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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 5, NUMBER/NUMERO 2, 1998 10 15
Published by e-mail by the Classical Association of Canada/
Publie par courrier electronique par la
societe canadienne des etudes classiques
President: J.I. McDougall, University of Winnipeg
IAIN.MCDOUGALL@UWINNIPEG.CA
Secretary/Secretaire: I.M. Cohen, Mount Allison University
ICOHEN@MTA.CA
Treasurer/Tresorier: C. Cooper, University of Winnipeg
CRAIG.COOPER@UWINNIPEG.CA
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K.H. Kinzl, Trent University
KKINZL@TRENTU.CA
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CONTENTS:
[1] Association and other professional news
[2] Job openings; scholarships; excavations
[3] Lectures and seminars
[4] Conferences
[5] Calls for papers
[6] Varia
[7] W3 sites noted, and other electronic news
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[1] ASSOCIATION AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL NEWS
I have made some changes to the presentation of the CAC / SCEC home
page.(*) Please visit it and communicate to me any criticism or
suggestions for changes and improvements. KHK
(*) http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/cl/cac/welcome.html
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WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY
Now officially the
Department of Archaeology & Classical Studies
Has absorbed two members of faculty from other departments:
P. Michele Daviau, BA (Albertus Magnus Coll.), MA Theology (Marquette),
MA (Colgate, Rochester), PhD (Toronto)
Specializing in Near Eastern Archaeology
Dean H. Knight, BA(Beloit), MA, PhD (Toronto)
Specializing in North American & Prehistoric Archaeology
Chris Simpson has been promoted to the rank of Full Professor
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CAUT / ACPPU Bulletin 45.7 (Sept. 1998) 10
RETIRED ACADEMICS FORM ASSOCIATION
CAERA is the Canadian Association of Emeriti and Retired Academics.
CAERA has no formal constitution, and therefore no officers; it has no
formal membership and therefore no membership fees.
This "virtual" organization owes its origin to a one-day meeting
convened in the University of Calgary during the "Learneds" in 1994. The
meeting established a small task force mandated to enquire into the
feasibility of forming a country- wide federation of retiree associations
and societies. That task force began by sending to the presidents of all
universities and university colleges a questionnaire to be handed on to
officers of any such association or societies known to them. The returns
were encouraging, and exploratory meetings have since been held during the
"Learneds" in UQAM, Brock, Memorial and Ottawa.
Inter alia, the questionnaire asked "In what ways could a federation
serve retiree associations?" Most respondents specified "exchange of
information," and usually added later "information about" pension schemes,
programs of activities, concessions and privileges offered by university
administrations e.g., office space, limited but free parking on campus,
library privileges and relationships with the administration and other
agencies generally. Some respondents arguing that "we have not lost all
our marbles" turned the tables, and asked "not what can your university do
for you, but what can you do for your university?" They volunteered such
items as monitoring and serving as ambassadors to the general public.
Undoubtedly, all could benefit from such exchanges to quote precedents in
negotiating and improving services to present and to future members.
With the help of CAUT and a long period of gestation some features of
the original notions inspiring this enquiry are now about to be born
parturient montes. CAERA will establish a web site on the Internet. The
CAUT Bulletin will publish updates and ongoing news of CAERA's activities
in the CAERA News column. In addition, it should be possible to hold at
least a one-day meeting for the retired and those about to retire during
the "Learneds" each year.
For the time being material should be addressed to The
Emeritus Association, Rms. 423-5, Craigie Hall, the University
of Calgary, 2400- 24th Avenue NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4.
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[2] JOB OPENINGS; SCHOLARSHIPS; EXCAVATIONS
From: IN%"mcropp@ucalgary.ca" 11-OCT-1998 13:29:28.90
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY. The Calgary Institute for the Humanities invites
applications for visiting POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS to be held at the
Institute for a 12-month period beginning either July 1 or September 1,
1999. Applications should be received at the Institute no later than
NOVEMBER 6, 1998. Full details and application forms are available at
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/others/CIH. For enquiries contact the Institute
at 403-220-7238, fax 403-282-7822, or e-mail cih@acs.ucalgary.ca. Advice is
also offered by Professor M.J. Cropp, Acting Head, Department of Greek,
Latin & Ancient History (mcropp@acs.ucalgary.ca).
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From: IN%"aab@interchange.ubc.ca" "Anthony A. Barrett" 27-SEP-1998
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
TRAINING EXCAVATION IN BRITAIN
CLASSICAL STUDIES 335: The 'Lunt' Fort at Baginton, Warwickshire
August, 1999
The Department of Classics at the University of British Columbia will
conduct a training excavation in July/ August 1999 at the 'Lunt', a Roman
fort in central England, first built under Nero (in approx. 6O AD) in
connection with the revolt of Boadicea. Excavation began in the 196O's, and
in 1988 UBC began work on the western defences. The site is well-known for
the reconstruction of areas where excavation is completed, including part
of the eastern rampart and gateway, granary (now the site museum) and gyrus
(cavalry training enclosure).
Students are trained in all aspects of excavation, and subject to
satisfactory performance obtain six credits for Classical Studies 335,
equivalent to one full-year course. Students from other universities may
take the course for transfer credit. There are no prerequisites.
The practicum will last for four weeks, from July 26- August 20. There will
be a number of free days. Visiting lecturers will come to the site, and
excursions to other places of interest will be organized at moderate cost.
Baginton is located near Coventry (direct bus service to London Airports),
very close to Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon and the Cotswolds.
Accommodation is at the University of Warwick (two miles from the site) in
five-person flats with private bedrooms and self-catering facilities. The
campus offers extensive eating and entertainment facilities. Costs:
students make their own travel arrangements to Britain and register at UBC
with the appropriate fee. A charge of 360 pounds covers the cost of
accommodation, local staff, excavation fees, daily transportation and
refreshments on the site for the whole period.
A deposit of $1OO (made out to 'A.A. Barrett') is required. Early
registration is recommended. In the event of cancellation, the deposit is
refunded if the place is filled.
For further details: Anthony A. Barrett, Department of Classics, University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 Tel: (6O4) 822-4O64 (office),
228-8991 (home), Fax: (604) 822-9431, Email: aab@interchange.ubc.ca
Brief accounts of the excavation appear in Classical Views 33 (1989)
255-62, 36 (1992) 201-209. There is a small display outside Buchanan C260.
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From: IN%"med@ascsa.org" "Mary E. Darlington" 5-OCT-1998 16:24:15.11
NEH SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP 1999-2000
For the 1999-2000 academic year, the AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES
AT ATHENS will grant a fellowship made possible by an award from the
National Endowment for the Humanities.
Field(s) of Study: History, philosophy, language, literature, art and
archaeology of Greece and the Greek world, from pre-Hellenic times to the
present.
Those Eligible: Post-doctoral scholars at all levels, from assistant
through full professors who are U.S. citizens or foreign nationals who have
lived in the U.S. for the three years immediately preceding the application
deadline.
Terms: Maximum stipend of $30,000.
Application: 1) Cover sheet of the application (can be downloaded from
Website or ordered from the School at the address listed below). 2) A
detailed statement of the project (up to five pages in length) with
selected bibliography, stating the importance of the research, the
methodologies involved and the reasons it should occur in Greece at the
American School of Classical Studies. 3) Curriculum vitae with list of
publications. 4) Three letters of reference from scholars familiar with the
applicant's work and field of proposed study who can comment on the
feasibility of the project and the applicant's ability to complete it
successfully.
Applications and requests for further information on the American School of
Classical Studies or the Fellowship should be sent to:
NEH Senior Research Fellowship
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
6-8 Charlton Street
Princeton, NJ 08540-5232
Tel: 609-683-0800 Fax: 609-924-0578
E-mail: ascsa@ascsa.org Website: www.ascsa.org
DEADLINE for completed applications: November 16, 1998. The award will be
announced March 1, 1999.
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens does not discriminate on
the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, national
or ethnic origin, or disability when considering admission to any form of
membership or application for employment.
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Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Senior Research Fellowship in Classical Art and Archaeology
Applications are invited from men and women with a suitably distinguished
record of research for the Humfry Payne Senior Research Fellowship in
Classical Art and Archaeology tenable from 1st October 1999 (or an agreed
later date).
The Fellowship may be held until retirement age (subject to renewal by the
College every seven years) and is of comparable academic standing to an
Oxford University Professorship. The salary will be on a scale rising from
19.099 at age 26 to 36,469 at age 43, with an additional housing allowance
of 3775 for a Fellow not living in college.
Further particulars may be obtained from The President's Secretary, Corpus
Christi College, OX4 1JF. Applications should reach the Acting President
by November 25th 1998. Corpus Christi College is an equal opportunities
employer.
[Further Particulars]
CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE OXFORD
Humfry Payne Senior Research Fellowship
in Classical Art and Archaeology
The Humfry Payne Fellowship is open to men and women with a distinguished
record of research in any branch of Classical Art and Archaeology, Greek or
Roman. The person elected is expected to be of an academic standing
comparable to that of a Professor in the University of Oxford. The
Fellowship is tenable until retirement age (65), subject to renewal by the
college every seven years on evidence of satisfactory achievement.
The primary duty of the Fellow is to pursue a programme of advanced study
and research in Classical Art and/or Archaeology. The Fellowship carries
no obligation to offer undergraduate or graduate teaching, whether for the
College or for the University, but the person elected will be encouraged
to contribute in appropriate ways, agreed with the College tutorial
fellows and University post-holders in the field, to the teaching of
classical art and archaeology both in the College and the University.
Similarly, although there is no requirement that the holder of the
Fellowship be involved in archaeological fieldwork, such involvement will
be welcomed.
Classics has a significant place in the life of Corpus; at every level,
undergraduate, graduate, and fellowship, classicists form a higher
proportion of this than of any other college. The College has established
a Centre for the Study of Greek and Roman Antiquity as a way of further
promoting its involvement with the subject. The Centre comprises the
classical Fellows of the College and the classical graduates; there are
also Associate Members, recognised classical scholars with connections
with the college working in Oxford or elsewhere. The chief activities of
the centre are a weekly speaker seminar in the Michaelmas (autumn) and
Hilary (spring) terms, one or more annual colloquia, normally of one-day
duration, and occasional visiting lectures. The College Library has an
excellent Classical Section and the holdings in Classical Archaeology have
recently been significantly improved through the generosity of
benefactors; in particular the College has its own copy of LIMC.
The College has four teaching fellows in Classics: Ewen Bowie,
(Greek Literature) Stephen Harrison (Latin Literature), C.C.W. Taylor,
(Ancient Philosophy) and Robin Osborne (Ancient History); in addition the
Corpus Professor of Latin (currently Michael Winterbottom), the only
established Professor of Latin in the University, is always a Fellow of
Corpus, and James Howard-Johnston, University Lecturer in Byzantine
History, and Alison Cooley, Robert H. Murray Fellow in History and a Roman
historian, are also a Fellows. There is a College Junior Research
Fellowship which alternates between Classics and Modern History, and in
recent years the college has elected several classical British Academy
Post-doctoral Fellows to non-stipendiary junior research fellowships.
Corpus is currently the college base for a three-year externally funded
post-doctoral research post in Greek and Roman Sculpture, held by Julia
Lenaghan. Further details about the College and the classical fellows can
be found at http://www.ccc.ox.ac.uk
Within the University, Classical Archaeology is taught by Professor R.R.R.
Smith, Professor E.M. Steinby, Dr. J. Bennet, Dr. J.J. Coulton, Dr. D.C.
Kurtz and Dr. J.A. Lloyd. In addition, research positions are held by Dr.
N. Pollard and Dr. T. Mannack. The University has outstanding resources
in classical archaeology, in particular the collections of the Ashmolean
Museum (including a fine Cast Gallery), the Beazley Archive and the
Ashmolean Library. Classical Archaeology is taught within the
undergraduate degrees of Literae Humaniores, Ancient and Modern History,
and Archaeology and Anthropology, and within graduate degrees in Ancient
History and Classical Languages and Literature as well as in the M.St. and
M.Phil. in Classical Archaeology and in other Archaeology graduate
degrees. There are currently some 35 graduate students in Classical
Archaeology working in Oxford.
The Fellow will be a member of the Governing Body of the College and will
be expected to serve on College committees and to hold College offices
from time to time when called upon to do so. He or she will be entitled
to be granted by the Governing Body one term's sabbatical leave in respect
of each six terms of qualifying service.
The Fellow will be paid on the tutorial scale, which runs from 19.099 at
age 26 to 36,469 at age 43. In addition there is a housing allowance of
3775 for a Fellow not living in college, a research allowance of 299 and a
small hospitality allowance. The Fellowship carries an allowance of 3775
for a Fellow not living in college, a research allowance of 299 and a
small hospitality allowance. The Fellowship carries an entitlement to
lunch and dinner without charge at the common table of the College when
the kitchen is open, and to a BUPA subscription The Fellowship is
pensionable under the USS scheme. Car parking is available at the College
site for Fellows. The stipends are paid on the assumption that the Fellow
is engaged whole-time on the research for which he or she was elected;
should a fellow receive remuneration from other sources, the college may
adjust his or her stipend.
Corpus Christi College is an equal opportunities employer.
Candidates should submit as part of their application a full curriculum
vitae with a complete list of their published work; on this they should
asterisk or otherwise highlight not more than four items which they regard
as representing their most significant contributions to classical art and
archaeology to date. They should also set out as clearly as possible the
programme of research which they intend to pursue if elected to the
fellowship, and the work which they plan to publish as a result of that
research. The complete application should be addressed to Mr C.C.W.
Taylor, Acting President, and reach the college not later than November
25th 1998.
Candidates should ask not more than three referees to write direct to Mr.
C.C.W. Taylor, Acting President, Corpus Christi College, Oxford OX1 4JF
not later than November 25th 1998. Candidates should give their referees
a copy of the accompanying Notes for Referees.
The College expects to contact short-listed candidates in the week
beginning Monday 7th December and to hold interviews on Tuesday 12th
January. Candidates should ensure that their application includes
addresses, postal and e-mail, and telephone numbers at which they may be
contacted in the week beginning December 7th. It is expected that the
successful candidate will be informed on Wednesday 20th January.
The College will only make an election if a suitable candidate is
available.
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[3] LECTURES AND SEMINARS
The TORONTO SOCIETY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA Lecture
Series, 1998-99. Lectures located in Lecture Room 140 of University
College, 15 King's College Circle, University of Toronto, at 4:15; members'
receptions follow. Admission to lectures is free and non-members are most
welcome.
Oct. 21 David Whitehouse, Director, Corning Museum of Glass
"Islamic Pottery and Medieval Europe"
Nov. 18 Natalie Kampen, Barnard College
"Gender Studies and the Aphrodite of Knidos"
Dec. 9 Gretchen Umholtz, McMaster University
"Constructions of Grace and Piety: Women's architecture in
Ancient Greece"
Jan. 13 Timothy Barnes, University of Toronto
"The Bones of St. Peter"
Feb. 10 T. Cuyler Young, University of Toronto
"Persians and Late Phrygians at Gordion: The New Archaeological
Evidence"
March 17 Nancy de Grummond, Florida State University
"Excavations at Cetamura del Chianti: the Etruscan Settlement"
To be followed by annual Members' Banquet
Please note: in addition, on Feb. 10, Margaret Root, University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor, will give a lecture on Assyrian and Persian reliefs to the
Canadian Society of Mesopotamian Studies (which usually meets at 8:00,
providing Achaemenid enthusiasts a chance to get two lectures in one day).
For further information, call (416) 978-3290; or e-mail
margaret.miller@utoronto.ca
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Talk to the Department of Classics
Roger Beck, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto at Mississauga
"More 'Epiphanies of the great gods:' astrology and a royal tomb in ancient
Commagene."
Friday, October 16, 3:30 p.m., McLennan Physics Laboratories (MP) 134, 255
Huron Street, University of Toronto
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Professor Bruce Frier of the University of Michigan (Classics and Law) is
coming to lecture on the topic: "Same-sex marriage in Roman law". He will
speak on Friday, November 13 (absit omen), in UC 161 at the normal
departmental time of 3:10 p.m.
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There will be a one day seminar at The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton
Keynes (Room 034 Geoffrey Crowther Building) on Thursday 29 October 1998.
Programme:
10.30 arive and coffee
11.15 Lynette Watson: introduction
11.45 Rossitza Atanassova: 'Juvenal's Impact on Prudentius'
12.30 lunch (purchasable at the OU refectory)
1.45 John Percival: 'Still desperately seeking Sidonius'
2.30 Mary Whitby: 'George of Pisidia'
3.15 Paula James : summing up.
3.30 Tea and depart
Further information from Dr. Paula James at The OU (S.E.Region) St. James
House, 150 London Rd. E.Grinstead W.Sussex RH19 1HG (tel: 01342 327821:
e-mail P.James@open.ac.uk)
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Please note that the meeting of the Workshop scheduled for Tuesday 1
December (presenter: Simon Spence, Nottingham) has been postponed to
Tuesday 15 December at the same time, 5 pm, in the Classics Department,
University of Nottingham. Alan Sommerstein
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[4] CONFERENCES
A one-day conference on MARX AND ANTIQUITY
21st November 1998, University of Bristol
Speakers:
Alex Callinicos (York) on Marxism and History
Scott Meikle (Glasgow) on Marx and Ancient Philosophy
Mark Buchan (Northwestern) on Marx's Ancient Aesthetics
Niall McKeown (Birmingham) on Western Marxism and Ancient History
Neville Morley (Bristol) on Marx and the Failure of Antiquity
Conference fee: GBP 20 (GBP 10 for students and unwaged), including coffee,
lunch and tea.
For a booking form, please contact Neville Morley, Department of
Classics & Ancient History, 11 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TB.
E-mail: n.d.g.morley@bris.ac.uk.
Further details will be posted at
http:www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Classics/marx.html
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From: Robin Norman Mitchell-Boyask
I've just posted the registration and travel information for the annual
meeting APA in Washington to www.apaclassics.org.
[Please note the following helpful interpretation of this sentence:]
This means that the electronic information is well ahead of the paper
version. The online registration is not available yet, but I'll post it as
soon as it becomes available.
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The Fourth Annual Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy:
Plato's Epistemology and Metaphysics
A Colloquium on Plato's epistemology and metaphysics will take place at the
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, February 19 - 21, 1999.
http://www.userworld.com/users/kireid/plato.html
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There will be a one day conference in Oxford (CCC) on 31st October, with
the title "Text and Commentary in the Electronic Age, The future of
classical texts" and featuring Kathryn Sutherland, Lou Burnard, Mike
Fraser, Stuart Lee, Mike Popham, Andrew Zissos, and (by video link) Joe
Farrell. Details are at URL http://jesus.ox.ac.uk/~dpf/textcomm.html or
contact Don Fowler.
Although mainly intended for Oxford faculty and graduate students,
everyone else is welcome. There is no charge (even for lunch!) but numbers
are limited. Please email classoff@ermine.ox.ac.uk if interested.
Don Fowler
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[5] CALLS FOR PAPERS
From: IN%"daybt@mcmail.cis.McMaster.CA" "B.T. Day" 6-OCT-1998
The Graduate Students in Conjunction with the Department of Classics at
McMaster University would like to announce the First Annual Graduate
Conference: "Awareness of the Past in the Roman World", January 1999
CALL FOR PAPERS
From the careful maintenance of the hut of Romulus to the inquisitive
travels of the wandering Pausanias, the Romans had an acute awareness of
their own past as well as that of other cultures. This conference will
explore aspects of historical consciousness in the literature, art,
politics, religion, history, myth, and material culture of the Roman world.
We invite submissions from students of Classics, Archaeology, Art History,
Religious Studies, History, Anthropology, and related disciplines. Papers
may consider such questions as: How important was an awareness of the
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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
($ 45.00 for those earning less than CAD 30,000 per annum);
sustaining CAD 90; life CAD 750; student CAC 30; retired
CAD 45); there are also joint memberships. 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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past? How does an awareness of the past appear in art and literature? To
what end was it used? How was it transmitted? What did the past, real or
mythological, mean to the Roman world?
We welcome submissions from graduate and senior undergraduate students.
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by November 6,
1998. Shared papers are also welcome. Indicate the length of your talk
(10, 15, or 20 minutes), as well as any audio-visual requirements. Please
submit your abstracts with the following information attached on a separate
piece of paper: title, name, university affiliation, and your email
address. Limited billeting is available with host graduate students.
We are extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Jocelyn Penny Small from
Rutgers University will be our keynote speaker.
If you have any questions, contact the Graduate Student Conference
Committee at: Conference Committee, Department of Classics, TSH 706,
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M2, Canada, or email inquiries to:
Audrey McSherry at mcsherha@mcmaster
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1999 UNB ANCIENT HISTORY COLLOQUIUM
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 6th Annual University of New Brunswick Ancient History Colloquium is
scheduled to take place in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on 20 March 1999.
This is a preliminary notice to alert scholars in Classics, History,
Philosophy, Religion or related disciplines who might be interested in
presenting a paper or in attending. The conference is entitled: GREEKS ON
THE APPIAN WAY: PROGRESS, DECLINE OR STAGNATION, and seeks to explore the
nature of the Roman reception of Greek ideas in a variety of areas
including, but not limited to, philosophy, literature, art, medicine and
law. The Keynote Speaker will be PROF. BRAD INWOOD of the University of
Toronto. For further information, contact James S. Murray (jsm@unb.ca) or
John Geyssen (jgeyssen@unb.ca), Dept. of Classics and Ancient History,
University of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 440, Fredericton, New Brunswick,
Canada E3B 5A3; tel. (506) 453-4763; fax (506)447-3072.
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[6] VARIA
THE ANCIENT HISTORY BULLETIN
(http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/cl/ahb/welcome.html, alias:
http://www.trentu.ca/ahb/welcome.html)
now has a significant store of electronic versions of articles from back
issues to offer (vols. 7 (1993) - 11 (1997) and a growing number of
articles from earlier volumes--more will follow in the coming weeks and
months), as well as a few articles for preview.
A cumulative index to all volumes of the journal can be found only at the
web site: http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/cl/ahb/ahbindex.html
We also and especially encourage scholars writing in French, German and
Spanish to consider the journal as a vehicle for the quick distribution of
their research.
K.H. Kinzl, co-editor and web editor, AHB
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A letter from the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Archaeology
Over the course of its long and distinguished history, the American Journal
of Archaeology has published important research in the art and archaeology
of ancient Europe, the Mediterranean, Egypt, and the Near East from
prehistoric to late antique times (c. A.D. 700). In recent years, however,
the appearance of new archaeological journals occupying more specialized
niches and the exponential growth of archaeological information and
publication on the internet have caused some authors to cease looking to
AJA as the primary forum for the publication of their research.
As the new Editor-in-Chief, I seek to maintain and strengthen AJA's vital
role as a journal with a broad chronological and geographical mandate
through a number of initiatives. These include theme-based issues, issue
and debate articles, and occasional letters from the editor. I shall also
be expanding the number of reviews of regional archaeological activity.
(Newly solicited reviews of the archaeology of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt
and Late Iron Age and Roman Britain are already in preparation.)
In general, I encourage the submission of papers that make a novel
contribution to their respective field or across a number of fields. This
can take the form of new interpretations, theories, and methods of inquiry,
the announcement of important discoveries, syntheses of recent research in
a particular field, and critical discussions of significant questions and
problems. Interim reports on archaeological work in progress are welcome,
but their emphasis should be on the emerging significance of the work to
the field, and not on the mere presentation of data. I also invite
contributions from fields such as literature and history that address
themes or issues relating to the art or archaeology of the Ancient World.
Both long and short articles that meet these criteria are welcome. As part
of this expanded effort to fulfill its mandate, AJA will now accept
manuscripts in French and eventually in German, Italian, and Spanish.
These initiatives will be coupled with incremental changes in AJA format
and style that more effectively communicate its scope. Various options are
now under consideration including the introduction of cover illustrations
and color figures and a shift from footnotes to the evolved Harvard system
for in-text bibliographical citations (e.g., Hitchner 1990: 99).
Contributors will also be encouraged to submit maps and plans that are
reducible to acceptable scales.
AJA's web-site (temporary address:
http://homepages.udayton.edu/~braley/TOC10-98.htm) is being updated to
complement and support the journal. The site now includes the members of
the advisory board and their addresses, a statement of purpose, a list of
books received as well as those actually reviewed, and article titles and
abstracts from recent issues. The archive of issues for which abstracts are
provided will eventually be expanded to include all previous years. AJA is
also exploring options for providing more news and information of interest
to our readership on the web-site.
AJA will maintain its commitment to protecting our archaeological heritage.
AJA will continue its policy of not publishing articles that announce or
constitute the initial scholarly discussion of any object in a private or
public collection acquired after 30 December 1973, unless the object was
part of a previously existing collection or has been legally exported from
the country of origin.
In all of these endeavors I am collaborating closely with Tracey Cullen,
Associate Editor, Susan Alcock and John Cherry, Book Review Co-editors,
Carol Stein, Assistant Editor and, after January 1, the new Book Review
Co-editors Paul Rehak and John Younger. Together, we welcome constructive
comments and suggestions from subscribers and other interested individuals
that will assist us in further enhancing the reputation of AJA as one of
the premier scholarly journals in the field.
R. Bruce Hitchner, Director, Center for International Programs, University
of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-1481; tel: 937-229-3652;
fax: 937-229-2766. Email: Hitchner@trinity.udayton.edu,
Website: http://www.udayton.edu/~cip
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[7] W3 SITES NOTED, AND OTHER ELECTRONIC NEWS
I have the pleasure to announce that the base addresse for the Pomoerium
has changed and are now on the Web at URL: http://pomoerium.com. Please
change your bookmarks, as the old address will expire within the next
weeks. Thank you, Dr Ryszard Pankiewicz
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The PERSEUS PROJECT is pleased to announce a web version of Andrew
Stewart's "One Hundred Greek Sculptors: Their Careers and Extant Works," at
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/text?lookupstew.+sculp.+toc. This
essay, which is also available on Perseus 2.0, comprises Part III of
Stewart's award winning two-volume book, Greek Sculpture, available from
Yale University Press.
"One Hundred Greek Sculptors" is an invaluable resource for students and
teachers of Greek Sculpture. It provides an introduction to Greek sculptors
and the sources that inform us about them, and catalogs the primary
sources--texts, inscriptions, extant works, and attributions--that comprise
evidence for the lives and works of ca. 100 of the most prominent Greek
sculptors. Bibliographic references to secondary sources, including Parts I
and II of Stewart's Greek Sculpture, are also included.
Stewart's essay is fully interconnected with the Perseus digital library.
This essay contains translations of the most important or revealing
secondary sources (testimonia), which are numbered sequentially, with links
to relevant texts in the original languages. There are also links to the
Perseus Project's sculpture catalog from specific works mentioned in
Stewart's text. Testimonia may be accessed from the table of contents, and
links to testimonia are also provided within the text where they are cited.
When you know the number of a particular testimonium you may access it
directly from the Perseus look-up tool: to access Testimonium 46 (an
excerpt from Aristophanes' Peace), for example, simply type "stew. sculp. t
46" into the white box next to "Search Perseus" on our home page
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu).
We are grateful to Yale University Press for permission to include this
important work among the materials made available to the public through the
Perseus Project web site.
We welcome your feedback and any comments on how you are making use of
these resources.
Amy C. Smith, Art and Archaeology Editor, Perseus Project, Tufts University
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Nuntii Latini, conspectus rerum internationalium hebdomadalis, est
programma Radiophoniae Finnicae Generalis ubique terrarum divulgatum.
Tempora undaeque emissionum necnon res ad quattuor volumina nuntiorum
attinentes vel in paginis domesticis programmatis vel per cursum publicum
vel electronicum reperiri possunt. Praeterea novissimus conspectus in
Interreti et legitur et auditur.
www.yle.fi/fbc/latini.html
nuntii.latini@yle.fi
Nuntii Latini, Finnish Broadcasting Company, P.O. Box 99, 00024 Yleisradio,
FINLAND
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The Leuven Database of Ancient Books: A database of Greek and Latin
Literary Texts (400 BC - AD 800).
The data-base is be [sic] available on cd-rom and can be used on Mac and
PC. It contains basic information on more than 7000 literary texts on
papyrus, ostraca, wooden tablets and parchment and updates both the
catalogue of Pack and that of Van Haelst. Also included are texts from
Herculaneum which are sufficiently well preserved for an identification to
be proposed and magical texts from PGM and Supplementum Magicum. A start
has been made to include also early Greek and Latin codices up to AD 800.
Each entry in the data-base deals with one ancient "book" (which may in
fact also be a single sheet) and contains the following information :
- reference to the catalogues of Pack, Van Haelst, Gigante and to the work
done by the LiE8ge group of Paul Mertens
- name of the ancient author(s)
- book title and reference
- provenance (a distinction is made between Egypt and the rest of the
world)
- date (by century only)
- writing material (papyrus, parchment etc.)
- bookform (roll, codex, single sheet)
- limited bibliography (here only a small selection is given, exhausitvity
is not aimed at)
- text genre (prose or poetry with further subdivisions)
- "culture" i.e. literature, religion and "science"
- religion (classical, christian, jewish)
- edition (again a selection including editio princeps and the best recent
edition)
- language (Greek, Latin, bilingual)
This data-base works with the Programme FilemakerPro. The programme is not
included on the cd-rom.
On top of the data-base is a programme called "hit", which turns the
mathematical data of the above data-base automatically into graphs and charts.
"Hit" consists at this moment of six sections. It allows for searches by
author, by date, by provenance, by bookform, by material and by culture.
Each of these can be combined with another. Thus a graph can be generated
for the number of literary papyri in function of time, of the Euripides
papyri in function of time, of the third century BC papyri in function of
their bookform, of the "scientific" papyri (most of them school books) in
function of their material (often ostraca), of the Sappho papyri in
function of provenance (with a map of Egypt) etc. The programme has been
tested out successfully on Belgian schoolchildren and can be handled
without intimate knowledge of computers. To use it you need a computer with
a 256 colour monitor with at least 640 x 480 pixels.
Both programmes are now on display on the following www.address, where you
will find a number of screen dumps illustrating what is said here:
http://www.tu.be/hit/hit.htm.
Dr. Willy Clarysse
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Anyone wanting to purchase a copy of this CD ROM (GBP 10.00) should write
to Dr. A.K.Bowman, Christ Church, Oxford OX1 1DP (to whom cheques should
be made payable). Please send payment with order!
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Beta (i.e. TLG and PHI) compatible little database on
our server.
Some texts are taken from Libellus and the Latin Library, some are new on
the net, neither found on the TLG disk (Nicomachos and Pseudo-Demetrios
Phalereus).
The texts and sw are not yet error-free, but hope most things work.
Your comments on any aspect of the project (file formats, naming scheme of
the files, copyright policy etc.) are welcome.
Gyula Mayer, Budapest & Piliscsaba (Hungary) gam@cs.elte.hu
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Cooperative effort of the APA's Classical Atlas Project and the Departments
of History and Classics and the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill: the Interactive Ancient Mediterranean (IAM) Project. IAM is an
on-line atlas of the ancient Mediterranean world designed to serve the
needs and interests of students and teachers in high school, community
college and university courses in classics, ancient history, archaeology
and related fields. The IAM staff cordially invites you to visit our site
to learn more: http://iam.classics.unc.edu
[This promises to be an exciting site; at present it is a scaffold with
only a few bricks]
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WEB SITE DE LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE DES ETUDES CLASSIQUES:
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