Ancient Drama in Performance II Call for Papers

Ancient Drama in Performance II will coincide with the 2012 Randolph College Greek Play: Aeschylus' The Seven Against Thebes, an original-practices production. The play and response to it will be part of a weekend of scholarly and practical exchanging of ideas on ancient theatre. We are inviting proposals from scholars and practitioners of all levels for papers on topics to do with ancient drama in performance, including but not restricted to the staging, texts, design, repertory, personnel, and the social impact of plays in the ancient Greek and Roman world, as well as of plays as re-performed in the modern world. Ancient Drama in Performance II would particularly welcome papers to do with ancient theatrical masks.

Papers will be delivered in an outdoor Greek theatre (or a round indoor space if it rains), which means that papers that deal with original practices in some way would find a comfortable setting, but all topics concerned with the plays as a practice are welcome. Presenters who would like to demonstrate their performance ideas will be provided with student actors (with or without masks), with whom arrangements can be made prior to the meeting. Papers are limited to 10 minutes (presentation without actors) and to 13 minutes (presentations with student actors).* Presenters should be aware that they will hear the sound of a drum when two minutes remain and will exit pursued by a Fury when time is out.

Please submit a 300 word abstract and a short bio to ancientdrama@randolphcollege.edu, by 30 May 2012.

* Ten minutes is a perfect amount of time to present one idea very well and to tantalize an audience into wanting to know more from you when you meet later.

Latin 1001-1002: Basic and Intermediate Latin On-Line

During George Washington University's 2012 Summer Sessions, a second semester of on-line Classical Latin instruction will be offered to supplement the existing Latin 1001 that has been taught during each of the past two summers. These courses may be taken separately or together as an intensive 12-week introduction to the subject. The paired courses will provide eight semester hours of Classical Latin, the equivalent of a full year of college-level language instruction.

Each course will be done via distance learning in an asynchronous environment, although students will be required to communicate directly with the instructor during several sessions via Skype or the Illuminate function of Blackboard.

The first course will begin on May 21, 2012, the second course on July 5.

Basic text is the revised edition of the Oxford Latin Course (Balme and Morwood, 1996) plus the second edition of Shelton's As the Romans Did (Oxford, 1997). The entire three-volume Oxford course will be covered by students who take both Latin 1001 and Latin 1002.

Prospective students are welcome to contact the instructor, Wayne Millan, directly at millanw@gwu.edu.

• Office of the Registrar
• Office of Summer Sessions

The Ghoul Next Door: A Musical Roman Comedy (Plautus' Mostellaria) and Comedy Scholars' Colloquium

Directed, Adapted, Translated and Co-produced by John H. Starks, Jr., Asst. Professor

Co-produced with Original Music by Santino DeAngelo

FREE ADMISSION! Comedy Today and Night!
Thursday May 10 (7:30 PM)
Friday May 11 (6:00 PM) after the Colloquium (see below)

Cider Mill Playhouse, 2 South Nanticoke Ave., Endicott NY
for seating, call 607-748-7363

Information/Directions/Groups: jstarks@binghamton.edu , 607-777-4524, http://binghamton.edu/cnes/ghoulnextdoor.html

Comedy Scholars' Colloquium, Friday May 11 - University Union West 324, Binghamton University

Session I: 9:30-11:30
Michael Fontaine, Cornell University - "Knocks on Both Your Houses! Why Mostellaria is a Terrible Title for This Play"
Timothy J. Moore, University of Texas at Austin - "Mostellaria's Musical Merriment"

Session II: 12:45-3:30
Peter Meineck, Aquila Theatre/New York University - "The Face of Comedy: Monstrosity and the Mask"
Dorota Dutsch, University of California, Santa Barbara - "Stuffed Chick(en) with a Side of Saucy Slave: The Desirable Body in the Mostellaria"
Niall W. Slater, Emory University - "Speculating in Unreal Estate: Locution, Locution, Locution"
6 PM curtain for The Ghoul Next Door at Cider Mill Playhouse

Sponsored by: Classical Association of the Atlantic States; Office of the Dean, Harpur College of Arts & Sciences, Binghamton University; New York Classical Club; Classical Association of the Empire State; Cider Mill Playhouse

21st Century Technology in the Latin Classroom

July 2-6, 2012 at the Taft Educational Center, the Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut.

http://www.taftschool.org/tec/nonap.aspx#12B12

Integrating technology in the Latin classroom is a powerful way to increase student achievement and augment engagement. This weeklong workshop will address the many ways that current technology can enhance and enliven the Latin classroom. Participants will have the opportunity to explore a variety of technologies that are valuable additions to both the elementary and advanced Latin curriculum. The workshop will address methods and tools for building vocabulary, teaching language skills, and integrating history and culture. The focus will be on using free or inexpensive web-based tools (Prezi, the Google suite, Popplet, social networks, animoto etc.) that work on various computing platforms to create media-rich lessons. Participants will come away understanding both the important role that technology can play in the classroom and how to integrate it effectively. In addition to having multiple lesson plans to take back home, they will come away with a clear understanding of how to construct a technology-rich curriculum for their Latin classes. Participants should be comfortable with basic computing skills and must bring their own laptop for use throughout the week.

Instructor: Lynne West, Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, CA

A.E. Stallings at the University of Georgia March 25-26

A.E. Stallings, poet, translator, and recent winner of a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant", will be visiting the University of Georgia March 25-26. On Sunday, March 25th at 7:30 PM, the UGA Department of Classics will be hosting a poetry reading at Ciné in downtown Athens, featuring Coleman Barks, Ida Stewart and A.E. Stallings. On Monday, March 26th, we will host a round table discussion on poetry and translation at 11 AM followed by a lunch and a keynote presentation by A.E. Stallings at 2:30 PM at the University Chapel. For full details, visit the UGA Department of Classics Special Events page at http://www.classics.uga.edu/about_us/special_events.htm

University of Cambridge School Classics Project Workshops

This summer the University of Cambridge School Classics Project is running three 3-day workshops covering the latest techniques and best practices for teaching school students to read Latin. At each workshop the tuition is available free of charge.

The University of Cambridge School Classics Project is part of the world-class Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK, which was itself ranked as the world’s leading university in 2011 and 2010. The Project first researched and developed a story-based reading approach over 40 years ago and through its own research, its work with professional language education researchers, and its discussions with thousands of teachers around the world, it ensures that its advice and training are firmly rooted in successful, evidence-based classroom practice. In the last decade its advances have led to a doubling in the number of schools which offer Latin in the UK.

Although the Project's work results in the Cambridge Latin Course, teachers of all reading courses will be welcome at the workshops and there will be no attempt to 'sell' a particular Latin course. The aim is to support and develop teachers’ skills in an environment that will support the teaching of any reading course. The workshop presenters are drawn from the US and the UK and are all highly experienced, successful school teachers of Latin.

The workshops will be held in Las Vegas (directly after the ACL Institute), Dallas (directly before the AP workshop) and New York (in early August) as follows:

• Las Vegas: 1st - 3rd July
• Dallas: 6th - 8th July
• New York: 5th - 7th August

Details of venues will be available shortly.

Tuition will be provided completely free of charge, so delegates will only need to pay for their travel, meals and accommodation. We have arranged the Las Vegas and Dallas workshops around the ACL Institute and AP workshops so that teachers may choose to attend two events but pay only one set of travel expenses.

During the workshops presenters and delegates will together investigate the following areas:

1. reading methodology: the aims of reading courses; theory and practice; planning at year level, chapter level and lesson level; teaching the various elements of a chapter
2. digital technologies which enhance teaching and learning: Latin/Roman culture specific materials; DIY activities; hands-on practice and creation
3. approaches to Roman culture: integration with Latin texts; stand-alone study of Roman culture; creation of activities
4. assessment, reward and management: aims of assessment; assessment for learning; assessment for management; options for external assessment and reward.

Certification for 20 hours in-service training will be provided.

Courses are open to all teachers and to undergraduate and graduate students considering a career in teaching. If you would like to register your interest in one of these workshops, or if you have questions, please send a short email with your name, contact details and preferred location (Las Vegas, Dallas or New York) to office@cambridgescp.com .

National Latin Teacher Recruitment Week

National Latin Teacher Recruitment Week asks as many educators as possible across the nation (and beyond!) to find one day to talk to their students about becoming secondary Latin teachers. NLTRW was created to address the Latin teacher shortage that we are facing in this country. The demand for Latin continues to grow, in great measure due to our own best efforts to raise awareness about the importance and richness of the study of Latin. Now that we have created the demand, it is time to create the teachers.

NLTRW is scheduled for the first full week in March, but if you cannot speak to your students that week due to testing or holidays or whatever, just pick another day of another week. The most important thing is to talk to your students about becoming teachers. For more information, including ideas, free posters to download, and funding opportunities, point your browser to promotelatin.org and click on the NLTRW link.

Bologna University Greek and Latin Summer School (25th June - 13th July 2012)

The Department of Classics and Italian studies (http://www.ficlit.unibo.it) of Bologna University offers, for the fifth running year, an intensive three week Greek and Latin Summer School.

The school offers courses in Greek and Latin language (at different levels: beginners and intermediate) and the possibility of combining two courses (Latin & Greek) at a special rate. The courses will be held in Bologna from 25th June to 13th July 2012 and are open to students (undergraduate and post graduate) and non-students alike. Participants must be aged 18 or over.

The teaching will be focused mainly on Greek and/or Latin language with additional classes on Classical literature; further classes will touch on moments of classical history and history of art, supplemented by visits to museums and archaeological sites (in Bologna and Rome).

All teaching and activities will be in English.

For further information and application forms please visit: http://www.ficlit.unibo.it/dipartimento/summer-school

E-mail: diri_school.latin@unibo.it

2012 Latin Summer Language Institute at the University of Virginia

In the summer of 2012 the Department of Classics at the University of Virginia will again offer Latin as one of the University's Summer Language Institutes. The Latin program, which will take place from June 10 through August 3, is an intensive course designed to cover two years of college-level Latin (12 UVa credit hours earned) in only two months. Students who wish to acquire experience in reading Latin but do not require course credit may also choose a non-credit option. No previous knowledge of Latin is required for participation. The Latin Institute is an excellent opportunity for motivated students to achieve rapid proficiency in Latin and serves a broad range of students from all over the United States. In addition to undergraduate and graduate students, enrollment is open to advanced high school students and individuals interested in learning a new language. The program is also ideally suited for recent college graduates about to begin a post-baccalaureate program in Classics, as well as graduate students in other disciplines who need to acquire rapid but sound proficiency in a secondary language.

The Institute begins with the fundamentals of Latin grammar, including elementary readings and composition. In the second half of the program, students read extensively from prose and verse authors at the intermediate level, in addition to completing more advanced exercises in prose composition and metrics. There are two three-hour blocks of formal instruction per day and supplementary review sessions in the evenings. Attendance and participation in class is required of all students, regardless of whether they are enrolled for credit or non-credit.

Applications are available online at www.virginia.edu/summer/SLI. For additional information, you may also visit our departmental website (http://www.virginia.edu/classics/sli.html) or contact the Director of the Latin SLI, Daniel Moore (dwm7a@virginia.edu).

2012 Summer Courses at the University of Texas at Austin

Each summer the Department of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin offers its renowned course in Summer Intensive Greek: the equivalent of three semesters of Greek in ten weeks. The department also offers Latin at the beginning through advanced levels; and various courses in Classical Civilization. For more information contact Lynn Gadd (ugclass@www.utexas.edu); 512-471-8502). See also the Department's website (http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/classics/).

Intensive Summer Greek

Using the techniques devised by the late Gareth Morgan, veteran faculty and graduate instructors lead students through all the fundamental elements of Greek morphology and syntax and extensive readings in Homer, Euripides, Plato, and other authors. For information on the content of this course, contact Professor Lesley Dean-Jones (ldjones@mail.utexas.edu).

First Summer Session: May 31 – July 7

Second Summer Session: July 9 – August 13

Latin

• LAT 506: Beginning Latin I
• LAT 507: Beginning Latin II
• LAT 311: Intermediate Latin I: Vergil's Aeneid
• LAT 312K: Intermediate Latin II: Cicero
• LAT 323: Advanced Readings in Latin: Caesar

Greek

• GK 804: Intensive Beginning Greek
• GK 412: Intensive Greek - (Note: students must register for the full sequence.)

Classical Civilization

• C C 301: Introduction to Ancient Greece
• C C 302: Introduction to Ancient Rome
• C C 303: Introduction to Classical Mythology
• C C 306M: Introduction to Medical and Scientific Terminology
• C C 307K: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
• C C 348: Ancient Egypt
• C C 362: Conference Course in Classical Archaeology (usually involves fieldwork overseas)

Ephemeris, Call for papers

Ephemeris, Denison University's annual journal of classical ruminations, artistic endeavors, translations, and scholarly pursuits, craves your contributions. Had this Fall 2011 issue as many mouths as the hydra and had you two brilliant submissions per gaping maw, it might possibly (but probably not) be satisfied. So! We the editors beseech you to send us the fruits of your labors that we might disseminate them (in classy packaging!) among the potentially interested.

If you are not sure whether your material is relevant, here is a brief look at submissions to last spring’s edition: http://denisonephemeris.wordpress.com/

Because this is an on-line publication, we are open to considering multimedia submissions. For guidelines for submission, please consult: http://denisonephemeris.wordpress.com/submission-process/ . Please send submissions to Angelica Wisenbarger, Student Editor (wisenb_a1@denison.edu)

Ephemeris is an Open Access publication; authors who publish in Ephemeris agree to have their work licensed under a Attribution-NonCommerical (CC BY-NC) Creative Commons License.

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CALL FOR PAPERS for the Women's Network/Réseau des Femmes Panel

Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, May 8-10, 2012

The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CANADA.

Women and the Reception of the Classical World

The Women's Network/Réseau des Femmes of the CAC/SCÉC invites submissions for this year's panel themed "Women and the Reception of the Classical World". We seek to explore women’s engagement with the Classics and are particularly interested in understanding how women artists, scholars and intellectuals of the modern era have constructed their vision(s) of the ancient world through the use of the visual arts, literature, popular culture, theatre and film, scholarship, education and pedagogy. Possible topics might include, but are not limited to: women (authors, artists, playwrights, etc.) and their works, intertextuality and the “female voice”, issues facing women who deal with classical topics and themes, and the role of women in shaping Classical Reception Studies.

This call for papers is meant to be suggestive rather than exclusive; papers are solicited on all areas exploring women and the reception of the Classical world. We hope to bring together contributors from a wide variety of disciplines, including English Literature, Art History, Fine Arts, Drama, Women and Gender Studies, Philosophy, and Religious Studies. We warmly welcome submissions from individuals outside of Canada and North America.

Please submit abstracts of 350-500 words (with relevant bibliography) by Friday, January 20th, 2012 directly to Prof. Kelly Olson (kolson2@uwo.ca) and indicate that the abstract is for the Women's Network/Réseau des Femmes. Further enquiries can be directed to Prof. Judith Fletcher (jfletcher@wlu.ca) or Dr. Lisa Trentin (ltrentin@wlu.ca).

2012 Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome

The 2012 Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome under the direction of Prof. Susann Lusnia, FAAR '96 (Tulane University) is taking applications for next summer's session. The program seeks qualified graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and secondary teachers in the areas of classical studies, ancient history, Latin, and archaeology. Participants may take the course for graduate credit; details will be supplied to those interested in this option. Numerous scholarships and grants are available for use in this program. Check with local classical clubs and teaching organizations, as well as the AAR website. The deadline for applications is January 13, 2012. For more information, please see the AAR's website, under "Summer Programs" (http://aarome.org/apply/summer-programs-0), or contact Prof. Susann Lusnia (lusnia.aarcss@gmail.com or slusnia@tulane.edu).

Gabii Project announces its 2012 volunteer field program

The Gabii Project will offer a field program for students and volunteers in 2012; the program will run from June 24 until July 28, 2012. Applications will be accepted online via the project's website and the deadline for applying to the program is February 28, 2012; all qualified students are eligible to apply, not just those associated with the University of Michigan. Notifications of acceptance will be made by March 16, 2012, and accepted volunteers must submit their payment in full by April 2, 2012, in order to secure their spot. No volunteer may participate in the program if the program fee has not been settled in full. The cost for the 5-week program, inclusive of accommodation in Rome, Italy, insurance, equipment, and local transportation, will be $3,600 (USD) in 2012. At this time the possibility of receiving academic credit for participation in the field program is still being negotiated. A final decision will be reached before the application deadline. A credit option might involve an additional fee.

For More information, please download this file or visit http://sitemaker.umich.edu/gabiiproject/2012_field_program

NEH Summer Institute - "Roman Comedy in Performance"

An NEH Summer Institute for College and University Faculty, "Roman Comedy in Performance," will be held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina from June 24th through July 20th, 2012. Co-directed by Professors Sharon L. James (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Timothy J. Moore (University of Texas at Austin), the NEH Summer Institute will give NEH Summer Scholars (twenty-two university or college faculty members and three graduate students) the opportunity to learn about the performance practice and social significance of Roman Comedy from leading experts in the field and to practice scholarship through performance, producing their own performances of scenes from the plays of Plautus and Terence.

The NEH Summer Scholars for this Institute will include non-classicists as well as classicists. Applications are due by March 1, 2012. For more information, consult http://nehsummer2012romancomedy.web.unc.edu/ or write to either co-director: sljames@email.unc.edu or timmoore@mail.utexas.edu.

Call for Papers: Flavian Literature and its Greek Past - Η Λογοτεχνια της εποχης των Φλαβιων και οι ριζες της στην Ελληνικ&eta αρχαιοτητα

“Flavian Literature and its Greek Past” - An international conference at the European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Greece, July 5-7, 2012.

After a series of recent conferences on Flavian literature and Flavian epic in particular, hosted in the US, Europe, and Australia, we would like to invite all participants of the Flavian community to an international conference to be held in Delphi, Greece, the omphalos of the earth celebrated as a place of inspiration throughout Flavian literature. Flavian Literature and its Greek Past will address the intimate relationship of the Flavian Greek and Roman authors with their Greek literary predecessors, but also the meaning of this interaction within the socio-cultural context of the Flavian age more broadly.

Dating to 1960, the Conference Centre at Delphi is a typical example of architecture of the Modern Movement designed by Architecture Professor A. Kitsikis and architect A. Lambakis. Spread over an area of 100,000 square metres, the complex is composed of a Conference Centre, a Guest House and an Open-Air Theatre. The E.C.C.D. is also responsible for the Museum of Delphic Festivals (Angelos and Eva Sikelianos Residence).

Titles of papers (20-30 min.) with abstracts of about 300 words should be submitted by December 20th, 2011, to Antony Augoustakis (aaugoust@illinois.edu). Participants will be notified by January 20th, 2012. The conference registration fee of €250 will cover the accommodation (from Thursday night, July 5 to Sunday morning, July 7), as well as lunches, dinners, and coffee breaks.

Please feel free to contact the organiser with any questions or requests:
Antony Augoustakis, Associate Professor
Editor of Illinois Classical Studies (2012-2017)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of the Classics
FLB 4054
707 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
aaugoust@illinois.edu
go.illinois.edu/aaugoust

Vergilian Society Study Tours, 2012

Roman Jordan, July 7-18, 2012

(Directors: Phillip Stanley, Professor Emeritus; George Perko) Jordan is a bridge between sea and desert and East and West and is a land of mesmerizing beauty and contrast: from the mountains around Amman to the Dead Sea below sea level. Our tour begins in Amman, then we travel north to the Roman city of Jerash, one of the best preserved Greco-Roman cities with its theaters, temples, churches and colonnaded streets. We journey down to the Dead Sea, visiting Mt. Nebo, where Moses saw the Promised Land before dying and we visit sites built by Herod. From here we go to Petra, entering through the narrow pass to gradually see unfold the mysteries of the Rose Red City with its spectacular treasuries, royal tombs, burial chambers, and high places of sacrifice. Afterward we journey south to visit the Wadi Rum Desert and explore its moon-like landscape. This is where Lawrence of Arabia stayed and where the movie was filmed. From the desert we travel to Aqaba on the Red Sea. For a sneak preview visit the virtual reality web site at http://www.virtualworldproject.org/vr/core/toc.html. ($2,325).

"The Archaeology of Identity in Coastal Campania" July 30-August 11, 2012

(Directors Anne Haeckl, Kalamazoo College; Christopher Gregg, George Mason University) In Rome’s march from isolated village to world domination, Campania and the Bay of Naples were early and influential laboratories for forging a Roman imperial identity. Through a reciprocal process of “Romanization,” many formerly hostile peoples of the area (Latins, Etruscans, Volscians, Samnites, Lucanians and Greeks) came to accept a new Roman identity, even as their own cultural contributions enriched and transformed what it meant to be Roman. At spectacular archaeological sites, numinous landscapes and world-class museums, we will explore the full spectrum of Roman self-representation (ethnic, social, political, artistic, religious and individual). ($2,595).

Graduate Course Credit & Continuing Education Units are available for all tours For further information, scholarship & tour applications and detailed itineraries, see the Vergilian Society website: http://vergil.clarku.edu/

Hogan Prize in Classical Studies

The College of William and Mary announces the continuation of the Hogan Prize in Classical Studies, made possible by a bequest by William Johnson Hogan, distinguished alumnus of the College. For the academic year 2012-2013 there will be available a grant of $1,000.00 for an entering student who will have completed with distinction at least three years of Latin or Greek at time of graduation. Application forms can be downloaded from the Web at http://www.wm.edu/classicalstudies/hoganapplication.pdf .

These application forms should be sent to:
Dr. John F. Donahue
Department of Classical Studies
College of William and Mary
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795

Deadline for application is March 1, 2012. The successful applicant will be notified around April 1, 2012. This award is, of course, contingent upon successful admission to the College. The grantee will be expected to enroll during his or her freshman year in at least three courses offered by the Department of Classical Studies (two of these must be in Greek or Latin). The grant may be continued during the sophomore year and beyond if the student earns a grade of "A" or "B" in courses taken in the freshman year and elects to continue the study of Greek or Latin after that. Preference will be shown to the applicant who contemplates a concentration in the Department of Classical Studies.

Society of Ancient Military Historians

The Society of Ancient Military Historians is an international organization dedicated to promoting the study of military history, warfare, and related topics in the entire Ancient World. We publish a quarterly newsletter, Res Militares, that serves as a clearinghouse for news, announcements, items of interest and will eventually be publishing book reviews. We seek notifications of publications, conferences, calls for papers, and other events or announcements pertinent to our mission. Membership is free to anyone wishing to receive the newsletter electronically or $5 for those wishing to have it mailed worldwide. For more information contact Lee L. Brice at ll-brice@wiu.edu or check our website http://arkaion-bellum.com

LATINITAS VIVA anno 2011 – LIVING LATIN 2011

A LIST OF PROGRAMS OF SPOKEN LATIN FOR LANGUAGE MASTERY
"Latinitate cingere!" – get your Latin on!

To learn more please have a look at the Informational Flyer.

$125,000 Salary for Master LATIN Middle School Teachers

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TEP is a 480-student 5th through 8th grade middle school in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. Applications are currently being accepted for teaching positions in Science, Latin, Math, English, Social Studies, Music, PE/Health Education, and Special Education.

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CFP: Feminism and Classics VI: Crossing Borders, Crossing Lines

Brock University,
St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
May 24-27, 2012

Ancient Mediterranean society was crisscrossed by multiple boundaries and borders. Firm boundaries between male and female, slave and free, gods and mortals (to name just a few) defined social identities and relationships, even as these lines were regularly crossed in religious ritual, social practices and artistic imagination. In current scholarship, Feminism is now Feminisms, encouraging multiple, and even transgressive, approaches to the study of women, gender, and sexuality in the ancient world. But has Feminism itself become a boundary, dividing fields of study or generations of scholars? Or is it a threshold, encouraging crossings between literary, historical and archaeological evidence? What new approaches are scholars using to push the boundaries of the evidence and the limits of our knowledge of the ancient world?

This conference will focus on boundaries, liminality, and transgression. What kinds of crossings did ancient people experience and what control did they have over such crossings? How did borders and border crossings differ in relation to gender, ethnicity, age, or legal status? If the masculine and feminine were clearly demarcated categories of being, how do we interpret homosexual, transvestite and gender-labile aspects of the ancient world? What points of contrast and connection exist between different types of gendered space (literal or metaphorical) and do they change when geographic or national boundaries are crossed?

We invite submissions for abstracts of papers and workshops that explore these and related themes, and encourage proposals from a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives. Abstracts of 300 words can be submitted electronically (starting January 31, 2011) to the conference website: www.brocku.ca/conferences/feminism-classics-vi. Deadline for receipt of abstracts is June 30, 2011.

For inquiries, please contact FCVI@brocku.ca or visit our website at http://www.brocku.ca/conferences/feminism-classics-vi/CFP.