January 19, 2018
| Category: In Memoriam
(Written by Sarah E. Cox, and shared with the SCS by Ofelia N. Salgado-Buttrey )
Theodore V. Buttrey, Jr.
29 December 1929 – 9 January 2018
Renowned educator, numismatist and…
January 18, 2018
| Category: Conferences, Lectures, and Meetings
Institute of Classical Studies (University of London)
24 March 2018 at 2.30pm
Room 349, Senate House
Everyone is invited to celebrate the life and work of Professor Alan Cameron FBA (1938-2017…
January 11, 2018
| Category: Conferences, Lectures, and Meetings
ROMAN DAILY LIFE IN PETRONIUS AND POMPEII
an NEH Summer Seminar for Pre-Collegiate Teachers (July 16-August 3, 2018 )
In the summer of 2018 (…
January 11, 2018
| Category: Conferences, Lectures, and Meetings
Inscribing Death: Memorial and the Transmission of Text in the Ancient World
Yale University, February 23, 2017
Cross-culturally, spaces of the dead have been productive places for considering the inherent difficulty…
January 11, 2018
| Category: Conferences, Lectures, and Meetings
3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHARMACY AND MEDICINE IN ANCIENT EGYPT
The organizing committee cordially invites you to attend the 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHARMACY AND MEDICINE IN ANCIENT EGYPT, to be held in…
November 17, 2017
| Category: In Memoriam
Contributed by Professor Jamie Romm, Bard College:
William (Bill) Mullen, professor of classics at Bard College, died suddenly on Nov. 2, 2 days before he would have turned 71.
Bill earned his B.A. degree from Harvard and his Ph.D.…
September 22, 2017
| Category: In Memoriam
(From Philip Soergel, Chair of the Department of History, University of Maryland, College Park )
We are very sorry to report that Professor Emeritus Kenneth ("Ken") Holum passed away on the morning of September 20th after a battle…
September 18, 2017
| Category: In Memoriam
(From our colleagues at Wadham College )
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden death of Emeritus Fellow and Classicist James Morwood, at the age of 73, while on holiday in Greece. Details of a memorial service will…
September 1, 2017
| Category: In Memoriam
The Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion at the University of Mary Washington is saddened to announce the passing of Robert F. Boughner on August 30, at the age of 71.
Bob did his undergraduate studies in Classics at Duke, and…
August 3, 2017
| Category: In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Alan Cameron
(Submitted by Deborah Steiner, Department of Classics, Columbia University )
Alan Cameron, the Charles Anthon Professor Emeritus of Latin and Literature at Columbia University, died…