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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 3, 1998 11 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
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] [1.1] Congre\s annuel | Annual meeting 1999
[1.2] Association announcements: Sight translation
[1.3] PhD theses completed at Canadian Universities
[1.4] Directory (*Classical Studies in Canadian Universities*)
[1.5] State of the discipline
[2] [2.1] Job openings
[2.2] Fellowships, Scholarships
[3] Summer 1999: excavations, courses, etc.
[4] Lectures and seminars
[5] Conferences
[6] Calls for papers
[7] Varia
[8] Book length publications by members
[9] W3 sites noted, vel sim.
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[1] ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCEMENTS, etc.
[1.1] The first release regarding the 1999 SCEC | CAC Congre\s annuel |
Annual meeting at Universite/ Laval appeared as a special bulletin (vol. 5,
special no 8), see
http://ivory.trentu.ca/cac/ccb5/spe5-8.html
or the NEW CCB / BCEA ARCHIVE AT THE BIBLIOTHE\QUE NATIONALE | NATIONAL
LIBRARY
http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/201/300/cdn_classical/index.html
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[1.2] Sight translation
From: IN%"pcalkin@IS.Dal.Ca" "Patricia J. Calkin" 19-OCT-1998 19:57:24.37
Subj: RE: 1999 CAC Sight Translation Competitions
The Classical Association of Canada will sponsor Sight Translation
Competitions in Latin at the Junior and Senior levels on January 21, 1999.
The Competitions in Greek at the Junior and Senior levels will be held on
January 28, 1999. This year the CAC is sponsoring a new competition in
latin for high school students only. Packages of information and entry
forms have been mailed to Departments and Schools across the country. If
you do not receive information and wish to enter students, please contact
Patricia J. Calkin, Department of Classics, Dalhousie University, Halifax,
NS B3H 3J5; tel: 902-494-2279; fax: 902-494-2467
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[1.3] PhD theses completed at Canadian Universities
[Source: APA [sic!] Newsletter (by permission of the Executive Director)]
"McMaster University, Howard Jones Reporting:"
Alexis Young: Vending Scenes in the Sculpture of Roman Gaul (K. Dunbabin)
"University of Alberta, John-Paul Himka Reporting:"
Tana Joy Allen: Roman Healing Spas in Italy: A Study in Design and Function
(Alastair M. Small); Maria B. Kozakiewicz: The Imagery of Ceres in the
Presentation of Imperial Women in the Julio-Claudian Period (Alastair M.
Small)
"University of British Columbia, Phil[l]ip Harding Reporting:"
C. Gorrie: The Building Programme of Septimius Severus (A. Barrett); D.
Johnson: Aelian's Varied History and Ancient Traditions of the Miscellany
(G. Sandy); S. Bingham: The Praetorian Guard in the Political and Social
Life of Julio-Claudian Rome (A. Barrett)
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[1.4] Directory (*Classical Studies in Canadian Universities*)
The National Library of Canada has archived the directory. It will
download a copy about four times a year (thus, the Trent site will always be
a little more up-to-date). The existence of a second site should be very
useful if Trent's server happens to be down (not likely, but it has happened).
(ISSN 1198-9149) The URL is
http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/201/300/classicalstudiesinCU/index.html
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[1.5] State of the discipline
From: "Jo-Marie Claassen"
Subject: NEW DEPARTMENT AT STELLENBOSCH
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 15:46:50 +0200
The Departments of Classics and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at
Stellenbosch are amalgamating as the Dept of Ancient Studies as from Jan 1
1999. To celebrate their nuptuals, they are mounting an "Ancient week"
26-31 October. [See Programme below, "[5] Conferences".]
Dr Jo-Marie Claassen, Dept. of Classics, Univ. of Stellenbosch, Private Bag
X01, 7602 Matieland, South Africa; e-mail: jmc@akad.sun.ac.za; phone:
+27-21-808-3138 work; +27-21-883-2956 home; fax: +27-21-808-4336
SUPERABIMUS!!!!!!!
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[2] JOB OPENINGS, FELLOWSHIPS, 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
For Canadian job announcements see the special releases of CCB / BCEA,
http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/cl/cac/ccb5/ccb-5.html
US jobs and some others are also ususally posted to the Classics-l and
Classics-m lists, and UK jobs to the Classicists list.
I am not aware of electronic postings of jobs where the language of
instruction is not English (if anyone knows, please inform me).
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[2.1]
The University of Dublin, Trinity College, School of Classics
Applications are invited for the following appointment in the School of
Classics, tenable from 1 October 1999 (or as soon as possible thereafter)
Chair of Latin (1870)
Candidates should have a distinguished record of scholarly research in one
or more areas of Latin studies. Administrative duties within the School of
Classics will include Headship of the School, in accordance with College's
practice.
Appointment will be made at an appropriate point of the professorial salary
scale, currently IRP 45,447 - 58,708.
Further particulars relating to this appointment may be obtained from:
Michael Gleeson, Secretary to the College, West Theatre, Trinity College,
Dublin 2. Telephone: +353 (1) 608 2197/1722; Facsimile: +353 (1) 671 0037;
E-mail: domurphy@tcd.ie
to whom formal applications should be sent, to arrive before the preferred
closing date of Friday, 11 December 1998.
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APA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEARCH
The Executive Director Search Committee, consisting of Professors David
Konstan (Chair), Harry Evans, Julia Gaisser, Erich Gruen, Judith Hallett,
Michael Putnam, and Ruth Scodel, announces the following position:
The American Philological Association seeks to hire a full-time
administrator with a background in Classics. The successful candidate will
become Executive Director-designate on or about 1 May 1999, and will assume
full duties on 1 July 1999. The anticipated term of office is five years
with an annual review and the potential for renewal. Salary and benefits
will be commensurate with experience. The Association expects to maintain
its current offices on the campus of New York University, but is willing to
consider proposals to locate the office elsewhere.
The Executive Director is the chief operating officer of the Association,
reporting to the Board of Directors, working closely with, and actively
assisting, the President and the Vice-Presidents of the Divisions
(Education, Professional Matters, Program, Publications, Research). The
Executive Director fosters communication and a spirit of cooperation with
the various constituencies of the Association, as well as with individual
members; represents the Association to the Conference of Administrative
Officers of the American Council of Learned Societies; and serves on the
Executive Committee and Board of Trustees of Scholars Press.
Current duties of the Executive Director include: Providing continuity
in leadership and policy formation for the Association; Managing the
Association's finances and overseeing its business in compliance with the
policies and by-laws of the organization; Supervising on a day-to-day
basis the office staff, and carrying out the Association's activities,
including office publications (Newsletter, Graduate Guide, Annual Meeting
Program, etc.); managing the annual meeting in coordination with the
Archaeological Institute of America; and overseeing the Placement Service.
The Executive Director will play a major role in fund-raising and
developing new initiatives for the Association; will continue to develop
the Association's contacts with professional organizations in other
academic disciplines and with groups involved in teaching Latin and Greek
in the schools; and will bring our own disciplines to the attention of
appropriate government bodies, philanthropic institutions, and the public
at large. The holder of the position, which calls for a combination of
academic, diplomatic, and managerial skills, will have considerable
influence on the future development of the Association, and of our entire
profession. Flexibility and a willingness to develop new skills will be
important considerations in the minds of the Search Committee.
Members are encouraged to nominate suitable candidates who might otherwise
not apply. Applications and nominations, accompanied by a current
curriculum vitae and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of at
least three referees, should be sent to the Executive Director Search
Committee in care of the current Executive Director, John Marincola,
American Philological Association, 19 University Place, Room 328, New York
University, New York, NY 10003; tel.: 212-998-3575; fax: 212-995-4814;
e-mail: jmm10@is4.nyu.edu. Prospective candidates may request a detailed
description of current duties and operations of the office.
Only those applications received at the APA office by 1 December 1998 can
be considered. Interviews of short-listed candidates will be held at the
APA's Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on 27 December 1998.
The American Philological Association is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity Employer.
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[2.2]
Center for Hellenic Studies: Summer Scholars 1999
The Center for Hellenic Studies (Trustees for Harvard University) invites
applications for its Summer Scholars program, which will be held from June
23 to August 4, 1999. With its 45,000-volume specialized library and serene
wooded campus in Washington, D.C., the Center offers professional
classicists an opportunity for full-time research in a collegial
environment. The Summer Scholars program is designated for scholars of any
age or rank (including independent scholars and secondary school teachers
but not graduate students) who do not normally have access to a good
research library. Applicants working in any field of Classics are eligible;
given the strength of the Center's resources, some preference will be given
to research that focuses on text-based Ancient Greek studies.
Summer Scholars will receive a stipend of USD 500, as well as
fully-furnished housing on the Center's grounds (provided for
accompanying household members as well), 24-hour access to the library, a
study in the library building, and lunch on weekdays. In addition, the
Center can provide some assistance with transportation expenses.
Applications include an application form, C.V., project
description, and two letters of recommendation. Applications must be
postmarked by February 15, 1999; candidates will be notified of their
admission status in early April. Further information and application forms
are available from:
Office of the Directors, Center for Hellenic Studies, 3100 Whitehaven
Street, NW, Washington DC 20008, tel: 202.234.3738, fax:202.797.3745,
e-mail:CHS@Harvard.edu, website: http://www.chs@harvard.edu
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Pearson Fellowship
Nominations are invited for the 1999-2000 Lionel Pearson Fellowship. The
Fellowship seeks to contribute to the training of American and Canadian
classicists by providing for a period of study at an English or Scottish
university. It is open to majors in Greek, Latin, or Classics. Applicants
should be in the final year of undergraduate study at an American or
Canadian university and should expect to obtain the B.A. by September of
1999, so as to be able to begin an academic year of postgraduate work at
that time. Normally, the Fellowship is held in the academic year
immediately after graduation with a bachelor's degree. The term of the
fellowship is one year; fellows may use the fellowship for one year of a
longer program of study, but under no circumstances will a Pearson
Fellowship be awarded for a period longer than one year. The Fellowship
will pay all academic fees and will provide a living stipend to meet
estimated average living expenses; airfare and other necessary expenses of
travel will also be covered. Total reimbursement for all expenses will not
exceed USD 25,000. Fellows are responsible for determining the English or
Scottish university at which to take up the Fellowship, and for making all
applications for admissions. Those who wish to nominate students for the
Fellowship should send the name and address of the student to the current
Chair, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267. The Chair will then send
the application forms and all relevant material to the nominator.
Nominations and inquiries may be made by letter, or e-mail
(mhoppin@williams.edu). The deadline for nominations is October 16, 1998,
for completed applications November 13, 1998. A short list of candidates
will be interviewed at the APA convention in Washington, DC in December
1998.
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[3] SUMMER 1998: EXCAVATIONS, COURSES, ETC.
From: IN%"hectorw@interchange.ubc.ca" "Hector Williams" 2-NOV-1998
The UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA plans to continue its excavations at the
site of ancient Stymphalos from July 4 to August 16, 1999 and invites
interested volunteers to contact the project. We shall be digging houses,
streets, fortifications, and a sanctuary in the fifth season of excavations
at this site in the NE Peloponnese. Cost including local transportation,
meals, hotel accommodation with private facilities, etc. is CAD 1900 or
CAD 500 with camping and lunches. No experience is required. For further
details please contact: The Stymphalos Project, Department of Classical,
Near Eastern and Religious Studies, University of B.C., Vancouver V6T 1Z1.
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Ohio University's Greek in Greece program for Spring quarter 1999 (March
25-June 6) and to enlist the aid of faculty and advisors in spreading the
word to their undergraduate and graduate students. Those of you who are
more electronically conversant than I might do me a favor by cross-posting
this announcement to other lists that might have interested readers.
Our Greek in Greece program is unique among study-abroad programs in
emphasizing the study of Greek language, both modern and Classical.
It includes 4 courses:
1) 45 classroom hours of introductory Modern Greek at the Athens Centre
(3weeks);
2) an on-site survey of Greek archaeology and history that includes site
visits to many major sites in Attica (+Delphi and Thebes), the Peloponnese,
and Crete (3 weeks);
3, 4) intermediate/advanced reading courses in Homer and Plato. We read at
sight about 7 books of the Odyssey and several works from the Platonic
corpus (Erastai, Lysis, and the first 30 Stephanus pages of the Phaedrus).
Usually we manage to read all these texts at least a second time and some
of them a third time. (4 weeks on remote Aegean islands, reading aloud as a
group 40-60 hours per week)
To participate in the intermediate/advanced Greek classes students are
required to have completed at least 3 semesters' study of Classical Greek.
We will admit a few students who wish to pursue independent study of some
related field in lieu of the 2 Classical Greek courses. They will need to
propose a serious topic of study and secure the cooperation of a faculty
member at their home institution who will supervise and grade their work.
They need to be clear that during the final month of the trip while the
Greek students are reading Homer and Plato 8-10 hours/day, they will need
to be busy with their independent projects.
Total estimated cost (including air fare): USD 4000-USD 4400 + Ohio University
tuition (Undergraduate Ohio/out-of-state: USD 1441/USD 3108.
GraduateOhio/out-of-state: USD 1810/USD 3477). We welcome students from other
universities--whether on the quarter or the semester system. Each of the 4
courses should transfer as a 3-semester-hour course.
More detailed information is available at http://www.classics.ohiou.edu.
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[4] LECTURES AND SEMINARS
University of Toronto:
Walter Graham Lecture, Department of Fine Art
Professor Sarah Morris (UCLA): "Imaginary Kings: Rulership in Prehistoric
and Early Greece"
November 24, 4:15 p.m. - University College, 140
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The SCHOOL OF CLASSICS AT LEEDS will be holding a colloquium on narrative
issues in classical historiography on Friday April 16th 1999. The speakers
will be Carolyn Dewald, Christina Kraus, John Marincola, John Moles and
Christopher Pelling; the colloquium director will be Simon Hornblower. For
further information see our web-site at:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/classics/events/history.htm
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[5] CONFERENCES:
CONFERENCE NOTICE, MCMASTER UNIVERSITY:
On Saturday January 30, 1999, the Classics Graduate students of McMaster
University will be holding their first annual student conference entitled:
AWARENESS OF THE PAST IN THE ROMAN WORLD
This is a one day conference for students to presents papers on how aware
the Romans were of their past and the pasts of other cultures. We are
pleased to announce that the keynote speaker for the conference will be
J.P. Small from Rutgers University who will present a paper entitled: "Time
in Space: Pictorial Narrative in Classical Art". The finalized programme
will appear in December's issue of the CAC bulletin. To register, please
fill out the attached form or visit our Website at:
http://humlink.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~alders/conference.
Further inquiries can be sent to Audrey McSherry at: mcsherha@mcmaster.ca
Pre-Registration Form
First Annual Student Conference
Saturday January 30, 1999
Please submit this form with your check to arrive no later than Friday
January 22, 1999 to Bridget Day, Department of Classics, McMaster
University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4M2.
The registration fee is CAD 10.00 for students and CAD 15.00 for other persons.
This includes a buffet lunch (cash bar) and morning coffee, juices etc.
Name __________________________ Address___________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Please make your cheque payable to McMaster University and enclose the
following information:
I enclose payment for _______students @ $10.00 = $__________;
________persons @ $15.00 = $___________. Total $________.
Please list the names of person other than yourself for whom you are
pre-registering.
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The Twenty-Eighth Conference of the ISRAEL SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF
CLASSICAL STUDIES will be held on May 26-27,1999 at The Ben Gurion
University of the Negev in Beer Sheva. For further information please
contact the secretary of the society: Dr. Yulia Ustinova, Dept.of History,
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel; e-mail:
yulia@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
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GREEK IDENTITY IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN
A Conference in honour of Professor B.B. Shefton
30th June - 2nd July 1999
A conference will held at the Department of Classics, University of
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, in honour of the 80th year of Professor Brian
Shefton. The conference will explore this important topic from a variety of
different methodological viewpoints. It will address the means by which
Greek identities were perceived and defined in the western Mediterranean,
both by the Greeks themselves and by non-Greeks, and the ways in which
these identities were modified by the colonial environment and contact with
non-Greek populations. - Speakers include: John Boardman (Oxford), David
Ridgway (Edinburgh), Jonathan Hall (Chicago), Carla Antonaccio (Wesleyan
University), Joseph Carter (Texas), Javier de Hoz (Madrid), Adolfo
Dominguez Monedero (Madrid), Maurizio Harari (Pavia), Alastair Small
(Edinburgh) [sic!], Richard Jones (Glasgow), Lorenzo Braccesi (Padua),
Emmanuele Curti (London), David Gill (Swansea). - For further details
contact Dr Kathryn Lomas, Department of Classics, University of Newcastle,
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK (h.k.lomas@ncl.ac.uk).
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Conference Announcement:
"Queer Republic? Homosexuality in Greek Politics and Political Thought"
This half-day conference will look at the ways that the popularity of
homosexual relationships in Classical Greece inflected the political
dynamics of the city-state and provided powerful imagery for writers and
artists of the time to use in their portrayals of the classical polis. In
both papers and discussion, this conference will address the question of
whether homosexual relationships were central to the development of the
idea of the republic we have inherited from the Greeks. - Papers by
Gloria Pinney (Harvard), Kathryn Morgan (UCLA), David Leitao (San Francisco
State), Andrew Lear (UCLA), Matthew Crawford (University of Chicago);
responses by Martha Nussbaum and James Redfield (University of Chicago).
Saturday, Feb. 13, 1-6 PM, at the Chicago Humanities Institute, Regenstein
Library Room S-102, University of Chicago, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL.
For further information, contact David Dodd, dbdodd@midway.uchicago.edu,
(773) 667-6945.
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ARCHAIA: An interactive symposium on the subject of Archaic Greek society
and history, April 3rd, 1999
[..........] Rather than clusters of scholarly presentations in formal
paper-sessions at some distance from the audience, however,
panel-participants will create and communicate their presentations in such
a way as to encourage and facilitate accessibility to and interaction with
the widest possible audience. The intention is to make the audience fully
participant and interactive with the panelists in order to create the most
informative discourse possible for both. The intention is that all
participants in the symposium, panelists and audience, will benefit from
the interaction and discussion. At present panel-participants include
Robert Drews (Vanderbilt), Robin Osborne (Oxford), Cynthia Patterson
(Emory), A.J. Podlecki (British Columbia), and B.M. Lavelle
(Loyola-Chicago). - The symposium will last all day and be broken down
into morning and afternoon presentations and discussions. This division
will be more temporal than topical, however. A subscription luncheon is
available for those planning to attend and will separate the sessions. A
reception will follow the symposium. (Accomodation for those planning to
attend from out of town may possibly arranged through the event-organizer.)
For further information about ARCHAIA contact: Brian Lavelle, Department
of Classical Studies, Loyola University of Chicago, Crown Center 549, 6525
N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, Illinois 60626-5344; (773) 508-3658;
blavell@orion.it.luc.edu
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FRAGMENTS OF SOPHOCLES
The Centre for Ancient Drama and its Reception, DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS,
School of Humanities, University of NOTTINGHAM, UK, announces an
international conference on "Fragments of Sophocles" to be held at
Nightingale Hall, University of Nottingham, from 17-19 July 2000. Offers
of papers on any topic bearing on this theme are warmly welcomed. To
offer a paper, or on any academic aspect of the conference, contact Prof.
Alan Sommerstein at the address above (e- mail) or below (post, fax).
Prof A H Sommerstein, Department of Classics, University of Nottingham,
University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK; Phone +44 (0)115 951 4805; Fax +44
(0)115 951 4811
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THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA
Dept. of Classics, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602; Tel: (021) 808-3139;
Fax: (021) 808-3827; e-mail: st@akad.sun.ac.za
FINAL INVITATION AND REGISTRATION
You are cordially invited to attend the 23rd biennial Conference of the
Classical Association of South Africa to be held at the University of the
Western Cape from 19 to 22 January 1999.
CONFERENCE THEME: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
Papers need not be on the conference theme.
DEADLINE: If you intend to read a paper, please send an abstract of
your contribution before 6 November to the address above.
Language:English or Afrikaans.
Parallel sessions: Parallel sessions will take place if necessary.
Length of papers: 20 minutes + 10 minutes discussion.
Registration: Please complete the form below and return to above address.
General information
1. Accommodation
You are responsible for your own accommodation arrangements. Accomodation
is available in a University dormitory on campus (no transport needed) at
ZAR 110-00 pp/night (B + B) single and ZAR 100-00 pp/night (B + B) double.
Four rooms share one bathroom, small lounge area and facilities for making
coffe/tea. If you want to book Univirsity accommodation, please indicate
this on your application form and include an additional R100-00 with your
deposit. The committee will the n forward your booking to the University.
2. Registration
Includes all teas and lunches, but does not include excursions and
conference dinner. Members of CASA: ZAR 250-00 Student members of CASA: ZAR
200-00; Non-CASA members: ZAR 330-00. A deposit of ZAR 100-00 is payable
before November 6, 1998 and the balance on the first day of the conference,
between 08:00 and 09:00. Please make cheques and postal orders out to: CASA
Conference.
3. Excursions
Wednesday - (i) Robben Island and V & A waterfront. ZAR 125-00 (transport
included). OR (ii) Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens and V & A waterfront.
ZAR 30-00 (transport included). Thursday morning - Early morning guided
walk in UWC's natural Cape shrub (fynbos) garden. Thursday evening -
Conference dinner at Rhebokskloof. ZAR 120-00 (drinks excluded, transport
to and from UWC included).
REGISTRATION FORM:
1. General
Surname..............................................................
Initials..................................Title.....................
First name......................................................
Institution.....................................................
Telephone: (home).......................................
(work)............................................................
Fax :...............................................................
E-mail...........................................................
Postal
address:..............................................................
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Title of paper.................................................
................................................................ ....
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(Abstract (of not more than 200 words) can be e-mailed as well)
2. Accommodation
Are you interested in University accommodation?
Yes............No..........
(If you are, we can only make arrangements once we have received your
deposit.)
3. Transport
Are you interested in being met at Cape Town International Airport?
Yes............... No.....................
Flight details:
Arrival:
Flight number: ...................... Date...................
Time.....................................
Departure: (immediately after the conference)
Flight number.........................Date....................
Time.....................................
4. Registration
Please indicate below:
I am a CASA member
I am a CASA student member
I am not a CASA member
(A deposit of ZAR 100 made out to CASA conference should reach the above
address before 6 November.)
5. Participation
I am prepared to act as chair for a session.
Yes........ No..........
6. Diet
Please indicate dietary preferences..............................
7. Excursions
Please indicate whether you would be interested in any of the
following excursions:
Robben Island: Yes........... No.......
OR Kirstenbosch: Yes.......... No..........
Early morning "fynbos" walk: Yes........ No........
Conference dinner at Rhebokskloof: Yes........... No......
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[6] Calls for papers
Pimps, Peasants, And Potentates: Low-Lifes and Leaders in the Ancient World
The graduate students in Classics from Duke and UNC Chapel Hill are asking
for submissions for their second annual joint colloquium. You can see the
following announcement (and further details as they become available) at
http://www.classics.unc.edu/gc/ - Inquiries and abstracts should be sent
to classics@unc.edu or to the address below.
Please submit an abstract of 250-350 words by mail, email, or fax no later
than 10 January 1999. Include your name, address, phone number, email
address, and affiliation. Participants will be notified by mail or email by
31 January 1999. Presentations will be limited to approximately 20 minutes.
Limited travel funding is available.
Send your abstract and information to: 1999 Duke-UNC Colloquium
c/o Noel R. Fiser, Department of Classics, University of North Carolina,
212 Murphey Hall, CB #3145, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3145; classics@unc.edu;
fax: 919.962.4036
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CALL FOR PAPERS: THREE YEAR COLLOQUIUM, URBANIZATION AND THE HELLENISTIC
WORLD. - YEAR 3, "HELLENISTIC KINGS AND RELIGION"
At a recent Presidential Forum, a powerful case was made for the need to
integrate the various research projects and approaches of the APA and AIA.
In its spirit of experimentation and self-conscious appropriation of the
earlier Greek tradition, the Hellenistic period by its very nature provides
an ideal subject for such interdisciplinarity.
We invite abstracts for the third panel of a three-year colloquium on
'Urbanization and the Hellenistic World.' The large, multi-ethnic urban
centers that developed in the Hellenistic period are generally agreed to
have been very different in character from the _poleis_ of the Classical
period; each year's panel focuses on an inclusive topic that takes an
interdisciplinary approach to different aspects of this urbanization.
For the 1999 panel on 'Hellenistic Kings and Religion' we seek papers which
examine the intersection of cult, cities, and Hellenistic kingship. Some
topics which might be considered include: the role of the kings in
sponsoring both national and city-centered cult; the place of religious
monuments in the new urban landscapes; the importance of women in both
royal and private cult in Hellenistic cities; and the relationship between
religious patronage and artistic patronage on the part of the kings.
Papers from ALL disciplines are welcome.
Abstracts for the next panel, of no more than 800 words, should be
sent by February 1, 1999 to: Alexander Sens, Classics Department,
Georgetown University, Washington DC 2005; FAX: (202) 687-8000;
sensa@gunet.georgetown.edu, who will ensure that all abstracts are
circulated to referees anonymously.
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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
(CAD 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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[7] VARIA
From Mark Joyal, Head, Department of Classics, Memorial University of
Newfoundland.
John Whittaker
It is with sadness that I convey news of the passing of our colleague
Professor John Whittaker on Saturday, November 7, after a long illness. His
funeral was held on Wednesday. He is survived by his wife Janet, his two
daughters Hel=8Ane and Sunniva, and his three grandchildren.
John joined the Department of Classics at Memorial University of
Newfoundland in 1964. His first scholarly publication was in *Phoenix* in
1967, and was followed by a steady stream of books, articles, and reviews
which focused especially on the ancient reception and interpretation of
Plato, particularly during the period of the Roman Empire. His publications
contributed significantly to the growth in research on Middle Platonism and
Neoplatonism over the past three and a half decades. His many studies in
these areas culminated in the publication in 1990 of his Bud=82 edition of
the *Didaskalikos* of Alcinous, an author with whom his name will be
securely linked. In addition, John was a palaeographer and textual scholar
of the highest reputation and made important contributions to Patristic,
medieval, and renaissance studies. In recent years his interests also came
increasingly to include the study of the Ionian islands in the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries, a field in which he published substantial works.
A full bibliography of his publications is given in *Studies in Plato and
the Platonic Tradition: Essays Presented to John Whittaker* (1997) (M.
Joyal, ed.) ix-xvi.
Long before his retirement in 1997 John was recognized as one of Memorial
University's outstanding scholars, having been elevated to the rank of
University Research Professor in 1989. John's passing will however be felt
not only by his friends, colleagues, and former students at this
University, but by the Canadian classics community as well, which has lost
one of its most distinguished members.
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From: IN%"hankeywj@is.dal.ca" "Wayne John Hankey" 29-OCT-1998 11:35:26.02
_Dionysius_ is back !
A new issue of Dionysius, initiating a new series, is ready to go the
printer. It will be mailed to subscribers in November. As the table of
contents shows, the new Dionysius will have substantially the same
character as before.
G. Nicholson, The Ontology of Plato's Phaedrus; C. Partenie, The
'productionist' framework of the Timaeus; G. Reydams-Schils, Roman and
Stoic: the Self as Mediator; R. Kilpatrick, Horace, Vergil and the Jews of
Rome; D. Nikulin, Intelligible Matter in Plotinus; H.J. Westra, Martinianus
Prae/Postmodernus ?; M. Harrington, Human Perspective in Eriugena's
Periphyseon; R.D. Crouse, Dante as Philosopher: Christian Aristotelianism;
W.J. Hankey, The Fate of Gilsonian Thomism in English-speaking North
America
_Dionysius_ is a journal of the Dept. of Classics, Dalhousie University,
and reflects the established character of its work. It publishes articles
on the history of ancient philosophy and theology, including Patristic
theology, and their _nachleben_. It has an especial interest in the
Aristotelian and Neoplatonic traditions. _Dionysius_ considers philosophy's
relation, both negative and positive, to Christian belief in both ancient
and modern times. As well as philosophical articles in the narrower sense,
_Dionysius_ will publish articles on Classical and later literature and
history and on Hellenic, Christian, Jewish and Islamic religion, especially
when they have a connection to philosophical questions. The editors are
R.D. Crouse, W.J. Hankey, D.K.. House, J.P. Atherton and R. Friedrich. Mss
should be addressed to Dr Hankey, who is the Secretary.
The subscription price for the 1998 volume is CAD 25, which includes surface
postage. Airmail is CAD 6 more. Back issues of vol.1 (1977) to 15 (1991) are
available at CAD 20 each. Payment must be made in Canadian or US funds.
Address: _Dionysius_, Dept. of Classics, Dalhousie University, Halifax,
Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5, e-mail hankeywj@is.dal.ca.
From: IN%"hankeywj@is.dal.ca" "Wayne John Hankey" 15-NOV-1998 07:20:58.98
Dionysius (which is at the printer) now has an email address:
Dionysiu@is.dal.ca
Those wishing to submit mss for Dionysius 17 (1999) may wish to write to
me at hankeywj@is.dal.ca
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[8] BOOK LENGTH PUBLICATIONS BY MEMBERS
Geoffrey Greatrex, Rome and Persia at War, 502-532. Leeds: Cairns, 1998.
Pp. xvi + 301. Price GBP 40, USD 70. ISBN 0-905205-93-6.
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[9] W3 SITES NOTED, vel sim.
Subject: ROMA
http://www.unc.edu/cit/infobits/bitmay98.html
VROMA -- VIRTUAL COMMUNITY FOR CLASSICS STUDY
The VRoma Project: A Virtual Community for Teaching and Learning Classics
is an online "place," modeled upon the ancient city of Rome, where students
and instructors can interact live, hold courses and lectures, and share
resources for the study of the ancient world. The two-year project, funded
by a USD 190,000 grant from the Teaching with Technology Program of the
National Endowment for the Humanities, seeks to address two related issues:
"to improve and expand the teaching of classical languages and cultures
through technology-assisted collaboration between and among undergraduate
and secondary school Classics programs; and to enhance students' learning
of these topics through the excitement, immediacy, and 'virtual re-creation
of lost contexts' that modern technology can expedite."
Project resources include texts, commentaries, images, maps, and teaching
materials. Participants can explore a virtual city set in 150 A.D. through
Vroma's MOO (an object oriented MUD, a type of multi-player interactive
game environment). The project also supports two intensive two-week summer
workshop involving college and high school Classics faculty. The second
workshop will be held July 14-25, 1998, at Miami University in Oxford,
Ohio.
For more information, link to Vroma at http://vroma.rhodes.edu/
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The Leuven Database of Ancient Books
The LDAB is a database of Greek and Latin Literary Texts from 400 BC to AD
800. It is available on cd-rom at a price of 20 dollars 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. I have also included those 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 Li=E8ge 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 the programme :
http://www.tu.be/hit/hit.htm.
Orders should be put on my e-mail address :
willy.clarysse@arts.kuleuven.ac.be
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