Ben Revkin

Quid agitur? (September 3rd)

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∙Visit the CANE News page, which lists CANE-sponsored events, events connected to Classics throughout New England, and events around the country of interest to students and instructors. ∙The first CANE Discretionary Fund application deadline is Sunday, Oct. 1.
∙The New Hampshire Classics Association (NHCA) Annual Classics Day for Teachers is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 22nd, 9:30-2:30 at Southern New Hampshire University in Hooksett. See the calendar on the CANE News page.
∙The Boston Area Classics Calendar has a lot going on, and a weekly email digest of upcoming events.
∙If you live in the western Massachusetts, northern Connecticut, or southern Vermont area, note Amherst College’s list of upcoming lectures in the Pioneer Valley.                                                     ∙In the Boston area? Check out the Active Latin Meetup page for events.
∙Links to the New England states’ classical associations: NH, VT, ME, MA, RI, CT. There seems to be no current link to the VT association. Libertasne sine unitate?

A Few Articles for the Weekend (June 24th)

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This first article offers selections from a description of the Roman Empire by one Chinese author of the third century AD, and how the Chinese view of this vast, but distant, state was influenced by their trade ties.
Then, in “The Ancient Crocodile Hunters That Helped to Supply the Roman Games,” we learn more of Rome’s fascination with these exotic beasts.
And lastly, this ninth-century Byzantine manuscript of Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica contains charming illustrations of various pharmaceutical critters — several of whom are depicted in the act of defecating!

Quid Agitur? (June 18th)

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Only a few more weeks until the 2017 CANE Summer Institute at Brown University!  Hopefully, we’ll see a great many of you there!
In the meantime, if you’re curious what else is going on in the area, as you perhaps sink into a more leisurely summer schedule…

  • Visit the CANE News page, which lists CANE-sponsored events, events connected to Classics throughout New England, and events around the country of interest to students and instructors.
  • Links to the New England states’ classical associations: NH, VT, ME, MA, RI, CT.