The department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Penn State invites contributions for the Tombros conference on Hellenistic monarchies that will take place on April 24-25, 2015. This academic event will explore the socio-political and cultural landscape of the Hellenistic states with a particular focus on the interactions between old and new, between the new elites and the established political and socio-economic structures. How did Hellenistic rulers respond to pre-existing structures and institutions? How did indigenous populations cope and interact with their new leadership? How did these political and social shifts affect the economy of the ancient Mediterranean world? How did art serve, resist, or comment on the new status quo?

Confirmed speakers include Prof. S.M. Burstein (Professor Emeritus, Department of History, California State University), Prof. A. Erskine (Professor of Ancient History, University of Edinburgh), Prof. J.G. Manning (William K. and Marilyn M. Simpson Professor of Classics and History, Yale University; Senior Research Scholar, Yale Law School), and Prof. R. Strootman (Associate Professor of Ancient History, University of Utrecht).

We invite 30-min. papers pertaining to all areas of the Hellenistic Mediterranean (Greece, Ptolemaic Egypt, the Seleucid Near East, etc.) in all pertinent disciplines (History, Archaeology, Art History, Classics, etc.). Please send an abstract of ca. 400 words (including bibliography) to cams.conference@gmail.com by October 3, 2014. Walter de Gruyter has shown strong interest in publishing the proceedings of this conference. If you have any questions, contact Mark Munn (mxm20@psu.edu) or Zoe Stamatopoulou (zus4@psu.edu).

This academic event is generously sponsored by Peter and Ann Tombros, as well as the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State.

St. Joseph’s Preparatory School has posted a tribute video to CAAS’s Henry Bender. Bender is a former president, conference coordinator, program coordinator, and treasurer of CAAS, who has been honored with an ovatio. Watch the video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2moSAmyE8w8

The Classical Association of New England Summer Institute 2014
July 14-19, 2014
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

“On the Shoulders of Giants”:
Greco-Roman Giants and their Modern Emulators

Employing an aphorism traceable in thought and language back to at least the twelfth century (nanos gigantum humeris insidentes, “dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants,”), Sir Isaac Newton famously stated, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” As the Romans felt themselves intellectually to toil under the shadow of the Greeks, so have moderns since at least the Renaissance been keenly conscious of the magnitude and grandeur of the Greco-Roman achievement.

The organizers of the 2014 C.A.N.E. Summer Institute invite you to join us this summer as we examine some of the striking examples of the vitality and adaptability of the ancient models from the fields of literature, history, art and science; we will see that those who stand on such shoulders, though thereby “seeing further,” have often proven themselves to be a great deal more than “dwarfs.” Whether you are a middle school, high school or college teacher of Latin and/or Greek, English, History, or other related disciplines, an undergraduate or graduate student, or a devoted lifelong learner, you will enjoy an enriching educational experience that includes a wide variety of mini-courses, lectures, workshops, and special events while also offering ample opportunity for collegial interaction between participants.

A direct link from this e-mail to the CSI section on the CANE website is included here: http://caneweb.org/CANEwp/?page_id=165
From that page you can also reach the registration brochure, and more detailed information on course readings, etc. will be added there in the coming weeks.

Scholarships are available.

If you have questions or want more information, please e-mail CSI 2014 Director Jeri DeBrohun: Jeri_DeBrohun@brown.edu.

April 11, 2014 was the deadline for submitting abstracts and panel proposals to the 2014 CAAS conference. We are no longer accepting submissions.

July 21-25, 2012 at the Taft Educational Center, the Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut.

https://www.taftschool.org/tec/tech.aspx

Integrating technology in the Latin classroom is a powerful way to increase student achievement and augment engagement.  This weeklong workshop will address the many ways that current technology can enhance and enliven the Latin classroom.  Participants will have the opportunity to explore a variety of technologies that are valuable additions to both the elementary and advanced Latin curriculum. The workshop will address methods and tools for building vocabulary, teaching language skills, and integrating history and culture.  The focus will be on using free or inexpensive web-based tools that work on various computing platforms to create media-rich lessons.  Participants will come away understanding both the important role that technology can play in the classroom and how to integrate it effectively.  In addition to having multiple lesson plans to take back home, they will come away with a clear understanding of how to construct a technology-rich curriculum for their Latin classes.  Participants should be comfortable with basic computing skills and must bring their own laptop for use throughout the week.

Instructor: Lynne West, Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, CA

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 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

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.