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!
Congratulations Alex Mirosavljevic
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“The Role of Wine in the Ancient World”, curated by Jared Schutt
“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
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
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 CanadaFriday, 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
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
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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Classics Department at the AIA/SCS Annual Meeting
The Department of Classics was well represented at the 2019 Joint Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Society for Classical Studies by faculty and graduates from our M.A. program. The conference took place from 3-6 January in San Diego, California.
Papers were delivered by Carrie Murray (Brock University), “Gathering at the Lake’s Edge: Report for the 2017 and 2018 Seasons at the Lago di Venere, Pantelleria (Italy),” and Allison Glazebrook (Brock University), “(Dis)Placing Timarchos: The Use of Place in Aeschines 1.” Elizabeth S. Greene (Brock University) and Brian I. Daniels (Penn Cultural Heritage Center) organized a roundtable titled, “Best Practices for the Treatment of Human Remains: A Mediterranean Regional Perspective.”
M.A. program alumni also shone with a paper by Elliott Fuller (University of Toronto), “Performing Death: Gender, Bodily Adornment, and Ideology at Grave Circle B at Mycenae.” and a poster by Lana J. Radloff (Bishop’s University), “Seafarers and Urban Networks: Mapping Maritime Movement in Mediterranean Settlements.
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Smith receives Faculty of Humanities Award for Excellence
Congratulations to Angus Smith, who was recognized with the Faculty of Humanities Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity at the annual Humanities Research Institute (HRI) fall symposium Tuesday, Dec. 11.
Read about Smith’s research in the Brock News.
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Cypriote Museum evacuation drill in the Brock News
Alison Innes from the Brock News covers a simulated evacuation drill in the Department’s Cypriote Museum, staged as part of Elizabeth Greene’s Archaeological Ethics class (CLAS 4P28 / 5V28).
“When natural disaster or military conflict strikes, irreplaceable cultural heritage is put at risk.
Conflicts in Afghanistan and Syria, as well as September’s fire at the Brazil National Museum, are just a few recent examples of events that have caused cultural workers and community volunteers to mobilize in an effort to rescue irreplaceable artifacts.
Brock Classics students got a taste of the work involved in a museum evacuation during a simulation run Friday, Nov. 30 by internationally-recognized expert Brian Daniels.”
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Archaeology and Makerspace in the Brock News
Check out the Brock News’ feature on Carrie Murray’s innovative use of Makerspace in CLAS 2P32 (Introduction to Archaeology).
“The 3D printing of real archaeological artifacts brings a new dimension of experiential learning to our Art and Archaeology courses in the Classics Department,” [Murray] said. “Students are researching artifacts from major international museums that have been 3D scanned and made available online. We will be printing one or more of the artifact replicas that the students propose in order to increase the experiential education opportunities in other Classics courses.”
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