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Je suis très déçu et étonné de la décision de l'université d'Ottawa de revenir sur sa décision de lever la suspension du programme du B.A. spécialisé en Antiquité grecque et romaine. On avait travaillé fort pour attirer des étudiants.
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#SOSClassicsUO
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🚨 SAVE CLASSICS AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY! 🚨
University leadership has rejected an innovative new program developed by faculty in good faith, citing budget constraints.
This decision would eliminate the Classics major at Calgary!
Read more : 👉 www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/supp...
Classical Philology Vol. 121, No. 1 (2026) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/cp/2026/... @chicagojournals.bsky.social @therculesdavies.bsky.social
Abstract: Recent scholarship has identified several name-based acrostics in Virgil’s poetry and highlighted prophecy as a significant context for his acrostics. One such acrostic (G. 4.458–65) also reflects Virgil’s interest in Judaism. We identify another name-based Virgilian acrostic in a prophecy scene that likewise concerns Judaism, a marginal reference to the Biblical patriarch Noah that occurs as Latinus receives a prophecy from Faunus (Aen. 7.96–101). After identifying the acrostic, we argue that Virgil could have been familiar with the Jewish flood narrative. Next, we highlight several acrostic signposts in Faunus’ prophecy before arguing that the acrostic reinforces the misleadingly optimistic nature of Faunus’ predictions.
Pub-day! This one is special, because I co-wrote it with an extremely talented student.
"A New Dimension to Faunus' Ambiguous Prophecy: A Noah-Acrostic at Aeneid 7.96-101" (Classical Philology)
Accessible here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/VPHNT...
Asst. Professor of Practice here: my grad students encounter them in my teaching pedagogy seminar - a few are assigned and others appear in a pedagogy bibliography that they are given
The ink is officially dry and I am thrilled to announce that my book “Hands That Write: The Training and Lived Experiences of Ancient Mediterranean Scribes” is under contract with OUP! @oxfordunipress.bsky.social
Sincere thanks to the editors, readers and mentors who have supported this project.
Aesop (enslaved, in his biography) comes to mind: from chapter 1: "worthless as a servant, *potbellied*, misshapen of head, snubnosed, swarthy, dwarfish, *bandy-legged*, short-armed, squint-eyed, the sin of a slumbering Prometheus."
Fascinating detail about the tablets tucked into his belt. There's a great volume that just came out that talks about the importance of the literacy of enslaved & formerly enslaved figures that this figure reminds me of (academic.oup.com/book/60683)
haha sounds like shades of 'Bic for her' museumoffailure.com/exhibition/b...
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Colleagues,
Due to a medical emergency for one of our colleagues, I am writing to ask if you know of anyone who might be able to take on a Latin 101 (MoWe 10:00AM - 11:15AM and Fr 10:00AM - 10:50AM) and Latin 201 (MoWe 8:30AM - 9:45AM) class on Zoom for the time that he is away.
We would be able to offer a stipend of $1500 for two weeks of class coverage, ideally starting Friday, 10/24, but later if need be. If the duration should be longer than two weeks, we could of course adjust this stipend.
Our colleague shares the following about his courses:
We are using the Oxford Latin Course, second edition.
In Latin 101, we are on Chapter 10 of Book I.
We are a bit behind in Latin 201. [...]I had to start at the beginning of Oxford Latin Course Book III in that class. We are now on Chapter 41 in that book.
Please let me know if you know of anyone who could take this on. We are, as I'm sure is evident, anxious to get someone in place as quickly as possible to minimize disruption for our students.
Thank you so much for considering,
Erin
Erin C. Tarver, Ph.D.
Chair, Humanities Division
Professor of Philosophy
Oxford College of Emory University
770-784-8369
e.c.tarver@emory.edu
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Classical Assn of the Middle West and South rtnesSopodg075525mmill3g6thc660tg7fcg7151 1 gg6gaa h l54 2 41m7m51 · Colleagues, Due to a medical emergency for one of our colleagues, I am writing to ask if you know of anyone who might be able to take on a Latin 101 (MoWe 10:00AM - 11:15AM and Fr 10:00AM - 10:50AM) and Latin 201 (MoWe 8:30AM - 9:45AM) class on Zoom for the time that he is away. We would be able to offer a stipend of $1500 for two weeks of class coverage, ideally starting Friday, 10/24, but later if need be. If the duration should be longer than two weeks, we could of course adjust this stipend. Our colleague shares the following about his courses: We are using the Oxford Latin Course, second edition. In Latin 101, we are on Chapter 10 of Book I. We are a bit behind in Latin 201. [...]I had to start at the beginning of Oxford Latin Course Book III in that class. We are now on Chapter 41 in that book. Please let me know if you know of anyone who could take this on. We are, as I'm sure is evident, anxious to get someone in place as quickly as possible to minimize disruption for our students. Thank you so much for considering, Erin Erin C. Tarver, Ph.D. Chair, Humanities Division Professor of Philosophy Oxford College of Emory University 770-784-8369 e.c.tarver@emory.edu Image Book time to meet with me
Emergency zoom latin teacher needed to replace someone who has fallen ill. Anyone? 🏺
So many congrats Tara, I look forward to reading this!
In 2023, I was a Visiting Fellow at @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social. Got to experience the department as a world class center for our discipline (especially Late Antiquity). University management now wants to axe their honours programme.
Please consider signing and sharing this petition for support:
Shocking news from uOttawa: Greek & Roman Studies closed to new students without consultation. Teaching of ancient languages to end. Open letter coming soon - follow for how you can help. #DefendClassicsUOttawa #Ottawa #AncientHistory #SaveHigherEd #HigherEdCuts #AncientGreek #Latin
Clauss Slaby's website is super if you have a shred of text
I haven't seen something specific about Harvard Classics, but this will presumably affect them: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Super news, Curtis! So many congratulations and I look forward to reading it!!
There is a lot of him to appreciate!
I would add that this is where companions shine - I might not read a stack of books on e.g. hoplite warfare, but I would hopefully read a recent contemporary companion article that could redirect me from repeating debunked, say, 1950s-isms about hoplite warfare
Some fun with vocab teaching
Pleased to say an article I wrote on Plautus and social epistemology is coming out about a month!
www.steiner-verlag.de/Forgetting-a...
Sorry for what you're going through (same status, here).
6th annual Erich S. Gruen Prize for best graduate student paper on multiculturalism in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Deadline for submissions: September 30.
Spread the word! Or, better: throw your hat in the ring!
Congrats! I look forward to reading it
Happy to see my review of an interesting book about the effects of distance on Roman power has come out in BMCR: bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.09...
"The Human Rights Violator Law Division (HRVLD) of the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, anticipates AND opening for a historian". (their spelling, my emphasis)
There is, but it pulls on other threads. Teaching via comprehensible (yes, at least somewhat spoken) input is more effective at reaching multiple levels than a non-CI course structured around a grammatical cursus. But to do this well requires more time than uni- Latin & Greek programs have.
pre-ordered and looking forward to reading it!