From lockyert at mweb.co.za Mon Feb 1 16:48:22 2010 From: lockyert at mweb.co.za (Terrence Lockyer) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 02:48:22 +0200 Subject: [LCC] Palaeography at King's College, London Message-ID: By now, there can be hardly anyone on the medieval and classical lists who has not heard of the threat to the chair in Palaeography at King's College, London, but I thought it worth mentioning the post by George Ferzoco to Medieval-Religion, including a letter from the Medieval Academy of America, at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind1002&L=MEDIEVAL-RELIGION&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=9336 or http://bit.ly/cZ2Y7G Terrence Lockyer Johannesburg, South Africa e-mail: lockyert [at] mweb.co.za [[1]] If anyone hasn't, see Mary Beard's blog at http://timesonline.typepad.com/dons_life/2010/01/university-cuts-redundancies-and-byebye-palaeography.html or http://bit.ly/a55dEt and the Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=303202385890&ref=nf From lockyert at mweb.co.za Fri Feb 12 16:15:17 2010 From: lockyert at mweb.co.za (Terrence Lockyer) Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:15:17 +0200 Subject: [LCC] Egyptology and LGBT history at UCL Message-ID: <7D5B92C5437A4076955C2D7448CB3141@olorin> Stephanie Budin has brought the attention of Classics-L to the fact that University College London's YouTube channel has a short (2:35) video up in which one of their doctoral students describes two and shows one of the objects that form part of the UCL Petrie Museum's LGBT History Month event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqb7E2nor34 And the description is as follows: To celebrate LGBT History Month, the UCL Petrie Museum has created an LGBT History Trail of objects that tell of homosexuality in ancient Egypt. It also considers some of the mythology and stories that construct ancient Egyptian sexuality. John Johnston, who is pursuing a PhD in UCL Archaeology, describes a few of the objects on display. Along with reliefs and sculptures, objects include a papyrus from the 12th dynasty (1991-1782 BC), relating the tale of Horus and Set's encounter. http://bit.ly/baONtl http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/equalities/LGBT_history http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/whatson/ Terrence Lockyer Johannesburg, South Africa From lockyert at mweb.co.za Fri Feb 12 17:03:01 2010 From: lockyert at mweb.co.za (Terrence Lockyer) Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:03:01 +0200 Subject: [LCC] "gay men and lesbians" vs "homosexuals" Message-ID: <6759A8686C784D37912C1BE33AE532AE@olorin> An NYT blog at http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/new-poll-shows-support-for-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell/ carries an interesting little piece noting the difference wording ("gay men and lesbians" or "homosexuals") made to a set of poll responses on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Terrence Lockyer Johannesburg, South Africa From kirk.ormand at oberlin.edu Sun Feb 14 16:56:30 2010 From: kirk.ormand at oberlin.edu (Kirk Ormand) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:56:30 -0500 Subject: [LCC] Winkler Prize deadline Message-ID: <96800FB2-90A6-4FCE-98E5-6D674DAF30C0@oberlin.edu> Hello All, This is a gentle reminder that the submission deadline for the 2010 John J. Winkler Memorial Prize is March 1. Details on the competition can be found at: http://new.oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/ departments/classics/winkler.dot . Thanks, Kirk Ormand John J. Winkler Memorial Trust From dkamen at u.washington.edu Tue Feb 16 14:57:18 2010 From: dkamen at u.washington.edu (Deborah Kamen) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:57:18 -0800 Subject: [LCC] book for review, Iris Message-ID: <247859B4-C908-4A76-8986-E0DAA7769C8A@u.washington.edu> Hi all, Iris has just received a new book for review: Andrew Lear and Eva Cantarella's Images of Ancient Greek Pederasty: Boys were their Gods (paperback edition). Please let me know if you're interested in reviewing this book for Iris! take care, Deb Deborah Kamen Assistant Professor Department of Classics University of Washington 218 Denny Hall, Box 353110 Seattle WA 98195 From dkamen at u.washington.edu Thu Feb 18 09:49:32 2010 From: dkamen at u.washington.edu (Deborah Kamen) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:49:32 -0800 Subject: [LCC] winter issue of Iris Message-ID: <89D9B458-250E-417F-95AC-217C059584AF@u.washington.edu> Hi all, The winter issue of Iris, the LCC newsletter, is now available on the LCC website: http://lambdacc.org/iris/20102.pdf . More LCC/WCC party pix will be posted shortly--stay tuned! After this issue, Keely Lake will be stepping in as the new editor of Iris. Welcome, Keely! Please send any LCC-related news, book reviews, etc. to klake at wayland.org . take care, Deb Deborah Kamen Assistant Professor Department of Classics University of Washington 218 Denny Hall, Box 353110 Seattle WA 98195 From blondell at u.washington.edu Fri Feb 19 13:19:01 2010 From: blondell at u.washington.edu (Ruby) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:19:01 -0800 Subject: [LCC] [Fwd: Please forward to lists] Message-ID: <4B7F0045.1090207@u.washington.edu> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Please forward to lists Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:13:05 -0500 From: Nancy Rabinowitz To: Ruby Blondell "Teaching Difficult Subjects in the Classics Classroom" An APA Workshop, organized by Susanna Braund and Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz We propose a workshop with 5 brief presentations (10 minutes) on particular situations, with materials to help faculty in the classroom. This workshop would follow up on the very successful roundtable and workshop on teaching rape at the 2008 and 2009 APA meetings; we would like to broaden the discussion out at this time. Ancient texts raise a variety of issues--slavery, infanticide, adoption, abortion, rape, abuse*, *incest, sexuality *--*that may be difficult to discuss in a classroom where some students will have had personal experiences that might make them uncomfortable. Please send anonymous abstracts to Susanna Braund by March 1. Abstracts should follow APA guidelines. *APA INDIVIDUAL ABSTRACT FORMATTING INSTRUCTIONS* * Abstracts must be one page in length. Abstracts longer than one page will not be accepted. (However,see below concerning the submission of bibliographical information.) * Use 8.5-x-11-inch paper. If A4 paper is used, check that the text length from the top to the bottom is not greater than 10.2 inches. * The top margin should be .8 inch; the left, right, and bottom margins should be 1 inch. * Line spacing should be between 1.25 and 1.5. * The text of the abstract should be in *11 point* Times New Roman font. * The author?s name should not appear on any copy of the abstract. However the title of the abstract should be in the upper-right-hand corner in 12 point Times New Roman font. * *Citations of Literature*: For documentation, footnotes should not be used. Incorporate citations into the text of the abstract. In citing bibliography in the text, brief parenthetical references usually suffice, but be sure that these are intelligible. The best procedure is to list complete bibliographical citations of the most important works on a second, */stapled/*/,/ page, and to refer to these in your abstract by author?s name and, when necessary, date. Note, however, that the abstract itself may not exceed a single page. Please Note: Authors may cite relevant work that they have already published, but these citations should be in the same format as any other author?s, i.e., in the third person. -- Nancy S. Rabinowitz Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature Hamilton College 315-859-4149 From blondell at u.washington.edu Wed Feb 24 16:45:32 2010 From: blondell at u.washington.edu (Ruby) Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:45:32 -0800 Subject: [LCC] [Fwd: WCC awards solicitation of nominations--second sending] Message-ID: <4B85C82C.80701@u.washington.edu> Please note that t is NOT necessary for the nominator to send in the paper, just the contact info for the nominee. The nominee will be asked to send in the paper her/himself. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: WCC awards solicitation of nominations--second sending Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:02:00 -0500 From: Micaela Janan To: Ruby Blondell Greetings! Every year the WCC offers three awards. The three prizes recognize excellence in the following categories: 1. an article published in the three years prior to 31 January of the nominating year: $250 2. an oral paper presented at a major conference in the year prior to 31 January of the nominating year by a pre-Ph.D. scholar (ca. 20 minutes in length as delivered): $150 3. an oral paper presented at a major conference in the year prior to 31 January of the nominating year by a post-Ph.D. scholar (ca. 20 minutes in length as delivered): $150 Nominations must relate to the WCC's mission?the study of gender, sexuality, feminist theory, or women's history. To nominate, e-mail Micaela Janan (mjanan at duke.edu ), including name, title, and contact information for the nominee (WCC members' email addresses may be obtained from Ruby Blondell, at blondell at u.washington.edu ; or try google.com). Self-nominations are encouraged; information related to nominations is confidential. *ALL SUBMISSIONS--INCLUDING PUBLISHED ARTICLES--MUST BE ANONYMOUS,* i.e., free of all clues to the author's identity. *ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SENT */*BOTH*/* IN HARD COPY */*AND*/* ELECTRONIC FORM.* Membership in the Caucus is not required to be eligible for these awards. Nominations accepted until 1 September 2010. Sincerely yours, Micaela Janan, Awards Officer mjanan at duke.edu Micaela Janan Professor Classical Studies Department Duke University 233 Allen Building Box 90103 Durham, NC 27708-0103 (919) 684-2257 Micaela Janan From jamesjope at jamesjope.ca Thu Feb 25 07:25:53 2010 From: jamesjope at jamesjope.ca (Dr James Jope) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:25:53 -0500 Subject: [LCC] Helios swap Message-ID: <393E547F323D4965816AA4A85A2C2DD5@JIMMY> If anybody can spare a hard (i.e., paper) copy of Helios 35:2 ("Queer Icons") I can send in exchange for it a hard copy of Helios 36:1, which includes my article "Lucian's triumphant cinaedus and rogue lovers". Please reply to exchange postal adresses. Many thanks. James Jope jamesjope at jamesjope.ca