Posted by mwilson on October 14th, 2009 in Uncategorized ·
Vergilian Society 2010 Study Tours
Alexander the Great, from Troy to Gordion
July 2-17, 2010
Romans, Etruscans and Ancient Greeks: Exploring Antiquities from Etruria to the Bay of Naples
July 7-18, 2010
Vergil, Aeneas and Augustus: A Workshop in Italy for AP Latin Teachers
July 17-28, 2010
The Archaeology of Identity in Coastal Campania: How Ancient Italians and Greeks Became Romans on the Bay of Naples
August 2-14, 2010
For over 55 years, the Vergilian Society has offered study tours to classical lands led by experienced scholars and dynamic lecturers. These study programs are designed to appeal to secondary teachers, college students and interested laypeople as well as college professors seeking firsthand knowledge of archaeology and history. Scholarship support is available for secondary school teachers and graduate students. For Itineraries, Applications and Scholarship information, see http://vergil.clarku.edu/
Posted by mwilson on September 30th, 2009 in Uncategorized ·
Call for Papers:
A joint meeting of The Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest and the Classical Association of the Canadian West willl take place at the University of Washington in Seattle on March 12-13, 2010. This will be the 40th Annual Meeting of CAPN and one in a series of congenial joint meetings with CACW.
We invite papers on any aspect of Graeco-Roman antiquity. Abstracts of about 200 words should be submitted by email to cconnors@u.washington.edu. The deadline for submissions is January 10, 2009.
The keynote address will be delivered on Friday evening March 12 by Professor Kirk Freudenburg, Professor of Classics at Yale University. He is best known for two books on Roman satire, The Walking Muse: Horace on the Theory of Satire (Princeton 1993) and Satires of Rome: Threatening Poses from Lucilius to Juvenal (Cambridge 2001); he is also the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire (Cambridge 2005).
Please contact Catherine Connors (cconnors@u.washington.edu) with any questions.