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Athens Conference on Ancient and Modern History
The Athens Institute for Education and Research will host the international conference, "History: From Ancient to Modern" in Athens, Greece, from December 28 to 31, 2007. There will be panel sessions on various aspects of ancient Greek and Roman history, as well as world history and historiography. The conference will also include tours of various historical sites. For information visit www.atiner.gr/docs/History.htm.
Columbia Center for the Ancient Mediterranean
Columbia University's Center for the Ancient Mediterranean will present a series of lectures this fall. Speakers include Henrik Mouritsen (October 5), Irad Malkin (October 12), Carol Lawton (November 9), and Kutalmis Gorkay (November 30).
The Center will host a conference on "Spaces of Justice in the Roman World" from November 16 to 17, 2007. This multi-disciplinary conference will "consider how much the physical environment of trials and lawsuits was determined by the way Romans thought about law." Speakers will include Jean-Jacques Aubert, Bruce Frier, David Johnston, Eugenio La Rocca, Richard Neudecker, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Katherine Welch, and Paul Zanker. For information visit www.columbia.edu/cu/cam/events/events.htm.
Columbia Graduate Conference
Graduate students of Columbia University's Classics Department will host a conference on "Rome In Extremis: Outsiders and Incendiaries in the Roman World" from September 29 to 30, 2007. Professor Susana Elm (University of California, Berkeley) is the keynote speaker. For information e-mail nlp2109@columbia.edu or is2041@columbia.edu.
Hawaii Conference on the Arts and Humanities
The Sixth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities will be held from January 11 to 14, 2008, in Honolulu, Hawaii. This multi-disciplinary conference is designed to promote dialogue and interaction among artists and scholars from all areas of the humanities. Topic areas addressed include language and literature, art and architecture, history, religion, and philosophy, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches. For information visit www.hichumanities.org or e-mail humanities@hichumanities.org.
Penn-Leiden Colloquium
The fifth Penn-Leiden Colloquium, "Valuing Others," will be held at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands, from June 6 to 8, 2008. This colloquium will "explore the different values, with their different perspectives, that ancient society found useful in thinking about belonging together, social cohesion and unity." The relevance of ancient notions of "valuing others" for contemporary society will also be addressed. Those interested in presenting a paper are requested to submit a one-page abstract, by email (preferable) or regular mail, before October 1, 2007. Contact Professor Ineke Sluiter at i.sluiter@let.leidenuniv.nl and Professor Ralph M. Rosen at rrosen@sas.upenn.edu. [End Page 441]
Philadelphia Classical Society
The Philadelphia Classical Society will hold its annual Fall Professional Day at the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, November 17, 2007. The program, which includes presentations on classical authors, culture, and pedagogy, will begin at 9:00 a.m. and continue until mid-afternoon. For information visit www.philaclassicalsociety.org.
Princeton Graduate Conference
Graduate students of Princeton University's Classics Department will host a conference on "Historicisms and Formalisms" on April 25, 2008. This conference will "explore how the debate over historicism and formalism can shape future approaches to the interpretation of ancient cultural artifacts within other contexts." Stephen Hinds is the keynote speaker. Three hundred-word abstracts should be e-mailed to clasconf@princeton.edu by October 15, 2007. For information visit www.princeton.edu/~classics/conferences.
Southwest Texas Panel on Classics and Popular Culture
The Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association will sponsor a session on "Classical Representations in Popular Culture" at its annual meeting, to be held from February 13 to 16, 2008, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Papers on any aspect of Greek and Roman antiquity in contemporary culture are eligible for consideration. Abstracts of 500 words or fewer should be e-mailed to Kirsten Day at kirstenday@yahoo.com by November 1, 2007. For information visit www.h-net.org/~swpca.
