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Another weekly miscellanea... (All lifted from other people, unless enclosed in [...]) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether you are looking to apply for jobs now or are just researching your career path, have a look at the latest line up at http://www.archaeo.freeserve.co.uk/BajrFrame.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Southern Association of Ancient Philosophy 2003 September 18th-20th 2003 Somerville College Oxford OX2 6HD The theme of this year's conference is Pre-Platonic Philosophy, with special reference to Pre-Socratic Philosophy. The following papers have been promised: Professor Alexander Mourelatos, (University of Texas at Austin): Intrinsic and Relational Properties of Atoms in the Democritean Ontology Dr Catherine Osborne (University of Liverpool; U of East Anglia (from Sept 03)): Sin and Moral Responsibility in Empedocles? Cosmic Cycle Ms Jane Barton, St John's College, Oxford: Ancient Medicine and Pre-Socratic Philosophy A fourth paper (title to be announced) will be given by Dr Paolo Crivelli, New College, Oxford. The conference will take place in Somerville College, Oxford and will run from dinner on Thursday 18th until the end of Saturday morning 20th September. (Dinner at circa 7pm, first paper at 8.30 pm). There will be a conference fee (payable when at the conference) of £10. Costs for residents will be as follows (all payable at the conference): Two nights dinner, bed and breakfast with Friday lunch: £112.00 The above in superior accommodation ? (semi en suite): £138.20 (Pro rata reductions for one night only stays.) Non-residents may take meals on an ad hoc basis, at a cost of £18.25 dinner or £12.50 lunch. Please reply by email to [log in to unmask] or to Lesley Brown, Somerville College, Oxford OX2 6HD tel 01865-270636 With the following information: I intend to come to SAAP 2003 18-20 September Please arrange full board and accommodation for me at £111.00 ? Please arrange full board and accommodation for me at £138.20 ? I do not require accommodation but would like the following meals: ? Vegetarian? Other dietary or special accommodation requirements? Name contact method for September, if not the email now used: Further information and brief abstracts of papers will be sent round by email in early September.(unless you request otherwise). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear colleagues, on behalf of the Congress organiser, I would like to remind the UK classical community about the Congress (details below) - and the need to register! The registration deadline has been implicitly extended; nevertheless those willing to attend should register as soon as possible directly with the organiser <[log in to unmask]>. Yours sincerely, Alexei Zadorojnyi ****************** · According to the decision of the last IPS triennial meeting in Nijmegen (May 2002), the undersigned has been authorized to organize the 7th International Congress of the Society in Rethymno, Greece. · The Congress will be held from Wednesday 4 May to Saturday/Sunday 7/8 May 2005 at the new campus of the University of Crete in Rethymno, and its topic, intended to embrace Plutarch as a whole, is: The Unity of Plutarch's Work: Moralia Themes in the Lives,Features of the Lives in the Moralia · Languages of the Congress: For practical reasons preferably English, but all European languages are also acceptable. · Participation fee: 100 euros per person. PROCEDURAL MATTERS AND CRUCIAL DATES · Prospective participants are kindly requested to indicate their interest by filling in the Registration Form below and sending it to the Organizer by e-mail, fax or post not later than 31/5/2003. · Participants are subsequently expected to submit (by e-mail/fax/post) title and abstract of their presentation to the Organizer as well as to their Section Representative by 31/12/2003. · To effect a speedy publication of the Acta, the Organizer has decided to follow (if somewhat less strictly) the precedent set by the 1999 Madrid-Cuenca Congress (the proceedings of which were published within 6 months of the event). The participants, therefore, are kindly requested to send their completed (i.e. footnotes included) 20-minute papers to their Section Representative (NOT to the Organizer) by 31/10/2004. · The Section Representatives, after ensuring that the submitted papers conform to the topic and length requirements, will forward them to the Organizer (by e-mail/attached document or post) not later than 15/2/2005. · Those who may need or wish to modify their papers after the Congress will have the opportunity to do so until 30/9/2005, by which date they are expected to have sent the Organizer the final version of their contribution. · Information concerning ways of access to Rethymno and the University campus, hotel prices and other details of accommodation, scheduled excursions and publication guidelines will be announced in due time. The Organizer of the 7th IPS Congress A. G. Nikolaidis Professor of Classics Department of Philology University of Crete, 741 00 Rethymno E-mail: [log in to unmask] Fax: +28310-53722 or 77304 Telephone: +28310-51608 or 77261 Home address: Papanikolaou 20, 741 00 Rethymno, Greece. ************ REGISTRATION FORM Surname:----------------------------------------------------------- First name (s):---------------------------------------------------- Institution:------------------------------------------------------- Address:----------------------------------------------------------- City, Postal code:------------------------------------------------- Country:----------------------------------------------------------- E-mail address:---------------------------------------------------------- Telephone (s):---------------------------------------------------- Fax:-------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________ If accompanied, please tick here: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Département de philosophie, Université de Genève, Switzerland Maître-Assistant(e) en philosophie ancienne Deadline: 25.06.03 Le poste, à plein temps, comporte 4 heures hebdomadaires de cours et de séminaires de philosophie ancienne. La préférence sera donnée à un(e) jeune spécialiste de la philosophie ancienne qui a fait sa thèse dans les cinq dernières années. Traitement: Classe 17/00 (Fr. 80'839 par an la 1ère année) à 17/10 (Fr. 88'923 par an la dernière année). Entrée en fonction: 1er octobre 2003. Durée du mandat: 3 ans au maximum. Titre requis et expérience professionnelle: doctorat ès lettres ou titre jugé équivalent; publications dans le domaine concerné; expérience de l'enseignement universitaire. Age limite au moment de l'engagement: 32 ans, en principe. Documents requis: 10 exemplaires de leur curriculum vitae et de leur liste de publications; 1 exemplaire de leurs publications; photocopies des procès-verbaux de licence et de doctorat. Le tout est à envoyer au Professeur Kevin MULLIGAN, Département de philosophie, Faculté des lettres, Université de Genève, CH - 1211 GENEVE 4 Contact: [log in to unmask] http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Groningen Colloquium on Flavian Poetry Groningen, 19-23 August The programme is now on line at the conference website http://odur.let.rug.nl/~nauta/flavianpoetry/, where practical information can also be found. We strongly request all who wish to attend the conference to send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] before 1 July. Queries on practical matters may be addressed to Inez van Egeraat ([log in to unmask]). With the usual apologies for cross-posting, the organizing committee, Ruurd Nauta Harm-Jan van Dam Hans Smolenaars ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear All, I am writing to let you all know that SOMA (the Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology) will be held at Trinity College Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland, from 20-22 February 2004. Information on SOMA 2004 can be accessed from a link at the Trinity School of Classics website at www.tcd.ie/classics. Further details will be added to the website as they arise and/or are organised. An official call for papers with submission details and requirements will be posted to that website and by email shortly. If you can think of anyone who would be interested in attending or submitting at this Symposium, please forward this email to them and ask them to get in contact with me so they can be added to the list. The email address to contact me is [log in to unmask] For departmental administrators, could you please forward this message to all staff and postgraduate (pre-doctoral) students. Written notification of this conference will be posted to you this coming October. I look forward to seeing you all in February 2004. Best regards. Lidia Matassa SOMA 2004 Committee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An international colloquy on roman roads will be hold at Bonn the 25 and 26 Juin 2003. The 27 Juin there will be an excursion to roman roads. Most of the lectures are in German. For further information : http://www.s-line.de/homepages/cv/Bonn DEUTSCH In dieser Woche sind noch Anmeldungen f|r das internationale Rvmerstra_enkolloquium in Bonn mvglich. Termin 25. bis 27. Juni, einschlie_lich Exkursion in die Eifel. Das Programm finden Sie unter: http://www.s-line.de/homepages/cv/Bonn Vervffentlichungen der Beitrdge im Internet - zumindest in Kurzfassung - sind geplant. Ich werde den Link mitteilen. FRANCAIS Il y a encore des places pour le colloque international sur les voies romaines du 25 au 27 Juin privoyant une excursion guidie sur des sites des voies romaines entre Bonn et Trhve. La plupart des conferences sont en allemand, une en frangais qui est tenue par Mme Marie-Hilhne Corbiau: Les voies de communication du nord de la Gaule: parcours, chronologie et iquipement. Pour plus d'informations lisez le programme sur: http://www.s-line.de/homepages/cv/Bonn Christian Vogelsang, Stuttgart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am in the process of posting online a tremendous amount of "NEW" information pertaining to the recent undertakings in the area of the Imperial Fora of Rome: 1998-2003... The page I am listing here is the New Bibliographical page, currently I am posting (PART. I) a list important English-langauge newpaper accounts re: the Imperial Fora (excavation, restoration, planning etc.) dating from 1976-2003. http://www.geocities.com/mgconde/Imperial_Fora_Biblio1.htm This web-site is in the course of development now that the research period has finished (1999-2003). Thank you! Martin G Conde Washington DC, USA. [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [herewith the list of papers at the forthcoming, previously advertised Bristol p/g conference, July 23rd] BATTY, Peter 'Gladness and Shouting': 3 Maccabees as Popular Entertainment BOWKER, Daniella A People or a Peculiarity - Jewish People in the Early Roman Empire BRAGG,Edward Massacres, Executions and Mutilations - Non Battlefield Violence in the Caesarian Corpus COONEY, Rachael Knowledge and the Scientific Spirit in Seneca's Natural Questions DUFFUS, Paul The Monumentum of Horace and the Poetics of the Horatian Personality GURNEY, Kate Fides: A Link Between Ethics and Religion in Rome? HALLIWELL, Jonathan An Academy for Heroes: 'Deep-Counselling' Chiron and the Apolline 'plaything' in Pindar's Nemean Three HULKES, Ross Principatus ac Libertas: Tacitus' Epistula to Seneca JARMAN,Dave Herakles' madness; Anomoly or integral? KOBORI, Keiko Roman Festival Rituals: On the Paralia MELLOR, Nicola Holy Hijacking: The Re-Use of Sacred Space in Late Antiquity MORGAN, Janett Drunken Men and Modern Myths: The Construct of the Classical Andron NAKANISHI, Kyoko Emperor Julian and Ritual: Theory, Practice and Audiences NAKATANI, Saiichiro The Role of Hipothoos in Xenophon's Ephesius NICHOLS, Kate The Greek and Roman Courts of the Crystal Palace PAPACHRYSOSTOMOU, Athina Politics in Middle Comedy: Three Fragments of Mnesimachus' Philippos PAUL, Joanna Makes Ben-Hur Look Like an Epic: Cinematic Parodies of the Classical Epic Tradition PLATTS, Hannah Concepts of Luxury in Ancient Rome RICHARDSON, James Delaying Fathers and Impetuous Sons - a Recurring Motif in the in the Tradition of the Gens Fabia in Early Rome ROGERS, Sophie Ancient 'Popular' Culture ROSE, Peter Re-Mapping Ostia: A Systematic Study of the Urban Landscape of Ostia in the 3rd Century AD SANTANGELO, Federico Analogy, Anomoly and Ancient Liberty: Some Facets of a Historiographical Problem ME, Dolphin Watching in Ancient Greece SHIVERS, Sasha Epic in Modernist and Post-Modernist Writing SLACK, Kathryn Community Controlled Merchandise: An Alternative Methodology for the Development of Souvenirs Based on Finds from Quseir al- Quadim, Egypt SPENCER, Tom Walking Through Rome WASINSKI, Gregory Relations Between Officer and Subordinate in Classical Greece YECKE, Tiffany The Luxury of Hellenism in the Gospel of Luke More details including a poster and attendance form will be found in the next few days on the Bristol Classics dept. website: http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Classics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ XVI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY (AIAC) Common Ground: Archaeology, Art, Science, and Humanities Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, August 23-26, 2003 Reduced Early Registration fees extended through June 30 Save $50 off the regular registration fee if you register by June 30! Register on-line at: http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/sites/aiac/ancongress.html; download a registration form from the AIAC congress website to register by fax or mail; or call the number listed below to have one mailed to you. Full-price registration begins on July 1. Keynote Speaker announcement We are pleased to announce George L. Huxley will present the AIAC 2003 Keynote Address. Huxley, a member of the Royal Irish Academy, Honorary Professor of Trinity College, Dublin, and former director of the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens will deliver his talk "Art, Science, and Unifying Vision in Classical Archaeology", on Saturday, August 23. Roundtable Discussions/Monday, August 25/12:30 - 2:00 p.m. AIAC Today, Creating the FASTI On-Line Chair, Elizabeth Frentress Vice President of the Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica (AIAC) Discussion on latest plans for creating an on-line database of all excavations in Italy; expanding the project throughout the classical world; and goals of AIAC in the next five years. New Developments and Potential Projects for the US/Italy Long-term Loan Program Chair, Bonnie Magness-Gardiner Senior Cultural Property Analyst, U.S. Department of State This roundtable is intended to widen knowledge of the program, encourage participation, and discuss potential loan projects. Hotel Reservations A special discounted rate of $185.00 single or double occupancy is still available for congress attendees at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. The deadline for hotel reservations at the discounted rate is July 30, 2003. Make your reservations now to secure lodgings during Boston's busy summer season. Make your hotel reservations by phone, by email, or online: Reservations: 1-800-325-3535 Email: [log in to unmask] Online: http://www.starwood.com For on-line reservations: Congress Meeting Code: 13174; City Code: Boston Full details of the conference programme, etc. at http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/sites/aiac/ancongress.html Archive of list messages may be found at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/classicsgrads Visit the same site to change your subscription settings.