Yearly Archives: 2014

6 April Announcements

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CANE

  • There were six entrants in the drawing for the Serpent Tales, and random.org selected comment number 4, so Liz Kelley received the download. Congrats, Liz!
  • The theme for the 2014 CANE Summer Institute is “On the Shoulders of Giants”: Greco-Roman Giants and their Modern Emulators.”  Register now!
  • The CANE calendar is available from Amazon with free super saver shipping: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1934971340 It starts in September of 2014.
  • May 1st is the deadline to apply for the next installment of CANE Discretionary Funds. Use it for classroom materials, a certamen machine, anything you can get long-term use from! Apply to the Immediate Past President.

BEYOND CANE

Conferences/Meetings

    • ”The spring meeting of CAM is Saturday, May 3, 2014 and will be held at Westwood High School (200 Nahatan St, Westwood, MA). The theme of the meeting will be “All Things Augustus” — appropriate for the year in which we celebrate (sive commemorate) the 2000th anniversary of his death. CLIPEUS also plans to hold a Prandium Latinum there!
    • The 15th Wyoming Summer Classics Institute, held in Laramie, Wyoming from June 15-20, is called “The Emperor and the Philosopher: Nero, Seneca, and Their World.” Download their flyer for more information!

Meetups and Certamina

      • CLIPEUS is running several Latin speaking meetups in Boston. Check the link for more information.
      • THE BROOKLINE CERTAMEN
        (formerly The 2766 Certamen)
        This Certamen, held May 31st at Brookline High School, is open to any student who has not placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in a Certamen in Massachusetts by April 1 of the 2013-2014 school year. All questions will be based on the National Latin Exam syllabus. There will be no final rounds: everybody will play all four rounds, with total points determining the winners. Rank pitting after the first round means that teams of similar abilities will play against each other. Register at the above link by May 12th, please!

Summer Opportunities

      • Registration for this summer’s American Classical League Summer Institute in Williamsburg, VA is now open.
      • SALVI’s Rusticatio Latin July 2014 immersion weeks and pedagogy seminars are filling up fast. Act now if you’re interested in attending!
      • McGill is offering a summer course in Classical Studies in June and July. Check out their flyer.
      • The American Institute for Roman Culture (AIRC) has a 2014 schedule for its Summer and Fall study abroad programs, and include Media Studies, Art History, and Field School Excavations.
      • Do your students ask you how they can improve their Latin? Do they ask you about summer opportunities in Latin or ancient history? Calder Classics invites students entering grades 9 through 12 to join us in Rome in July 20 – August 3, 2014. Over the course of a 2-week program, the Classics will come alive through the study of Latin, exploration of ancient and modern sites and immersion in daily Italian life. Calder’s small, personalized programs of 6-8 students allow us to provide individual instruction to each student in both Latin and ancient history.
      • Do you have a passion for Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Latin? Would you like to improve the speed and fluency with which you read Latin? Then join the immersion program at the Conventiculum Bostoniense, taught by experts in Classical and Neo-Latin from both Europe and the United States. You can also earn graduate credit, by taking one of our two week-length courses. Find more information and application materials here:https://sites.google.com/site/conventiculumbostoniense

Jobs

  • Latin Instructor: Hopkins School, an independent, college-preparatory day school in New Haven, is seeking a part-time Latin instructor for the grade 7 introductory course. Instructor would work in close collaboration with other teachers of the same course, using Ecce Romani, 4th edition. Qualifications: A BA, grades 7-12 teaching experience and excellent Latin language skills are strongly preferred. Post-secondary teaching experience will be considered. Master’s For more information about Hopkins School, please visit our website www.hopkins.edu. If you would like to apply for this position, please contact: 203.397.1001 x118 or academicopening@hopkins.edu

Shipwrecks, Irrigation, and Backyard Finds: Links for 3 April

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Shipwrecks–one of the best ways to learn about cultures
Roman irrigation system found!!  How did the Romans grow crops, anyway?
Being a backyard Archaeologist can pay off!!
A terrific write up on the Roman Domus! (Great for Students!)
A very interesting piece about Women and Speech in Ancient Greece and Rome.
And how cool is this piece about the Campus Martius?
 

A Woman's View

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“Olim erat elepantus,
Qui temptavit uti telepanto.
An minime!  Erat eleponicum,
Qui temptavit uti teleponico.
Mehercule! Non certa sum
Si haberem rectum an non.
Sed, tamen is truncam torsit
linea teleponico.
Plus temptavit liberari,
Plus stridit teleponici!
Carmen deponam, fortasse–
Elepopi teleponicique.”
This little known Latin poem is the work of a woman scholars know only as Laurina.  We know little of her life, or even when she lived, but her poetry has been found quoted by many authors, especially those of the Renaissance.  Her interesting rhyming verse has garnered attention, and has led scholars to suspect that she wrote her poetry for children, possibly her own.
Reading poetry from little known authors with students is a great way to get different views on Rome, Romans, and Ancient culture–views that we don’t normally see.  Here, a woman shares with us a truly silly poem for children–or perhaps for tipsy party-goers.  Scholars have indeed wondered whether Laurina was an educated slave and whether her poem was used to test whether a commissatio attendee was inebriated.  Now, you can tell your students that the Romans had sobriety tests as well!
 
 
 
 
APRIL FOOLS!  🙂  This is a Latin translation of a silly poem called Eletelephony, by Laura E. Richards. (However, having students translate modern poetry so that it scans is a great grammar exercise!!)