Canadian Classical Bulletin/Bulletin Canadien des Etudes Anciennes
16.7 2010 03 15 ISSN 1198-9149
Editor/Rédacteur: Michael P. Fronda (McGill University)
ccb@cac-scec.ca
webpage: http://cac-scec.ca/
Published by e-mail by the Classical Association of Canada/Publié par courrier électronique par la société canadienne des études classiques
President: Jonathan Edmondson (York University, Toronto) president@cac-scec.ca
Secretary/ Secrétaire: John Serrati (McGill University, Montreal) secretary@cac-scec.ca
Treasurer/ Trésorier: Ingrid Holmberg (University of Victoria) treasurer@cac-scec.ca
Contents:
[1] Association Announcements and News
[2] CCB/BCEA Announcements
[3] Positions Available
[4] Calls for Papers and Conference/Lecture Announcements
[5] Scholarships and Competitions
[6] Summer Study and Field Schools
[7] Varia
[1] Association Announcements and News
From Jonathan Edmondson
A VOTE OF THANKS TO MICHAEL FRONDA
On behalf of the Council and all the membership of the CAC, I would like to thank Michael Fronda of McGill University most sincerely and warmly for his three and a half years of tireless service as Editor of the Canadian Classical Bulletin (CCB) and as webmaster of the CAC website. The Association is much indebted to him for all his work since October 2006 on streamlining the operations of the Bulletin and for putting into operation our new website. He has certainly increased the visibility of the CAC/SCEC internationally by the work he has put in on our digital modes of communication. He will be stepping down from his positions after dispatching the March issue of the Bulletin.
The Association is also grateful to Guy Chamberland (Thorneloe/Laurentian University) and to Claude Eilers (McMaster University) for agreeing to take over the responsibilities as CCB editor and website editor respectively and to Michael Fronda for all his advice and assistance during the first few months of transition as our new team settle into their positions.
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UN GRAND MERCI À MICHAEL FRONDA
Au nom du Conseil et de tous les membres de la Société Canadienne des Études Classiques, je voudrais remercier très sincèrement et très chaleureusement M. Michael Fronda de l’Université McGill pour ses trois ans et demi de service infatigable comme Rédacteur du Bulletin Canadien des Études Anciennes (BCÉA) et comme Éditeur du Site-Web de la Société. La SCÉC lui est très reconnaissante pour tout son travail depuis octobre 2006 sur la rationalisation de la rédaction du Bulletin et pour mettre en place et gérer notre nouveau site-web. Par tous ses efforts sur nos modes digitaux de communication il a augmenté sans aucun doute la visibilité de la Société au plan international. Il quittera ses postes après avoir distribué le Bulletin du 15 mars.
Également la Société voudrait remercier M. Guy Chamberland (Université Thorneloe à Laurentienne) et M. Claude Eilers (Université McMaster) pour avoir accepté de prendre la responsabilité respectivement pour le BCÉA et pour le Site-Web de la Société. Nous savons bon gré encore une fois à M. Fronda pour tout son conseil et son assistance pendant les premiers mois de transition comme notre nouveau équipe s’installera et s’adoptera à leurs charges.
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From Jonathan Edmondson
PRIX DE LA SCÉC REMIS LORS DU CONGRÈS ANNUEL POUR LA MEILLEURE COMMUNICATION PAR UN ÉTUDIANT DE DEUXIÈME OU TROISIÈME CYCLE
À sa réunion du 27 février 2010, le conseil de la SCÉC a voté en faveur de l’institution d’un prix annuel pour la meilleure communication d’un étudiant de deuxième ou troisième cycle lors du congrès annuel de la SCÉC. La première remise de ce prix aura lieu au congrès qui sera tenu à l’Université Laval, Québec, du 11 au 13 mai 2010.
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CAC PRIZE FOR THE BEST PAPER BY A GRADUATE STUDENT AT THE ANNUAL MEETING
At its meeting on 27 February 2010, CAC Council voted to institute an annual Prize for the best paper given by a graduate student at the CAC Annual Meeting. It will be awarded for the first time at the Annual Meeting at Université Laval, Québec, 11-13 May 2010.
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[2] CCB/BCEA Announcements
From Michael Fronda
New CCB and Website Editors
As you read in the Association Announcements, I will be stepping down as editor of the CCB and CAC Website; this pleasant burden over will be handed over to Claude Eilers and Guy Chamberland. I would like to thank the Association and all of you for this opportunity to help in a small way promote classics in Canada, and to meet so many colleagues across the country, albeit electronically.
[3] Positions Available
From C Bailey
Positions available, Grant MacEwan University
The Department of Humanities at Grant MacEwan University is inviting applications for limited-term appointments in Classics. Applicants must have a PhD in Classics in hand with an active research profile or be near to completion. The successful candidate will be expected to teach a variety of undergraduate courses in Greek and Roman myth or literature in Fall 2010 and Winter 2011. Teaching assignments may also include ancient history.
Applicants should send a letter of application, an up-to-date curriculum vitae, a statement of their teaching philosophy and research interests and evidence of teaching excellence. Applicants should also arrange for three letters of reference to be sent directly to the Department of Humanities.
Application packages should be submitted by April 9, 2010.
Department of Humanities
Grant MacEwan University
7-352, 10700-104 Ave
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J4S2
[4] Calls for Papers and Conference/Lecture Announcements
From: Amanda Wrigley
Lecture announcement: Greek Drama in African-American Theatre
Northwestern University’s Classical Traditions Initiative and the Department of Classics present an Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar series event in the 2009-2010 series, ‘Out of Europe: Greek Drama in America’:
‘Greek Drama in African-American Theatre’
A two-day conference on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 March 2010 to be held in the John Evans Alumni Center, 1800 Sheridan Road, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Speakers include: Daniel Banks (New York University), Justine McConnell (Royal Holloway, University of London, and Northwestern University), Peter Meineck (New York University), Melinda Powers (John Jay College, City University of New York), Nancy Rabinowitz (Hamilton College), Patrice Rankine (Purdue University), Sandra Richards (Northwestern University), Kevin J. Wetmore (Loyola Marymount University). There will also be readings from Sophocles’ Ajax by John Douglas Thompson.
The schedule for the two days can be seen at www.sawyerseminar.northwestern.edu/conference_march_2010.html. The conference poster is available for downloaded as a PDF from the foot of the same page.
All are most welcome to attend.
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The next event in the Mellon-Sawyer Seminar series, 2009-2010 is the ‘Classicizing Chicago’ conference and exhibition, 20-22 May 2010.
For more information please see www.sawyerseminar.northwestern.edu or contact Dr Kathryn Bosher, Assistant Professor of Classics, Northwestern University (k-bosher@northwestern.edu) or Dr Amanda Wrigley, Mellon-Sawyer Postdoctoral Fellow in Classics, Northwestern University (a-wrigley@northwestern.edu).
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From: Sébastien Rossignol
“Landscapes and Societies in Ancient and Medieval Europe East of the Elbe. Interactions between Environmental Settings and Cultural Transformations” -- Update
26-27 March 2010. International Conference “Landscapes and Societies in Ancient and Medieval Europe East of the Elbe. Interactions between Environmental Settings and Cultural Transformations,” organized by the Department of History of York University, the Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes”, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel and the German Historical Institute in Warsaw. Fourth International Conference of the Interdisciplinary Association “Gentes trans Albiam – Europe East of the Elbe in the Middle Ages.” To be held on the Keele Campus of York University, Toronto, York Research Tower 519.
Landscapes can be defined, in the words of Denis E. Cosgrove, as “visibly distinct regions.” Landscapes can be understood as the natural environments in which a society is embedded, or as the set of representations with which members of a society observe and describe a region and give it significance. The idea of landscape is dependant on the one hand on the material reality of a given region, on the other hand on the sense attached to it by human beings beholding it.
Medieval Europe east of the Elbe presents an interesting field for the investigation of landscape transformations. The area is characterized by many features that clearly distinguishes it from the Mediterranean regions throughout the Middle Ages – absence of Roman traditions, late appearance of Latin culture, colonization movement, chartered towns. There were generally independent developments concerning society, economy, and religion which led to the creation of a distinct cultural area. All of this makes this part of the European continent attractive for a consideration of large-scale and longue durée interactions between landscapes and societies.
The programme includes keynote addresses by Professor Piotr Górecki (University of California Riverside) and by Professor Jüri Kivimäe (University of Toronto), as well as 21 papers by presenters from Germany, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Canada and the US in the fields of history, archaeology, palaeobotany, palaeozoology and musicology.
For information about the programme and registration please see the website of “Gentes trans Albiam – Europe East of the Elbe in the Middle Ages” (http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~aklammt/).
Main sponsors: Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes” (Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel), German Historical Institute in Warsaw, Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada.
Conference Committee: Sunhild Kleingärtner (skleingaertner@ufg.uni-kiel.de), Sébastien Rossignol (rossigno@yorku.ca), Donat Wehner (donatwehner@gshdl.uni-kiel.de)
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From: V. Micallef
ARCHAEOACOUSTICS: SPACES and SOUND in the ANCIENT WORLD
bringing a new dimension to what we know about our past
The Mediterranean Institute of Ancient Civilizations in collaboration with The Mediterranean Institute, University of Malta is pleased to announce:
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
ARCHAEOACOUSTICS: SPACES and SOUND in the ANCIENT WORLD
bringing a new dimension to what we know about our past
Island of Malta 11-14 November 2010
ARCHAEOACOUSTICS?
The field is an application of the sense of hearing to the science of archaeology. We are particularly interested in the role acoustic behavior may have had in the development and design of important architecture and ritual spaces throughout the ancient western world. Preliminary studies have shown that manmade prehistoric chambers still resonate at a sound wave frequency which appears to shift brain activity in the prefrontal cortex; just as the rooms would have done when they were created. This shifting is thought to emphasize a part of the brain that deals with creativity, mood and emotional processing. What effect could this have had on the people who used such spaces? Was the phenomenon deliberately manipulated? What practices seem to reflect an early human desire to "tune in"? Why? How can we apply this information today?
Maybe the Oracle at Delphi was onto something!
The intent of this conference is to provide a forum for expanding previous conceptions and introducing new methodologies exploring the importance of sound in the ancient world, with focused expertise from a variety of backgrounds:
Acoustics
Anthropology
Archaeology
Architecture
Art History
Biofeedback
History
Music
Neurology
Physics
Psychophysiology
Submission of abstracts and proposals for posters/demos will be open until 15 April. Announcements will be made by 30 April. Registration will open 01 May. All submissions should be made to: conference@AncientMed.org
Learn more at the Conference Website: www.AncientMed.org/conference.htm
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From Alison Barclay
Call for Papers for the 2010 Meeting of the Atlantic Classical Association
October 15-16, 2010 at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax NS
The Classics program at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax will be hosting the Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Classical Association on Friday October 15 and Saturday October 16, 2010.
Papers of 20 minutes duration are invited on any aspect of the Classical World (literature, history, archaeology, art history, philosophy, etc.). Please send an abstract of not more than 200 words and include your name and affiliation, the title of your paper and any A.V. requirements. Abstracts must be submitted by e-mail attachment to Alison Barclay (Alison.Barclay@smu.ca) or Myles McCallum (Myles.McCallum@smu.ca) by July 31, 2010.
Conference registration deadline is September 15th, 2010.
[5] Scholarships and Competitions
From Alison Keith
The Desmond Conacher Scholarship 2010
Call for applications — This scholarship is offered in memory of Desmond Conacher, formerly Professor of Classics at Trinity College, Toronto, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and Honorary President of the Classical Association of Canada. Its purpose is to assist and encourage a young scholar entering graduate studies in classics. The scholarship is administered by the Classical Association of Canada. One award of $2,500 is offered each year.
Eligibility and criteria — Applicants must be Canadian students (citizens or permanent residents) intending to enter the first year of graduate studies in a classics or similar programme at a Canadian university. Specializations within the general area of classics such as ancient history, ancient philosophy, and classical archaeology are eligible. Applicants must be less than 28 years of age on 1 January of the year of application. The main criteria are academic achievement, professional promise, and an appropriate undergraduate preparation.
Application procedure — Applications should be sent, to arrive by 31 MARCH, 2010, to Professor Alison Keith, CAC Awards Committee Chair, Department of Classics, University of Toronto, 125 Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C7. For full details of the items required for an application, see the relevant part of the CAC/SCEC website: http://cac-scec.ca/conacher/ecallcon.html
Further information — Questions should be addressed to the Awards Committee chair, Professor Alison Keith <akeith@chass.utoronto.ca>.
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Bourse Desmond Conacher 2010
Appel d’applications — Cette bourse est offerte en mémoire de Desmond Conacher, ancien Professeur d’Études Classiques à Trinity College, Toronto, Membre de la Société royale du Canada et Président honoraire de la Société Canadienne d’Études Classiques. Ses objectifs sont d'encourager et de soutenir financièrement un jeune étudiant débutant des études supérieures en études classiques au Canada. La Fondation est administrée par la Société canadienne d'études classiques et son Comité de sélection. Une bourse de 2500 $ est attribuée chaque année.
Critères d’admissibilité — Les candidats doivent être des étudiants canadiens (citoyens ou résidents reçus) sur le point de commencer la première année d’un programme de deuxième cycle en études classiques (ou l’équivalent) dans une université canadienne. Les divers domaines de spécialisation propres aux études classiques et anciennes, tels que l’histoire ancienne, la philosophie ancienne et l’archéologie, sont admissibles. Les candidats doivent être âgés de moins de 28 ans au 1er janvier de l’année de la demande. Les principaux critères de sélection sont les réalisations académiques, les objectifs de carrière et les perspectives de succès, et le fait de posséder une formation de premier cycle pertinente.
Modalités de presentation — Un dossier de demand devrait être acheminé au plus tard le 31 mars de 2010 (à destination) à Mme. Alison Keith, CAC Awards Committee Chair, Department of Classics, University of Toronto, 125 Queen’s Park, Toronto ON, M5S 2C7: Pour une liste détaillée des composants du dossier de demand, veuillez consulter le site web de la SCEC:
http://scec-cac.ca/conacher/fcallcon.html
Informations — Les demandes d’informations supplémentaires devront être adressées par écrit à la Présidente du Comité de sélection, Mme. Alison Keith <akeith@chass.utoronto.ca>.
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[6] Summer Study and Field School
No announcements this month.
[7] Varia
No announcements this month.
Next regular issue 2010 04 15
Send submissions to ccb@cac-scec.ca
(Place the word SUBMISSION in the subject heading. Please send announcements in an editable format (.doc, .rtf, . html). The editor typically does not allow attachments; provide a link to posters, flyers, etc. / Écrivez le mot SUBMISSION dans le ligne de sujet. Veuillez envoyer les annonces au format que on peut éditer (.doc, .rtf, . html). En général le rédacteur ne permet pas des pièce-jointes; incluez liens à tous affiches, circulaires, etc.).