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last updated 11 April 2008
Call for Proposals: Classical Commentary Writers’ Workshop Georgetown University, October 16–18 2008 Proposals are solicited for participation in the third annual Classical Commentary Writers’ Workshop, to be held at Georgetown University on October 16–18 2008. The 2008 workshop will be devoted to Latin texts. The deadline for proposals is June 15, 2008. The workshop will consist of five 3-hour sessions, each devoted to discussion of a single pre-circulated chunk of text and commentary. We work in an intensely practical, hands-on way, asking questions, making suggestions, working out problems, and the like. Our expectation is not that the group will examine the whole of anyone’s primary text, but that all participants will return in the end to their projects with fresh insights, ideas and questions, new bibliographic resources, and a sense of working within a supportive scholarly community. Workshop sessions are open only to the convenors, S. Douglas Olson and Alex Sens; the five participants; and (by invitation) previous participants and occasional graduate student observers. Participants are expected to arrive late in the day on the 16th, and to stay for the entire proceedings, including a celebratory final dinner on Saturday night.
Projects should be well enough advanced to provide a substantial sample of text and commentary, but not so far along that the Workshop will be unlikely to affect the final shape of the project. Proposals should consist of (1) a brief (maximum one-page) description of the project, its intended audience, and the expected publication venue; (2) a 10-page sample of text and commentary. Proposals should be submitted, preferably in PDF form, to the convenors at sdolson@umn.edu and sensa@georgetown.edu. Final Workshop samples will be due on Monday September 15, 2008, for pre-circulation to all participants.
Participants are asked to call first on their own research accounts and institutional resources to cover their transportation and housing costs. For those who lack such resources, the Workshop will provide up to $750 for travel and housing related expenses. All meals will be provided.
Support for the Workshop has been provided by the Loeb Classical Library Foundation.
Advanced Seminar in the Humanities (2008 – 2009)
Literature and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece, Rome, and the Near East
Conveners:
Ettore Cingano, professor of Greek Literature, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
Lucio Milano, professor of Ancient Near Eastern History, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
Venice, March 27, 2008
When
From November 17 to November 29, 2008, Venice International University (VIU), with the support of the Fondazione di Venezia, will offer a post-graduate seminar on “Literature and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece, Rome and the Near East”.
The program
The program is conceived as a two year commitment over two successive years (2008 and 2009). The first session (November 2008) will consist of lectures by scholars with a seminar approach on the origins and development of literary genres and literacy in Ancient Greece, Rome and the Near East. Some of the lectures will run simultaneously and will be devoted respectively to the interpretation of specific classical and Near Eastern texts, with more focus on textual analysis.
The Faculty
The faculty consists of scholars active in the field of Greek, Latin and Ancient Near Eastern literature, including: Alessandro Barchiesi (Università di Siena - Stanford University); Ettore Cingano (Venice), Joy Connolly (New York University); Stephanie Dalley (Oriental Institute, Oxford); Richard Hunter (Trinity College, Cambridge); Lucio Milano (Venice); Dirk Obbink (Christ Church, Oxford); Alessandro Schiesaro (Università di Roma “La Sapienza”); David Sider (New York University); Konrad Volk (Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen); Nathan Wasserman (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
The aim of the program
The aim of the program is firstly to investigate the relationship between themes, motifs and structures of the texts, starting with the early examples of epic poetry and of wisdom and didactic literature; secondly, to examine the processes involved in their transmission and preservation in both oral and written forms. A variety of issues concerning the history of literate cultures will also be reviewed, such as, for example, the relationship of gods with mortals, the textual traditions, the creation and organization of libraries, the classification of genres, and the relationship between literature and politics.
In the course of the first session the fellows will identify a research project according to their own scholarly interests and under the supervision of one of the faculty. This project will be presented in the form of an essay in the second session of the seminar, which will be held in from September 21 to 27, 2009 and will also host a number of lectures by invited speakers.
Participation in the second session is a prerequisite for admission.
The invited speakers in the last session of the seminar (2006 - 2007) were Stephanie Dalley, Joy Connolly, Margalit Finkelberg, Susan Stephens, Piotr Michalowski. The list of invited speakers for the second session (2009) will be available on the website of VIU by the end of May.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Greek and Latin, and/or of some of the ancient Near Eastern languages, is expected. Lectures will be in English. A good knowledge of spoken and written English is also required. The lectures will alternate with a series of visits to, for example, the Marciana Library, the Library of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, the Centro Studi e Ricerche Ligabue, and to the Basilica of San Marco.
Accommodation and travel costs
Fellows and faculty will be housed on the island of San Servolo, and lectures will take place on the premises of VIU. All rooms are shared rooms (2 or 3 beds per room of a very comfortable size, with ensuite bathroom), therefore each fellow will have 1 or 2 room-mates of the same gender for the duration of the program. Lunch and dinner are served at the San Servolo dining hall.
For each of the sessions, the program will cover room and board for the fellows accepted into the program.
Travel costs to Venice and back are to be met by the admitted fellows’ home universities or other institutions.
Fellows
The program is open to 20 fellows. All will be either in an advanced stage of doctoral research, or will have recently completed Ph.D.s. The candidates will be selected by a committee appointed by VIU. The decision of the committee will be final.
Application deadline: May 15, 2008
For information and application, please contact:
Venice International University
Ref: Literature and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece, Rome and the Near East
Isola di San Servolo
30100 Venezia
Italy
Tel. +39 041 2719 511
Fax +39 041 2719 510
E-mail: classics@univiu.org
http://www.univiu.org/graduate/seminarhumanities/index.htm
The CANE Summer Institute 2008
“Revolution and Reaction: Radical Changes and Continuities in the Ancient World”
July 7th-12th, 2008
For the last 26 years, CANE has presented a session of classes, lectures by first class scholars and academic fellowship on the campus of Dartmouth College in Hanover NH. The program for 2008 concentrates on the idea of revolution in all its aspects in the classical world and on the continuing influence of the perspectives of the Greeks and Romans on the many revolutionary movements in the modern world.
There will be lectures by scholars such as Ellen Perry on ancient art and architecture, Kurt Raaflaub on ancient history, Ned Lebow on history and politics, and Judy Hallett on the classical tradition. The course currently planned include Catullus 64 (in Latin), Shakespeare’s Roman plays, Roman women’s writing, the figure of Cato in literature, Catiline, art history, and many other topics. Participant will have the opportunity throughout the week to learn from their colleagues as well as from the formal lectures and courses, and will have the chance to meet, question and challenge the lecturers and teachers outside the classroom, over meals taken in common and in the residences in which all participants will live for the week.
The CANE Summer Institute is open to all people who are interested in the topic. We have in the past had a diverse population of people participating as students: while it is true that most of the students are teachers of Latin, English, History, Modern Languages and Art in high schools, there have also been lawyers, actors, university professors, medical doctors and high school juniors. The atmosphere of the institute is one of openness and collegiality.
For school teachers, one important feature of the Institute is their ability to acquire credit for professional development. Each state has its own system, but we should note that CANE awards Connecticut CEUs, which are transferable to many other states. Teachers can get a considerable number of CEUs in just one week.
For further information, write to the Director, John Higgins, at higginsj@gilbertschool.org. The full program and a link to the registration form are available at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~classics/CANE/2008/Index2.html.
Lincoln College International Summer School in Greek Palaeography
July 27 - August 2, 2008
The Second Lincoln College International Summer School in Greek Palaeography will take place at the University of Oxford and the Bodleian Library from Sunday, 27 July to Saturday, 2 August 2008.
The Summer School addresses advanced undergraduate as well as postgraduate students working in subject areas such as classics (Greek language and literature), medieval and early modern Greek philology, patristics, theology, art history and archaeology, and late antique, medieval, and Byzantine literary and cultural history.
For more information and an application form, please visit http://www-gpss.linc.ox.ac.uk. Applications and references must be received not later than March 31, 2008. For enquiries please contact the Programme Director, Dr Christos Simelidis (christos.simelidis@lincoln.ox.ac.uk).
JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants
As part of its Digital Humanities Initiative, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the United States is joining with the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) in the United Kingdom to offer support for digitization projects in the humanities. These grants provide funding for one year of development in any of the following areas:
- new digitization projects and pilot projects,
- the addition of important materials to existing digitization projects, or
- the development of infrastructure (either technical “middleware,” tools, or knowledge-sharing) to support U.S.-England digitization work.
Collaboration between U.S. and English institutions is a key requirement for this grant category. Awards range from $100,000 to $240,000 (approximately £50,000 to £120,000) for a one-year period, with projects starting from April 2008 for up to 12 months. The receipt deadline for applications is November 29, 2007.
For further information, review the full guidelines on the NEH website:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/JISC.html
For further information about NEH's Digital Humanities Initiative, please see:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/digitalhumanities.html
Submit an entry to L’Annee philologique on the Internet
The self-submission web site of L'Année philologique on the Internet, previously announced here, continues to evolve. Individual scholars have the opportunity to submit records on the website, and editors and publishers are urged in their turn to provide data that can assist the American Office of l’Année philologique in its task of collecting information about articles and monographs published in the English-speaking world.Individual authors:Individuals are invited to enter data into the self-submission module for the following sorts of publication:- Monographs, edited books, conference proceedings;- Book sections or articles appearing in collections such as Acta or Festschriften;- Journal articles appearing in any journal not excerpted by L'Année philologique. (For a list of excerpted journals, see http://www.annee-philologique.com/apha/APh_journals.pdf.)Criteria for inclusion: the publication must be relevant to L'Année philologique. Geographically the bibliography encompasses all regions that had any relations with Greece or Rome. Our chronological boundaries must be respected: beginning with proto-history (to the extent that works submitted relate to the origins of the Greek or Roman civilizations); and ending with the Middle Ages (to the middle of the 8th century) insofar as works submitted concern the classical heritage.The data posted will be checked and edited by thel’Année philologique office responsible for its country of publication and will eventually appear in l’Année philologique in both the print and the electronic volume. They will not, as previously, be viewable on the self-submission site before they are published in print. To access the self-submission web site you need to enter the site of L'Annee philologique on the Internet (http://www.annee-philologique.com/aph/) and then click on “Submit a record” on the navigation bar to the left. The first time you visit the site you will be asked to register and to define a login and a password. Once logged on, you can create as many records as you want.Editors and Publishers:Editors and publishers of all relevant material, including those affiliated with journals regularly abstracted by APh, can provide a great service to the compilers of l’Année philologique by submitting metadata files containing journal volumes or single issues, and current publication lists, to the appropriate office. Having these data in electronic form can cut back significantly our task of data entry. Most useful of all would be the provision of abstracts for all articles: while such abstracts are often substantially modified to accord with APh guidelines, they are a useful starting-point. Information that APh considers necessary in the abstract are: the sorts of evidence adduced, preferably specific (authors/works/important passages cited; inscriptions cited; artifacts including museum and inventory number).One of the greatest challenges in the American Office in recent years has been treating article collections such as Acta or Festschriften. These are published in greater and greater numbers and we struggle to complete a fraction of them. If we could receive complete information for any of these publications, including abstracts for the individual articles, our work would be greatly facilitated.AddressesPlease send metadata for publications that concern the American Office (that is, publications from the United States and current or former members of the British Commonwealth) to:aph-self-submission@classics.uc.eduData for German and Austrian publications may be sent to:annee.philologique@urz.uni-heidelberg.deData for Italian publications may be sent to:franco.montanari@unige.itData for publications from Spain and Latin American may be sent to:fuentes@ugr.esData from France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland, as well as other countries, may be sent to:Pierre-Paul.Corsetti@vjf.cnrs.frL’Annee philologique on the Internet is published by the Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique, under the direction of Éric Rebillard, with the American Philological Association and the Database of Classical Bibliography. We gratefully acknowledge a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation which is making the self-submission web site possible.