Department News

Visit of Dr. Christopher Smith, Director of the British School at Rome
The department was pleased to host Dr. Christopher Smith, current director of the British School at Rome, in October. His talk on October 20 on early Roman religion (pictured at right) was a 'standing room only' affair, drawing over 60 faculty, students, and community members! Dr. Smith also gave a graduate workshop the following day on working with Roman fragmentary historians that was attended by graduate students and faculty in Classics at Brock University and the University at Buffalo.

Recent Faculty Presentations and Publications

Allison Glazebrook gave a presentation titled "Wine, Dine and Ritual in Ancient Greece" on February 27 for Brock's Continuing Education program A Taste of Greece. The presentation and meal were held at the Koutouki
Greek Cuisine restaurant in Niagara Falls, ON.

Several faculty in the department presented papers at the Annual Joint Meetings of the AIA and APA held in Philadelphia, January 5-8:

• Fanny Dolansky, "Healing Bodies: Slave Women and the Health of the Household"
• Elizabeth S. Greene (with J. Leidwanger and N. Tuna), "2011 Harbor Survey at Burgaz, Turkey"
• R. Angus Smith (with M. Dabney, E. Pappi, P. Karkanas, S. Triantphyllou, and J. C. Wright), "Mycenaean Mortuary Practices in Ancient Nemea"
  

In addition, Barbara Burrell was co-organizer of a panel on the archaeological significance of Herod the Great.

Fanny Dolansky presented "Forming characters: the ethical imperatives of Roman education" at the December Humanities Research Institute symposium, and had the following publication recently appear: "Honouring the family dead on the Parentalia: ceremony, spectacle, and memory," Phoenix 65.1-2 (2011): 125-157.

Elizabeth S. Greene presented the following public lectures in February, the latter two in her role as an AIA national lecturer for 2011-2012:

• "The Sixth-Century BCE Shipwreck at Pabuç Burnu, Turkey," St Catharines Public Library, St Catharines, ON.
• "Law, Ethics, and Deep-Water Archaeology: The Wreck of Cesnola's Napried," College Station Society of the AIA, College Station, TX.
• "The Sixth-Century BCE Shipwreck at Pabuç Burnu, Turkey," J. Richard Steffy Lecture in Underwater Archaeology, Staten Island Society of the AIA, Staten Island, NY.

In addition, she is a co-author on the following recent publications:

• 2011. "Mare Nostrum? Ethics and Archaeology in Mediterranean Waters," American Journal of Archaeology 115: 311-19 (with Justin Leidwanger, Richard M. Leventhal, Brian I. Daniels).
  
• 2011. "Two Early Archaic Shipwrecks at Kekova Adası and Kepçe Burnu, Turkey," International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 40.1: 60-69 (with J. Leidwanger and H. Özdaş).

Angus Smith, who recently presented a lecture to the Niagara Peninsula Society of the AIA on his research on Mycenaean mortuary customs, has published the following items: 

• 2011. With Jeffrey S. Soles et al. Mochlos IIC. Period IV. The Mycenaean Settlement and Cemetery: The Human Remains and Other Finds (INSTAP Academic Press).
• 2011. With W. Gauss, M. Lindblom and J.C. Wright (eds.) Our Cups are Full: Pottery and Society in the Aegean Bronze Age (Oxford, U.K.: Archaeopress).
   

Recent Graduate Student Presentations
Jennesa Dyck presented at the Underhill Graduate Student Conference at Carleton University, held March 1-2. Her paper was titled "Weapons and Stabbing: New Interpretations of a Gladiator's Tombstone."

Recent Award Winners
Stephanie Bergman, a Classics major, has won a Maynard Scholarship for 2012 to assist with study and travel overseas. Congratulations, Stephanie!

Fanny Dolansky is the 2011 recipient of the Brock University Award for Excellence in Teaching for Early Career Faculty and was honoured at the annual Tribute to Teaching organized by the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Educational Technologies on December 2.

Fanny Dolansky has received a SSHRC Aid to Workshops and Conferences Grant in support of the Feminism and Classics VI conference to be held May 24 to 27, 2012.
 

SSHRC Standard Research Grants (2010-2013)

• Dr. Michael J. Carter, "The Cultural Significance of Roman Entertainment Spectacles in the Greek World" 
• Dr. Katharine von Stackelberg, "Receptions of the Graeco-Roman Villa Garden in Europe and America 1873-1974"  

J. A. Bombardier CGS Master's Scholarships (2011-2012)

• Susan Grouchy (BA in Classics, 2011) who began an MA in Classics at the University of Western Ontario this fall
• Thomas Glasbergen (BA in Classics and History, 2011) who began an MA in History at Brock this fall
• Samantha Rohrig (MA candidate in Classics) who continues her graduate studies at Brock this fall
• Grant Schrama (BA in Classics and History, 2011) who began an MA in History at Brock this fall

OGS (2011-2012)

• Kevin Kochan 
• Ryan Gillap