Monthly Archives: June 2015

End of Year Sentiments

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The end of the year can be a hectic time with grading and making sure all the work that’s been floating around is finalized. As such, I had a hard time thinking of a suitable post, until I remembered something I had written at the end of last school year. Though it is not explicitly related to the Classics, I wrote it to my graduating seniors and the underclassmen who still had a few weeks of school left. It is an exhortation to live in the now and to embrace adversity. May it give you and your students some perspective.
http://eghstechtips.blogspot.com/2014/05/for-those-who-are-leaving-and-ones-left.html

Announcements for June 7

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BEYOND CANE

  • The American Classical League is holding its Summer Institute at UCONN this year from June 25-28.  The link will give you registration information and abstracts for papers and workshops that will be presented.  We hope to see you there!
  • This year’s MaFLA Summer Institute will be held August 14-16 at the Winslow Academic Center at Lasell College in Newton, MA.  This year features a full Latin track for all three days!  Click the link for registration information and a full schedule.
  • Check out these updates from ASCANIUS.
  • The Boston Area Classics Calendar has a lot going on. You can subscribe to a weekly email digest of upcoming events.

Certamina et Dies Classici et Eventus!

  • Registrations are now being accepted for this year’s summer programs organized by the Vergilian Society.  The details of these tours can be found here.
  • Odds Bodkin tells the epic tale of the Odyssey in three parts at the Riverwalk Cafe and Music Bar in Nashua, New Hampshire. Part III is July 3rd. Call the Cafe for more information at (603) 578-0200.

Conferences and Talks

  • Legion III Cyrenaica will be speaking at the Worcester Art Museum Monday, June 14.  Legion III Cyrenaica is a Roman Legion living history organization based in the New England area, and seeks to accurately portray the Legion as it existed in Roman-Egypt in the 1st Century. Presentations on the Roman military as well as civilians/women will be given at 12:30 and 2:30, free with museum admissions. Worcester Art Museum now houses the world renowned arms and armor collection of the former Higgins Armory Museum, where the Legion had presented from 2004 to 2013. Leg. III inquiries can be emailed to qmj52 @netzero.net or palusbuteo @hotmail.com.

Meetups

  • Live in western MA or northern CT and want to practice speaking in Latin? There is a large group that meets weekly in Hadley, MA! For details, contact TJ Howell.
  • In the Boston area? Check out the Active Latin Meetup page for events.

Jobs

  • See our new Jobs page for details.

Funding and Professional Development

Galen, Gay Marriage, and Grim Tidings – Links for 4 June

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Here are some links we found interesting across the Internet this week!

  • The New York Times has a great article on the rediscovery of Galen’s On the Mixtures and Powers of Simple Drugs hidden beneath another text, and how it sparked the resurgence of other pages from across the world.
  • James McGlone’s Harvard Latin commencement speech is on YouTube.
  • Michael Fontaine (Cornell) has written an article in Eidolon called Straight Talk about Gay Marriage in Ancient Rome.
  • Gregory Crane (Tufts) shares some sobering data about Latin and Greek enrollments in both secondary and higher education which is already prompting interesting discussion on Facebook.
  • Apparently #MagnaCarta is a thing, what with the 800th anniversary and all!