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  • Congratulations to our award winners

    Friday, September 06, 2019 | By

    The Department of Classics is pleased to congratulate the winners of departmental and external awards from the 2018-2019 academic year.

    For travel to the Mediterranean:

    • Trine Varcoe Memorial Award: Samantha Fisher
    • Richard W. Parker Travel Scholarship: Michael Romen
    • Mariane LeCompte Newton Travel Scholarship: Noah Chapman; Nathan Rossi
    • Danielle Anne Parks Scholarship (grad): Jordan Garner

    Graduating student awards:

    • Frederick H. Casler Memorial, Greek and Latin Awards: Alex Mirosavljevic (Greek); Alex Mirosavljevic (Latin)
    • Department of Classics Book Prize in Ancient Art & Archaeology: Jared Schutt
    • Distinguished Graduating Student: Keegan Bruce
    • Spirit of Brock Award: Keegan Bruce

    Achievement awards:

    • Bruce Lidsten Memorial Award for Mythology and Civilization: Leslie Ann Czegeny; Charelle St-Aubin
    • Niagara Peninsula Society (Archaeological Institute of America) Prize in Classical Archaeology and History: Kyle Edwards; Lewis Clegg
    • Willowbank-Poulimenos Book Prize: Julie (Sun-kyung) Simmonds
    • G.W. Brown Memorial Award: Julie (Sun-kyung) Simmonds
    • Tom and Linda Goldspink in Honour of Rosemary Hale: Noah Chapman

    External Awards:

    • SCS Distinguished Student Awards: Jordan Garner (Grad) and Alex Mirosavljevic (UG)
    • CAMWS Outstanding Accomplishment Award: Simone Mollard (Grad) and Carly Propper (UG)
    • CAC Outstanding Student Award: Alex Mirosavljevic
    • CAMWS Latin Translation Award: Alex Mirosavljevic

    The Department thanks the many donors and organizations who have made it possible to recognize the outstanding achievements of our undergraduate and graduate students.

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  • Brock News celebrates Mirosavljevic and studying Latin

    Thursday, May 23, 2019 | By

    Latin student’s translation skills among top in North America

    “I would suggest that students give Latin a shot, because they may find it comes more easily to them than other things,” Mirosavljevic says. “The department at Brock is very approachable and supportive.”

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  • Internship at the Canadian Institute in Greece

    Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | By

    Brock University undergraduate students interested in ancient art and archaeology, or classical languages and civilizations are encouraged to apply for the Schaus Internship Bursary (valued at $2,000 CAD).

    The selected student will carry out a three-month internship at the Canadian Institute in Greece (CIG) located in Athens during the 2019-2020 academic year. While there, the student’s main responsibility will be to archive work in the CIG library but the internship also includes free access to archaeological sites and museums, reading rights to Greek and foreign libraries in Athens, and discounted accommodation at the CIG hostel.

    The deadline to apply is May 31, 2019. For more details and application instructions please contact Dr. R. Angus K. Smith (Dept. of Classics) and follow this link to Brock International.

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  • Brock at the CAC Annual Meeting

    Thursday, May 09, 2019 | By

    Brock was well represented at the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada (May 7-9, McMaster University) with talks delivered by a number of faculty, alumni, and TAs. Brock speakers included: Michael Carter, “Arena of the Senses”; Fanny Dolansky, “The Emperors’ Private Devotions”; Alison Innes and Lianne Fisher, “Visualizing Mythology: Using Universal Design for Learning to Teach Greek Mythology”; and Darrin Sunstrum, “Podcasting and the Power of Conversation.”

    The Presidential Panel, organized by Allison Glazebrook, was titled, “Engaging with the Public: Ancient Ideas, Modern Contexts.” The Department of Classics and the Office of the Vice-President for Research at Brock University provided generous support for the event.

    See the full program and paper abstracts at https://cacscec2019.ca/program-programme/

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  • Congratulations Alex Mirosavljevic

    Thursday, May 09, 2019 | By

    Congratulations to Alex Mirosavljevic who scored in the top 9% in the CAMWS Latin Translation Contest (Advanced) and has won a book award in recognition of his achievement. Macte virtute!

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  • “The Role of Wine in the Ancient World”, curated by Jared Schutt

    Tuesday, March 19, 2019 | By

    “The Role of Wine in the Ancient World”, curated by Jared Schutt opens on Wednesday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. in IC 306. The exhibition will be on view to September 2019.

    As part of his coursework for Food and Dining in the Ancient World (CLAS 4V64) Jared Schutt focused on the wine trade of ancient Greece and Rome. His research is now publically accessible in “The Role of Wine in the Ancient World”, an exhibition that illustrates the trade and transport of ancient wine, social drinking rituals and its medical benefits. The exhibition was curated by Jared using 2500 year-old items artifacts from Brock’s Cypriot Museum collection. Jared, who will be starting an MA in Public History at the University of Western Ontario in September, credits the hands-on training on how to design an exhibition and handle ancient artifacts from Profs. K. T. von Stackelberg and Carrie Murray as “a great start to my future.”

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  • Dolansky article in volume honouring Mark Golden

    Friday, March 15, 2019 | By

    The current volume of Mouseion, a special issue in honour of Mark Golden on his retirement from the Department of Classics at the University of Winnipeg, celebrates his pioneering work on children and childhood in antiquity. The volume contains an article by Fanny Dolansky titled, “Nocturnal Rites to Appease the Untimely Dead: The Lemuria in its Socio-Historical Context.”

    The link to the Mouseion volume is: https://www.utpjournals.press/toc/mous/16/S1.

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  • Glazebrook to lecture in Athens for International Women’s Day

    Tuesday, March 05, 2019 | By

    In tandem with celebrations of International Women’s Day in Athens, Allison Glazebrook will deliver three public lectures on women’s work in Classical Greece. Delivered by invitation of the Canadian Embassy in Athens, the talks will take place on March 14th and 15th in the Acropolis Museum, Deree College, and the University of Athens. Please see the schedule below:

    Thursday, March 14, 13:40-15:00
    Arts Center Auditorium, Deree College, American College of Greece
    “From Healers to Sex Traffickers: Working Women in Classical Athens”

    Thursday, March 14, 18 :30-20 :30
    Auditorium, Acropolis Museum
    “Working Women: Female Labour in Classical Athens”
    Welcome remarks by HE Mark Allen, Ambassador of Canada

    Friday, March 15, 18:00-19:30
    Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of Athens
    “Putting her in her Place: Sex Labourers and Wives in Ancient Greek Oratory”

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  • Listen to von Stackelberg on podcast, Antiquity in Gotham

    Tuesday, February 19, 2019 | By

    Click here to listen to Katharine von Stackelberg in discussion with Elizabeth Macauley-Lewis (CUNY Graduate Center) on her podcast, Antiquity in Gotham. Episode 7, “Designing Roman Villas and Gardens for the Gilded Age,” explores ancient gardens alongside the Pompeia in Saratoga Springs, NY, and the Getty Villa in Malibu, CA, two highly innovative and original reinterpretations of ancient houses, villas and gardens.

    Expanding her exploration of ancient reception, von Stackelberg also delivered a lecture to the Department of Classical Studies at Western University in January, “Contentious Classics in the Achilleion: Homeric Receptions, Elisabeth of Austria, and Kaiser Wilhelm II.”

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  • Two new publications on fieldwork at Burgaz, Turkey

    Wednesday, January 30, 2019 | By

    Take a look at these two new articles on Elizabeth Greene’s fieldwork in the harbors at Burgaz, Turkey, conducted in collaboration with Middle East Technical University, Stanford University, and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology. Many Brock students participated in the fieldwork and post-excavation research.

    Greene, E.S., J. Leidwanger, and N. Tuna. 2019. “Archaeological Investigations in the Harbors of Burgaz, Turkey: 2011-2015 Field Seasons.” International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 48.1.

    Greene, E.S. and J. Leidwanger. 2019. “Knidian ‘Anyports’: A Model of Coastal Adaptation and Socioeconomic Connectivity from Southwest Turkey.”Mediterranean Historical Review 33.2.

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