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 8, 1998 04 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
[1.1] and [1.2] Annual meeting / Congres annuel
[1.3] CAC e-mail directory
[2] Lectures and seminars
[3] Job openings; scholarships
[4] Summer 1998: courses, etc.
[5] Conferences
[6] Calls for papers
[7] Book length publications by members
[8] W3 sites noted, vel sim.
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[1] Association business; editor's corner
[1.1] CAC / SCEC meetings / congres annuel:
The finalalised programme is now available, URL:
http://www.trentu.ca/cac/progr/programme-98.html
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[1.2]
From: Iain McDougall
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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 15:03:28 -0500
From: Congress
We have been asked by the Conventions and Reservations Office of the
University of Ottawa to circulate the following message. / Le Bureau des
congres et reservations de l'Universite d'Ottawa nous a demande de faire
circuler le message suivant.
To: Association Programme Chairs and Local Arrangements Coordinators
From: Carole Marinier, Manager, Conventions and Reservation, University of
Ottawa
Date: 26 March 1998
Re: RESIDENCE ACCOMMODATION
We would appreciate your assistance in informing your participants in the
Congress of an error which was printed in the University accommodation form
on rates for double rooms in residence. The correct Congress rates,
including all taxes, are:
REGULAR SINGLE - $41 DOUBLE $54
STUDENT SINGLE - $29 DOUBLE $49
We regret any inconvenience, but feel it is important to advise delegates
in advance to ensure that residence registration and check-in run
smoothly. The correct rates have been posted on the WEB (accessible through
the Federation or the University .
Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
Aux: Responsables de programme des societes, et
coordonnatrices/coordonnateurs locaux
De: Carole Marinier, Chef, Congres et reservations, Universite d'Ottawa
Date: le 26 mars 1998
Objet: HEBERGEMENT EN RESIDENCE
Nous aimerions votre collaboration afin d'informer les participants de
votre societe au Congres d'une erreur qui s'est glissee dans le formulaire
de demande d'hebergement en residence en ce qui a trait aux prix des
chambres doubles. Les prix, toutes taxes incluses, sont les suivants:
TARIF REGULIER SIMPLE - 41 $ - DOUBLE 54 $
TARIF ETUDIANT SIMPLE - 29 $ - DOUBLE 49 $
Nous croyons qu'il est important d'aviser les congressistes a l'avance de
cette correction afin d'assurer un accueil rapide et efficace lors de
l'inscription a l'arrivee. Pour votre information, les modifications ont
ete apportees au site WEB de la Federation , egalement
accessible a partir du site de l'Universite .
Merci a l'avance de votre precieuse collaboration.
Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities
Congr=E8s des sciences sociales et humaines
415-151 Slater Ottawa ON K1P 5H3
Tel/T=E9l (613) 238-6112 Fax/T=E9l=E9c (613) 236-4853
CONGRESS@HSSFC.CA
Paul Ledwell, Director/Directeur (EXT/POSTE 307)
Rachel Hamelin, Planning Officer/Agente de planification (EXT/POSTE 313)
France Regimbald, Secretary/secretaire (EXT/POSTE 312)
1998 Congress - 27 may to 6 June / Congres 1998 - 27 mai au 6 juin
University of Ottawa / Universite d'Ottawa
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[1.3]
E-mail directory of Canadian classicists. -- Reminder (see vol 4.7-[1.6])
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 80% 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., "Bishops University".
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
NORMAN BAYNES MEETING 1998
The 1998 Norman Baynes meeting will be held on the weekend of 16th-17th May
at the University of Keele. All those holding or retired from an academic
post are welcome to attend. Accommodation will be in the University's
Conference Hotel.
The main paper on the Saturday afternoon will be:
'New Thoughts on an Old Puzzle: The Causes of the Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire'
given by Prof. Richard Burgess of the University of Ottawa
On Sunday morning we will have the following short papers/reports
S Hornblower/M Hansen Copenhagen Polis Project
G Clark Translated Texts for Historians
M Crawford Urbansim in Italy database
J Murrell Ancient History in schools
A Cameron Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
web page http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/cl/baynes.htm
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TRAJAN PROJECT
The Yale Digital Media Center for the Arts presents:
James E. Packer, Professor of Classics, Northwestern University, with the
ssistance of William Jepson, Director of Computing Department of
Architecture and Urban Design, University of California, Los Angeles
Restoring Trajan's Forum: A Three-Dimensional Approach for the Early
Twenty-first Century
A multimedia lecture on the UCLA/Getty Model project--a three-dimensional
computer model of the restored site in Rome--explores the application of
virtual reality technology in academic studies.
Yale University Art Gallery Lecture Hall, Friday, May 8, 3:00 - 4:30.
Reception to follow.
This event is made possible through the support of the Office of the Provost.
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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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VIF has been bringing educators to the U.S.A. for the past 10 years to
teach and provide cultural enrichment. The program currently sponsors
over 200 teachers from Canada and around the world. A warm climate,
scenic landscapes, and comparatively lower cost of living combine to make
North Carolina an inviting place to live and work.
Applicants are invited to apply for positions (which range from 1 to
years) ESL, foreign languages, and Latin.
Minimum Requirements:
ESL, Foreign Language, and Latin: university degree and teacher
certification. ESL candidates must hold ESL certification. Foreign
language candidates must be fluent in their chosen teaching subject.
Compensation: annual salary of US $24,000 (CAN $33,900), advance of US
$1,500 (CAN $2,120) payable upon arrival, health insurance, & round-trip
travel
For more information, or to be considered, please fax resume and cover letter
(limit 5 pages) to Tammy Waxman, Director of Recruitment, at (919) 967-
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[4] Summer 1998: courses, etc.
ARTS SEMESTER AT HARLOW, ENGLAND, FALL 1998
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND
CELTS, ROMANS, AND SAXONS
In the Fall Term 1998, Memorial University's Department of Classics
and the Medieval Studies Program, with the participation of the Department
of History, will offer a joint 11-week program at the university's campus
at Harlow, Essex, just north of London. Five integrated courses will
introduce students to aspects of the art, culture, and history of Britain
in the period between the Roman and Norman conquests (A.D. 43 -- 1066). The
twin themes of power and identity will be traced through evidence both
physical and textual for the administration of Britain as a Roman province
and its "Romanization," as the rich classical artistic heritage of Italy
and Greece combined with indigenous Celtic forms to create a vibrant hybrid
culture that vigorously resisted Germanic invaders after the Roman
withdrawal in the fifth century. The shifting patterns of power in the
centuries following, as Saxons, Vikings, and Normans successively achieved
dominance, will provide the background for an examination of the evolving
cultural identities of Britain's inhabitants, with attention paid to the
triumph of Christianity over polytheist traditions, and the continuity of
links, cultural and otherwise, with the inheritors of the Roman Empire in
West and East.
Four courses in the program will deal with the history and culture of
early Britain and its points of contact with the rest of the ancient and
early medieval world: CLAS 3710/HIST 3715: Britain in the Roman empire;
CLAS 3711/HIST 3716: Classical art and archaeology; MST 3713: Early
medieval England; MST 3714: Art and artifacts of early medieval England.
Topics will include: The administration and economy of the Roman
empire; Roman military developments relating to Britain; center and
periphery in the Roman empire; modalities of Romanization in Britain; the
art and archaeology of Greece and Rome; the interaction between classical
and indigenous cultures in Britain; the Arthur tradition; Anglo-Saxon
patterns of settlement and control; processes and effects of
Christianization; the rhythms of daily life in post-Roman Britain; ethnic
identity and the material record; the establishment and disintegration of
authority; Byzantine cultural influence in early medieval Britain.
This year participating students will have a unique opportunity to fulfill
part of their foreign language requirement though the fifth course in the
program, a specially-designed Latin course (CLAS 3720). This course will
be tailored to the needs of all classes of student beginner, intermediate,
or advanced. At all levels emphasis will be put on the practical
application of the Latin language in the context of the Harlow program, for
example, by encouraging students to read inscriptions and primary texts.
At Harlow, classroom lectures will be complemented by visits to a number
of major archaeological sites that illustrate the program's themes: the
first major Roman center in Britain, Colchester; the Roman villa at
Fishbourne, the largest such structure north of the Alps; St.Albans, where
the remains of a thriving Roman-era city have been found; forts on the
Saxon Shore; a seventh-century Saxon church at Bradwell-on-Sea; Roman and
Saxon Canterbury. We will also make extensive use of the immense resources
of several museums in London, including the British Museum, which has one
of the most important collections of classical Greek and Roman art in the
world as well many noteworthy later assemblages, such as the Sutton Hoo
treasure; and the Victoria and Albert Museum with its rich holdings of
medieval art and artifacts.
For more information, please contact Dr. Nigel M. Kennell, Department of
Classics.
Phone (709) 737-8595; e-mail nkennell@morgan.ucs.mun.ca
or
Associate Dean of Arts
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's Nfld, A1C 5S7
e-mail: deanarts@morgan.ucs.mun.ca
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FIELDWORK OPPORTUNITY IN GREECE: IKLAINA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY This is a
surface survey of the Mycenaean site of Iklaina, which has been identified
in the Linear B tablets as one of the district capitals of the kingdom of
Pylos. It is offered as a 6 cr.h. course from the Department of Classics
of the University of Manitoba and includes: Fieldwork; seminars on Greek
History, Archaeology, and Civilization, as well as on Archaeological Theory
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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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and Methodology; study and interpretation of artifacts.
DATES: 4-20 JULY 1998
COST: $1700 includes accommodation, subsistence, local transportation, and
tuition fees. It does not include airfare, insurance, and personal expenses
INFORMATION: Professor Michael B. Cosmopoulos, Dept. of Classics,
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M8, Canada. Tel (204) 474-9171,
Fax (204) 261-0021, E-Mail: cosmopo@ccu.umanitoba.ca
DEADLINE: end of April
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From: jh10
University of Maryland summer offerings in classics
The 1998 summer school program at the University of Maryland, College
Park, offers classics courses in both of its sessions, the first from June
1 through July 10; the second from July 13 through August 21.
For further information please contact the Department at 301-404-2013;
email c/o Hugh Lee: hlee@deans.umd.edu
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From: Campanian Society
Tunisia: The Treasures of Dido's Africa
September 7 - 19, 1998
Tour Director: Alexander G. McKay, McMaster University
http://w3.one.net/~campania/
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From: Vangelis Calotychos
Details about NYU in Athens Summer Program
NOTE: For more information and an application, please consult our webpages
at http://www.nyu.edu/studyabroad or call the Director, Prof. Liana
Theodoratou at (212) 998 3995
Application deadline: April 30th, 1998
Housing deadline: June 27th - August 9th
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From: "Edwin P. Menes"
Subject: Summer Latin at Loyola Chicago
For further information please contact:
Summer Latin Course
Dept. of Classical Studies
Loyola University of Chicago
6525 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, Illinois 60626
Telephone: (773) 508-3650
Or e-mail me directly at .
Information about the department in general can be found on our web page:
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[5] Conferences:
From: RLH Fowler
Subject: BRISTOL MYTH COLLOQUIUM 14-16 July 1998
The programme of the Colloquium is now available on the Web at
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Classics/.
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CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
This is a preliminary announcement of the twenty-third biennial conference
of the Classical Association of Southern Africa (CASA) which will take
place at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. The
conference theme is "Change and Continuity in the Ancient World".
Date: 19 - 22 January 1999.
A call for papers will go out when details on costs etc. are available.
Enquiries can be directed to the secretary of CASA:
Dr. Sjarlene Thom, Dept. of Classics, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland
7602 South Africa; e-mail: st@akad.sun.ac.za, or fax: (+27 21) 808 3827.
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The Graduate Students of the Department of Classical Languages and
Literatures of the University of Chicago present:
***Khoros***
A Graduate Student Conference on Archaic Greek Choral Poetry
April 24-25, 1998
The Chicago Humanities Institute at the University of Chicago
*Friday, 24 April*
4:00 A. P. David (University of Chicago)
A Special Performance of Choral Poetry (text to be determined)
4:30 Claude Calame (Universite de Lausanne)
"The Melic We/I in Performance"
5:30 Reception
*Saturday, 25 April*
9:00 Glenn Most (Universitaet Heidelberg and University of Chicago)
"Poet and Public: Communicative Strategies in Pindar and Bacchylides"
10:00 Frances L. Spaltro (University of Chicago)
"Orality and Dance: An Anthropological Perspective of Ancient Greek Dance"
10:30 Andromache Karanika (Princeton University)
"Aspects of Meter in Choral Lyric Poetry"
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15 Coulter George (Cambridge University)
"The Dialect of Alkman"
11:45 Chad Schroeder (University of Wisconsin)
"The Daughters of Atlas in Alkman's Partheneion"
12:15-1:45 Lunch
1:45 Irene Polinskaya (Stanford University)
"The Religious Function of Epinician"
2:15 Bruno Currie (Oxford University)
"The Cultic Background to Pindar's Nemean 7 and Its Relation to Paean 6: an
Hypothesis"
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00 Heather Wood (University of California)
"Pindar's Use and Abuse of Epic: Generic, Martial, Poetic, and Erotic
Contest in Olympian 9"
3:30 J. Andrew Foster (University of Chicago)
"Nemean 1 and Theocritus 24: A Reader's Response"
4:00-4:15 Break
4:15 Claude Calame
Comments and Concluding Address
For further information please contact:
Carin Calabrese (clcalabr@midway.uchicago.edu)
Phillip Lenihan (plleniha@midway.uchicago.edu)
Daniella Reinhard (dreinhar@midway.uchicago..edu)
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LEXICON OF GREEK PERSONAL NAMES
(http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk)
Colloquium on Greek Personal Names: their Value as Evidence
Saturday July 11th 1998
A one-day colloquium to explore the value of Greek personal names in the
study of ancient Greek language, history and religion will be held at the
premises of the British Academy, Carlton House Terrace, London SW1, on
Saturday July 11th 1998. Speakers will include Professor Michael Crawford,
Professor Anna Morpurgo Davies, Dr Laurent Dubois, Mr Peter Fraser,
Professor Christian Habicht, Dr Miltiades Hatzopoulos, and Professor Robert
Parker.
There is no fee, but those intending to come are asked to register with Miss
Rosemary Lambeth at the British Academy (tel. 0171 969 5264; fax 0171 969
5300; email rosemary@britac.ac.uk).
Further details will be circulated in due course.
Informal enquiries may also be directed to: Simon Hornblower, Department of
History, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1 6BT. email
simon.hornblower@ucl.ac.uk) or Elaine Matthews, Lexicon of Greek Personal
Names, Room 315, Clarendon Building, Bodleian Library, Oxford OX1 3BG. Email
elaine.matthews@lithum.ox.ac.uk
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PROGETTO SUDA: I LEMMI STORICI E STORIOGRAFICI DEL LESSICO
UNIVERSITA' CATTOLICA - MILANO, 29 April 1998 (Maria Immacolata room)
10.00 Presentation of the research project
10.30 Luisa PRANDI - Universita' Cattolica, Brescia: Tipologia e struttura
dei lemmi di argomento greco
11.00 Alberto MAFFI - Universita' degli Studi, Milano: Le istituzioni
greche
11.30 Cinzia BEARZOT - Universita' Cattolica, Milano: La storia greca
nella Suda
12.00 Giuseppe ZECCHINI - Universita' Cattolica, Milano: La storia romana
nella Suda
12.30 Discussion
13.00 Reception (Borsi room)
14.30 Maurizio GIANGIULIO - Universita' degli Studi, Trento: Storici greci
di eta' arcaica e classica
15.00 Franca LANDUCCI - Universita' Cattolica, Brescia: Storici greci da
Eforo agli autori del Tardo Ellenismo
15.30 Maria Teresa SCHETTINO - Universita' degli Studi, Parma: Storici di
eta' romana
16.00 Discussion; Conclusions
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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
University of Wales Institute of Classics and Ancient History (UWICAH)
HERAKLES-HERCULES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
At University of Wales Cardiff
7th-9th September 1998
Organisers: Nick Fisher & Louis Rawlings
An international conference exploring the function, value and meaning of
Herakles in the ancient world Continuing a successful programme of
international conferences (including Battle in Antiquity, What is a God?
and Archaic Greece: New Evidence and New Approaches)
Provisional list of speakers and topics:
Aileen Ajootian (Mississippi), Clothes make the hero: Herakles at Olympia -
Guy Bradley (Cardiff), The Italian Hercules - Hugh Bowden (Kings College
London), Herakles, Herodotus & the Persian Wars - Susan Deacy (Keele),
Herakles and Athena in Greek myth - Matthew Fox (Birmingham),The clothing
of Hercules - David Gill (Swansea), Herakles and the Argolid - Fay
Glinister (University College London), Hercules in Etruscan sanctuaries -
Tom Harrison (St Andrews), Herakles, Theseus and the uses of religion -
Olivier Hekster (Nottingham), Commodus-Hercules: presentation and
legitimation of power - Michael Jameson (Stanford), Herakles the Family Man
- Ted Kaizer (Oxford), The so-called Herakles figure at Hatra & Palmyra -
Lloyd Llewelyn-Jones (Cardiff), Veiling Herakles - Ann Neville, (University
College Dublin) The origins of Melqart - Ann Nicgorski (Wilamette, Salem),
The magic knot of Hercules & the propaganda of Alexander the Great -
Eleanor O'Kell, (Manchester) Hercules Furens and Nero - Thalia Papadopoulou
(Cambridge), The presentation of Herakles in Euripides' Herakles & Seneca's
Hercules Furens - Louis Rawlings (Cardiff), Hannibal and Herakles: Punic
general and Hellenistic paradigm - Roger Rees (St Andrews), In praise of
Hercules: Late third century imperial panegyrics - Helle Salskov Roberts
(Copenhagen), Hercules in archaic Italian sanctuaries - Janice Siegel
(Temple, Philadelphia), Herakles the mythic hero - Emma Stafford
(Lampeter), Cults of Herakles in the Peloponnese - John-Paul Wilson
(University College London), Herakles and the Greek colonisation of
southern Italy
The fee for the conference (including registration fee and full board) will
be GBP 199 for the whole conference. If you are interested in attending or
wish for further details, please contact:
Louis Rawlings, School of History and Archaeology University of Wales,
Cardiff, PO Box 909, Cardiff CF1 3XU, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 (0)1222
874259; Fax: +44 (0)1222 874929; Email: rawlings@cardiff.ac.uk
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BOSTON AREA ROMAN STUDIES CONFERENCE -- Friday 24 April 1998
The annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference will take place on Friday
afternoon, 24 April 1998, in Barristers Hall (Law School building, ground
floor) at Boston University.
This year's papers focus on aspects of Roman society:
David Konstan, Brown University: "Roman Pity"
Mario Erasmo, Wellesley College: "Reading Death in Roman Poetry"
Valerie M. Warrior, Boston University: "Religio in Livy's Account of the
Second Punic War"
After a brief reception (3:00 - 3:30), the papers will be presented (3:30 -
6:30), followed by discussion and dinner. Pre-registration is required for
dinner.
To register or for further information, contact Marie Ziemer at
617-353-2426 or by email to ziemer@bu.edu.
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Dear friends:
This is only to remind everyone interested that we are organising the
"I 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. I. 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
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[6] Calls for papers
AUGUSTAN POETRY AND THE TRADITIONS OF ANCIENT HISTORIOGRAPHY
University of Durham
1-3 September, 1999
CALL FOR PAPERS
Keynote speakers: C.J. Classen, P.R. Hardie, J. Scheid, T.P. Wiseman
Augustan poetry is deeply rooted in its socio-political setting; it is
also deeply concerned about its place within the traditions of Greek and
Latin letters. Research into these two aspects of the works of Vergil,
Horace, Propertius and their contemporaries has produced some of the most
exciting and influential scholarship of recent years. Moreover, advances
in archaeology and art history have situated the works of the Augustan
poets more firmly in their wider cultural context, while in the related
field of Hellenistic poetry, a complex process of 'historicization' has
located the Alexandrian poets more clearly than ever in their place and
time.
At the same time, our understanding of ancient historical writing and of
its relationship to poetry has been greatly refined. Studies of historians
have emphasized the multifaceted nature of their genre: works committed to
some notion of the truth, but a notion that may be very different from our
own, permitting a range of 'literary' approaches in the most comprehensive
sense. Their works are linked to the broadest cultural movements of their
day, both widely reading and widely read.
It therefore seems an appropriate time for a conference dedicated to
illustrating the ways in which Augustan poetry, in all its dense social and
textual engagement, interacts with the traditions of ancient
historiography.
We invite potential contributors to send abstracts of approximately 500
words by 31 August, 1998 at the latest. Papers should be of 30 minutes;
contributions by established scholars and postgraduate students are equally
welcome. Papers may cover any aspect of the interaction between ancient
historiography and Augustan poetry; papers on fragmentary, less well-known
writers will be most welcome, as will papers on Hellenistic Greek poetry
and Republican and post-Augustan Latin poetry which help shed light on the
practices of the Augustans.
Abstracts or requests for further information may be sent to:
Dr D.S. Levene, Dr D.P. Nelis Telephone: (+44)-191-374-2081
Department of Classics & Ancient History (+44)-191-374-2074
University of Durham Fax: (+44)-191-374-7338
38 North Bailey
Durham DH1 3EU E-Mail: D.S.Levene@durham.ac.uk
ENGLAND D.P.Nelis@durham.ac.uk
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The Department of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin announces a
graduate student conference:
DO UT DES: RITUAL AND ECONOMY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
February 26-27, 1999, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
The ancients described many of their own rituals as forms of exchange;
modern scholars contend that exchange itself is generally ritualized.
Students of ancient ritual and of the ancient economy have an enormous
potential to furnish each other with mutually illuminating models of
explanation and interpretation. This conference will explore intersections
between ritual and economic activity in the ancient world, as well as
intersections among the methods used to study these areas. We welcome
contributions from a wide range of perspectives: classics, religious
studies, archaeology, art history, philosophy, numismatics, and other
relevant disciplines.
For the purpose of this conference, we consider "economy" in both its
"traditional" sense-referring to, for example, matters of finance and
trade-and more broadly as a society's all-pervasive system of exchange and
the complex of attitudes towards exchange which accompanies any such
system. Papers, therefore, might examine the role of money in rituals
(e.g. in temple dedications, votive offerings, tribute lists, or public
festivals) or the role of rituals in finance (e.g. in coin minting or
contractual oaths); we are also interested in papers that consider ritual
aspects of the economy or economic aspects of ritual in a more oblique
light-for instance, studies of the symposium, the contractual nature of
magic, patronage and clientela, or systems of distribution and punishment
in literary and judicial contexts.
The keynote address will be delivered by W. Robert Connor, President and
Director of the National Humanities Center. Abstracts of 300-500 words are
due on SEPTEMBER 5, 1998. Abstracts may be submitted electronically to:
doutdes@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu, or mailed to: Conference Steering Committee,
Graduate Conference on Ritual and Economy, Department of Classics Waggener
Hall 123, Austin, Texas 78712-1181
Further information will be posted at:
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~doutdes/
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The Open University, Department of Classical Studies.
The January Conference 1999
An International Conference on Theatre: Ancient and Modern
5th and 6th January, 1999, at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Papers (maximum of 30 minutes) are invited on the following aspects of
ancient theatre: Theatrical Language, Performance Issues, Reception in the
19th and 20th Centuries, Comedy
A brief abstract (1 page maximum) should be sent by 15th April to the
Conference Secretary: Priya Punchihewa, Department of Classical Studies,
The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes. MK7 6AA. United Kingdom
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SECOND 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
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Carlin Barton, author of _The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans_
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 is available at:
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~clio/thanatos/
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[7] Book length publications by members
Phyllis Young Forsyth (University of Waterloo): Thera in the Bronze Age
Publisher: Peter Lang 1997
Back cover blurb:
"The modern excavations at Akrotiri, on the Greek island of Thera (also
known as Santorini), have provided students of antiquity with a unique
opportunity to examine the civilization of the Aegean Bronze Age. *Thera
in the Bronze Age* presents a detailed study of the geography, history, and
culture of a vibrant society that met its end in a catastrophic volcanic
eruption which, ironically, preserved the city at Akrotiri just as it was
in its final moments."
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[8] W3 sites noted, vel sim.
From: Adrienne Deangelis
Subject: Resources in Art History for Graduate Students
You may want to know about my Web site, Resources in Art History for
Graduate Students (http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~acd), which despite its
exclusive-sounding name, also lists opportunities in classics and
archaeology. My only criteria is that the posting have some relevance to
visual studies. I list fellowships, grants, study abroad and excavation
programs, graduate student visual studies journals, grad. symposia and
more.
I'm always looking for more material to post. Note also that I don't care
if you link or copy the site, although I would appreciate an
acknowledgement.
Adrienne DeAngelis, PhD
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From: Tom Elliott
Subject: ASGLE web site update and new URL
The web site of the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF GREEK AND LATIN EPIGRAPHY has
received a complete update and has been moved to a server maintained by the
Dept. of Classics at UNC-CH. All links have been verified and several new
resources have been added to the "links" pages. The new URL is:
http://asgle.classics.unc.edu
Please update your bookmarks/favorites lists and links pages, and forward
any comments or suggestions to: asgle@unc.edu.
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We would like to announce the new word-processor
"Classical Text Editor"
which, in cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences, was designed
especially for the purposes of critical editions.
This program allows users to create and maintain up to a dozen apparatus.
Indexing and referencing are done automatically. When the text is changed,
each apparatus will indicate the references that require updating and if
wanted, change them according to the new text. Due to the graphical WYSIWYG
surface, which resembles that of the most commonly used word-processors,
there is no need to work with any control strings. Additional features
facilitate working with sigla for text-witnesses and enhance the control
over text justification to a degree unknown to most systems. Our product is
designed to save the scholar lots of time and the publisher -- due to
camera-ready-copy -- a reasonable amount of money.
For a more detailed description -- and a demo-version --, visit our web
page at
(English)
(German)
Download:
Windows 3.1:
Windows 95/NT:
Stefan Hagel
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The American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy is happy to announce that
a list of abbreviations in Latin inscriptions is now available online, at
the Society's web site:
http://asgle.classics.unc.edu/abbrev/latin/
This collection, although still in draft form, has been posted now because
we have received more requests for such an on-line resource than any other.
The page provides access to a series of lists containing abbreviations
found in Latin inscriptions. The series represents a new compilation of
such abbreviations, assembled from digital texts of all Latin inscriptions
published in L'Annee Epigraphique between 1888 and 1993. The abbreviations
contained in these lists were identified using the digital texts of all
Latin inscriptions published in AE 1888-1993 available from Dr. Manfred
Clauss and the Ancient History Seminar at the Johann Wolfgang
Goethe-Universitaet in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
(http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~clauss/ ).
There are two sets of lists, one containing common abbreviations (those
occuring more than 10 times in the inscriptions sampled), and another
containing all the abbreviations that occur in the inscriptions sampled.
These lists may be used, reproduced and distributed for any academic
purpose that does not generate profit so long as the title and authorship
information, and the copyright notice, remain attached.
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A new list devoted to discussions of Ovid.
You can subscribe to ovid by sending e-mail to:
listproc@lists.nyu.edu
With the message:
subscribe ovid Firstname Lastname
Where Firstname and Lastname are, of course, your first and last
name. The subject line of the e-mail may be left blank.
Sean Redmond, New York University, redmonds@acf2.nyu.edu
Homepage: http://www.nyu.edu/classes/latin2/
Recent Ovidian Bibliography (1990-):
http://www.nyu.edu/classes/latin2/ovidbib.html
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If you are a regular visitor to the Perseus Project WWW site
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu), please check our home page for a new
announcement regarding proposed access changes. The document is at this
address:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/access.ann.html
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ACHAEMENID ROYAL INSCRIPTIONS PROJECT
http://asmar.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/ARI/ARI.html
The aim of the Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions project is to create an
electronic study edition of the inscriptions of the Achaemenid Persian
kings in all of their versions--Old Persian, Elamite, Akkadian, and, where
appropriate, Aramaic and Egyptian. The edition is to be accompanied by
translations, glossaries, grammatical indexes, basic bibliographic
apparatus, basic text critical apparatus, and some graphic apparatus (e.g.,
plans indicating provenience of the inscriptions, images of exemplars); the
texts will be available for downloading and printing. The first stage of
the project presents the inscriptions from Persepolis and nearby Naqsh-i
Rustam, where the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago carried
out excavations between 1931 and 1939.
Chuck Jones, cejo@midway.uchicago.edu
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