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Links for the week of 23 September

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CANE reminder: The deadline to apply for a grant from the discretionary fund, which can be used for classroom tools, is 1 October: http://caneweb.org/CANEwp/?page_id=45
Exciting developments in ancient mapping: http://pelagios-project.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/a-digital-map-of-roman-empire.html (via @portableant)
An interesting exhibit on Pompeii and Herculaneum at the British Museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/pompeii_and_herculaneum.aspx
The Roman History Books Reading Group will be readingThe Naked Olympics in October: http://romanhistorybooks.typepad.com(via @markhilverda)

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 )

(Edited to fix a problem with a link.)