The Fourteenth Conference on Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World will take place in Jerusalem (Israel) from Sunday 20 June 2021 to Wednesday 23 June 2021. Classicists, historians, students of comparative religion, the Hebrew Bible, early Christian and Rabbinic traditions, as well as scholars in other fields with an Read more…
The Regius Professorship of Greek was established in 1540, and to date has had 38 holders. The Professorship will fall vacant in October 2021 on the retirement of the present incumbent, Richard Hunter. The Board of Electors to the Regius Professorship of Greek invite applications for this Professorship from persons Read more…
Θ. Αντωνοπούλου, Β. Βερτουδάκης, Ν. Καναβού, Δ. Καραδήμας, Α. Καρβούνη, Γ. Κάρλα, Α. Κορολή, Β. Λεντάκης, Σ. Ματθαίος, Α. Μπάζου, Α. Παπαθωμάς (με συμβολές της Μ. Θωμά και της Ε. Τσιτσιανοπούλου), Μεταγενέστερη ελληνική γραμματεία. Αυτοκρατορικοί χρόνοι – Ύστερη αρχαιότητα – Πρώιμο Βυζάντιο. Εισαγωγή, κείμενο, μετάφραση, σχόλια., Σίλλυβος, Αθήνα, 2019. Ο Read more…
The Classics Faculty at the University of Oxford invites expressions of interest from postdoctoral and completing graduate scholars who wish to apply for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme, for entry in 2021. The Fellowships are designed to enable early career researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences to pursue Read more…
Swansea University invites to the International Summer seminar “Myths and Politics” The Seminar is taking place on Mondays, 5pm, 8th June to 7th September. Anyone who likes to attend the seminar, can write to mythsandpolitics@gmail.com. in order to receive the link every Monday. Μanage your subscription and view message Read more…
The Lisbon Classics Seminars, which the Centre for Classical Studies normally hosts for visiting academics, is now being held online in Zoom due to social restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. All those interested in joining our online seminars are welcome to do so. If you wish to participate in Read more…
The Department of Ancient Classics at Maynooth University is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Classics (Roman history and Latin) on a two-year contract beginning on 1 September 2020. For full details of the post, please go to: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies. The Vacancy ID (job number): 006283. Closing date for receipt Read more…
‘Mystery, Science and the Divine’ University College London Summer School in Ancient Philosophy Monday 13 July to Friday 17 July 2020 The UCL Ancient Philosophy Summer School is offering exceptional one-week intensive courses this summer at opportunity-cost prices (£120) . The one-week intensive courses will be available online for the Read more…
All Souls College invites applications for up to five Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships, one in each of the following subjects: Classics (excluding ancient philosophy), Theoretical Computer Science, Economics, Philosophy, and Theoretical Physics. Those elected will be expected to take up their Fellowships on 1 October 2021 or such other date as Read more…
Jerome H Neyrey, An Encomium for Jesus: Luke, Rhetoric, and the Story of Jesus, Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2020. Luke’s narrative about Jesus followed the conventions for ancient biography. Trained in rhetoric, Luke employed the genre of the encomium, which regularly used to showcase biographical aspects of a person’s life worthy Read more…