Institute of Classical Studies, University of London
Ancient Literature Seminar: Spring Term 2007
Organisers: Prof. Jonathan Powell (RHUL), Prof. Maria Wyke (UCL)
Topics in Current Research in Latin
Mondays at 4.30 p.m.
NG14 North Block, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1
22 January
Caroline Vout (Cambridge)
Literary and other approaches to looking down on Rome
Chair: Catharine Edwards
29 January
Matthew Fox (Birmingham)
What are the cures for love?
Chair: Maria Wyke
5 February
Gregory Hutchinson (Oxford)
Structuring instruction: the books of Latin didactic poems
Chair: Jonathan Powell
12 February
Anne Rogerson (Cambridge)
Red in tooth and claw: bringing up the Nerones in Horace Odes 4.4
Chair: Luke Houghton
19 February
Prof. Ahuvia Kahane’s Inaugural at RHUL
26 February
Roy Gibson (Manchester)
Problems in Pliny the Younger
Chair: Rhiannon Ash
5 March
Hellenic Institute Lecture at RHUL
12 March
Andrew Riggsby (Austin, Texas)
Accelerated History: Cicero, Cato and the Roman Exemplary
Chair: Jonathan Powell
19 March Tina Chronopoulos (KCL)
A new manuscript find in the BL: Biographical notes Sidonius Apollinaris,
Symmachus, and Fulgentius
Chair: Carlotta Dionisotti
26 March
Peter Kruschwitz (CIL, Berlin)
Cunning linguistics: Aspects of the language of the Pompeian wall
inscriptions
Chair: Roland Mayer
Please note:
Meetings will begin at 4.30 p.m. prompt.
Drinks after the seminar 6.00-6.30 p.m.
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ONE-DAY COLLOQUIUM SATURDAY 10 MARCH 2007
CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, OXFORD
Meaningful remains: working with literary fragments from early Rome
A one-day colloquium on working with literary fragments from early Rome
will be held at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, organized by Gesine
Manuwald (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) and Costas Panayotakis
(University of Glasgow) under the auspices of the Corpus Christi College
Centre for the Study of Greek and Roman Antiquity on Saturday 10th March
2007.
The purpose of this conference is to highlight the problems scholars are
confronted with when working with literary genres partly preserved in
fragments, to demonstrate the importance of including fragmentary works
into the study of the respective genre and thus of Roman literature, to
look at the advantages and the dangers in comparing authors whose text
survives in fragments with authors (of the same genre) whose text survives
in complete form, and to discuss what may be established for the works
surviving in fragments and for the whole genre despite the fragmentary
nature of the evidence.
Speakers will either discuss the problems which a literary genre or an
aspect of this genre presents for interpretation in view of the extant
fragmentary evidence, or deal with the general question of working with
fragments with regard to their respective genre or author.
Papers should last for 30 minutes at most, allowing 20 minutes for
discussion.
The programme is as follows:
10:15 Coffee and Registration
10:45 Opening Remarks
10:50 Adrian Hollis (Keble College, Oxford): on fragmentary Hellenistic
and Roman didactic poems
11:40 Matthew Leigh (St Anne’s College, Oxford): on tragic fragments and
Roman comedy
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Sander Goldberg (UCLA): on Roman epic
14.20 Anna Chahoud (Trinity College, Dublin): on Roman satire
15:10 Tea
15:40 Christopher Smith (University of St Andrews): on Roman oratory
16:30 Tim Cornell (University of Manchester): on Roman historiography
17:20 – 17:45 Concluding discussion led by Elaine Fantham (Princeton)
(followed by drinks)
The colloquium is open to all. There will be a small charge of £12.50 (not
applicable to graduates of Corpus Christi and to speakers): this will
contribute to the cost of lunch and refreshments.
We shall also book a table for a meal at a local restaurant afterwards. If
anyone would like to come to this dinner, please let Costas
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to make a booking for the conference should write to Professor Stephen
Harrison, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, OX1 4JF, UK
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£12.50 if appropriate (UK bank cheque preferred; overseas visitors can pay
in cash on the day). Cheques should be made payable to Corpus Christi
College, Oxford'. Bookings should be made by February 28th 2007.'
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This message is particularly aimed at new lecturers in Classics, but if
any other list member has any strong opinions on resources for teaching
development, I would be delighted to hear these too.
I am a project officer for the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for
History, Classics and Archaeology and I am currently collating resources
on innovative teaching methods to disseminate to new lecturers. In order
for this to fully benefit Classics lecturers I clearly need to tailor the
project to the actual needs of Classics lecturers, so I am therefore
inviting you to:
i) Share your thoughts, ideas, wishes and grumbles on teaching and
learning issues ii) Identify areas where you feel you would benefit from
more resources iii) Road test new resources as they become available
All responses are valuable and welcome, so please do feel free to direct
comments, views and questions to me at the following address:
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Warm regards,
Nicola Mellor.
Project Officer (CETL liaison)
Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology.
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SEMINAR ON JEWISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD [DRAFT]
Tuesdays, 2.15 pm, in the Oriental Institute, Oxford.
January 23
Professor Martin Goodman (Oriental Institute) 'Rome and Jerusalem: a
comparison of lifestyles'
January 30
Dr Joanna Weinberg (Oriental Institute)
'A rabbinic disquisition on Leviticus 26: a utopian vision among Jews and
Christians'
February 6
Professor Reinhard Kratz (Georg-August Universitat, Gottingen, and Christ
Church)
'Reconstructing 4QMMT'
February 13
Mila Ginsbursky (Cambridge)
'The idea of moral impurity in 1QS' [Qumran Forum]
February 20
Eyal Ben-Eliyahu (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and OCHJS)
'National identity and territory: the limits of the Land of Israel in the
consciousness of the people of the Second Temple and the Roman-Byzantine
period'
February 27
Dr Catrin Williams (Bangor)
'"He saw his glory": John 12:41 and Jewish Interpretations of Isaiah's
Call-Vision'
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XIII Congressvs Internationalis Epigraphiae Graecae et Latinae 2007
Cher(s) collègue(s)
Notez, si vous plait, que renseignements sur la procédure d'inscription et
la réservation de hébergement se trouvent maintenant sur notre site-web en
les langues
suivantes:
Franc,ais:
http://ciegl.classics.ox.ac.uk/html/Inscription.shtml
Deutsch:
http://ciegl.classics.ox.ac.uk/html/Kongressteilnahme.shtml
Ellenika:
http://ciegl.classics.ox.ac.uk/html/Greek.shtm
ed Italiano:
http://ciegl.classics.ox.ac.uk/html/Iscrizione.shtml
Le comité organisateur
<http://ciegl.classics.ox.ac.uk/index.shtml>
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Dear Colleagues,
> "the 1st International School on the Characterization of Organic
> Residues in Archaeological Materials a. Focus on ceramics" will be
> held in Grosseto (Italy), June 24-29, 2007.
> The school is aimed at giving the background and the state-of-the-art
> on the characterization of organic residues in archaeological
> materials by using mainly gas chromatography, mass spectrometry and
> spot tests.Teachers are qualified scientists worldwide.
>
> I hope to welcome your co-workers and students as participants for
> the School.
>
> Maria Perla Colombini
>
> Per ulteriori informazioni
> http://archeologiamedievale.unisi.it/ISCORAM/
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University College and Classics Faculty Graduate Studentship
University College and the Classics Faculty propose to offer one graduate
studentship in Classics (Language and Literature) for Home/EU and overseas
applicants starting in October 2007. The studentship will cover the cost
of both the College and the University fee at the Home/EU (but not the
overseas) rate, and will in addition provide the successful applicant with
a maintenance grant at the AHRC level (ie £12,600 in 2007-8, £12,915 in
2008-9 and £13,240 in 2009-10) Applications for the Classics Studentship
should be addressed to the Admissions Officer, University College, Oxford
OX1 4BH. The information should include:
• the name of the Studentship applied for (ie Classics Studentship)
and any
general qualification for the award in question
• a Curriculum Vitae
• reference letters in a sealed envelope from two academic referees
• coversheet (PDF, 50K, requires free Adobe Reader) (found at
http://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/)
The studentship is intended for students intending to read for a doctorate.
External candidates applying for the DPhil (PRS stage) or for the
MPhil/MSt for the studentship must name University College as their first-
choice College on their application form (GAO 2007) for graduate study.
The closing date for the third gathered field is 12 January 2007.
Existing students reading for the MPhil or MSt and planning to go on to
the doctorate are also eligible to apply for the studentship but will be
required to migrate to Univ if successful. The award will be announced in
March 2007 An overseas candidate to whom an award is offered will be
required to have applied for an ORS award (see
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/postgraduate/finance/nore.shtml#orsa) and
provide evidence of applications for other sources of funding. If a
Home/EU candidate is awarded the Studentship he or she will be required to
have made an application to the AHRC (see http://www.ahrc.ac.uk) and other
funding bodies and provide evidence of these applications. Those applying
for the studentship should therefore also apply as soon as possible for
these other awards. If full external funding is obtained the external
funding will replace the funds provided by the studentship, but the title
will remain and the College will top up the award (by £1,500 for a fully
funded Home student, and by a sum up to the value of the AHRC maintenance
grant for an EU student whose fee liability is met by the AHRC or
equivalent funding body).
The closing date for the Studentships is 12 February 2007.
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Conference Call for papers
Birkbeck College, University of London
Conference:What is Masculinity? How useful is it as a Historical Category?
Provisional Publication of proceedings with Palgrave Macmillan
15th and 16th May 2008, University of London.
In recent years, there has been an explosion in scholarship that questions
masculinity in history. This vibrant new approach has incorporated many
different theoretical and empirical considerations in historical
scholarship. Birkbeck College, University of London, is hosting a
conference on 15th and 16th May 2008, with the idea of providing a
discussion across fields and time period specialism. We would welcome
papers in contemporary and modern, early modern, medieval, Classical and
non-western history, from historians throughout the world who are working
in the general field of masculinity studies. We hope the conference will
provide discussion of the latest thinking, debates and contention in this
field, and that it will serve as a review of where we are now in terms
of scholarship in the field of masculinity studies.
The highest quality papers in this conference will be published in a
single volume collection, by Palgrave Macmillan. Please send your proposal
to Dr Sean Brady, Birkbeck College University of London, by attachment to
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www.bbk.ac.uk/hca
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THE KING'S COLLEGE LONDON GREEK PLAY 2007
LONDON FESTIVAL OF GREEK DRAMA
SOPHOCLES TRACHINIAE
In the original Greek (with an English preface)
The Classics Department at King’s College London continues its tradition
of staging ancient Greek drama in the original language with a production
of Sophocles’ disturbing tragedy outlining the effects of selfish heroism
and disappointed love.
The production will be performed at
The Greenwood Theatre
55 Weston Street, London Bridge, London SE1 3RA
at the following dates and times:
Wednesday 7 February 2007, 3 pm and 7.30 pm
Thursday 8 February 2007, 7.30 pm
Friday 9 February 2007, 3 pm and 7.30 pm
Tickets are £8 (£5 concessions): price includes programme.
Buy your tickets from the Greek Play Box Office by sending a cheque made
payable to King's College Greek Play at the following address:
King's College Greek Play
Department of Classics
King's College London
Strand
London WC2R 2LS
Tel: 020 7848 2399
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Please specify:
a) your name, address, telephone number
b) which performance you would like to attend (time and date)
c) the amount of your cheque
A booking form in Microsoft Word format can be downloaded at
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/schools/hums/classics/play/booking.html
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We take this opportunity to remind you that the Foundation offers three
Prizes each year for the best doctoral theses in Hellenic studies in
Britain: with effect from the twenty first annual Prizes (for the year
2006) the awards will be increased to £1,000 each for the best Doctoral
Theses in Greek Studies in the following categories:
Ancient / Classical Greece; Byzantine / Mediaeval Greece; Modern Greece
Submissions for the year 2006 must be received by the Foundation, St.
Paul’s House, Warwick Lane, London EC4P 4BN by 31st January 2007. Only
theses that have been examined and passed after 1st January 2005 may be
entered for the awards. Universities and research institutions may select
a submission from within their departments. The simplification of the
submission procedure effected since the 2004 awards will continue to have
effect.
Those wishing to submit should send a copy of the abstract of their thesis
together with the names of their examiners and supervisor to the
Foundation,rather than a copy of their thesis. A letter of recommendation
must accompany each submission from either the Head of Department or from
the pupil's supervisor. The papers will be passed to the Chairman of the
Readers, Professor E. L. Bowie of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, for
assessment.
The Chairman will directly contact applicants and it is envisaged, in
order to streamline the process of selection, that a shortlist will be
prepared taking into account not only the abstract but also examiners’
comments. These naturally will be treated in the strictest confidence and
will not be available to the Foundation itself. Whether a thesis needs to
be reread is in the discretion of the Chairman and candidates should
forward a copy only on request.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.
G J D Lemos, The Hellenic Foundation, St Paul’s House, Warwick Lane,
London EC4P 4BN
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