Ancient History Competition 42
Which byzantine emperor tried to show to his subjects the value of good economic management by giving his wife a crown that was bought with the money from selling the eggs from this emperor’s farm? »
Archives / 2010 / November
Bacchae in Manchester
“A bold new version by Mike Poulton Conceived & Created by Mark Bruce and Braham Murray ‘You want to spy on the mysteries of the Bacchae?’ The new god Dionysus arrives in the city of Thebes – his birthplace – where Pentheus, the iron-willed leader of the city, refuses to recognise his divinity. Dionysus decides to show both him and the people of Thebes what it will mean to deny his power. He starts with the women, transforming them into the Bacchae… Euripi... »
New Voices in Classical Reception
“The Editor has received requests for a later deadline for submission of articles for the next issue of New Voices in Classical Reception Studies (Issue 6, Spring 2011) and has therefore decided to send a general Final Call for articles. If you are currently working on an article that is nearing completion and would like to submit for consideration by New Voices please note the new Final Call deadline of Friday 7th January 2011. New Voices is a refereed electronic journal. Most of the R... »
In defence of the Humanities
Robin Osborne brought to my attention the newly launched petition in defence of the humanities here, accessible via http://humanitiesmatter.wordpress.com/ with the hope that many classicists will sign up to this. It looks like a group of academics already took the initiative in the UK to defend the Humanities subjects across our universities. It is a worthy cause and ought to be honoured. If you wish, you can also leave a donation for the website but it is not compulsory. »
Bettany Hughes’ support of Classics
Below is a transcript of Bettany Hughes’ appearance on Woman’s Hour. Womans Hour, BBC Radio 4 November 16, 2010 “Jenni Murray: Now, even in the sixties, when I was at a state school and Latin was for everybody (Greek only for the very bright) there were plenty of mumblings about pupils wasting their time on dead languages when they could be learning French, German, Spanish and perhaps even Russian or Chinese. Well, its not on the National Curriculum and only 17% of state school... »
Ancient History Competition 41
What did Periander, Nero, and Herodes Atticus have in common? »
The Collapse of a Roman Building in Pompei
Newagencies all over the world testified to the collapse of a Roman building within the complex of the Schola Armaturarum Juventus Pompeiani in the renowned city of Pompeii. The building may have survived earthquakes, volcano eruptions, wars, the Camora and almost 2.500.000 tourists a year but it has not survived the recent abundant rains! At least, this is what the Italian Minister of Culture, Sandro Bondi, claimed. It is obvious to me that the rains had nothing to do with the incompetence of t... »
Teaching Humanities
I received the following message a few days ago and I thought I should pass it on. It concerns all permanent and non permanent members of staff in British Unviersities. “http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11627843 Teaching grants for degree courses in arts, humanities and social sciences at England’s universities are likely to be phased out under government plans. Giving evidence to MPs, Universities Minister David Willetts suggested these courses would be funded wholly via tuition ... »