Published by e-mail by the Classical Association of Canada/Publié par courrier électronique par la société canadienne des études classiques

It is with great regret that I must announce the resignation of our colleague Renaud Gagné (McGill University) from his role as assistant editor of the CAC website and the Canadian Classical Bulletin (CCB/BCEA) with immediate effect. Obviously we regret his decision to leave, but on behalf of the Council of the CAC and of the Association as a whole, I would like to thank Renaud most sincerely for all his efforts on the Association's behalf alongside Michael Fronda over the last several years.

Avec grand regret il me faut annoncer la démission, reçue la semaine dernière, de notre collègue M. Renaud Gagné (Université McGill) des postes de sous-éditeur du site-web de la SCEC-CAC et de co-rédacteur du Bulletin Canadien des Études Anciennes (BCEA/CCB).
Naturellement, nous regrettons beaucoup son départ immédiat des couches administratives de la Société Canadienne des Études Classiques, mais au nom du Conseil de la Société et de la Société elle-même je voudrais le remercier fortement pour tous ses efforts et pour tout son travail à côté de Michael Fronda dans ces deux domaines depuis quelques années.

At the start of the new academic year, I would encourage you all as Chairs or Coordinators of Classics/Classical Studies at your university to review your department/programme's listing on the Directory of Classics Departments and Programmes in Canada on the CAC/SCEC website (http://cac scec.ca/eng/repertoires.html OR http://cac-scec.ca/fr/repertoires.html)

In looking it over recently, I noticed that some listings are somewhat out of date. Since this list is such a valuable resource for colleagues and students internationally, I would encourage you to ensure that the listing accurately reflects the state of your department or programme.

Nous invitons des nominations au Prix du mérite, selon la procédure prescrite par l’article (b) du règlement. Toutes nominations et demandes de renseignements doivent être addressées au président sortant de la société et président du comité de sélection, M. James Murray, Office of the Dean of Arts, University of New Brunswick, NB E3B 5A3 <jsm@unb.ca>. La date limite est le 15 décembre, 2008.

RÈGLEMENT 13
(a) La Société attribue un Prix du mérite pour reconnaître les efforts soutenus et méritoires d’un membre à l'accomplissement des objectifs de la Société (tels que définis à l’article 2 des Statuts). Le Prix consiste en une mention honorifique et un certificat offerts lors de l'assemblée générale annuelle. Le Prix est l’occasion pour la Société de reconnaître la contribution remarquable d’un membre pour la discipline, telle que, par exemple, un enseignement d'excellence et innovant, la formation et l'encadrement d'étudiants comme de collègues, la promotion des civilisations grecque et romaine auprès du grand public et les services rendus à la Société.
(b) Le Prix du mérite est accordé selon la procédure suivante. Chaque année, avant le 15 septembre, la Société fait parvenir aux membres un appel à nominations dont la date limite est fixée au 15 décembre. Chaque nomination devra être co-signée par un proposeur et un secondeur et fournira un exposé des motifs qui justifient la nomination. Peu avant ou à l'occasion de sa réunion d'automne, le conseil constitue un comité présidé par le président sortant et composé d’un membre ordinaire du conseil et de deux membres de la Société. Le comité fera part de sa (ses) recommandation(s) au conseil à l’occasion de la réunion du printemps. Un ou plusieurs Prix peuvent être octroyés chaque année. Le comité se charge de la rédaction du texte de la (des) mention(s) qui sera (seront) lue(s) à l'assemblée générale annuelle de la Société.

We call for nominations for the Award of Merit, in accordance with the procedure outlined in section (b) of the Bylaw. Enquiries and nominations should be addressed to this year’s Past President and Committee chair, Dr. James Murray, Office of the Dean of Arts, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3 <jsm@unb.ca>. The deadline for nominations is December 15, 2008.

BYLAW 13
(a) The Association shall administer an Award of Merit in order to recognize a member’s longstanding and meritorious efforts in fulfilling the goals of the Association (as defined in Article 2 of the Constitution). The Award shall consist of a citation and certificate presented at the Annual General Meeting. The Award is an opportunity for the Association to acknowledge outstanding service to the discipline, such as, but not limited to, excellent or innovative teaching, mentoring of students and faculty colleagues, promoting knowledge of the ancient Greek and Roman world among the general public, and service to the Association.
(b) The Award of Merit shall be made according to the following procedure. Each year before September 15th, the Association shall issue a call for nominations to all members, with a deadline for submissions of December 15th. Each nomination shall be signed by a nominator and a seconder, and shall include a statement of the specific reasons for the nomination. At or before its Fall meeting the Council shall strike a committee consisting of one ordinary Council member, two regular members of the Association, and the Past President as chair. This committee shall report its recommendation(s) to the Council at its spring meeting. One or more awards may be made in any year. The Committee shall compose citation(s) to be presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Association.

Brief Note Concerning Change in Procedure for SSHRC Standard Research Grants, Committee 1

Members interested in applying for a SSHRC Standard Research Grant this year should be aware of one important change in the procedures. SSHRC has this year decided to publish lists of members of all its adjudication committees prior to the deadline for applications. The composition of Selection Committee #1 (Classics, Ancient and Medieval Studies, Religious Studies and Classical Archaeology) for the 2008-9 competition is now posted on the SSHRC website: http://www.sshrc.ca/web/about/committees/standard_research_e.asp

Je voudrais informer les membres qui se proposent de faire une demande pour une subvention ordinaire de recherche du CRSH cette année sur un changement important dans l'administration du processus de la sélection. Le CRSH a décidé de publier les listes des membres de tous les comités de sélection en avance de la date limite annoncée pour les demandes. Les membres du comité de sélection no. 1 (Études classiques, études anciennes et médiévales, études religieuses, archéologie classique) sont déjà indiqués pour le concours de 2008-2009 sur le site-web du CRSH : voir http://www.sshrc.ca/web/about/committees/standard_research_f.asp

Report from the President of the CAC: List of All Tenure-Stream Hirings and Retirements in Classics departments and programs across Canada, 2005-2008. [PDF attached in original bulletin.]

As I begin my two-year term as President of the Association, I would like to institute the practice whereby an annual listing appears in this bulletin announcing all new tenure-stream hirings and retirements or departures that have occurred in each Classics department or programme across the country.

It strikes me that it will be very valuable for all members of the Association to know of our new colleagues and of colleagues who have retired. It will also provide colleagues in other countries with a sense of how Classics in Canada is developing.

September seems the obvious month to publish such a list. For the inaugural list, I have decided that it would be valuable to publish a list of the changes that have occurred in the period since 2005, since there have been so many hirings and retirements across Canada over the past four years. In future, the CAC/SCEC will publish a list each year.

I would like to thank most warmly all those chairs/heads/coordinators of Classics departments or programmes across the country who responded so enthusiastically to this proposal and who provided information so readily and so quickly about their units.

The general conclusion would seem to be that many departments and programmes have made a number of excellent appointments over the last four years and that the Classics profession in Canada had been invigorated and renewed by that process. Let us hope that university administrators continue to support Classics in the years to come as further colleagues decide to retire from teaching at the university level.

This list may also be of use to colleagues in universities where Classics is under threat by providing evidence of the vigour with which other universities have replaced colleagues who have retired and, in some cases, created new appointments in the field of Classical Studies.

If there are any errors or omissions in this list, please let me know and I will circulate an update, should the need arise.

Au commencement de ma charge comme Président de la Société canadienne des études classiques pour la période 2008-2010, je voudrais inaugurer un exercice annuel où l'Association publie une liste de tous les engagements, retraites et démissions qui ont eu lieu l'année précédente dans chaque département ou programme d'études classiques au Canada au domaine des postes permanents ou ceux qui mènent à la permanence.

Il me semble que telle liste sera utile pour tous les membres de notre Société pour les informer sur nos nouveaux collègues et nos collègues qui ont pris récemment leur retraite. De plus, elle peut servir de divulguer à tous nos collègues à l'extérieure du Canada des informations sur les changements et les développements au domaine des études classiques au Canada.

Le mois de septembre, me semble-t-il, est le moment du calendrier académique le plus propice pour la publication de cette liste. Pour la première édition, nous avons décidé qu'il vaudrait mieux publier une liste de tous les changements effectués depuis 2005, puisque dans cette période quadriennale il y a eu une quantité importante d'engagements et de retraites. À l'avenir, la CAC/SCEC publiera une liste annuellement.

Je voudrais remercier fortement tous les directeurs et directrices de départements ou de programmes d'études classiques de toutes les régions du Canada, qui ont répondu avec enthousiasme à cette initiative et qui m'ont fourni les renseignements nécessaires volontiers et rapidement.

On peut en tirer la conclusion que beaucoup de départements et de programmes ont engagé des excellents nouveaux collègues depuis 2005 et que ce processus de recrutement a fortifié et renouvelé l'état des études classiques dans toutes les régions du pays. Espérons que les administrateurs de toutes nos universités continuent à soutenir notre discipline à l'avenir où beaucoup de nos collègues prendront leur retraite de l'enseignement universitaire. De l'autre part, cette liste, qui fournit preuve de la vigueur des études classiques avec ses informations sur les remplacements de collègues retraités ou même sur la création de nouveaux postes, peut servir d'aider nos collègues dans les universités où notre discipline des études classiques se trouve menacée. Si quelqu'un trouve des erreurs ou des omissions dans cette liste, veuillez me contacter pour me permettre de circuler, au besoin, des révisions nécessaires.

Post-doctoral Fellowship in Roman Studies, 2009-2010

The Department of Classics at McMaster University invites qualified applicants to apply for a one-year E. Togo Salmon Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Roman Studies to commence July 1, 2009. The Fellow receives an annual stipend of $45,000 Canadian, a professional development allowance of $1500, and up to $5000 in research funds (to be applied for separately). The successful candidate will teach one course per term and to undertake research in Roman history, archaeology, or literature. The successful applicant will have a supervisor within the department. Applicants should be not more than three years beyond their completed PhD. Those with a defence scheduled no later than May 2009 are welcome to apply.

A curriculum vitae, 3-page research proposal, and three confidential letters of reference, one of which must be from the thesis supervisor, should be sent to: Salmon Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Classics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada L8S 4M2 by November 30, 2008. Formal interviews will not be held, but members of the department will be happy to meet with potential candidates at the American Philological Association in Philadelphia. Please contact Dr. Michele George, Chair (georgem@mcmaster.ca) to arrange a meeting. Candidates are encouraged to consult the department’s website:

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and Permanent Residents will be given priority. McMaster University is strongly commtted to employment equity within its community, and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women, members of visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, and persons with disabilities.

The Greek and Roman Studies program at the College of Humanities at Carleton University invites applications for a tenure track appointment in Greek and Roman Studies. The BA program in Greek and Roman Studies is housed in the College of the Humanities (http://www.carleton.ca/chum/greek_and_roman_studies/index.htm).

Subject to budgetary approval, this position is at the rank of Assistant Professor, and will commence July 1, 2009. Applicants should have a Ph.D. and record of demonstrated excellence in both teaching and research. The successful candidate will be expected to teach Greek and Latin at all levels, as well as courses in classical civilization. The candidate's area of specialization is open. Faculty members at Carleton are expected to participate in the life of the academic community, and to develop a program of research leading to significant peer-reviewed publications. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, the application of Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. Carleton University is committed to equality of employment for women, aboriginal peoples, visible minorities and persons with disabilities. Persons from these groups are particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants should provide a letter of application including a CV, sample of recent research, evidence of excellence in teaching, and the names of three referees. Three letters of reference should be sent under separate cover to:

Prof. Farhang Rajaee, Director
College of Humanities
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6
Canada

Consideration of applications will begin October 30, 2008 and continue until the position is filled. For additional information on the program, the College, and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please consult the following websites: http://www.carleton.ca/chum/; http://carleton.ca/fass/.

The Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies invites applications for a tenure stream position at the rank of Assistant Professor, effective July 1, 2009, subject to budgetary approval. We are seeking a candidate with a research specialty in Roman archaeology and material culture. We are especially interested in candidates who are connected with an archaeological field school in the Mediterranean. The successful applicant will also be expected to teach undergraduate courses in Latin and Classical Civilization and to participate in the new MA program in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures (offered jointly by WLU and the University of Waterloo). Candidates should have completed the PhD, or be near completion. Applicants should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a writing sample, a teaching dossier, and the names and contact information for three professional referees in hard copy to Professor Judith Fletcher, Chair, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, N2L 3C5 by November 15, 2008. Wilfrid Laurier University is committed to equity and values diversity. We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all genders and sexual orientations, persons with disabilities, Aboriginal persons, and persons of a visible minority. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Members of the designated groups must self-identify to be considered for employment equity. Candidates may self-identify, in confidence, to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Dr. David Docherty.

Too Much is Never Enough: Luxury and Decadence in the Ancient World
February 6-7, 2009 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
A graduate student conference sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies, Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology, and Interdepartmental Program in Greek and Roman History.

Wealth is one thing; displaying wealth is another. In the ancient world luxury encompassed a range of objects and modes of behavior that could be construed as desirable, decadent, corrupting, or captivating depending on the social context. How were displays of luxury created and exhibited in the ancient world, and how do we as scholars interpret them today?

How do concepts of luxury vary in relation to geographic, temporal, and social factors?
How can we separate the concepts of wealth and luxury? Can money buy class?
How did changes such as increased trade, economic pressures, colonization, and religious conversion affect a culture’s perception of luxury?
How does social status inform conceptions of luxury? How might these compete with one another?
How does luxury become a political issue? A moral issue? A gendered issue?
What traces of this discourse on luxury can we detect in the archaeological record?
How can material culture help to define and explain concepts of luxury?

The keynote address, “Portable Meanings”, will be given by Ann Kuttner, University of Pennsylvania, History of Art, whose interest in luxury arts as domestic and public display has led to a wide array of publications ranging from Posidippus’ Lithika to the public displays of Hellenistic kingdoms and the landscape of Roman villas.

We welcome papers from a variety of perspectives: literary, historical, archaeological, art historical and particularly those which adopt an interdisciplinary approach to the discussion of luxury in the ancient world.

Please send an abstract of up to 300 words, with your name, contact information, and institutional affiliation on a separate cover sheet, by October 15, 2008 to Karen Acton, klacton@umich.edu.

The Department of History of the University of the Antilles and Guyana organises a conference at its Martinique campus. The conference will convene 7 to 9 April 2009, with the deadline for the submission of abstracts on 24 November 2008.

Submissions should treat the period from early Greece to late antiquity (including early barbarian kingdoms). The conference welcomes contributions by historians, but also specialists in archaeology, literature, philosophy and other connected disciplines, as long as contributions fit the overall conference theme. Contributions by modern scholars on the use of "classical identities" in modern history are also encouraged. We hope to convene a mixed conference of established academics and graduate students. Please see the Call for Papers available on the conference website for details on suggested themes.

For detailed information on conference location, fees, accommodation etc. please also refer to the conference website (up, but currently still in beta status):

Please help us in publicising the conference by distributing this Call for Papers within your institution as well as in relevant networks to which you subscribe or have access. Many thanks in advance.

The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures of the University of Windsor in conjunction with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Humanities Research Group is pleased to sponsor its fourth annual Classics Undergraduate Conference to be held on Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14, 2009. The conference will open on Friday with a keynote speech by Dr. Kelly Olson from the University of Western Ontario, author of Dress and the Roman Woman: Self-Presentation and Society (2008).

Undergraduate majors in Classical Civilization or related fields are invited to submit abstracts (of 300 words maximum) for a 15 to 20 minute talk on any aspect of ancient Greece or Rome. Please include name and student number as well as a phone number or e-mail address with your submission, which is to be made to Dr. Max Nelson (who can be contacted by e-mail at mnelson@uwindsor.ca). The deadline for the submission of abstracts is January 31, 2009. Notification of acceptance will be given by February 15, 2009.

Brent Shaw, Professor of Classics and Andrew Fleming West Professor of Classics at Princeton University, will deliver the Eighth Robson Classical Lecture Series at Victoria College in October, 2008, on the theme 'Bringing in the Sheaves':

1. Under the Burning Sun
4:30 pm, October 21, 2008
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
(reception to follow)

Association of Ancient Historians – Annual Meeting
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (14-16 May 2009)
www.cnrsconferences.arts.ubc.ca

The meeting will include seven sessions for the presentation of scholarly papers (each speaker will deliver their paper in 20 minutes):

1) Law: Liminality in ancient law: This session explores how the laws of Greece, Rome and the Near East treated those whose behaviour broke with what was acceptable for their legal status or whose circumstances meant that they could not be treated according to existing laws. Topics for examination could include gender, age, and citizenship. Papers can examine, for example, how ancient law coped with trans-gendered individuals, persons who claimed to be free but were claimed by others as slaves, military deserters, women wishing to act as legally independent, or non-citizens engaged in legal transactions with citizens.

2) Near Eastern/Classical Interconnections: This panel seeks papers that explore connections/relationships between the lands of the Near East (Egypt, Levant, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Asia Minor) and the Classical world. Such topics could include not only trade, migrations, colonization, cultural influences and hybridization, but also interconnections at the level of the individual, be it private (e.g., soldiers’ experiences in foreign lands, cross-cultural gender relationships), or public (e.g., governors and the enforcement of political policies or administration in distant provinces).

3) Tensions and Conflict in the Private Sphere: This session will explore negative interactions (e.g., power struggles) among individuals or groups at the level of the household or other non-public spheres of human activity.

4) Aspects of Personal Adornment: This panel will focus on the ways in which personal adornment (clothing, jewelry, branding, hairstyles, accessories, military insignia, cosmetics) as is known through artistic representations, literature, historical texts and archaeology, emphasizes or advertises one’s social class, ethnicity, occupation, age, gender, or religious affiliation.

5) Contests and Competition: Vancouver , 2010 – The Winter Olympics! Competition can take a variety of forms, not only in the realm of athletics, but also in politics, law, economy and warfare. Papers could focus on sporting events, elections, funerary games, gladiatorial games, or legal cases. Emphasis can be placed on the strategies by which individuals, or groups of individuals, attain power, status, prestige through competition.

6) Religion: This panel seeks papers that explore ritual acts, aspects of worship, belief, household religion, and/or individual expressions of piety.

7) Open session: This session is open to the submission of papers that do not fit into any of the above categories.

Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words using the Proposal Form (available on the webpage) preferably by email (as attachments or text of message) using the subject heading “I love the AAH” to Leanne Bablitz, at lbablitz(at)interchange.ubc.ca, or mail (as hard copies) to:

Leanne Bablitz
Re: AAH abstracts
Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies
BUCH C 1866 Main Mall
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 Canada

CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
ANNUAL MEETING
12-14 May 2009
University of British Columbia
(Vancouver, British Columbia)

GENERAL INFORMATION:
The CAC’s 2009 Annual Meeting will take place on Tues. 12 – Thurs. 14 May at UBC as a joint event together with the Association of Ancient Historians’ Annual Meeting (Thurs. 14 – Sat. 16 May). Accommodation has been reserved in the university residence halls and conference centre for the nights of Monday through Saturday (11-16 May). Registration materials and related information will be published as they become available. All conference information will be posted on the conference website: http://www.cnrsconferences.arts.ubc.ca (that will be accessible from the main CAC/SCEC website).

PROGRAMME:
Scholarly contributions in all areas of Classical Studies are welcomed. Presentations must not exceed 20 minutes, to allow for discussion following each paper.

The Women's Network/Réseau des Femmes invites abstracts for a panel on "Generations of Women" at the CAC. This panel explores the construction and representation of women as mothers, daughters, sisters and grandmothers and intergenerational connections with the body, the family and society more broadly, as well as the legacy of women scholars in the discipline of Classics. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: functional and dysfunctional familial relationships (including both public and private contexts); women and reproduction (within medical texts, religious rituals and demography); women in foundation myths; feminist pedagogy; contributions of 19th and 20th century female classical scholars. This call for papers is meant to be suggestive rather than exclusive; we welcome papers that consider the theme from a variety of perspectives and sources of evidence (textual, visual, and material). Please send 300- word abstracts on the Proposal Form by January 16, 2009 to Dr. Leanne Bablitz via e-mail: (lbablitz(at)interchange.ubc.ca) or regular mail: Dr. Leanne Bablitz, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia, BUCH C 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1. In addition, please send a second copy of the abstract and the Proposal Form, meeting the same criteria, to Dr. Allison Glazebrook via email: (aglazebrook(at)brocku.ca) or regular mail: Dept. of Classics, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1. Be sure to indicate on the Proposal Form and in the e-mail subject line that the submission is to be considered for the "Generations of Women – WN/RF panel".

Submissions are also invited for a special panel jointly run by the Classical Association of Canada and the American Philological Association's Outreach and Classical Tradition committees. In recognition of the borders between Canada and the United States, we solicit abstracts on the topic of "Borders: geographical, social, political, temporal or conceptual". Papers can address such topics as the establishment, maintenance and control of geo-political borders in the Ancient Mediterranean Basin, the blurring of social boundaries through ritual activity, the fractured social identities of border-dwellers, etc. These topics are suggestions, not prescriptions. Please send 300-word abstracts on the Proposal Form by January 16, 2009 to Dr. Leanne Bablitz via e-mail: (lbablitz(at)interchange.ubc.ca) or regular mail: Dr. Leanne Bablitz, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia, BUCH C 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1. In addition, please send a second copy of the abstract and the Proposal Form, meeting the same criteria, to Dr. Judith Fletcher via email (jfletcher(at)wlu.ca) or regular mail: Dr. Judith Fletcher, Dept. of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5. Be sure to indicate on the Proposal Form and in the e-mail subject line that the submission is to be considered by the "Borders – joint APA panel".

Scholars can propose specific panel sessions around a topic (e.g., research or teaching and professional issues). A panel must be limited to a maximum of four individual papers. Proposals for these should be submitted to the conference organizer by the deadline given below, and should include a session title, statement of purpose (maximum 200 words), names of participants, and the individual 300-word abstracts for all the papers in the proposed panel using the regular Proposal Forms.

Abstracts (maximum: 300 words) should be submitted, preferably by e-mail, on the Proposal Form (downloadable from the conference website). Deadline for receipt is 16 January 2009. Please send proposals and enquiries to: lbablitz(at)interchange.ubc.ca using the subject line "CAC abstract” OR snail-mail: Dr. Leanne Bablitz, CAC 2009, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, BUCH C 1866 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1, Canada.

All abstracts will be anonymously refereed within a single pool. Graduate students are strongly encouraged to consult with their supervisor or other appropriate faculty member before submitting an abstract.

LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DES ÉTUDES CLASSIQUES
CONGRÈS ANNUEL
12-14 mai 2009
Université de la Colombie-Britannique
(Vancouver, Colombie-Britannique)

Le Congrès Annuel 2009 de la SCEC sera en cours du mardi 12 au jeudi 14 mai prochains à l’UCB et sera un événement conjoint avec la Rencontre Annuelle de l’Association des Historiens sur l’Antiquité (AAH) (jeudi 14- samedi 16 mai). L’hébergement est réservé dans les couloirs de résidence ainsi que dans le centre de conférence de l’Université pour les nuits du lundi au samedi (11-16 mai). Le matériel nécessaire ainsi que toutes les informations sur l’inscription seront publiés à mesure qu’ils deviendront disponibles. Toutes les informations seront affichées sur le site Internet:
http://www.cnrsconferences.arts.ubc.ca (qui sera accessible par le site principal du CAC/SCEC).

Les propositions de communication sur tous les domaines des Études Classiques sont les bienvenues. Chaque présentation ne devra pas dépasser 20 minutes afin de permettre une discussion suivant chaque communication.

Le Women’s Network/Réseau des Femmes lance un appel à communications pour une table ronde sur «Générations de Femmes» (Generations of Women) à la SCEC. Cette table ronde vise à explorer l’édification et la représentation des femmes en tant que mères, filles, sœurs et grand-mères et les rapports intergénérationnels avec le corps, la famille et la société dans son ensemble, ainsi que l’héritage des femmes lettrées dans le domaine des Études Classiques. Les sujets que nous vous suggérons comprennent mais ne se limitent pas à: les relations fonctionnelles et non fonctionnelles (dans des contextes publiques et privés); les femmes et la reproduction (selon les textes médicaux, les rites religieux et la démographie en général); les femmes et les mythes de fondation; la pédagogie féministe; la contribution des femmes lettrées du 19ème et du 20ème siècles dans le domaine des Études Classiques. Cet appel à communications se veut suggestif plutôt qu’exclusif; nous invitons les communications qui explorent le thème central d’une variété de perspectives et de sources de preuves (textuelles, visuelles et matérielles). Veuillez envoyer un résumé de 300 mots de votre communication avec le Formulaire de Proposition avant le 16 janvier 2009 à Dr Leanne Bablitz via courriel: (lbablitz(at)interchange.ubc.ca) ou par la poste: Dr. Leanne Bablitz, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia, BUCH C 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1.

De plus, une deuxième copie de votre résumé et de votre Formulaire de Proposition, rempli selon les mêmes critères, doit être soumise à Dr Allison Glazebrook via courriel: (aglazebrook(at)brocku.ca) ou par la poste: Dept. of Classics, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1. Les participant(e)s à la table ronde du Réseau des Femmes de la SCEC sont également prié(e)s de marquer clairement leur proposition comme étant destinées à ladite table ronde («Generations of Women – WN/RF»).

Des propositions sont également sollicitées pour une table ronde spéciale, conjointement organisée par la Société Canadienne des Études Classiques et les comités de la American Philological Association chargés avec «Outreach» et «The Classical Tradition». En reconnaissance des frontières qui existent entre le Canada et les Etats-Unis, nous sollicitons des propositions de communication portant sur le sujet de « Frontières: géographiques, sociales, politiques, temporelles ou conceptuelles» («Borders: geographical, social, political, temporal or conceptual»). Ces communications peuvent s’adresser à des sujets tels que l’établissement, le maintien et le contrôle de frontières géopolitiques dans le Bassin Méditerranéen dans l’Antiquité, l’estompage de barrières sociales par moyen d’activités rituelles, les identités sociales fracturées des habitants de frontières, etc. Ces sujets demeurent eux aussi suggestifs plutôt qu’exclusifs. Veuillez envoyer un résumé de 300 mots de votre communication avec le Formulaire de Proposition avant le 16 janvier 2009 à Dr Leanne Bablitz via courriel: (lbablitz(at)interchange.ubc.ca) ou par la poste: Dr. Leanne Bablitz, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia, BUCH C 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1. De plus, une deuxième copie de votre résumé et de votre Formulaire de Proposition, rempli selon les mêmes critères, doit être soumise à Dr. Judith Fletcher via courriel: (jfletcher(at)wlu.ca) ou par la poste: Dr. Judith Fletcher, Dept. of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5. Les participant(e)s à cette table ronde du CAC/SCEC et APA sont également prié(e)s de marquer clairement leur proposition sur le Formulaire de Proposition et dans l’entête «sujet» de votre courriel comme étant destinée à ladite table ronde («Borders – joint CAC/APA panel»).

On lance aussi un appel aux spécialistes dans tous les domaines des Études Classiques à proposer des séances reliés à un sujet spécifique (e.g., la recherche ou l’enseignement ou les sujets professionnels). Une séance de ce type doit se limiter à un maximum de quatre communications. Des propositions pour telles séances doivent être soumises à l’organisatrice du Congrès annuel avant la date mentionnée ci-dessous et elles doivent inclure un titre de séance, une brève explication de son but (maximum 200 mots), les noms de tous les participants et chacun de leur propre résumé de communiciation de 300 mots avec leur Formulaire de Proposition respectifs.

RÉSUMÉS :
Les résumés (maximum 300 mots) doivent être soumis, de préférence par courriel, sur le Formulaire de Proposition (veuillez télécharger ce dernier disponible sur le site du Congrès). La date limite pour l’acquisition est le 16 janvier 2009. Veuillez envoyer vos propositions et quelconques questions à: (lbablitz(at)interchange.ubc.ca) avec comme entête «sujet» "CAC abstract” ou par la poste: Dr. Leanne Bablitz, CAC 2009, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, BUCH C 1866 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1, Canada.

Chaque proposition de communication sera arbitrée anonymement par un seul groupe. Il est fortement suggéré que les étudiants diplômés qui désirent participer doivent consulter leur superviseur ou bien un professeur de leur programme d’études avant de soumettre un résumé.

Classical Association of Canada: Sight Translation Competitions in Greek and Latin
Société Canadienne des Études Classiques: Concours national de versions grecque et latine

National sight examinations in Greek and Latin for Canadian students at both the university and high school level will be held in January of 2009:

January 15, 2009: National Latin Sight Translation Competition for High School Students (N.B.: The High School competition will be held in January, but the date is tentative at this time. It will be confirmed in the October issue of the CCB.)
January 22, 2009: Junior Latin Sight Translation Contest; Senior Latin Sight Translation Contest
January 29, 2009: Junior Greek Sight Translation Contest; Senior Greek Sight Translation Contest

Please note: Submissions should be presented by departments, not by individual students or faculty. Please submit only one application per institution.

or contact:
Dr. Alison Barclay
Assistant Professor of Classics
Dept. of Modern Languages and Classics
St. Mary’s University
Halifax, NS B3H 3C3
Tel: (902) 420-5816
Fax: (902) 491-8694
E-mail: Alison.Barclay@smu.ca

Société Canadienne des Études Classiques: Concours national de versions grecque et latine

15 janvier 2009 Concours de version latine improvisée pour les écoles secondaire (N.B.: Le concours de niveau secondaire se tiendra en janvier. La date précise reste toujours à déterminer. Elle vous sera confirmée en octobre à travers le BCEA).

22 janvier 2009 Concours national de version latine, niveau initiation; Concours national de version latine, niveau supérieur
29 janvier 2009 Concours national de version grecque, niveau initiation; Concours national de version grecque, niveau supérieur

Les demandes d'inscription au concours doivent être envoyées par les insitutions. Chaque institution est priée de présenter une seule fiche de demande.

Renseignements: veuillez trouver plus d'information en suivant le lien ci-dessous —

Dr. Alison Barclay
Assistant Professor of Classics
Dept. of Modern Languages and Classics
St. Mary’s University
Halifax, NS B3H 3C3
Téléphone: (902) 420-5816
Télécopieur: (902) 491-8694
Courriel: Alison.Barclay@smu.ca

The annual sight translation competition sponsored by the Classical Association of Canada was administered in 2007/2008 by James Murray (UNB). The following pages offer a report on the results of that competition.

I. High School Latin Report
— The passage, chosen and marked by Ms. Catherine Mori (St. George School, Vancouver), was taken from Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, Liber V.9, in which he retells Herodotus’ story of the son of Croesus, who was unable to speak for years.
— The winners are:
            1. Ellen Leask, Waterloo Collegiate
            2. Hayley Kim, Westdale Secondary School
            3. Nicholas Arrigo, Toronto French School
                        Honourable mention:
                                    Jeffrey Choi, St. George’s School
— Comments from Ms Mori:
            “Forty-one high school Latinists participated in this year's contest. This was a considerable drop from last year's 114. Students found the passage ("The story of the son of Croesus, who was unable to speak for years") very difficult. Therefore, no one student grasped all the grammatical niceties or nuances. “Habitus est” was variously translated as "lived", "was accustomed" but not "was considered". The string of ablatives, absolute and other, confused participants. Indirect discourse was difficult and even when correctly identified as such was often translated incorrectly (e.g., passive for active construction). The verb “aperuit” was routinely translated as "appeared", though the better students realised the correct answer. However difficult the students may have found the competition, they were certainly game, continuing right to the end! And, over all, most students mastered the bare bones of the story.
            “I was sorry not to see any francophone entries and am wondering why there
was such a drop in entries over all.”

II. Junior Greek Report
— The passage, chosen and marked by Dr. Ivan Cohen (Mount Allison University), was taken from the Love Romances of Parthenius (XV), and told the story of Daphne, including a less familiar episode involving Leucippus’ love for the girl,
— The winners are:
            1. Laura Morrison (UBC)
            2. Liam Easton (Calgary)
            3. Kristen Koester (Regina)
                        Honorable Mentions:
                                    Elias Georgakopoulos (Toronto)
                                    Matthew Scarborough (Alberta)
— Comments from Dr. Cohen
            “There were 55 entries from 17 institutions. The passage, an excerpt from the Love
Romances of Parthenius (XV), told the story of Daphne, including a less familiar
episode involving Leucippus’ love for the girl, as well as the more well-known
encounter with Apollo and subsequent transformation into a tree.
            “Vocabulary was a serious obstacle for some, but many others were able to make
intelligent guesses. There were some difficulties keeping genders straight,
especially when Leucippus disguised himself as a girl. Other common errors
involved proper attention to verb voice and tense. The three best scripts had no
problem at all with vocabulary and made very few serious errors in translation,
though these were characteristic of what was found in greater number among
the others. For example, the verbs ἐπεβούλευεν and ἔφευγεν were not
recognized as imperfects; one was translated as a pluperfect, the other not given
the force of the imperfect. I wonder if the sort of grammatical and morphological
errors that we are seeing result from the reading courses that we use to introduce
the language. Most of the entries were able to find the gist of the story, but many
had trouble conveying the nuances that come from a thorough knowledge of
grammatical forms.
            “On the whole, the participation rate was excellent. Congratulations to the
winners and their teachers.”

III. Junior Latin Report
— The passage, chosen by Dr. William Kerr (UNB), was taken from Symmachus, Epistulae 5.37. In the passage the 4th century CE senator Symmachus writes to his friend, jokingly complaining of the latter’s frivolous distraction from serious letter-writing.
—The winners are:
            1. Alexander Kirby (Mount Allison)
            2. April Ross (Waterloo)
            3. Nathan Sawatzky (Winnipeg)
— Comments from Dr. Kerr:
            “55 translations from 17 institutions crossed my desk, but the selection process was straightforward; four entries immediately stood out, and the final ranking process took some thought but not all that much time. There were no perfectly clean translations, and roughly a quarter of the submissions failed to grasp the overall sense of Symmachus’ remarks. In retrospect, I suspect that most difficulties encountered by the candidates are as much attributable to my assuming too much of students at their level as to any failings on their part. Some reflect lack of cultural background knowledge more than linguistic problems. For example, I was surprised that the phrase “Spartana brevitas” mystified some students (to the point that a few invented a female personage “Spartana”). Likewise a reference to the gardens of Epicurus, although explained in the vocabulary, was misconstrued by some students who lacked any philosophical grounding. I thought that I had provided plentiful vocabulary help, but some words not placed on the vocabulary list, whose meaning I expected could be guessed from their English derivatives (e.g. “oblitterant”), gave trouble. The last sentence proved particularly thorny. In “Quem cum reddideris curae hortorum suorum”, most students failed to identify the quem as the object of reddideris, and many struggled to recognize the “fore arbitor” as the prelude to a subjunctive ut-clause doing duty for a future passive indirect statement – perhaps because they had not yet encountered that construction in the Latin courses. But all submissions showed intelligence and determination. My only complaint (not the first from those in my position, I’m sure) is that the poor handwriting of several individuals – including some of those in the top rank – was a real challenge to decipher.”

IV. Senior Greek Report
— The passage, chosen by Dr. Martin Cropp (University of Calgary), was taken from Philostratus, Heroicus 33.4–8. The passage, which was slightly abridged, tells the true story of the quarrel between Odysseus and Palamedes, according to the ghost of the hero Protesilaus who witnessed it himself.
— The winners are:
            1. Maria Miller (Toronto)
            2. Nathan Sawatzky (Winnipeg)
            3. Michael Lynn (Western)
                        Honorable Mentions:
                                    Leon Grek (McGill)
                                    Kevin Ullrich (Brock)
— Comments from Professor Cropp:
            “Thirty-two entries were received from thirteen universities, nearly all of which submitted at least one translation of good quality. I was pleased to see that the the best five entries came from five different unversitites, but a little disappointed that none of the thirty-two was in French. The passage set (Philostratus, Heroicus 33.4–8) proved to be suitably testing. Exactly half of the entries could be classified as good to excellent, although none quite approached perfection. The best five (with scores ranging from 92% down to 85% on my marking scheme) were distinctly superior to the rest, and fell readily into an order of merit.
“Syntactical problems were posed chiefly by the passage’s opening sentence (with subject and main verb preceded by object and a complex of intervening subordinate clauses) and later with the sentence relating Palamedes’ explanation of the solar eclipse (P. ‘explained what actually happens to the sun, and that when the moon runs beneath it it is dimmed and attracts mist’. Errors were surprisingly frequent with οὔ φασιν (‘denies’ or ‘says . . . not . . .’: not ‘does not say’!), πείσονται (here ‘will suffer’, not ‘will obey’), ἀδίκων ἦρξαν (‘they started injustices’), πῶλον (‘a foal’), μαντικῆς τὰ τοιαῦτα (‘these things are the business of seercraft’), ξυνῆκας ἄν (‘you would have understood’). Less surprisingly, few translations caught the exact sense of ἐντεῦθεν in this context (‘hence’ = ‘because of this’), or the force of the optative σημαίνοι (‘if it should augur some misfortunes’, as one of the better translations put it).
“The outcome of the competition was generally satisfying and encouraging. Congratulations to all the entrants, and their teachers, on their efforts.”

V. Senior Latin Report
— The passage, chosen by Dr. Wade Richardson (McGill University), was taken from a preface to de Bello Gallico, VIII, in which Aulus Hirtius, one of Caesar’s officers, describes to Lucius Cornelius Balbus, Caesar’s friend and political agent, how he came to take on the task of completing the account of Caesar’s campaigns in Gaul.
— The winners are:
            1. William Pemberton (Trent)
            2. Tyler Flatt (Waterloo)
            3. Maria Miller (Toronto)
                        Honorable Mentions:
                                    Laura Southcott (Toronto)
                                    Emma Lesser (Toronto)
— Comments from Dr. Richardson:
“Of the 55 answers from 16 institutions, 10 were quickly identified as superior.
Ordering these was more difficult. The top 5 could be separated, and at last a prize ranking emerged. These were creditable efforts, though none was free of sentence-long errors of sense here and there—which contributed to the closeness of the competition. I could not help feeling such errors could have been avoided entirely with a basic knowledge of Caesar’s later (52-44 B.C.) career and writings. For example, the causal clause non comparantibus superioribus atque insequentibus eius scriptis, presented by Hirtius as the reason for taking on the task [and flummoxing every respondent], meant that Caesar’s earlier and subsequent commentaries (on the Gallic and the Civil War, respectively), are not aligned or joined (compar + o), i.e. they are separated by a chronological gap which Hirtius intends now to fill in the way he describes. Similarly, Hirtius promises to continue the later campaigns of the Civil War from the point where Caesar stops his account in 48, at the death of Pompey; campaigns at which, he says, he was not present though he had heard episodes personally from Caesar. This was a virtuoso passage from Hirtius, a deliberate tribute to his master’s brilliance by way of syntactical illustrations, stylistic tricks and rhetorical devices. Important vocabulary and grammar presented little problem to the best respondents, and they should be congratulated on mastering the sense and reproducing the style.”

BOURSE DESMOND CONACHER 2008
Le comité de sélection annonce avec grand plaisir l’attribution de la Bourse Desmond Conacher pour l’année 2008 à Mme. KAREN SYMONDS, qui a achevé cette année le baccalauréat en études classiques de l’Université York et commence maintenant ses études de maîtrise au département d’études classiques de l’Université de Toronto. Le comité a remarqué l’excellence des candidatures soumises en 2008, et veut remercier tou(te)s les candidat(e)s ainsi que ceux et celles qui leur ont fourni des conseils et des lettres de recommandation. Grâce à l’excellence des candidatures, le comité a décidé d’octroyer cette année une « Mention honorable » à deux autres étudiant(e)s : à Mme. Emilia Barbiero, de l’Université de Toronto, et à M. Craig Fisher, de l’Université de Manitoba, qui continuent leurs études de maîtrise aux mêmes institutions.
Le comité veut aussi renouveler ses remerciements à tou(te)s ceux et celles qui ont généreusement contribué à la Fondation Desmond Conacher, et qui continuent à offrir des dons pour assurer le continuité et la valeur de la bourse. Pour les détailles sur la Bourse Conacher et un formulaire pour accompanier un don, voir http://scec-cac.ca/conacher/index.html.
Jonathan Edmondson
Président du Comité de sélection, 2008

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DESMOND CONACHER SCHOLARSHIP 2008
The Awards Committee of the Classical Association of Canada is pleased to announce that the 2008 Desmond Conacher Scholarship has been awarded to KAREN SYMONDS, who completed her BA degree this year in Classical Studies at York University and is now enrolled in the MA programme in Classics at the University of Toronto. This year’s applications were of a high standard, and the committee wishes to thank all those who submitted applications and those who supported them with advice and letters of reference. Because of the quality of the applications, the committee decided to award an “Honorable Mention” to two other candidates: Emilia Barbiero (University of Toronto) and Craig Fisher (University of Manitoba), who are now enrolled in the M.A. programmes in Classics at their respective institutions.
The committee also wishes to thank once again those who have helped to establish the scholarship fund and who continue to make donations which will ensure the sustainability and value of the award.
For further details on the scholarship and a donation form, see http://cac-scec.ca/conacher/index.html.
Jonathan Edmondson
Chair of the Awards Committee, 2008

Romans, Etruscans and ancient Greeks: Exploring Antiquities from Tuscany to the Bay of Naples July 8 – 20

Roman Villas and Gardens: A Vergilian Study Tour of Roman Britain July 14 – 28

Naples Bay as melting pot, always at a boil: Social realities in coastal Campania August 3 - 15

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 available for secondary school teachers and graduate students. For Itineraries, Applications and Scholarship information, see http://vergil.clarku.edu/

I am profoundly saddened to inform the Canadian Classics community that the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto mourns the deaths of two long-standing colleagues: Alan Samuel, on Friday Aug. 15, and Mac Wallace, on Sunday Aug. 17. The following death notice for Alan Samuel appeared in the Toronto Star, on Saturday Aug. 16:

SAMUEL, Alan Edouard Passed away on Friday, August 15, 2008, noble in his struggle. Loving husband of Sandra Campbell; affectionate brother to Jessica Gray; patient, playful and generous father of Deborah, Jeanne, Kathy, Betsy, Alexandra, Fraser, Roderick, Kristin and Marion. Delighted and devoted grandfather of Caitlin, Meagan, Clifford, Tim, Chris, Jacob and Ellen, Lilah and Jonah. A passionate gardener, publisher, political activist, and professor.

Professor Alan Samuel received his BA from Hamilton College in 1953, and his MA and PhD from Yale University in 1957 and 1959 respectively. He taught at Yale University, as Assistant Professor of Classics, from 1959 to 1966, before joining the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto in 1966, as an Associate Professor and Fellow of University College, and he was promoted to Professor in 1969. The author or co-author of ten books and numerous articles, Professor Samuel was a renowned ancient historian and papyrologist, with expertise in the interpretation of ostraka as well as papyri, Ptolemaic chronology and bureaucracy, Hellenism and Christianity. Students whose work he supervised are among the most distinguished ancient historians and papyrologists working in Classics today (e.g., Alan Bowman and Roger Bagnall) while his many publishing enterprises, especially through the Toronto imprint of Hakkert, made possible the wide distribution of a broad range of research in the field. His commitment to political activism was inseparable from his commitment to the best of Hellenism and he lived by the motto from Apollo’s shrine of Delphi: “Know Thyself.”

Professor Malcolm (Mac) B. Wallace attended Upper Canada College from 1948 to 1958, where he matriculated as Head Boy (i.e., with the highest Grade 13 average). He studied Classics at University College from 1958 to 1963, where he achieved a standing of 1.1 in Classics each year and won various awards, including Reuben Wells Leonard Scholarships on admission and graduation, and the McCaul medal. He attended Oxford from 1963 to 1964, as a Commonwealth Scholar and Scholar of New College, and received a second BA (first class) from Oxford in 1967. At Toronto he completed his graduate studies (MA 1966, PhD 1972) with a doctoral thesis entitled A History of Karystos from the 6th to the 4th Century B.C. under the supervision of Professor Mary White. He joined the faculty of the University of Toronto in Classics at University College in 1969 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1975. Generations of University of Toronto undergraduate and graduate students benefited from his instruction in ancient Greek language, history, and political thought, both formally and informally, and from his generous supervision of and assistance with doctoral theses on Greek history and epigraphy. Throughout his tenure in the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto he contributed time and energy to the instruction of high school students in ancient Greek, in credit Extension, non-credit Extension, Saturday high-school Greek classes at UTS, and privately, and he also served as an Examiner for the Ontario High School Greek Contest. As generous to colleagues as to his students, Professor Wallace served as Review Editor of Phoenix, Journal of the Classical Association of Canada, from 1971 to 1974; Associate Editor of the journal from 1974 to 1982; and Editor of the journal from 1982 to 1988, in which capacity he was also a member, ex officio, of the Council of the Classical Association of Canada. His commitment to Greek history and archaeology was of long standing and extended to his participation in all aspects of the work of the Executive Committee of the Southern Euboia Exploration Project (1985-1995) and the directorship of the Canadian Karystia Project in Euboia (1984-1995). Professor Wallace was also a strong supporter, key donor, and invaluable counsellor of the Canadian Institute in Greece (formerly the Canadian Archaeological Institute at Athens), having served as President for four years, then as Past-President and member of the Board, and most recently as Chair of the sub-committee studying the Institute’s by-laws. He published several articles and encyclopedia entries on Herodotos, Greek epigraphy and numismatics, and archaeological metrology.

The Canadian Institute in Greece would like to hear from any Canada-based scholars who plan to spend a period of time in Athens this academic year. (September 2008 - July 2009.) The Institute is especially interested in inviting Canadian scholars to participate in its annual lecture programme - generally October to December, and February to May.
Please contact the Institute's Assistant Director, Dr Jonathan Tomlinson at ad@cig-icg.gr
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