Beyond the Battlefields of the Graeco-Roman World An AHRC funded
postgraduate conference The Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford,
July 2-4 2006
Sunday July 2nd Wadham College, Okinaga Room
18:00 Introduction to conference & Plenary Session Professor Brian
Campbell, Queen's College, Belfast "Plunderers of the World? Making the
Roman army respectable."
Monday July 3rd Classics Centre, George Street
9:00-10:30 Naval Warfare & Political Ascendancy at Greece & Rome
Luca Asmonti, King's College, London
"How to become a renowned general without winning battles: The case of
Conon."
Christa Steinby, University of Helsinki
"Triumphs and trials: Roman naval commanders in the First Punic War."
11-12:30 Roman Imperial Ideology
Frederico Santangelo, University College London "The fetiales and the
Empire: some remarks."
Carsten Lange, University of Nottingham, "War & Peace in the Res Gestae
Divi Augusti: Conquering the World & staying at Home."
13:30-15:00 "The eye of the beholder": Perceptions of warfare within Greek
historiography
Lisa Hau, Royal Holloway, University of London "The victor after the
victory, a literary set-piece in Greek historiography from Herodotos to
Diodoros."
Sonya Nevin, University College Dublin
"Military Ethics in the Writing of History: Thucydides and Diodorus on
Delion."
15:30-17:00 Back-seat drivers
Graham Wrightson, University of Calgary
"'Do what I say not what I do': Macedonian Infantry Officers & command
from the rear."
Joshua Levithan, Yale University
"Leading from close behind: Imperial presences on the fringes of the
battlefield."
18:00 Plenary Session Dr Hans van Wees, University College London
"The changing face of war: explaining military developments in Greece."
Tuesday July 4th Classics Centre, George Street
9:00-10:30 Men & Money during the Roman Republic
Jeremy Armstrong, University of St. Andrews
"Breaking the Rules: Emergency levies, nexum, secessions of the
plebs, & other inconsistencies & irregularities in the 'established'
recruitment practices of the early Roman army."
Philip Kay, Wolfson College, Oxford
"Self-Perpetuating Wars: Rome's imposition of war indemnities in the
second century B.C."
11-12:30 Command & Control in Late antiquity
Craig Caldwell, Princeton University
"Vires idoneae: Military Manpower in the Danubian Provinces in the
Fourth Century AD"
Conor Whately, University of Warwick
"Discipline, Morale, and Generalship in the Sixth Century: the
evidence of Procopius and Maurice."
13:30-15:00 "It was a time for heroes."
Lynn Kozak, University of Nottingham
"Reluctant Warriors: How moments of compromise & fantasies of peace
in the Iliad affect the 'Heroic Ideal'."
Samantha Smith, University of Liverpool
"Band of Brothers?: Representations of 'men at war' within the epic genre."
15:30-17:00 The visual aftermath
David Saunders, Lincoln College, Oxford
"'Mourning Gory, Mourning Glory: What's the Story?' An investigation
into the presentation, and possible idealisation, of dead warriors in
Athenian vase-painting."
Elizabeth Macaulay, St. Johns College, Oxford
"The Fruits of Victory: the connections between plants, gardens &
militarism in the Ancient World."
All Welcome and for further information please contact
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Departmental Lecturership in Ancient Philosophy Faculty Of Philosophy,
Associated With A Fixed-Term College Lecturership At Corpus Christi
College University of Oxford http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/XZ739.html
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**CALL FOR TRAC SESSIONS, PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS**
The seventeenth annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference in
conjunction with the seventh Roman Archaeology Conference is hosted by
UCL and Birkbeck College, University of London from the 29th March to the
1st April 2007.
Proposals for sessions, papers and workshops are invited by email to
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The deadline for session proposals is 15th September 2006. Session
outlines should include a 200-word abstract and some suggestions of
possible speakers, although additional papers can be solicited up until
the 15th December 2006 (up to a maximum of 6 per session).
Individual paper or poster proposals are also welcome, by the 15th
December 2006 deadline.
We also aim to hold a number of workshop sessions, which are intended to
be smaller, discussion-oriented forums with minimal formal presentation.
Suggestions or proposals to organise such a session should be submitted by
the 15th September 2006.
For further information, please consult the TRAC/RAC 2007 website.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/RAC/index.htm
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International Plato Society
Call for Papers for the 2007 Meeting in Dublin on the Philebus
The Executive Committee of the IPS, at its meeting in Como, has fixed
Monday, Oct. 2, 2006, as a deadline for the receipt of abstracts of papers
to be considered for presentation at the July, 2007 meeting in Dublin on
the Philebus. Such abstracts should not exceed 500 words, and should be
presented on not more than two pages. Topics may concern any aspect of the
dialogue itself, or of the history of its interpretation, ancient or
modern.
The privilege of submitting papers is confined to paid-up members of the
Society.
The papers will be evaluated by the members of the committee over the
following two months, and notifications will be sent out early in January
2007, well before the deadline for registration for the conference, which
will probably be February 1.
Anyone wishing to submit a paper can apply for membership of the IPS by
contacting Prof. John Dillon, School of Classics, Trinity College Dublin,
Dublin 2, Ireland and [log in to unmask] and a membership form can be sent by
attachment.
Brendan O'Byrne, Secretary to the President, IPS [log in to unmask]
John F. Finamore, Chair
Department of Classics
210 Jefferson Building
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
Office: (319) 335-0288
FAX: (319) 335-3884
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
Homepage: http://www.uiowa.edu/~classics/finamore/index.html
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Conference on Plaster Casts, Oxford Sept. 2007
A conference on plaster casts will take place in Oxford next September
(2007). More information and a call for papers (deadline ultimo August) is
attached. Pleasen visit: www.plastercasts.org
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Anglo-American Conference, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House,
London
5-7 July 2006
The theme of the Anglo-American Conference this year will be Religions and
Politics. There are two linked sessions on Religion and Politics in the
Ancient World.
Thursday 6th July 2006
11.00-12.30: Politics and Religion in the Ancient World: the Working of
Religion in Politics
Chair: John North (University College London) and Hugh Bowden (King's
College London)
Hugh Bowden (King's College London) Democracy and Religion: the Case of
Classical Athens
James Pawley (University College London) Getting Round the Gods: Caesar as
Consul in 59 BC
Lindsay Allen (King's College London) The Seer as Spokesman in Post-
Achaemenid Persia
13.30-15.00: Politics and Religion in the Ancient World: Toleration and
Persecution
Chair: John North (University College London) and Hugh Bowden (King's
College London)
Amélie Kuhrt (University College London) Toleration as Policy in the
Empire of the Achaemenids
Bella Sandwell (Bristol) Religion, Power and Models of Religious
Toleration in the 4th Century AD Roman World
Joseph Streeter (University College London) Orthodoxy and the State, from
the Later Roman Empire to the Early Middle Ages
One-day registration is available. For full details see:
http://www.history.ac.uk/conferences/cultural.html#pol
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3 year Ancient History post at Warwick:
Please see following link for details
http://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/webjobs/jobs/academic/job7784.html
The deadline for applications is 7th July
For further information, contact Prof Simon Swain:
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Corpus Christi College Classics Centre
THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON AND ITS INHERITANCE
18 November 2006
A one-day colloquium to be held in Corpus Christi College, Oxford, to
celebrate the publication of The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon,
translated with an introduction and notes by Richard Price and Michael
Gaddis, 3 vols., Translated Texts for Historians volume 45 (Liverpool,
2005).
Draft programme
10-11 Charlotte Roueché (London): Introduction
Richard Price (London): Truth, Fiction and Omission in the Acts of
Chalcedon
11-11.30 Coffee
11.30-1 Thomas Graumann (Cambridge): The First Council of Ephesus
Fergus Millar (Oxford): The Syriac Acts of the Second Council of
Ephesus, 449
1-2 Lunch
2-3.30 Andrew Louth (Durham): Why the Syrians rejected Chalcedon
David Gwynn (Oxford): The role of Chalcedon in the definition of
church tradition
3.30-4 Tea
4-6 Katy Cubitt (York): The 649 Lateran Council
Judith Herrin (London): The 692 Council in Trullo
Concluding discussion
6-6.30 Wine
Registration: £13 (includes, morning coffee, afternoon tea, sandwich
lunch, concluding glass of wine)
Mary Whitby ([log in to unmask]) will be pleased to answer any
enquiries.
To register, please send a cheque (payable to Mary Whitby) direct to her
at:
Newbridge Farmhouse, Bletchingdon Road, Weston on the Green, OX 25 3QU
Numbers are strictly limited, so please book early to secure your place!
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MA in ‘History and Anthropology of the Ancient World’
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Centre Louis Gernet, Paris
As part of a wider European programme aiming at greater compatibility of
Higher Education within the European Union, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en
Sciences Sociales (EHESS), together with the Centre Louis Gernet (Paris),
now offer one or two-year Master’s degrees in ‘History and Anthropology of
the Ancient World’.
The EHESS is a renowned international research institution in History
and the Social Sciences; Fernand Braudel, Claude Lévi-Strauss and Pierre
Bourdieu for many years taught here. In the classical disciplines it is
home to a number of leading French scholars associated with the ‘Paris
School’ and the Centre Louis Gernet founded by Jean-Pierre Vernant, and
subsequently directed by Pierre Vidal-Naquet. There is therefore a strong
tradition in historical anthropology and in anthropology of religion,
visual arts, and classical literature from the archaic period to late
antiquity. The Master’s degrees give students the opportunity to work
closely with specialists in this tradition.
The Master’s degrees are open to students who have completed a three
or four-year degree in Classics, Ancient History or Archaeology, History
or a related discipline. The courses are typically designed to prepare for
doctoral research in France or abroad. For international research students
they present a valuable opportunity to spend some time in a different
intellectual milieu. Coursework involves taught elements in research
skills, graduate seminars and independent research for an MA thesis on a
topic of the candidate’s choice (a detailed brochure, including a list of
staff involved in teaching this degree can be downloaded as a pdf file
here: http://www.ehess.fr/centres/gernet/enseignement.htm, under 'Master
EHESS', then 'programme 2006/7')
Students will have access to the recently merged classical libraries
of several Parisian institutions, situated in a newly refurbished 19th-
century gallery in the heart of Paris. Teaching and research facilities
are shared with academic establishments and research groups in related
fields, such as medieval cultural history and history of art. The new and
spacious amenities are quickly developing into a centre for research in
cultural history, a perfect environment for interdisciplinary work.
Fees currently amount to circa 400 Euros per annum (covering
matriculation and French social security). For informal enquiries on the
course(s) and the application procedure (by 29 September 2006) please
contact [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask]
General information on the EHESS and the Centre Gernet may be found at
http://www.ehess.fr/editions/CEN_1_18.html
http://www.ehess.fr/centres/gernet/index.html
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Lecturer
Classics & Ancient History
University of Warwick
http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/XZ696.html
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Lectureship (1-Year) in Latin Language and Literature University College
Dublin
http://www.ucd.ie/personl/html/vacancies/2006/academic/002446.htm
Closing date: 6 July 2006
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On behalf of the editor, may I draw your attention to the following
information:
Back issues of "Rheinisches Museum" (2000-2002 so far) are now accessible
online at http://www.rhm.uni-koeln.de/.
From now on, further issues will be added regularly (three years after
publication).
Tables of content are available for all issues since 1990.
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Teaching the Ancient Languages
20 September 2006
Institute of Classical Studies, London, Room NB 14
¢ General Introduction: Christopher Rowe (Subject Centre) 10:00 -10:15
¢ Conducting a language class: Nick Lowe (Royal Holloway) 10:20 -10:50
¢ How to get the most out of your course book 10:55 – 11:30
¢ Using inscriptions in language teaching: Lene Rubinstein (Royal
Holloway) 11:35 – 12:05
¢ Recent publications: James Morwood (Oxford) 12:10 – 12:45
¢ Lunch 1-2
¢ Troubleshooting: Roland Mayer (Kings’ College) 2:00 – 2:30
¢ Technological aids to teaching: Charlie Weiss (Cambridge) 2:35 – 3:05
¢ Teaching language to graduate students: Charlie Weiss and James
Morwood 3:15 - 3:45
¢ Assessment: Jonathan Powell (Royal Holloway) 3:50-4:30
¢ Problems with Pronunciation: James Morwood for Greek and Jonathan
Powell for Latin. 4:30 – 5:00
To register your interest please contact: Dr. Anastasia Bakogianni
(Institute of Classical Studies)
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: 0207 862 8705
Students interested in attending should send details of the course book
they are using.
There are a limited number of bursaries available.
This event is generously sponsored by the Subject Centre for Classics
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The University of Leeds
Faculty of Arts
School of Classics
Research Assistant in Classics (Archaeology)
The School of Classics wishes to appoint a Research Assistant to work with
Brenda Dickinson FSA towards the completion of the Leeds Index of Potters’
Stamps, the work of the late Brian Hartley, compiled during the last 40
years.
The index will be a compendium of potters’ stamps on 1st to 3rd century AD
Roman samian ware (terra sigillata), listed alphabetically by potter, with
illustrations of the stamps and records of vessel forms, occurrences by
site and dates. It will be published both in book form and as a data-
base. Currently, the index is in the form of an extensive Microsoft Word
document.
The current project is to produce a pilot volume within the year of the
appointment, with a grant awarded to Professor Michael Fulford FBA,
University of Reading, by the British Academy. Further funds are being
sought to continue the project for a further four years from 2007. This
post is available from 1 July 2006, or as soon as possible thereafter for
a fixed term of one year.
University Grade 6 (£20,235 - £23,457 p.a.)
Informal enquiries to Dr Roger Brock, tel 0113 343 6785, email
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or Professor Michael Fulford, email [log in to unmask]
To apply on line please visit http://www.leeds.ac.uk and click on ‘jobs’.
Alternatively application forms are available from Elaine Johnson, School
of Humanities, tel 0113 343 6746, email [log in to unmask]
Job ref 317043 Closing date 21 June 2006
Interviews are expected to be held 30 June 2006
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CLASSICS POST AT CANBERRA
Academic Level A
Salary Package: $44,860-$59,963 pa plus 17% super Reference
No.: FA3444
The School of Language Studies in the Faculty of Arts, ANU
College of Arts and Social Sciences, is inviting applicants
from Classicists for the position of Associate Lecturer.
Successful applicants will need to demonstrate research and
teaching competence in Ancient Greek and Latin languages and
Ancient Greek History/Culture. The successful applicant will
develop courses in Ancient Greek and Ancient History/Culture,
contributing to the existing Classics major offered at ANU.
This position will appeal to someone who has PhD in classics,
is excited about his or her research, enthusiastic about
teaching, committed to collegiality and ambitious to make a
contribution to the Faculty, College and wider ANU community.
The University reserves the right not to make an appointment
or to make an appointment by invitation.
Further particulars, including selection criteria, are
available from:
Rob Tidy, phone +61 2 6125 5707 , e-mail [log in to unmask] or
http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/Jobs/Academic_Positions/_PDF/FA3444.
pdf.
If you wish to discuss the position after obtaining the
selection documentation, please contact:
Dr Elizabeth Minchin , phone +61 2 6125 5106, e-mail
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Information for applicants
http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/Jobs/How_To_Apply/index.asp.
Job Application Cover sheet -
http://info.anu.edu.au/policies/Forms/Human_Resources/Recruitm
ent/HR86.asp.
Closing Date: 30 June 2006
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