, Mythology) to ancient Greek and Latin. (In addition
to the regular sequence of LAT 506, 507 and LAT 311, 312K, there is a
special 3-week Latin course aimed primarily at Latin teachers who would
like to brush up on the language. For those seeking a full immersion into
Greek, look for our world-famous intensive Greek course which spans both
sessions).
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SUMMER CLASSICS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY (June 22-August 14)
For further information see
http://www.dce.harvard.edu/summer/default.html
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[5] Conferences:
University of New Brunswick
1998 ANCIENT HISTORY COLLOQUIUM
Saturday, March 28,
at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
TRADITIONS AND TRANSITIONS IN GREEK RELIGION
First Session, at 9:00 am in Tilley Hall room 28
Chair of first part: Dr. Haruo Konishi (UNB Fredericton)
- Alyson A. Gill, University of California (Irvine): "A Re-interpretation
of the Arkteia: Redefining Artemis".
- Luis A. Molina, City University of New York: "The Cult of Artemis
Orthia: Women's Roles and Status in Ancient Sparta".
Refreshment break, 10:15 - 10:35
Chair of second part: Dr. William G. Kerr (UNB Fredericton)
- Greta Ham, University of Texas (Austin): "Why Then? The Miniature Choes
as a Ritual Response to Social Crisis".
- Cheryl Houdek, University of Minnesota: "Lysistrata, Lysimache, and 'The
Temple on the Acropolis in which is the Ancient Image'".
LUNCH 11:50 am - 1:30 pm
Second Session, at 1:30 pm in Tilley Hall room 28
Chair: Dr. Thomas E. Goud (UNB Saint John)
- M. Eleanor Irwin, University of Toronto (Scarborough) "Ephemeral and
Eternal Wreaths"
- Michael Arnush, Skidmore College: "'Aniketos ei, o pai': Invincible
Alexander, Invisible Delphi".
- Haruo Konishi, University of New Brunswick (Fredericton): "Early Greek
Beliefs and Mountains named Olympos"
Refreshment break, 3:20 - 3:40
Third Session, 3:40 - 5:30 in Tilley Hall room 28
Chair: Dr. James S. Murray (UNB Fredericton)
- William G. Kerr, University of New Brunswick (Fredericton): "Divine
Epithets of Roman Legions".
- Elise Garrison, Texas A&M University: "Asebeia poikilia: Religious and
Secular Impiety".
- Daniel P. Solomon, Yale University: "Insiders and Outsiders in Epicurean
Cult".
Evening Meal, 5:30 - 8:00
Keynote Lecture, 8:00 pm - 9:00, Tilley Hall room 5
Michael H. Jameson, Stanford University:
"The Sacred in the Landscape of Ancient Greece".
Panel Discussion, 9:00 - 9:30
Chief Respondent: Dr. Ivan M. Cohen, Mount Allison University
Panelists: Haruo Konishi, William G. Kerr
Reception 9:30
For more information contact W.G. Kerr , Dept. of Classics and Ancient History, University of New
Brunswick, Fredericton NB, CANADA E3B 5A3, tel. (506) 453-4763, fax (506)
447-3072.
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Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 09:44:00 +0000
From: mcropp@acs.ucalgary.ca
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
Conference: Euripides and Tragic Theatre in the late 5th Century
12-16 May 1999. The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
Euripides' surviving work is the main key to our understanding of the
Athenian tragic theatre in its maturity. This conference will feature
research by leading scholars of the present and future, consider progress
since the 1960s, and seek directions for the next generation's work. Four
broad areas of discussion have been defined: "Audience and community"
(coordinator Edith Hall, Oxford), "Production and staging" (coordinator
Eric Csapo, Toronto), "Religious and mythical elements within the plays"
(coordinator Christian Wildberg, Princeton), "Tragedy and other genres"
(coordinator Donald Mastronarde, Berkeley). Other speakers will include
Will Allan (Oxford), Jane Beverly (Oxford), Claude Calame (Lausanne), John
Davidson (Wellington), William Furley (Heidelberg), John Gibert (Boulder),
Barbara Goff (Austin), Simon Goldhill (Cambridge), Richard Green (Sydney),
Michael Halleran (Seattle), Albert Henrichs (Harvard), Brad Levett
(Seattle), Christopher Marshall (St John's), Ann Michelini (Cincinnati),
Judith Mossman (Dublin), John Porter (Saskatoon), Rush Rehm (Stanford),
Martin Revermann (Oxford), Ruth Scodel (Ann Arbor), William Slater
(Hamilton), Alexander Stevens (Sydney), Katherine Sweet (Toronto), Oliver
Taplin (Oxford), Peter Wilson (Warwick), Froma Zeitlin (Princeton). Helene
Foley (Columbia) will give a keynote address on The Representation of
Conflict in Euripides. A publication based on the conference proceedings is
planned.
We invite proposals, preferably by 30 June 1998, for a limited number of
additional papers, and for contributions in the form of posters or
abstracts to be presented in written form. Those thinking of attending
without making a presentation are also asked to notify the conveners as
soon as possible.
For additional information consult the conference's World Wide Web site at
http://www.ucalgary.ca/glah/conference/euripides.html
Full programme and registration details will be published in October 1998.
This conference is supported by funding from the Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council of Canada, and from the Faculty of Humanities
and Department of Greek, Latin & Ancient History, University of Calgary.
Please address proposals and enquiries to one of the conveners, Prof.
Martin Cropp (University of Calgary, Dep't of Greek, Latin & Ancient
History, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4; phone
+1-403-220-7861; fax +1-403-220-9581; e-mail mcropp@acs.ucalgary.ca) or
Prof. Kevin Lee (University of Sydney, School of Classics & Ancient
History, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia; phone +61-2-9351-6669;
fax +61-2-9351-6976; e-mail kevin.lee@antiquity.usyd.edu.au).
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Dear friends:
I am happy to announce that next March 16-17-18th there will be in Granada
(Spain) the Third International Symposium about Baetica. More information,
please contact us in http://www.ugr.es/~hantigua/novedades
Saluts copains:
Nous sommes contents de pouvoir vous communiquer que le prochen jours
16-17-18 de March il'y aura a Grenade (Espagne) le troisieme colloquium
international sur la Betique. Pour avoir plus information voir:
http://www..ugr.es/~hantigua/novedades
Carlos Espejo Muriel
Universidad de Granada
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The Institute of Ancient History of the Catholic University of Milan
[Italy] announces a conference on the theme "Progetto Suda: i lemmi storici
e storiografici".
Speakers will be: Cinzia Bearzot, Maurizio Giangiulio, Franca Landucci,
Alberto Maffi, Luisa Prandi, Maria Teresa Schettino, Giuseppe Zecchini.
The conference will be held at the Catholic University of Milano, April 29,
1998.
The detailed program will be given as soon as possible. For more
information please contact the Institute of Ancient History, Catholic
University of Milan: phone 0039 2 7234-2364 or 2548; fax 0039 2 7234-2740;
e-mail iststoan@mi.unicatt.it.
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A half-day conference will be held at the UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL Wed. 29
April from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. entitled "DIONYSOS: MYTH, ART, AND RITUAL".
Speakers are:
- Eric Csapo (Toronto): Some observations on sleek-armed floating beasts
who dance in a circle with buoyant tossings of feet: "Arion"'s "hymn" and
the first stasimon of Euripides' Electra
- Robert Fowler (Bristol): The Hyades and Dionysos
- Margaret Miller (Toronto): Ritual Transvestism in Classical Athens: A
New Piece of the Puzzle
-- Richard Seaford (Exeter): In the Mirror of Dionysos
Cost of the day is GBP 5, which includes tea and a glass of wine. Please
send cheques payable to The University of Bristol to the undersigned.
Robert L. Fowler, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of
Bristol, 11 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB, United Kingdom
Tel.: (0117) 928 8256 (dept. office with answerphone: 928-7764)
Fax: (0117) 928 8678; E-mail: Robert.Fowler@Bristol.ac.uk
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MIDLANDS CLASSICAL SEMINAR
BIRMINGHAM--KEELE--NOTTINGHAM
Symposium, 20 May 1998
Department of Classics, University of Nottingham
ATTITUDES TO THEATRE IN WESTERN CULTURE
PROGRAMME
0930 Ismene Lada-Richards (Nottingham): Signs of anti-theatricality in
Greek drama
1015 Coffee
1035 Penelope Murray (Warwick): Plato and Greek theatre
1110 Stephen Halliwell (St Andrews): Aristotelianism and
anti-Aristotelianism in attitudes to theatre
1205 Lunch
1315 Cedric Littlewood (Birmingham/Maynooth): Theatricality in Seneca
1350 Richard Beacham (Warwick): reactions to Nero Histrio
1425 Richard Miles (OU/Churchill Coll., Cambridge): The masks of John
Chrysostom: theatricality and belief in the late antique East
1525 Tea
1545 Robert Cockcroft (Nottingham): Dr Rainolds, Dr Gager and Dr Gentili:
the last-ditch defence of academic drama
1620 Tony Nuttall (New Coll., Oxford): Milton's Samson Agonistes:
Protestant poet writes Greek tragedy
1730 Symposium ends
The Department of Classics is located in the Old Engineering Building,
Cherry Tree Hill
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MIDLANDS CLASSICAL SEMINAR
Symposium 1998
Department of Classics, University of Nottingham
ATTITUDES TO THEATRE IN WESTERN CULTURE
REGISTRATION FORM
If you would like to attend, please complete and print this form, and
post it (to arrive by 30 April 1998) to:
Alan Sommerstein,
Department of Classics,
University of Nottingham,
University Park,
Nottingham NG7 2RD
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I shall require LUNCH and enclose a cheque for GBP 6.50 payable to UNIVERSITY OF
NOTTINGHAM [delete if inapplicable]
I require information about overnight accommodation [delete if inapplicable]
For further information contact Alan Sommerstein. Phone: 0115 951 4805;
fax: 0115 951 4811; e-mail: alan.sommerstein@nott.ac.uk
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[6] Calls for papers
SOCIETE DES ETUDES ANCIENNES DU QUEBEC
APPEL D'ARTICLES D'ETUDIANTS
Chers et cheres collegues,
Depuis maintenant quatre ans, la Societe des etudes anciennes du Quebec
publie en automne un recueil d'articles, en francais ou en anglais,
intitule La corne d'abondance. Cette publication est reservee aux travaux
longs que les etudiants ont composes durant l'annee et qui ont retenu
l'attention de leur professeur pour leur qualite et leur originalite. Tout
ce qui a trait a l'Antiquite, philosophie, histoire, archeologie, latin,
grec, theologie est susceptible d'etre publie. Nous vous demandons
aujourd'hui de bien vouloir aider vos etudiants a nous faire parvenir leurs
travaux et leur donner ainsi la chance d'effectuer une premiere
publication, modeste, certes, mais qui entrera neanmoins dans leur
Curriculum vitae. Cette annee, treize etudiants de premier cycle ont ainsi
vu leur travail publie.
Pour participer, il suffit d'envoyer deux copies du travail (dont une sur
disquette, si possible), accompagnees des coordonnees de l'etudiant et de
la signature du professeur, a SEAQ, Universite Laval, Departement des
litteratures, Ste-Foy, Qc, G1K 7P4, au soin de Johanne Charest.
La date de tombce pour le prochain recueil est le 15 juin 1998.
Les modalites de presentation sont les suivantes, mais tout autre travail
presente sous une forme differente sera considere :
15 pages maximum (photos comprises) ; Double interligne ; Caracteres
Times 12 ; Marges regulieres.
Nous vous serions reconnaissants de bien vouloir diffuser ces informations
aupres de tous vos etudiants.
En vous remerciant de l'attention que vous voudrez bien porter a cette
annonce et de l'aide que vous apporterez ainsi a la parution des travaux de
nos etudiants, nous vous prions d'agreer nos salutations les plus
cordiales.
Le Conseil de la SEAQ : A. Daviault, President; J.-G. Rathe,
Vice-President; A. Baudou, Tresorier; T. Elie, Secretaire; P. Fleury, E.
Bakker, G. Theriault, A. Renaud.
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It is a pleasure to let you all know that we are organising the
"International Congress on Ancient Thought: Plato's Laws and their
historical significance", that will take place at the University of
Salamanca (Spain) from 24 to 27 November 1998.
There will be three sections:
1. the text of the Laws and its transmission
2. the Laws in their historical context, and
3. reception of the Laws
The conference will have plenary sessions (45 minutes reading time)
and free papers of 20 minutes reading time. Up to date the following
scholars have already agreed to participate: T.J. Saunders (New
Castle-Upon-Tyne), Luc Brisson (Paris), Thomas Robinson (Toronto), Carlos
Garcia Gual (Madrid), Tomas Calvo (Madrid), John Cleary (Boston
College-Maynooth College), C. Bobonich (Stanford), K. Schoepsdau
(Saarbruecken), Jean Francois Pradeau (Toulouse), M. Santa Cruz (Buenos
Aires), John Dillon (Trinity College, Dublin), Livio Rossetti (Peruggia),
A. Laks (Lille) and S. Dusanic (Belgrad).
Participants are kindly requested to submit an abstract of their
papers by 30 June 1998. Final papers are expected to reach Salamanca
before September 15 1998. The official languages of the IPS and Modern
Greek may be used.
For further information, please visit our website at:
http://www.usal.es/leyes or contact us by ordinary mail (Departamento de
Filologia Clasica e Indoeuropeo. Universidad de Salamanca. Plaza de
Anaya s.n. / 37008 Salamanca / Espana. Fax: 34-23-294657) or by e-mail.
Prof. Dr. Francisco L. Lisi. Phone: 34-23-294445, Ext. 1706; E-mail:
flis@gugu.usal.es. - Dr. Juan Luis Garcia Alonso; E-mail: jlga@gugu.usal.es
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From: John Bodel
The American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, in conjunction with its
second annual meeting at the APA/AIA meetings in Washington D.C. in
December 1998, intends to sponsor a joint panel session on the theme of
"The Latin Epigraphy of Rome and Ostia", in tribute to Professor Herbert
Bloch, who will be made an honorary life member of the Society.
Persons wishing to present a paper at the session on a topic relevant to
Professor Bloch's epigraphic interests (the inscriptions of Rome, Ostia,
and Roman Italy, as well as *instrumentum domesticum*, especially
brickstamps) are invited to submit abstracts of not more than 600 words to
the panel organizer, John Bodel, by Friday, March 13. Please send abstracts
to:
John Bodel, Department of Classics, Rutgers University, 131 George Street,
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1414; bodel@rci.rutgers.edu
Participants in the panel session must be members in good standing of
the American Philological Association or the Archaeological Institute
of America but do *not* need to be members of the American Society of
Greek and Latin Epigraphy.
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CALL FOR PAPERS for a graduate student symposium at the University of
Washington:
THE WAYS OF DEATH IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
23-24 October 1998, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Death confronts individuals and society with a number of issues pertaining
to life and its meaning, community and solidarity, and the relation
between man and the divine. This symposium is calling for papers on all
topics considering death and/or its commemoration in the Ancient Near
East, Greece, Rome, and the Late Antique world (preference will be given
to papers dealing with topics prior to the advent of Islam). The
symposium encourages considerations of the topic from any and all
disciplinary perspectives, utilizing any and all interpretive
methodologies. For instance, papers might address issues such as death
and dying as a literary image; the representation of death and dying on
the stage or in ancient art; the archaeology of death and the material
evidence for burial; the anthropology of death in the rituals of
commemoration; the ideology and rhetoric of the funeral oration; and
ancient philosophical perspectives on death.
Abstracts should be approximately 200 words (one page) in length and are
due by 10 May 1998. Abstracts may be submitted electronically to:
thanatos@u.washington.edu or mailed to: Abstract Committee, Graduate
Symposium on Death in the Ancient World, Department of History, Box 353560,
University of Washington, Seattle WA, 98195-3560
Further information will soon be available at:
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~clio/thanatos/
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[7] Varia
To: "Konrad H. Kinzl"
Cc: "Jacqueline F. Long" , ggf2@psu.edu (Garrett
G. Fagan)
Konrad, You may be able to help us here at the De Imperatoribus Romanis: An
On-line Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors.
(http://www.salve.edu/~dimaiom/deimprom.html).
We are looking for authors for essays aboutvarious emperors of the second
and third centuries and the Antonines. Surprisingly, we have people who
have written on The Julian-Claudians, the Flavians, and for the period from
Diocletian to Heraclius. If you know any Canadian scholars or advanced
graduate students in your neck of the woods who might be interested in
joining our project, please let me know. If you have not visited the site,
please do so. Your help would be appreciated.
G.F. Fagan, Ph.D, Chairman, DIR Editorial Board
Jackie Long, Ph.D., Vice-Chair
Michael DiMaio, Ph.D., Managing Editor, DIR, Department of Philosophy,
Salve Regina University, Newport, RI 02920
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Date: Thu, 5 Mar 98 19:0:19 ITA
From: G.Boggio@agora.stm.it
To: classics@u.washington.edu
Subject: Two archaeological finds in Italy
From the Teletext service of Italian State television (my translation).
Gianfranco Boggio
TELEVIDEO Me 04 Mar 15:53:59
IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO SEE THE FRESCO FOUND IN THE BATHS OF TRAJAN
The City of Rome councillor responsible for cultural affairs, Gianni
Borgna, has announced that the ancient fresco representing a city of the
imperial period "is within an archaeological area that will be given back
to the city and it will be possible to visit it." The fresco has been found
in the heart of Rome in the course of restoration work on the Baths of
Trajan.
"It is not known which city is represented in the fresco" - Borgna said-
"The colors are striking, one can make out towers, statues, waterways. It
may be Rome, but it may also be an ideal city. It seems certain, on the
other hand, that the fresco was painted before Trajan's time, perhaps under
Nero."
TELEVIDEO Gi 05 Mar 15:28:09
MAZARA DEL VALLO: ANCIENT BRONZE STATUE "FISHED UP"
A life-size [sic] bronze statue with a fine head and eyes made of glass
(not unlike the Riace bronzes) has been fished up in the channel between
Sicily and Tunisia by the crew of a fishing boat based in Mazara del Vallo,
in the province of Trapani.
It is thought that the statue represents Aeolus and that it dates from the
late hellenistic period. It is 1.63 meter high and the limbs are missing.
But last year a bronze leg was found which may belong to the "colossus of
wind" [sic] found at Mazara.
The statue, which is well preserved, has been handed over to the
superintendent for "Belle Arti" in Trapani.
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BREAKING NEWS:
SALMAN RUSHDIE is "without any doubt for the return of the Marbles to
Greece"!
E-mail does not make it possible to publish cartoons; the next best might
be this (from Athens News, 1998 03 07 [abridged, emphasis added, KHK]):
New UK book backs Melina's vision
FOUR years have passed since the death of the much-loved Melina
Mercouri, the actress, political activist and culture minister. [.....]
Amongst the many attending were Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos,
[.....] Venizelos said of Melina Mercouri: "She is not just a person. She
is a sense that is omnipresent. The best memorial for Melina would be for
us to realise her own visions, especially the return of the Parthenon
Marbles to Greece. All steps are being taken towards that realisation,
including the construction of the new Acropolis museum."
Meanwhile, just a day before her four-year memorial and 15 years after
she submitted Greece's request for the sculptures to Unesco during a
General Assembly in Mexico, a new book urging the return of the Parthenon
Marbles to Athens and whose publication Melina would have loved to witness
went into circulation in England.. Entitled The Elgin Marbles: Should
They be Returned to Greece?, by English journalist and author, Christopher
Hitchens, the book uses historical and legal documentation in support of
Greece's request for the return of the sculptures. His central point of
argument is that the Parthenon Marbles are a historically unique case and
that their return will not bring on demands concerning other works of art
housed in London's British Museum. "The Parthenon Marbles," writes
Hitchens, "should have been returned to Greece in 1924 on the centennial
anniversary of Lord Byron's death, or even in 1945 as a token of
appreciation to Greece for the country's heroic participation in the second
world war. Since we failed on those two dates, the next best date shall be
the year 2001. Such a gesture will constitute a most elegant celebration
towards a more worldly concept of the human family for the next century."
Hitchens presented his book to journalists and writers during a press
conference at the Traveller's Club on Thursday. Amongst those present was
author SALMAN RUSHDIE, WHO TOLD JOURNALISTS HE IS "WITHOUT ANY DOUBT FOR
THE RETURN OF THE MARBLES TO GREECE". [.....] THE GREEK
MINIST[ER] OF CULTURE, VENIZELOS[,] STATES among other things that "Mr
Hitchens has what EVERY EDUCATED PERSON SHOULD HAVE, A SENSE OF HISTORY,
AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS THAT [Mr Hitchens] SUPPORTS THE RETURN OF THE
PARTHENON SCULPTURES".
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[8] W3 sites noted
RETIARIUM INSPICITE! The first issue of the Latin-only, entirely
electronically published journal devoted to the study of Latin written from
Antiquity to the present, and to publishing new texts in Latin, is now
published. Among the articles in the first issue you will find the entire
text of the relatively unknown 17th century neo-Latin Menippean satire
entitled 'Eudemia', whose plot concerns the arrival of Romans who flee from
Rome after the conspiracy of Sejanus was detected under Tiberius to a
fantasy land which is a parody of Roman society - both antique and modern.
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/retiarius/
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Pomoerium
http://www.pomoerium.de/
Dr. Ryszard Pankiewicz, Bochum/Germany
[A fairly rich site. KHK]
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The Maryland J[unior] C[lassical] L[eague] Announces Its New Website,
located at URL http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/2147
[Some of it may be quite useful also to beginners in Latin etc. at the
university level. KHK]
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A Turkish student has recently published his web-based reconstructions of
some major Byzantine sites, most of them dating from around A.D. 1200. I
think that this is a very good and potentially very useful site, especially
since it is the work of a student. Here's the URL:
www.celeris-tr.com/Byzantium1200
Mark F. Williams, Department of Classics, Calvin College
[The site oddly contains computer drawn drawings of the Constantinopolitan
monuments (not photographs) some of which are not easy to make sense of.
The connexion is at least as slow as with Greece. KHK]
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