“The Gods of Olympus: Travel and Transformation” at NYU

The NYU Center for Ancient Studies, the Department of Classics, and the Dean for the Humanities present
The Gods of Olympus: Travel and Transformation
A talk by Barbara Graziosi (Durham University) derived from her new book, The Gods of Olympus: A History (Metropolitan Books)

Thursday, March 27, 2014, at 5:00pm
Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center for Arts and Science
32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)
Book-signing and reception to follow.

Barbara Graziosi was born in Trieste, Italy, and studied in Oxford and Cambridge. She is Professor of Classics at Durham University and Director, for the Arts and Humanities, of its Institute of Advanced Study. She has published widely on classical literature and its reception, and regularly contributes to radio and TV programs on the arts.

This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Center for Ancient Studies at 212.992.7978 or at ancient.studies@nyu.edu

“The Sophistic Practice” at NYU

The NYU Center for Ancient Studies, the Department of Comparative Literature and the American Comparative Literature Association present
The Sophistic Practice

A plenary panel session; part of the ACLA’s 2014 Annual Meeting taking place at NYU, March 20-23, 2014.

CHAIR:
Emanuela Bianchi (NYU)

PANELISTS:
Sophistics or How to Really Do Things with Words
Barbara Cassin (CNRS/Paris Sorbonne/ENS Ulm)
Euripides: Sophistic Gods Playing with Their Traditional Images
Pietro Pucci (Cornell University)
(White) Lies of Their Times: Sophistic Rhetoric in Heliodorus’ Aithiopika
Susan Jarratt (University of California, Irvine)

Friday, March 21, 2014, 2:20pm-4:10pm
Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center for Arts and Science
32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Center for Ancient Studies at 212.992.7978 or at ancient.studies@nyu.edu

Book Review Editor of Classical World

Classical World is happy to announce that Gareth Williams, Violin Family Professor of Classics at Columbia University, will become Book Review Editor beginning with volume 108.1.  Professor Williams’ scholarly work has centered on Augustan poetry, especially Ovid’s exilic writings, and on Seneca’s prose writings; he has also served as chair of the Department of Classics and Chair Literature Humanities in the Columbia College core curriculum.

Williams succeeds David Sider, professor of Classics at New York University, who has served as Book Review Editor since 1998.  CAAS and the co-editors of CW offer their thanks to Prof. Sider for his distinguished service and welcome Prof. Williams to the editorial board.

Call for papers: 2014 meeting

2014 Annual Meeting, October 9-11
The Washington Marriott at Metro Center, Washington DC
775 12th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20005

We invite individual and group proposals on all aspects of the Classical World and Classical Reception, and on new strategies and resources for improved teaching. Especially welcome are presentations which aim at maximum audience participation and integrate the concerns of K-12 and college faculty, and which consider ways of “communicating” about ancient Greece and Rome beyond our discipline and profession.  We are hoping to include an undergraduate research session featuring presentations based on outstanding term papers, senior theses, or other scholarly projects.  All proposals must be submitted via the online form available at the CAAS-CW website.

Please note that current membership in CAAS is required in order to submit proposals and to present papers or preside over sessions. The submission deadline is April 7, 2014. For more detailed information, and to enter a submission, please visit http://www.caas-cw.org/papercall questions may also be sent to the program coordinator, Judith P. Hallett, jeph@umd.edu.

 

Search for CAAS Webmaster

The Classical Association of the Atlantic States seeks a Webmaster to work jointly with our current Webmaster beginning on or about June 1, 2014, and to assume full responsibility beginning October 11, 2014. The position has a three-year, renewable term, subject to annual review by the CAAS Board of Directors. The annual stipend will be $4,000, subject to approval by the Board.

The Webmaster will manage the online process of submitting and evaluating abstracts to support the Program Committee; maintain the platforms supporting the organization’s work (e.g. WordPress, Google Apps, Insightly) and identify new platforms as needed; facilitate document-sharing for Board meetings; manage email aliases for Board members, and so forth.

In consultation with CAAS senior officers, the Webmaster will have editorial oversight of articles posted on the website and will have responsibility for publishing announcements to the CAAS community online and via email. The Webmaster also will guide CAAS in implementing and overseeing social media in support of our mission.

Applicants should send a cover letter and a curriculum vitae by April 1, 2014, to the chair of the search committee: Professor Janet M. Martin, CAAS President, by email at <jmmartin@princeton.edu>.