Theoi Epiphaneis: Confronting the Divine in the Ancient World
A three-day interdisciplinary conference to be held at Exeter University,
19th-22nd July, 2004.
For full programme and booking details, visit
http://www.ex.ac.uk/classics/news/index.htm,
contact:
The Department of Classics and Ancient History,
Queen's Drive, Exeter. EX4 4QH (Tel: 01392-264202),
or e-mail [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
We have a limited amount of bursaries for graduate students, sponsored by
the Classical Association and the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic
Studies. For details contact [log in to unmask]
PLUS Places are still available for Tim Whitmarsh's conference
on 'Microidentities and Local Knowledge' (July 22nd-23rd in Exeter), at a
reduced rate for those also attending the Epiphanies conference:
see http://www.ex.ac.uk/classics/news/index.htm
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JEROME OF STRIDO
Religion, Culture and Society in Late Antiquity
An interdisciplinary one day symposium at Cardiff University
Hosted by the Centre for the Study of Religion in Late Antiquity at the
School of Religious & Theological Studies, The School of History &
Archaeology, and The School of English, Communication & Philosophy,
together with The University of Wales Institute of Classics and Ancient
History
Date: 19 June 2004, 9.30am-5pm
Place: Humanities Building, Colum Drive, Room 2.03
Provisional Programme:
9.30am: Welcome and introduction: Josef Lössl (Cardiff)
10am: Empire: Shaun Tougher (Cardiff), Jerome's Chronicon
Coffee break
11am: Gender: Mary Harlow (Birmingham), Jerome on Female Dress
12: Religion: Rodney Aist (Lampeter), Jerome to Paula on Pilgrimage
Lunch break
2pm: Biblical Scholarship: Nicholas Baker Brian (Bristol), Jerome on Hebrew
Questions
3pm: Reception I: Richard Goodrich (Bristol), Vir maxime catholicus: The
Use and Abuse of Jerome in Sulpicius Severus' Dialogi
4pm: Reception II: Andrew Edgar (Cardiff), Jerome's Image in Western Art
For further information please contact:
Dr Josef Lössl, Cardiff School of Religious and Theological Studies,
Humanities Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU, tel: 029-20875499,
Email: [log in to unmask]
Dr Shaun Tougher, Cardiff School of History and Archaeology, Humanities
Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3XU, tel: 029-20876228, Email:
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If you wish to attend please confirm by e-mail to either:
[log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
Department of Classics
Lectureship in Classics (1-Year Contract)
This appointment is to replace Dr. David Woods, who has been awarded a
Research Fellowship by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and
Social Sciences for the academic year 2004-5.
The successful candidate will be required to teach Roman History in all
three years of the Greek and Roman Civilisation undergraduate degree
programme and at MA level and Latin in second and third year.
Candidates should either have or be close to the completion of a PhD degree
in Classics and have validated qualifications in Latin. Prior experience of
teaching Roman History and Latin at undergraduate level will be an
advantage.
Departmental information available on http://www.ucc.ie/acad/classics/. For
informal consultation, please contact Professor Keith Sidwell at
[log in to unmask] or 00 353 21 4902511.
Salary scale [new entrants]: â'¬30, 088 - â'¬39,249 per annum. This is a
junior appointment. Salary placement will be made at a point on this scale
depending on qualifications and experience.
Closing date: Friday 4th June 2004
Application forms must be completed and are available, together with further
particulars, on our website at: www.ucc.ie/appointments/academic or from,
Department of Human Resources, University College, Cork, Ireland
Tel: + 353 21 4902671 / Email: [log in to unmask] / Fax + 353 21
4276995
University College Cork is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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ALPHABETIC RESPONSES TO WESTERN SEMITIC WRITING
A conference on the development and use of alphabetic Greek and other
writing systems in the Early Iron Age Mediterranean.
1st to 3rd July 2004, at St. Hilda's College Oxford.
For programme, booking form and further details please visit the
conference web-site at:
http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/LSAG/conference2004.
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Stravinsky/Cocteau/Oedipus: Myth, Music and Modernism
A colloquium on the Stravinsky/Cocteau 'Oedipus Rex'
Wednesday 7th July 2004; The Victoria Rooms, University of Bristol
The Third Marks Conference of the Institute for Hellenic & Roman Studies,
University of Bristol, in association with the Centre for the Classical
Tradition.
Igor Stravinsky's opera-oratorio 'Oedipus Rex' of 1927, with its libretto
by Jean Cocteau translated into Latin, appears in both subject and form as
an extraordinary and fascinating intersection of different intellectual and
cultural traditions: the reinterpretation of ancient Greek tragedy for the
modern world (as seen also in Cocteau's Antigone), the re-imagining of
antiquity (above all through an emphasis on myth and 'primitivism') and the
negotiation of ideas of the 'classical' and the 'monumental' in composition
and performance.
The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars studying the
different traditions of twentieth-century music, modern French drama and
the reception of classical culture, both to explore different aspects of
this particular work and to consider its place in the wider cultural
context.
Speakers
Maureen Carr (Penn State): 'The multiplicity and craftiness of Stravinsky's
masks'
Edward Forman (Bristol): '"Listening to music with your head in your
hands": Cocteau, stage music and the tragic'
Nicholas McKay (Sussex): 'Silent accusations, incriminating voices: not
speaking one's mind in the infernal machine of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex'
Stephen Walsh (Cardiff): 'Oedipus: the momometrical, the mathematical and
the classical'
The conference will begin at 2 p.m. and finish at 6.30, followed by a wine
reception. The conference fee of £10 covers both tea/coffee and wine. We
shall then be having dinner at a nearby restaurant at a cost of £20 per
head, including wine and coffee.
The closing date for registration is Monday 5th July; please write to
Neville Morley, Dept of Classics & Ancient History, University of Bristol,
11 Woodland Road, Bristol. BS8 1TB, giving both postal and e-mail addresses
if possible and (if you wish to stay for dinner) indicating whether you are
vegetarian. Cheques should be made payable to 'University of Bristol'.
A list of local hotels and guesthouses (only slightly out of date) can be
found at http://www.bris.ac.uk/accom/guesthouse.htm
If you have any queries, please contact Neville Morley
([log in to unmask]) or Vanda Zajko ([log in to unmask]).
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On Saturday 3 July at Wadham College, Oxford, the inaugural meeting of the
Herculaneum Society will be held. This association, which is applying for
registration as a charity, will be dedicated to promoting research into the
UNESCO World Heritage Site of Herculaneum, including the Villa of the
Papyri and the many other buildings, and the papyri themselves. At the
meeting there will be addresses and AV presentations by Robert Harris
(author of _Pompeii_), Roger Macfarlane (Brigham Young University), Richard
Janko (Ann Arbor), and the undersigned, followed by a drinks reception in
Wadham's gardens. There will also be a dinner at Christ Church for a charge
of £30.00 (numbers for dinner limited so please apply early). Events begin
at 3:00. To book a place, please e-mail Anna Collar at the Society office
([log in to unmask]), or write to her at The Herculaneum
Society, 67 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LU.
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Classical Civilisation (Part-time 0.6fte)
School of Humanities and Cultural Studies
University of Surrey Roehampton
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/IS654.html
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Final programme for the Ancient Letters conference at the University of
Manchester, 1-3 July 2004 below.
Booking forms can be downloaded from the conference website at:
http://www.art.man.ac.uk/clah/news/letters.htm
Further information can also be obtained by e-mailing [log in to unmask]
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Pagan Monotheism in the Greek & Roman Worlds Post-doctoral fellowship and
PhD studentship in the Department of Classics and Ancient History -
University of Exeter
This is a 3-year research project funded by the AHRB to run from 1 October
2004 directed by Professor S Mitchell. Applications are invited for a post-
doctoral research fellow to undertake research into the philosophical and
intellectual background of pagan monotheism under the Roman Empire. This
postdoctoral assistant will be appointed at or near point 7 on the
postdoctoral researchers' Grade RA1A (currently 1st year £27,613).
The researcher should have experience in ancient philosophy, preferably of
the Hellenistic or Imperial periods and an interest in relating
philosophical ideas to their historical context.
Funding is also available for a postgraduate student to complete a PhD on a
topic related to ancient monotheism. Applicants should have a 2.1 or 1st
class degree in a related undergraduate field of study and should have
completed a masters qualification or reached an equivalent level by October
2004. This studentship will be funded at full AHRB postgraduate student
rates.
For all enquiries please contact Prof Stephen Mitchell at
[log in to unmask]
The application deadline is 25 June 2004 and interviews will be carried out
in the first half of July.
Department of Classics & Ancient History
University of Exeter, Queen's Building,
The Queen's Drive, Exeter. EX4 4QH
Telephone (01392) 264202 Fax (01392) 264377
Claire Turner, Secretary, Department Office
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Announcement of the 3rd International Conference on Ancient History in
China (Aug. 18-21, 2005)
The Society of Ancient and Medieval World History in China and Fudan
University announce that they will jointly organize a 3rd International
Conference on Ancient History on August 18-21, 2005, to be held at Fudan
University, Shanghai.
The conference will be organized around three themes:
1. Ancient Historiography: East and West;
2. Ancient Economies: New Evidence and New Approaches; and
3. Postmodernism and the Study of Ancient History.
The third topic is broadly defined as to accommodate more diverse
discussions. On the whole the organizers wish to foster dialogues between
ancient civilizations and exchanges between ancient historians in China and
from other countries.
The organizers warmly invite proposals for papers. Those whose proposals
are accepted will be given opportunity to present their papers at the
conference. Papers should be limited to no more than 10 pages and written
in English with an abstract. Discussions will be organized in panels
according to the topics addressed.
The organizers will help to reserve hotel rooms in and around the
university. Prices range from about 30 US dollars per day for a 3-star
hotel (and university guest house) to 60 US dollars for a 4-star hotel.
There will be a registration fee of 250 US dollars (150 for postgraduate
students) to cover various costs including all meals during the conference
and an excursion in or around Shanghai, to be paid upon arrival. The
organizers will also help to arrange for a sightseeing tour in China if so
wished by participants.
Proposals for papers should be submitted via email before March 31, 2005.
Papers and abstracts should be submitted via email before June 30, 2005.
Original papers (i.e. not published before) will be published as
proceedings of the conference.
To register and for further information, please contact Professor Huang
Yang, Department of History, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
email: [log in to unmask]
Tel & Fax: (00 86) (21) 6564 2712
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