In the wake of Hordern and Purcell’s The Corrupting Sea, there has been a renewed interest in studying the cultures of the Mediterranean as part of an integrated whole rather than in isolation. The annual Ohio State University (OSU) Classics Graduate Colloquium invites papers on a range of topics that Read more…
International Catacomb Society The Shohet Scholars Grant Program of the International Catacomb Society is now accepting applications to the Shohet Scholars cohort of 2019-2020. Submission deadline is January 15, 2019 (11:59 p.m. EST). This annual grant program funds research on the Ancient Mediterranean from the Hellenistic Era to the Early Middle Read more…
RESEARCH NETWORK DEDICATED TO THE HISTORY OF THE MONASTIC ECONOMY DOES MONASTIC ECONOMY MATTER? RELIGIOUS PATTERNS OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR (Workshop II) Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS) 9-11 November 2018 The aim of the NETWORK dedicated to the history of the monastic economy is to nurture research Read more…
ΡΩΜΑΪΚΟ ΣΕΜΙΝΑΡΙΟ / ROMAN SEMINAR Advancing knowledge of Greece’s Roman past ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΟΜΙΛΙΩΝ 2018-2019 | PROGRAMME OF LECTURES 2018-2019 Πέμπτη 8 Νοεμβρίου 2018 Thursday 8 November 2018 ASCSA, Cotsen Hall (co-sponsored) Mali Skotheim (University of Wisconsin-Madison) «Continuity and Change in the Dramatic Festivals of Early Roman Greece, 2nd-1st c. BCE» Read more…
Greek sanctuaries have been studied for more than 150 years, but mainly with a focus on temples, statues, monuments and sacrificial ritual. Our conference adopts a different perspective, that of the human visitor, in order to explore the hands-on, logistical experience of someone coming to a Greek sanctuary. Of interest Read more…
Lament, Reading and Therapy Workshop 5 November 2018, Oriel College, Oxford Co-organized with King’s College London This workshop considers the composition, performance, and repetition of texts of lament, loss and healing. We understand the writing and reading of these lament traditions to be the work of therapy. Presentations will explore Read more…
The first London Postgraduate Conference for the Ancient Near East will be held at The British Museum (London, United Kingdom) on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd December 2018. The London Postgraduate Conference for the Ancient Near East is an opportunity for graduate students (Master’s and PhD) and early career researchers to Read more…
We call for papers that investigate modes of knowing and attempts at ordering/organizing knowledge in Christian communities in diverse linguistic and cultural traditions (including Latin, Greek, Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, Georgian, and Ethiopic) for the period 100-850 CE in relation to three themes: (i) contemporary theological, philosophical, medical and rhetorical discourses; Read more…
CLASSICSINDEX Links to Online Books (Google Books, Archive.org, etc.) FOR THE STUDY OF GREEK AND ROMAN CLASSICS, EARLY JUDAISM, AND CHRISTIANITY General Classics Resources Palaeography and Manuscripts Ancient Greece: Language and Literature Ancient Rome: Latin Language and Literature Mythology Bible [Hebrew : LXX : NT : Latin] Judaism [2nd Read more…