Pompeii

Links for the week of 9 September

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Dr. Kristina Killgrove speaks about a Roman Dinner at a Science Cafe in Pensacola: http://www.poweredbyosteons.org/2012/09/invitation-to-ancient-roman-dinner.html (If the talk ends up online, we’ll link to it.)

Information about Tweetchats (check out #latinteach): http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/how-and-why-to-participate-in-a-tweetchat/42380

The Getty’s exhibit “The Last Days of Pompeii” opens on 12 September: http://romanarcheo.blogspot.com/2012/09/getty-to-feature-modern-depictions-of.html (via ‏@jntribolo)

Digital Classics Association Conference in Buffalo, NY in April; call for papers with a deadline in December. http://classics.buffalo.edu/events/dcaconference/index.shtml

101 Reasons to learn Latin: http://iris.haverford.edu/scrinium/files/2012/08/latin002poster_clear.jpg (via @BretMulligan )

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Links for the week of 2 September

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Podcast on Caesar’s Army (from Prof. Francese on Latin Best Practices): http://dcc.dickinson.edu/podcasts/caesars-army”
Podcast on Caesar’s Strategy and Genius (from Prof. Francese on Latin Best Practices): http://dcc.dickinson.edu/podcasts/caesars-strategy-and-genius
“The New York Times reports that the motto of the Bronx is “ne cede malis” – and discusses both the history of the Bronx and the appropriateness of the quote.” (via Ruth Breindel) http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/bronx-motto/?ref=nyregion
“The Attack Ad, Pompeii-Style” http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/the-attack-ad-pompeii-style/ (via @Caecilius and many others)
The Vatican will be establishing a new academy for the study of Latin (article has some modern terms in Latin as well): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/9511929/Latin-rebirth-in-schools.html (via @adrianmurdoch)