Canadian Classical Bulletin/Bulletin Canadien des
Etudes Anciennes
11.5 2005 01
16 ISSN
1198-9149
Editors/Rédacteurs: J. W. Geyssen (University of New Brunswick)
& J. R. Porter (University of Saskatchewan) bulletin@unb.ca
webpage:
http://www.usask.ca/classics/cac/ccb/index.html
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Published by e-mail by the Classical Association of
Canada/
Publié par courrier électronique par la société canadienne des études
classiques
webpage: http://www.usask.ca/classics/cac/index.html
President:
Martin Cropp (University of
Calgary)
mcropp@ucalgary.ca
Secretary/Secrétaire: Patrick Baker
(Université Laval)
Patrick.Baker@hst.ulaval.ca
Treasurer/Trésorier:
Annabel Robinson (University of
Regina)
annabel.robinson@uregina.ca
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Contents:
[1] Positions Available
[2] Summer
Study
[3] Calls for Papers
[4] Varia
[5] Of
Note
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Nipissing University
Faculty of Arts and
Science
Classical Studies
The Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies
invites applications for a nine-month limited-term position at the rank of
Assistant Professor beginning August 1st, 2005, subject to final budgetary
approval. The area of specialization is Classical Greek and Roman civilization.
The successful candidate will be required to teach two sections of Classics
1005, which is a full-year introductory survey course in Greek and Roman
civilization, and Classics 2005, a full-year upper-level course in Classical
Mythology. In second term, the appointee will have the option to teach, for
additional remuneration, the half-year upper-level course, Classics 3097 Women
in Classical Rome.
Preference will be given to candidates with a PhD
in Classical Studies who have expertise relevant to the courses listed above and
a demonstrated ability to teach at the undergraduate level. Candidates with a
PhD near completion are also encouraged to apply.
In accordance with Canadian immigration
requirements, this advertisement is directed to Canadian citizens. Nipissing
University is an equal opportunity employer. The deadline for receiving
applications is March 18, 2005.
For more information contact Dr. Margaret Denike,
Chair Department of Humanities & Cultural Studies at (705) 474-3461, ext.
4576 or at margd@nipissingu.ca.
A letter of application, statement of teaching
philosophy, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation and teaching
evaluations (if available) should be sent to:
Dr Andrew P. Dean
Dean of
Arts and Science
Re: Classical Studies Search Committee
Faculty of Arts
and Science
Nipissing University
100 College Drive
North Bay, ON P1B
8L7
Email: andrewd@nipissingu.ca
Fax:
705-474-3072
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Recent Positions:
University of Winnipeg:
http://www.usask.ca/classics/cac/ccb/ccb11/ccb11.4.html#4
University of
British Columbia:
http://www.usask.ca/classics/cac/ccb/ccb11/ccb11.4.html#5
University of
Manitoba:
http://www.usask.ca/classics/cac/ccb/ccb11/ccb11.4.html#6
University of
Canterbury:
http://www.usask.ca/classics/cac/ccb/ccb11/ccb11.3.1.html#1
University of
Manitoba:
http://www.usask.ca/classics/cac/ccb/ccb11/ccb11.3.1.html#2
Dalhousie
University: http://www.usask.ca/classics/cac/ccb/ccb11/ccb11.3.html#1
Wilfrid
Laurier University:
http://www.usask.ca/classics/cac/ccb/ccb11/ccb11.3.html#2
Canadian
Archaeological Institute in Athens:
http://www.usask.ca/classics/cac/ccb/ccb11/ccb11.3.html#3
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[2] Summer Study
From: Victoria F. Sherry
<VFSherry@uwyo.edu>
The Wyoming Council for the Humanities presents
"Democracy: From Athens to America," a seminar for secondary and community
college teachers, June 19-24, 2005, at Northwest College, Powell, Wyoming. (307)
721-9243 or www.uwyo.edu/wch for information and application
"Democracy:
From Athens to America" Summer Teachers Institute
June 19-24, Powell,
Wyoming
Wyoming Council for the Humanities announces its sixth summer
institute, "Democracy: From Athens to America," to be held June 19-24, 2005 at
Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming, an hour and a half from Yellowstone
National Park. Meeting collaboratively in daily seminars and mini-courses,
participants will explore the nature of Athenian democracy and its evolution in
the Constitution of the United States.
The institute offers secondary
school and community college teachers as well as members of the general public
an opportunity to study in depth and learn with colleagues in an informal campus
setting. A faculty of four with expertise in political science, ancient history,
art and classical studies will give public lectures and lead mini-courses, and a
seminar based on Aeschylus’ Oresteia and Plato’s Apology. Course topics are the
workings of Athenian democracy, both ancient and modern views of the regime, and
the archeology of the city of Athens.
Public lectures will include the
social history of Athens and the nature of its democracy, how Athenian democracy
is shaped in American democracy, the U.S. Constitution and the art and
archeology of Athens. The institute is funded in part by the National Endowment
for the Humanities We the People program and by the Jackson Community
Foundation.
Institute faculty will be: Gregg Cawley, Professor of
Political Science, the University of Wyoming; Philip Holt, Associate Professor
of Modern and Classical Languages, the University of Wyoming; Susann Lusnia,
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Tulane University; and Jennifer
Roberts, Professor and Director, Program in Ancient History, City University of
New York Graduate Center.
For more information and an application form,
visit www.uwyo.edu/wch or contact the Wyoming Council for the Humanities, 1315
Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072, e-mail: WYCH@uwyo.edu, phone:
307-721-9243.
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[3] Calls for papers
DIS/LOCATION: Writing
Exile/Migrancy/Nomadism/Bordercrossing
Colloquium, May 5-7,
2005
Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics
Concordia
University
We see the importance of exploring exile as a site of struggle
for new forms of creativity, belonging and identity in the context of cultural
and territorial displacement.
— Luis Torres. "Writings of the Latin-Canadian
Exile"
Synonyms: break, confusion, disarray,
disarticulation, disconnection, discontinuity, disengage-ment, disorder,
disorganization, disruption, disturbance, division, luxation,
misplacement.
—Roget's Interactive Thesaurus <
http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=dislocation>
Traditional notions of time, space, culture and
identity are being undermined. The validity of any fixed, unilateral, coherent
vision of the world is more and more seriously questioned. Perhaps the only
certainty that remains is that, from now on, the only way to grasp the world is
to consider it as it is: plural and inherently contradictory. There are several
responses to this major crisis, from quests for spirituality or retreats into
allegedly "solid" identities to the exaltation of a monolithic globalization
that wipes away cultural diversity and ignores increasing
injustice.
The feeling of being "out of place," which in the
past was almost exclusive to exiles and other expatriates, is becoming more and
more generalized. Today’s situation may be even more radical than ever before:
while "out of place" has historically implied that there was, somewhere, a place
(however unattainable), what is at stake now is the very existence of any
"place" at all. As such, a broad-based consideration of the writings of exiles
would seem particularly appropriate for exploring today’s "dis/location." To
start with, as Edward Said and other scholars have pointed out, contemporary
Western culture is in large part the work of people who are "out of place":
exiles, émigrés, expatriates, and refugees. This is particularly true in places
like Canada and the United States. Furthermore, while sedentary populations can
— or could in the past — shelter in the "solidity" of one "place," however
illusory it might be (one culture, one country, one language, one religion, one
ideology), the very condition of exile demands that one be aware of the
foreignness and multiplicity of the world.
This Colloquium will consider "dis/location" as a
heuristic tool which will help us connect, tackle, and perhaps go beyond
pre-established notions related to "being out of place," such as "exile,"
"migrancy," "nomadism," or "bordercrossing." In order to do so, we invite
scholars interested in the writings of exile today or in the past to share their
views. We also welcome literary contributions from writers in exile,
particularly those who have settled in Canada. It is within this context that
Nela Rio, the distinguished Argentine-Canadian poet, fiction writer and literary
critic, will give the keynote address. The poetry exhibit Outspoken Art/Arte
Claro, in support of the United Nations declaration demanding the elimination of
all forms of violence against women, will also be on view at the
conference.
Papers or creative works may be presented in any of
the four main languages of the Americas — English, French, Spanish or Portuguese
— and should be no longer than twenty minutes. Proposals and abstracts (200
words) may be sent to Hugh Hazelton (hhazelto@alcor.concordia.ca) or Goretti
Ramírez (gramirez@alcor.concordia.ca) by March 1, 2005.
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DIS/LOCATION:
Exil/Migration/Nomadisme/FrontiPres
Colloque du 5 au 7 mai
2005
Département d’études classiques, langues modernes et
linguistique
Université Concordia
Montréal, Canada
Nous voyons
l’importance d’explorer l’exil comme étant un endroit oj l’on lutte pour de nouvelles
formes de créativité, d’appartenance et d’identité dans un contexte de
déplacement culturel et territorial.
— Luis Torres. "Writings of the
Latin-Canadian Exile (Oeuvres de l’exil latino-canadien)"
Dislocation. Séparation des parties d’un tout;
démembrement, dispersion.
—Le Petit Larousse Illustré
Synonymes: cassure, contorsion, déboîtement,
démantPlement, démembrement,
désagrégation, désarticulation, désunion, disjonction, dispersion, dissolution,
entorse, faille, foulure, luxation, plissement, séparation, tectonique.
—CNRS
- Université de Caen
http://elsap1.unicaen.fr/cgi-bin/trouvebis2?requete=dislocation&refer=%23
Les notions traditionelles de temps, d’espace et
d’identité sont en train d’Ltre ébranlées. La validité de n’importe quelle vision figée,
unilatérale, cohérente du monde est de plus en plus sérieusement questionnée. La
seule certitude qui demeure est peut-Ltre que, B partir de maintenant, la seule façon de saisir le monde est de
le considérer comme il est : diversifié et par nature contradictoire. Il y a
plusieurs réactions B
cette crise majeure, des quLtes pour la spiritualité ou les retraites dans des identités
soi-disant «solides», B
l’exaltation d’une mondialisation monolithique qui efface toute diversité
culturelle et ignore l’injustice croissante.
Le sentiment de «ne pas Ltre B sa place», ce qui dans le passé
se référait presqu’exclusivement aux éxilés et autres expatriés, devient de plus
en plus généralisé. La situation d’aujourd’hui peut Ltre encore plus radicale que
jamais. Il est certain que le «ne pas Ltre B sa
place» a impliqué historiquement qu’il y avait, quelque part, une place, quoique
inatteignable. Ce qui est en jeu maintenant est l’existence mLme d’une «place» quelconque. A ce
titre, une considération réunissant des tendances trPs variées d’oeuvres d’exilés
semble particuliPrement
appropriée pour l’exploration de la «dis/location». Comme Edward Said et
d’autres érudits ont fait remarquer, la culture occidentale contemporaine est en
grande partie le travail de ceux qui ne sont pas B leur «place»: exilés, émigrés,
expatriés et réfugiés. Ceci est particuliPrement vrai pour des endroits comme le Canada et les États-Unis.
De plus, quoique les populations sédentaires peuvent, ou pouvaient dans le
passé, s’abriter sous la «certitude» d’une «place» — aussi illusoire qu’elle
puisse Ltre (une culture, un
pays, une langue, une religion, une idéologie) — la condition mLme de l’exil exige que l’on soit
conscient de l’étrangeté et de la multiplicité du monde.
Ce colloque considérera la «dis/location» comme
étant un outil heuristique qui nous aidera B aborder, B rattacher et peut-Ltre B surpasser les notions
pré-établies liées au «ne pas Ltre B sa
place», telles que l’exil, la migration, le nomadisme ou les frontiPres. Nous invitons, donc, des
chercheurs intéressés dans les oeuvres d’exil aujourd’hui ou dans le
passé B partager leurs
opinions. Les contributions littéraires d’auteurs en exil sont aussi bienvenues,
particuliPrement de ceux qui
se sont installés au Canada. C’est dans ce contexte que Nela Rio, la remarquable
poPte, écrivaine et critique
littéraire argentine-canadienne, donnera la conférence inaugurale. De plus, dans
le cadre du congrPs, aura
lieu l’exposition Outspoken Art/Arte Claro, en appui B la Déclaration des Nations Unies
pour l’élimination de toute forme de violence contre les
femmes.
Les exposés ou les travaux créatifs peuvent Ltre présentés dans n’importe
quelle des quatre langues principales des Amériques — l’anglais, le français,
l’espagnol ou le portugais — et ne devraient pas dépasser les vingt minutes. Les
plans et les résumés (200 mots) peuvent Ltre envoyés B Hugh Hazelton (hhazelto@alcor.concordia.ca) ou B Goretti Ramírez
(gramirez@alcor.concordia.ca) avant le 1er mars 2005.
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DIS/LOCACIÓN: Exilio/Migración
/Nomadismo/Fronteras
Coloquio del 5 al 7 de mayo del 2005
Departamento de
Estudios Clásicos,
Lenguas Modernas y Lingüística
Concordia
University
Montreal, Canadá
Vemos la importancia de explorar el exilio como un
escenario de lucha para nuevas formas de creatividad, pertenencia e identidad en
el contexto de desplazamiento cultural y
territorial.
—Luis Torres. "Obras
del exilio latino-canadiense"
Sinónimos: ruptura, confusión, desorden,
desarticulación, desconexión, discontinuidad, desacoplamiento, trastorno,
alteración, división, luxación, pérdida.
—Roget's
Interactive Thesaurus http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=dislocation
Las nociones tradicionales de tiempo, espacio,
cultura e identidad están siendo socavadas. La validez de cualquier visión fija,
unilateral y coherente del mundo es cuestionada cada vez más seriamente. Quizá
la única certeza que queda, de ahora en adelante, es la de comprender el mundo
considerándolo tal como es: plural e inherentemente contradictorio. Existen
varias respuestas a esta crisis capital, desde búsquedas espirituales o refugios
en identidades presuntamente "sólidas" hasta la exaltación de una globalización
monolítica que borra la diversidad cultural e ignora la injusticia en
aumento.
El sentimiento de sentirse "fuera de lugar", que en
el pasado fue casi exclusivo de los exiliados y otros expatriados, está
convirtiéndose en algo más y más generalizado. La situación actual puede ser
incluso más radical que nunca antes: mientras que el "fuera de lugar" ha
supuesto históricamente que había, en algún lugar, un lugar (por inasequible que
sea), lo qué ahora está en cuestión es la misma existencia de algún "lugar" en
absoluto. Como tal, una consideración, con una amplia base en las obras de
exiliados, parece particularmente apropiada para explorar la "dis/locación" de
hoy en día. Para comenzar, como Edward Said y otros estudiosos han convenido, la
cultura occidental contemporánea es en gran parte el trabajo de personas que
están "fuera de lugar": exiliados, emigrados, expatriados y refugiados. Esto es
particularmente cierto en lugares como Canadá y los Estados Unidos de América.
Además, mientras que poblaciones sedentarias pueden, o podían en el pasado,
refugiarse en la "solidez" de un "lugar" —por ilusorio que éste fuera (una
cultura, un país, un idioma, una religión, una ideología)—, la misma condición
de exilio exige que uno sea consciente de la extraZeza y la multiplicidad del
mundo.
Este coloquio considerará la "dis/locación" como
una herramienta heurística que nos ayudará a conectar, abordar y, tal vez, ir
más allá de las nociones preestablecidas y relacionadas con "el estar fuera de
lugar", tales como "exilio", "migración", "nomadismo" y "fronteras". Invitamos a
investigadores interesados en las obras del exilio de hoy o del pasado a
compartir sus opiniones. Asimismo, acogemos con agrado contribuciones literarias
de autores exiliados, particularmente de aquellos establecidos en Canadá. Es en
este contexto que la distinguida poeta, cuentista y crítica literaria
argentino-canadiense Nela Río ofrecerá la conferencia inaugural. Además, en el
marco del congreso, se realizará la exposición itinerante Outspoken Art/Arte
Claro, en apoyo a la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas por la eliminación de
toda forma de violencia contra la mujer.
Escritos u obras artísticas pueden ser presentados
en cualquiera de los cuatro principales idiomas de las Américas —inglés,
francés, espaZol o portugués—
y deben tener una duración máxima de veinte minutos. Propuestas y resúmenes (200
palabras) pueden ser enviados a Hugh Hazelton (hhazelto@alcor.concordia.ca) o a
Goretti Ramírez (gramirez@alcor.concordia.ca) antes del 1 de marzo del
2005.
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[4] Varia
From: Catherine Rubincam
<rubincam@utm.utoronto.ca>
IN DEFENCE OF ANCIENT GREEK IN
NEUCHATEL
Dear Professors, dear colleagues, dear friends,
Please sign on
the internet our petition in defence of the teaching of Ancient Greek at the
University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland). Please forward this message to any person
that might be interested insupporting us. Thank you !
PETITION :
http://www.duplain.ch/iphigenie/petition.html
POUR LA DEFENSE DU GREC
ANCIEN A NEUCHATEL
Messieurs les Professeurs, chers collPgues, chers amis,
Merci de
signer sur internet notre pétition pour la défense de l'enseignement du Grec
Ancien B l'Université de
Neuchâtel (Suisse). Merci aussi de transmettre ce message B toute personne qui serait
susceptible de soutenir nos efforts.
PETITION :
http://www.duplain.ch/iphigenie/petition.html
PER MANTENERE IL GRECO
ANTICO A NEUCHATEL
Egregi Professori, cari colleghi, cari amici,
Vi
ringraziamo di firmare su internet la nostra petizione per mantenere
l'insegnamento del Greco Antico presso l'UniversitB di Neuchâtel (Svizzera). Grazie
anche di trasferire questo messaggio a tutte le persone che potrebbero essere
interessate a sostenerci.
PETIZIONE :
http://www.duplain.ch/iphigenie/petition.html
FUER DIE BEIBEHALTUNG DER
GRIECHISCHEN PHILOLOGIE IN NEUCHATEL
Sehr geehrte Professoren und Kollegen,
liebe Freunde,
Bitte unterzeichnen Sie unsere Petition für die Beibehaltung
des Lehrstuhls für Griechische Philologie der Universität Neuchâtel (Schweiz).
Bitte leiten Sie auch dieses e-mail an alle Interessenten weiter. Danke
!
PETITION : http://www.duplain.ch/iphigenie/petition.html
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[5] Of Note
A Guide To Ancient Greek Drama
(Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature)
by IAN CHRISTOPHER STOREY, ARLENE
ALLAN, Ian Storey
Hardcover: 312 pages
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
(February 15, 2005)
ISBN: 1405102144
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