Contents / Table des matières

[1] Association Announcements & News / Annonces et nouvelles de l'Association
~ No announcement this month / Rien à signaler ce mois-ci

[2] CCB Announcements / Annonces du BCÉA
~ No announcement this month / Rien à signaler ce mois-ci

[3] Positions Available / Postes à combler
~ Oxford: three positions
~ Trent: co-instructor in Introductory Latin

[4] Calls for Papers; Conference & Lecture Announcements / Conférences; appels à communications
~ UBC: From Scroll to Screen: Translation and Reading from Ancient to Modern
~ CFP: Feminism and Classics VI: Crossing Borders, Crossing Lines

[5] Scholarships & Competitions / Bourses et concours
~ No announcement this month / Rien à signaler ce mois-ci

[6] Summer Study & Field Schools / Cours d'été et écoles de terrain
~ No announcement this month / Rien à signaler ce mois-ci

[7] Varia (including members' new books and PhD dissertations / dont les nouveaux livres et thèses de doctorat des membres)
~ A new monograph and a three-vol. Loeb set


[1] Association Announcements & News / Annonces et nouvelles de l'Association

No announcement this month / Rien à signaler ce mois-ci


[2] CCB Announcements / Annonces du BCÉA

No announcement this month / Rien à signaler ce mois-ci


[3] Positions Available / Postes à combler

From: Konrad Kinzl

For the following and other positions, see this link (all instructions in English): http://zuse.uni-erfurt.de/mailman/listinfo/antike, where you can look things up or subscribe.

THREE POSITIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Faculty of Classics: APGRD Research Associate (French Translations of Greek and Roman Drama)

Grade 7: Salary £29,099 - £35,788 p.a.

Applications are invited for the above one-year, full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral Research Associate position, attached to the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama’s (APGRD) ‘Translating Greek and Roman Drama’ research project, funded by grants from the Mellon Foundation and the John Fell Fund of the University of Oxford from 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2012. The project is based at the APGRD, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LU. The postholder will provide research assistance to the Principal Investigator, Dr Fiona Macintosh (Director of the APGRD), and will work towards the creation of an online searchable database of all translations of ancient plays into French from the early modern period to the present, in France and in all francophone countries. Applicants must have a doctorate in an appropriate area of Classics or Classical Reception Studies, excellent knowledge of French and English, a good knowledge of ancient Greek and Latin, theatre and cultural history, and IT skills and experience.

Applications consisting of a curriculum vitae, a covering letter, and a personal details form, including the names and addresses of two referees, should be sent to Recruitment, Faculty of Classics, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LU (email: recruitment@classics.ox.ac.uk). The personal details form and the further particulars are available for download from the website at http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/faculty/jobs/index.asp. Please quote reference BE11005 on the personal details form.

The deadline for applications is 12.00 noon on Friday 24 June 2011. No applications will be accepted after this date. Interviews will be held on Friday 1 July 2011.




Faculty of Classics: APGRD Research Associate (Performing Ancient Epic)

Grade 7: Salary £29,099 - £35,788 p.a.

Applications are invited for the above three-year, full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral Research Associate position, attached to the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama’s (APGRD) ‘Performing Ancient Epic’ research project, funded by a grant from the Leverhulme Trust from 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2014. The project is based at the APGRD, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LU. The postholder will provide research assistance to the Principal Investigator, Dr Fiona Macintosh (Director of the APGRD), and will work towards the creation of an online searchable database of all versions of ancient epic performed in any language, in any performance medium (stage play, radio play, opera, dance, film) from antiquity to the present. They will also be expected to co-organise workshops, and to co-edit and co-author publications arising from the research. Applicants must have a doctorate in an appropriate area of Classics, Classical Reception Studies or Theatre Studies, excellent knowledge of English and at least one other European language, knowledge of ancient Greek or Latin, a good knowledge of theatre and cultural history, and IT skills and experience.

Applications consisting of a curriculum vitae, a covering letter, and a personal details form, including the names and addresses of two referees, should be sent to Recruitment, Faculty of Classics, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LU (email: recruitment@classics.ox.ac.uk). The personal details form and the further particulars are available for download from the website at http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/faculty/jobs/index.asp. Please quote reference BE11004 on the personal details form.

The deadline for applications is 12.00 noon on Friday 24 June 2011. No applications will be accepted after this date. Interviews will be held on Friday 1 July 2011.




Lady Margaret Hall: Stipendiary Lecturership in Ancient Philosophy

Lady Margaret Hall, in the University of Oxford, proposes to appoint a Stipendiary Lecturer in Philosophy for one year from 1st September 2011 to teach undergraduates in tutorials for an average of eight contact hours per week during term and to act as personal tutor to undergraduates reading Philosophy at Lady Margaret Hall.

Expertise in Ancient Philosophy is essential along with the ability to teach first year Elementary Logic and General Philosophy.

The salary will be on the scale of £16,247 to £18,285 per annum (at 2010/11 rates), plus free meals. A shared teaching room will be provided.

Further Particulars can be obtained from the College website at http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/Vacancies.aspx or from the Senior Tutor’s Assistant, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, OX2 6QA (tel. 01865 274 321, e-mail stassistant@lmh.ox.ac.uk ).

The closing date for completed applications and references is 15th June 2011. Interviews will be held on Monday, 27th June 2011.




From: Kathy Axcell

Trent University - The Department of Ancient History and Classics invites applications for a co-instructor for two sections of Introductory Latin (LATN 1000H) on our Peterborough campus, September 1 to December 31, 2011. Applicant should have at least an M.A. (a Ph.D. in hand or close to completion is preferred), have a demonstrated ability in undergraduate instruction, and an interest and expertise in Classical Latin. For more details and instructions for applying, please go to www.trentu.ca/dean/ptfaculty_ahc.php. Applications must be received in electronic format by 4:00 p.m. EST on Monday, June 30, 2011.

All appointments are subject to budgetary approval. Trent University is an employment equity employer and especially invites applications from women, Aboriginal persons, visible minorities and persons with disabilities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

Kathy Axcell, BSc
Administrative/Departmental Secretary
Ancient History & Classics
Trent University
Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8 CANADA
Phone: (705) 748-1011, ext. 7848
FAX: (705)748-1047


[4] Calls for Papers; Conference & Lecture Announcements / Conférences; appels à communications

From: Siobhán McElduff

From Scroll to Screen: Translation and Reading from Ancient to Modern
University of British Columbia, October 3rd 2011

Organizers: Leanne Bablitz, CNERS and Siobhán McElduff, CNERS

Call for Papers: closing date July 15th, 2011.

What does Rome have to do with Cupertino? Or the bulky and unwieldy technology of the book scroll with the sleekness of the iPad? Although posing the question may seem absurd, the answer is – a great deal. Ancient book scrolls were unrolled at one end and rolled up at the other end as one read; as a result, it was far easier to access the beginning and end of a text than the middle. A similar process occurs when reading texts on a computer screen: unless one knows to search for a particular string of text, the opening and closing sections of a document are the easiest portions to access. What will this mean for processes of reading and translating, especially in societies that do not stress memorization? What will it mean for scholarship and citation processes? This symposium will investigate how we, as readers and translators, process information, exploring how ancient processes of reading and translation can inform the modern – and vice versa.

We invite papers of 15-20 minutes in length addressing issues of translation and reading that investigate these and similar issues across a wide spectrum of societies and technologies and across diverse geographical and historical ranges and cultural traditions. Papers may address connections and overlap between an ancient practice and a modern one or one or the other of these; they may explore any historical period, cultural tradition, form of translation or reading practice. Papers that deal with the cognitive processes in play when translating or reading texts or other forms of media are particularly welcome.

Graduate students are encouraged to apply.

Please send abstracts of proposed papers (no longer than 300 words) or questions to: siobhan.mcelduff@ubc.ca


[5] Scholarships & Competitions / Bourses et concours

No announcement this month / Rien à signaler ce mois-ci


[6] Summer Study & Field School / Cours d'été et écoles de terrain

No announcement this month / Rien à signaler ce mois-ci


[7] Varia (including members' new books and doctoral dissertations /
dont les nouveaux livres et thèses de doctorat des membres)


Martin Beckmann, The Column of Marcus Aurelius: The Genesis and Meaning of a Roman Imperial Monument. The University of North Carolina Press, 2011. ISBN  978-0-8078-3461-9.

http://www.uncpress.unc.edu/browse/book_detail?title_id=1886

One of the most important monuments of Imperial Rome and at the same time one of the most poorly understood, the Column of Marcus Aurelius has long stood in the shadow of the Column of Trajan. In The Column of Marcus Aurelius, Martin Beckmann makes a thorough study of the form, content, and meaning of this infrequently studied monument. Beckmann employs a new approach to the column, one that focuses on the process of its creation and construction, to uncover the cultural significance of the column to the Romans of the late second century A.D. Using clues from ancient sources and from the monument itself, this book traces the creative process step by step from the first decision to build the monument through the processes of planning and construction to the final carving of the column's relief decoration. The conclusions challenge many of the widely held assumptions about the value of the column's 700-foot-long frieze as a historical source. By reconstructing the creative process of the column's sculpture, Beckmann opens up numerous new paths of analysis not only to the Column of Marcus Aurelius but also to Roman imperial art and architecture in general.




Ian C. Storey, The Fragments of Old Comedy, Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2011:

~ vol. I, Alcaeus to Diocles, Loeb Classical Library 513. ISBN: 978-0-674-99662-5.
~ vol. II, Diopeithes to Pherecrates, Loeb Classical Library 514. ISBN: 978-0-674-99663-2.
~ vol. III, Philonicus to Xenophon, Loeb Classical Library 515. ISBN: 978-0-674-99677-9.