BRITISH COMPARATIVE LITERATURE ASSOCIATION
Tenth International Conference
Invention - Literature and Science
12-15 July 2004
University of Leeds
CALL FOR PAPERS
(Deadline 30 Jan 2004)
Further information about the conference is available on the BCLA
website at <http://www.bcla.org/invention/>.
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British Comparative Literature Association
British Centre for Literary Translation
JOHN DRYDEN TRANSLATION COMPETITION 2004
The British Comparative Literature Association and the British Centre
for Literary Translation (University of East Anglia) are pleased to
announce their continued joint sponsorship of a translation competition
for 2004. Prizes will be awarded for the best unpublished literary
translations from any language into English. Literary translation
includes poetry, prose or drama, from any period; entries may be up to
25 double-spaced pages in length.
The entry fee is five pounds sterling per entry. If you join the BCLA
between 1 August 2003 and 31 January 2004, you may submit one entry
free of charge.
CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF ENTRIES: 31 January 2004.
First prize: 350 pounds; second prize: 200 pounds; third prize: 100
pounds. Other entries may receive commendations. Prize-winners will
be announced in July 2004, and prizes will be presented later in the
year.
Winning entries will be published in full on the BCLA website, and
extracts from winning entries are eligible for publication in the BCLA
journal Comparative Critical Studies.
For further details and an entry form, see the BCLA website
<http://www.bcla.org/>, or write to Mrs Mary Fox, School of Language,
Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich
NR4 7TJ, England, marking your envelope 'Translation Competition', or
telephone +44 (0)1603 592143, or e-mail <[log in to unmask]>.
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Two summer courses for graduates, in Budapest
Philosophy and Science in the Greco-Roman World
July 5-16, 2004, Budapest
A summer course for advanced graduate students or
junior faculty at Central European University,
Budapest, with Katerina Ierodiakonou (Oxford/Athens),
André Laks (Lille), Henry Mendell (Los Angeles), Reviel
Netz (Stanford), David Sedley (Cambridge) and Leonid
Zhmud (St Petersburg).
Course directors Gábor Betegh
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Changing Intellectual Landscapes in Late Antiquity
July 19-30, 2004
Course Directors:
Peter Brown, Princeton University
István Perczel, Central European University, Budapest
Resource Persons:
Cristina d'Ancona, University of Padova
Aziz Al-Azmeh, Central European University, Budapest
Glen Bowersock, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical
Studies, Princeton
Sebastian Brock, Oxford University
Averil Cameron, Warden, Keble College
Garth Fowden, Centre for Greek and Roman Antiquity, National Research
Foundation, Athens
Mariann Sághy, Central European University, Budapest
For more information see:
http://www.ceu.hu/sun/SUN_2004/courses_in_2004.htm
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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Assistant Professor of Classics, Tenure Track
Full-time, tenure-track position starting September 2004. We seek a
classicist, Ph.D. or ABD, specializing in ancient Greek language and
literature. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to
undergraduate teaching as well as to research and publication. Competitive
salary.
Dartmouth College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of
underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
Include letter of application, vita, and dossier (including transcripts and
two letters of recommendation).
Consideration of applications will begin on December 3. Please apply to
Prof. Margaret Williamson, Chair, Search Committee, Classics, Dartmouth
College, 6086 Reed Hall, Hanover, NH 03755
email address: [log in to unmask]
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This is the Third Call for Papers for the 2004 Symposium on Mediterranean
Archaeology to be held in the School of Classics, Trinity College in Dublin
on 20-22 February 2004.
Submissions are invited from postgraduate students who are currently
working on their PhD or research Master's degree. The presentations should
take the form of a paper of no more than 15 minutes of length.
Abstracts of not more than 150 words should be emailed (in Word format) to
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In the abstract document, you should include your name, the name of your
university, your email address and the title of your paper.
The following themes for discussion are proposed by the organisers, but
they are intended only as suggestions and we will amend and expand them
based on response. Please feel free to submit your abstract even where it
does not fall within the listed categories, or to suggest new categories.
Art & iconography
Death & Burial
Landscape (ancient & modern)
Warfare
Religion
Sacred space
Heritage industry (encompassing nationalism)
Ethnicity & Group Social Identity
Please address queries to [log in to unmask]
Website: http://www.tcd.ie/Classics/soma/somahome.html
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Atlanta, 20-22 November 2003
"Rethinking Plato's Parmenides and its Platonic, Gnostic and Patristic
Reception"
Theme: The Pre-Plotinian Reception of Plato's Parmenides: The Old
Academy, the Neopythagoreans, and Middle Platonists
contact [log in to unmask]
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The following announcement may be of interest to Classicists:
Tenure-Track Teaching Staff Positions
The Department of Classics and Religious Studies of the University of
Ottawa announces the opening of a full-time, tenure-track position for an
assistant or associate professor starting 1 July 2004.
Field of specialization: Judaeo-Christian Religions in Antiquity
PhD relevant to the field of religious studies is required. Preference
will be given to candidates who have sufficient refereed publications to
qualify for supervising graduate research at the University of Ottawa.
Preference will be given to candidates whose research and teaching
experience demonstrates competence in one or more of the following
subspecialties: religions and cultures; women and religions; social
scientific study of religion.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach and direct research at
the undergraduate and graduate levels in English and in French. This is a
bilingual position and active and demonstrated teaching competence in both
languages is a condition of tenure.
Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience, and consistent
with the University's Collective Agreement.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and
permanent residents will be given priority. Equity is a University Policy.
The University strongly encourages applications from women.
Applications, including a curriculum vitae, and three letters of
reference, should reach the department by 15 January 2004.
Address to:
Dr. Peter Beyer, Chair
Department of Classics and Religious Studies,
University of Ottawa,
70 Laurier Avenue East,
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada.
Telephone: (613) 562-5714.
Fax: (613) 562-5991
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Leeds International Classic Studies
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/classics/lics/
Leeds International Classic Studies is a journal that is listed in
the Directory of Open Access Journals which can be found at this site:
http://www.doaj.org/
This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and
scholarly journals.
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You are cordially invited to the OU Classics seminar entitled 'Britannia -
Did she jump or was she pushed? Souring relations between Britain and Rome
in the High and Late Empire' by Martin Nichols (The Open University).
The seminar will take place on 24 November 2003 from 7 to 8:30 pm at the
Open University in London, 1-11 Hawley Crescent, Camden Town, London NW1
8NP. Hawley Crescent is about two minutes' walk from Camden Town
Underground Station (Northern Line) up Camden High Street. Phone (Arts
Faculty Assistant): 020 7556 6121.
All welcome!
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*Published February 2004*
Late Antique Archaeology 2:
Recent Research on the Late Antique Countryside.
ed W. Bowden, L. Lavan and C. Machado.
Hardback (608 pp., 110 ills.) ISBN 900413607X
For the next two months this book will be available at a pre-publication
price of *60 Euros* (c. 75 US Dollars, c. 41 UK pounds). To order the book
at this price please email/fax your order directly to Brill [log in to unmask] Fax:
+31 (0)71 53 17 532, rather than going through their website. Please note
that on publication, the price will rise to 99 Euros.
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The Cambridge Philological Talk cancelled on 23 October,
due to illness, has been rescheduled to 15th January.
DR SARA OWEN (University of Cambridge)
will present a talk on
Approaches to Greek 'Colonization'
at Benson Hall, Magdalene College, Cambridge
on Thursday 15th January
Tea at 4pm, Paper at 4.30pm
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