Contents / Sommaire

• Women's Network: Women & Competition — deadline extended / Réseau de Femmes : "Les femmes et la compétition" — date limite prolongée
• Desmond Conacher Scholarship / Bourse Desmond-Conacher

• No announcement in this issue / Rien à signaler dans ce numéro-ci

• Kiel: Greek Philosophy and the Wisdom of the East: Perception and Reality

[1] Association & CCB Announcements / Annonces de la Société et du BCÉA

WOMEN'S NETWORK PANEL, CAC 2014 — DEADLINE EXTENDED
SÉANCE DU RÉSEAU DES FEMMES, SCÉC 2014 — DATE LIMITE PROLONGÉE

From Allison Surtees

DEADLINE EXTENDED

Those who have submitted an abstract but have not received confirmation of receipt are asked to resubmit to a.surtees@uwinnipeg.ca.

CALL FOR PAPERS for the Women’s Network/Réseau des Femmes Panel

Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, May 6-9, 2014

McGill, Montreal PQ.

Women and Competition

The Women’s Network/Réseau des Femmes of the CAC/SCÉC invites submissions for this year’s panel themed “Women and Competition”. We invite submissions that explore a variety of interdisciplinary topics related to women and competition in the ancient Mediterranean world. Specifically, we are interested in the different ways in which women compete, formally or informally, with other women and/or with men. Contributors may examine, but are not limited to, such topics as: athletics, dramatic performances, spectacles, domestic life, adornment, physical competition, or visual displays (funerary monument, sanctuary votives). We also welcome papers that address gendered competition more broadly, or physical spaces which are gendered (temporarily or permanently) by competition.

Please submit abstracts of 300 words (with relevant bibliography) by January 31 2014 directly to Allison Surtees (a.surtees@uwinnipeg.ca) and indicate that the abstract is for the Women’s Network/Réseau des Femmes. Further enquiries can be directed to Lisa Trentin (lisa.trentin@utoronto.ca) or Allison Surtees (a.surtees@uwinnipeg.ca).

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Celles et ceux qui ont soumis un résumé, mais qui n'ont pas reçu de confirmation de réception, sont invités à soumettre de nouveau à a.surtees@uwinnipeg.ca.

Appel à communications pour la séance du Réseau des Femmes/Women’s Network au Congrès annuel de la Société canadienne des études classiques, 6-9 mai 2014, McGill, Montréal, Qc.

Les Femmes et la Compétition

Le Réseau des Femmes/Women’s Network de la SCÉC/CAC lance un appel à contributions pour la séance de cette année sur le thème “Les femmes et la compétition” dans le monde méditerranéen antique. Nous invitons plus particulièrement les communications (15 minutes maximum) qui explorent ce thème selon une approche multidisciplinaire. Plus précisément, nous nous intéressons aux différentes manières dont les femmes sont en concurrence, officiellement ou officieusement, avec d’autres femmes et/ou avec des hommes. À titre d'exemple, les contributeurs pourraient examiner des sujets tels que l'athlétisme, les représentations théâtrales et autres spectacles, la vie domestique, les parures, la concurrence dans ses manifestations physiques, ou les représentations visuelles (monuments funéraires, ex-votos affichés dans les sanctuaires, etc.). Nous sollicitons également les propositions qui traitent plus généralement de la concurrence entre les sexes, ou des espaces physiques qui sont temporairement ou définitivement "sexués" par la concurrence.

Faire parvenir votre résumé de 300 mots, accompagné d’une bibliographie, à Allison Surtees (a.surtees@uwinnipeg.ca) au plus tard le 31 janvier 2014. Pour tout complément d’information veuillez contacter Lisa Trentin (lisa.trentin@utoronto.ca) ou Allison Surtees (a.surtees@uwinnipeg.ca).

The Desmond Conacher Scholarship 2014
Bourse Desmond Conacher 2014

From Bonnie MacLachlan

This scholarship, offered in memory of Desmond Conacher, formerly Professor of Classics at Trinity College, Toronto, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and Honorary President of the CAC. Its purpose is to assist and encourage a young scholar entering graduate studies in classics. The scholarship is administered by the CAC through its Awards Committee. One award of $2,500 is offered each year. Deadline for applications: April 1, 2014. For details see the CAC website.

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Cette bourse est offerte en mémoire de Desmond Conacher, ancien Professeur d'études classiques à Trinity College, Toronto, membre de la Société royale du Canada et Président honoraire de la Société canadienne d'études classiques. Ses objectifs sont d'encourager et de soutenir financièrement un(e) jeune étudiant(e) entreprenant(e) des études supérieures en études classiques au Canada. La Fondation est administrée par la Société canadienne d'études classiques et son Comité de sélection. Une bourse de 2500 $ est attribuée chaque année. Les candidatures devraient être acheminées au plus tard le 1er avril. Les détails sont disponibles sur le site web de la SCÉC.

[2] Positions Available / Postes à combler

No announcement in this issue / Rien à signaler dans ce numéro-ci

[3] Varia

Call for Papers and Posters for the Young Researchers Session on
'Greek Philosophy and the Wisdom of the East: Perception and Reality'
Melammu Symposia 8
University of Kiel, 11-15 November 2014

From Sean Manning

The Melammu Project investigates the continuity, transformation and diffusion of Mesopotamian and Ancient Near Eastern culture from the third millennium BCE through the ancient world until Islamic times. It organizes regular symposia on aspects related to this general subject, the next of which, Melammu Symposia 8, will take place in Kiel in October 2014. For more information, see http://www.aakkl.helsinki.fi/melammu/

We herewith invite proposals for papers and posters by PhD students and Postdocs for the Young Researchers Session of Melammu Symposia 8. The session is entitled 'Greek Philosophy and the Wisdom of the East: Perception and Reality' and will be organized by Sebastian Fink and Erik van Dongen. (Note that this call concerns only this one session, NOT the conference as a whole.) As we had many great contributions by young researchers in the paper and poster sessions of last November's Melammu Symposia 7 (http://transideeconference. uibk.ac.at/mesop2013/), we decided to have one session in Kiel (and also in Helsinki in 2015), separate from the main conference theme, that is for young researchers only. Preceded by an introduction and closed off by a response, the session will feature five twenty-minutes papers, and will be accompanied by five posters on related topics in one of the meeting's poster sessions. Two of these poster presenters will be asked to prepare a backup-paper in case someone from the section is not able to come. These two people as well as the others presenting a paper will also be invited to contribute to the conference proceedings. Please note that the conference language is English only.

In accordance with the scope of the Melammu Project, we invite researchers from all possibly relevant disciplines (not just Assyriologists!), including philosophy, history, Assyriology, Egyptology, Classics, Old Testament studies, Islam studies, etc. For inspiration, here is a list with examples of possible topics:

No Philosophy in Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamian, Indian and Persian Philosophers in Greek texts
Plato and the Orient
The Divine in Greek and Eastern Texts
Ideas of Causation in Mesopotamia
Arguing in Greece and Mesopotamia

Please send abstracts of max. 300 words to sebastian.fink@uibk.ac.at by 1 March 2014. Results will be announced by 1 April. Although the conference organizers are looking into possibilities to help out with accommodation and travel costs, at this stage it is probably best to assume that participants will have to find funding for most of the costs by themselves.