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  • New Spring 2021 CLAS courses on offer!

    Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | By

    We might not be able to travel the world this spring but the Department of Classics has created two new spring courses to look forward to!

    CLAS/VISA 3V20 Virtual Study Tour of Italy (0.5 credit)

    Archaeological and art historical investigation of Etruscan and Roman Italy. Archaeological sites and museums that will be visited virtually through synchronous and asynchronous online sessions include Rome, Pompeii, Hadrian’s Villa, Cerveteri, and Tarquinia. Coursework will also involve movies and some cooking! The course will run for five weeks from early May to early June.
    Offered online.
    Restriction: Permission of the Instructor.
    Contact Dr Carrie Murray for more information.

    CLAS/HIST 3V70 Digital Modeling in Archaeology (0.5 credit)

    Introduction to digital modeling of archaeological artifacts, alongside ethical considerations associated with their utilization. Course includes training in computer applications for processing and analysis of digital models created as part of the Marzamemi Maritime Heritage Project. If in-person contact is possible, we will also produce models locally using photogrammetry, laser scanning, and structured light scanning.
    Offered online.
    Restriction: permission of the Instructor.
    Contact Dr Elizabeth Greene for more information.

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  • Brock’s Dr von Stackelberg talks gardens and Caligula with Salon

    Friday, February 26, 2021 | By

    Recent excavations in Piazza Emanuele II in Rome have revealed the pleasure gardens, Horti Lamiani, connected with Caligula. An exciting new exhibition is being mounted to display the numerous sculptures and other finds from the site. See the NY Times article for more information.

    Brock’s resident expert on ancient Roman gardens, Dr Katharine T. von Stackelberg, was interviewed by Salon to get her take on the importance of the Horti Lamiani. See the Salon article for more.

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  • CAC’s Desmond Conacher Scholarship due April 1st

    Friday, February 19, 2021 | By

    Brock students, are you thinking of studying Classics for a graduate degree?

    Apply for the Canadian Classical Association’s Desmond Conacher Scholarship for a $3000 prize, applications are due April 1st.

    See the CAC website for details

     

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  • Dr Greene to Give Upcoming Research Talks Online

    Tuesday, February 16, 2021 | By

    Dr Liz Greene, from Brock’s Department of Classics, is due to give three upcoming research talks online about maritime archaeology in the ancient Mediterranean. Because of the pandemic these will all be available to join online. Please use the suggested links from the other institutions for further details.

    Friday, February 19, 2021 @12:00 PM EST
    “Ephemeral Heritage: Migration, Boats and Heritage in the Central Mediterranean Passage.”
    Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World Lecture Series, University of Pennsylvania.

    Tuesday, February 23, 2021 @6:00 PM EST
    “Exchange in the Age of Lyric Poetry: The 6th-century BCE Shipwreck at Pabuç Burnu, Turkey.”
    New York Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, New York, NY.

    March 2021– Further details TBD
    “Ephemeral Heritage: Migration, Boats and Heritage in the Central Mediterranean Passage.”
    Department of Classics, Western University, London, ON.

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  • Access AIA Annual Meeting 2021

    Saturday, January 16, 2021 | By

    The joint annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and the Society for Classical Studies (SCS) was held virtually for the first time Jan 5-10, 2021.

    If you are interested in seeing the presentations, you can register and access the recorded sessions for 30 days following the conference.

    Be sure to look out for Dr Greene in her research presentation with Justin Leidwanger: “Ephemeral Heritage: Migration, Boats and Heritage in the Central Mediterranean Passage”

    and a workshop in which she acted as the respondent: “Examining the Context of Monuments, Monumentality, and Counter-monuments” (sponsored by the Cultural Heritage Committee).

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  • Congratulations to Jazz Demetrioff for her recent publications!

    Wednesday, December 16, 2020 | By

    Congratulations to Jazz Demetrioff, a second-year MA student in Classics at Brock, for her two recent publications.

    In Past Imperfect, her paper explores how malarial stricken landscapes in ancient Rome, both the city and the marshland, were negatively affected by the parasite, and how it became a problematic infestation in both ecological environments. Jazz’s article originated as a research paper while she was an undergraduate student at the University of Winnipeg. The concept behind this study is related to Jazz’s overall research interests that encompass the study of health, pharmacology and archaeology in Rome. The Past Imperfect journal is a peer-reviewed, graduate student journal based at the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta.

    Demetrioff, J. 2020 “Miasma: Malaria’s Breeding Grounds and its Effects on Rome.” Past Imperfect 22: 3-32.

    Jazz continues to pursue an interest in health in the ancient world for her current MA research here at Brock with a study of the snake and its association with health in antiquity. Related to this, she has just published a second piece in Electra, a journal published by the Department of Philology at the University of Patras, Greece. Here, she investigates the varied roles that the snake has played in ancient literary sources and material culture with a focus on its role in health.

    Demetrioff, J. 2020 “Ambiguous Snake Manipulations: The ‘Powers’ and Entity of Health in Antiquity.” Electra 5.

    Well done to Jazz on both of these publications and continuing her research for the MA and beyond.

     

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  • Dr Angus Smith Wins Publication Award

    Friday, December 04, 2020 | By

    Congratulations to Dr Angus Smith for winning the Archaeological Institute of America, Anna Marguerite McCann Award for Fieldwork Reports for the 2017 publication of Ayia Sotira: A Mycenaean Chamber Tomb Cemetery in the Nemea Valley, Greece. Prehistory Monographs 56 (R. Angus K. Smith, Mary K. Dabney, Evangelia Pappi, Sevasti Triantaphyllou, James C. Wright).

    AIA 2020 Award Announcement

    This volume is the final publication of the results of excavation of six Mycenaean chamber tombs in the Late Bronze Age cemetery of Ayia Sotira within the Nemea Valley of the Argolid region of Greece. The work presented includes artifactual and ecofactual remains such as pottery, jewelry, figurines, metal objects, human skeletons, and botanical remains. The volume represents a tremendous amount of work including three excavation seasons, two study seasons, and an additional seven years for the team to complete the write-up. The excavation was an important one because the site was in the process of being looted. It was not a wealthy group of tombs, but instead belonged to the small farming community of nearby Tsoungiza in the Nemea Valley. Dr Smith explained “it’s demonstrative of the mortuary traditions of a small farming community in the shadow of the much larger and wealthier site of Mycenae.”

    The Ayia Sotira team also includes Mary K. Dabney, a Research Associate at Bryn Mawr College; Evangelia Pappi, from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture Ephorate of Antiquities for the Argolid; Sevasti Triantaphyllou, an Associate Professor in Prehistoric Archaeology and Osteoarchaeology at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki; James Wright, a Professor Emeritus of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology at Bryn Mawr, and a former Director of ASCSA.

    See the Brock News for the full story!


    R. Angus K. Smith, Mary K. Dabney, Evangelia Pappi, Sevasti Triantaphyllou, James C. Wright (2017) Ayia Sotira: A Mycenaean Chamber Tomb Cemetery in the Nemea Valley, Greece. Prehistory Monographs 56.

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  • Info Sessions for the Archaeological Practicum at Pantelleria

    Wednesday, November 11, 2020 | By

    2016 Archaeological Practicum team

    Interested in joining an archaeological practicum this spring?

    Dr Carrie Murray will be holding information sessions via MS Teams for CLAS 3F75 (1.0 credit) the Brock University Archaeological Project at Pantelleria.

    Register for the meetings online in order to attend by clicking on a link below. The registration form will produce a link for attending the meeting; please copy and save this link to use on the day.

     

    Tuesday, November 24th @ 12:00pm

    or

    Wednesday, November 25th @ 12:00pm

     

    Regards,
    Dr Murray
    [email protected]

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  • Dr Carrie Murray featured in Brock News

    Tuesday, November 10, 2020 | By

    The Department of Classics’ professor of Roman archaeology, Dr Carrie Murray, is the Faculty Focus in Brock News! Find out how she got her start in archaeology and why she thinks the Brock Pantelleria Project at the Lago di Venere is so fascinating.

    Brock News Faculty Focus– Carrie Murray

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  • Welcome message from Dr Smith and Classics Open House online Sept 17

    Tuesday, September 08, 2020 | By

    Welcome to Brock Classics fall 2020!

    The Chair of the Classics Department, Dr Angus Smith, has recorded a welcome video with information for Classics majors, minors, and others interested in Classics to help get started with the fall term.

    Click here for the Welcome Video

    In particular, we would like to bring to your attention to the Classics Fall Open House which will be held online via MS Teams on Thursday, September 17 from 3:00-4:00.

    Please email the Classics Department Administrator, Barb Chatwin to sign up for the mailing list ([email protected]).

    Click here for the direct ExperienceBU link for registering for the MS Teams Classics Open House event. 

     

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