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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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  • Brundrett to speak at St Catharines Public Library, March 12

    Join Nadine Brundrett for a Brock Talk, “Spectacular Games in Ancient Pompeii” at the St Catharines Public Library on Tuesday, March 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the Mills Room, Central Library.

    Click here for directions and parking. This event is free of charge and all are welcome to attend. Brock Talks reflect a collaboration between the Faculty of Humanities and the St. Catharines Public Library. The series connects community members with current Humanities scholarship at Brock. For more information: https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2019/01/new-year-brings-brock-talks-back-to-st-catharines-library/.

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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 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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  • BUAS Scholarly Symposium, Sat. March 9th

    The Brock University Archaeology Society’s 30th Annual Spring Symposium will take place on Saturday, March 9 from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Academic South 215. This year’s theme is “Sailing the High Seas: Seafaring in the Ancient Mediterranean.”

    Tickets are $5 for students and $25 for non-students for the symposium only, or $40 for a ticket that includes the evening banquet at George’s Greek Village Restaurant. For tickets and more information, contact society officers at [email protected].

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  • C. Murray to lecture at McMaster, March 7th

    On Thursday, March 7th, Carrie Murray will deliver a lecture to the Department of Classics at McMaster University titled, “Votives & Volutes: Investigating the Lago di Venere Sanctuary on Pantelleria (Italy).” The lecture will take place at 4:30 p.m. in TSH 701 on the McMaster campus.

    Click here for directions and more information.

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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.

    Prof recognized for archaeological research

     

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  • Classics at the HRI Symposium, Dec. 11th

    The Humanities Research Institute (HRI)’s annual fall symposium takes place on Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 9 am to 12 noon in Sankey Chamber. This year’s theme, “A Learned Feast,” features three papers from members of the Classics Department:

    Jeff Masse (MA, Classics) “The Iliad’s Social Network: Visualizing Heroic Speech Performance”

    Katharine von Stackelberg (Classics) “How to Eat a Flamingo: Exploring the Ancient Sensorium”

    Angus Smith (Classics) “The Archaeology of Feasts: Banqueting at the Minoan Site of Gournia on Crete”

    Don’t miss hearing these great papers!

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