ANNOUNCEMENTS
IPS
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE MEETING OF THE APA
IN
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (JAN. 2010)
PLUTARCH
AND THE SECOND SOPHISTIC
Sponsored
by the International Plutarch Society
Organized by Mark Beck
The
Second Sophistic is a period (ca. 60-260 CE) of heightened awareness
among the Greek elite of their great cultural legacy in a world
dominated by Rome. The writings of Plutarch represents many of
the main intellectual currents of this movement and he has been
described as “perhaps the most important author of the second
sophistic period” (Simon Swain). The main focus of this
panel will be to explore Plutarch’s epideictic speeches
or declamations, as they are called, the body of his writings
that perhaps most clearly aligns him with other sophists: On the
Fortune of the Romans, On the Fortune or Virtue of Alexander I
and II, Were the Athenians More Famous in War or in Wisdom?. We
also invite papers that investigate the various other writings
of Plutarch against the backdrop of his literary environment.
Contrasts are invited between Plutarch and Dio Chrysostom, Arrian,
Appian, Athenaeus, Philostratus, Lucian, Aelius Aristides, Apollodorus,
Cassius Dio, Pausanias, Polyaenus, etc. Various approaches may
focus inter alia on the transformative interpretations of the
Greek past in the Second Sophistic, single topics such as Alexander
the Great or the Trojan War, Parthia, sympotic literature, declamation,
biographical literature and historiography, politics, local history,
the recasting of Classical authors, mythography, military tactics,
religious syncretism, Roman citizenship and Greek identity, literary
style, translations, forms of archaism (e.g. Atticism), philhellenism,
the Roman emperor and the Greek philosophic advisor, etc.
Abstracts
of 500-800 words for papers requiring not more than twenty minutes
for delivery should be submitted by February 10th 2009 to Mark
Beck. This may be done by email: beck.mark.a@gmail.com;
by FAX: (803) 777-0454, or by mail: University of South Carolina,
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Columbia,
South Carolina 29208. Consultation by phone is welcome at (803)
407-5741. All abstracts will be judged anonymously. Membership
in the International Plutarch Society is not required.
- The
first and second volume of G. N. Bernardakis´ up to
now unpublished editio maior of Plutarch´s Moralia
have now been published by the Academy of Athens. You or your
bookseller may order Volume I (ISBN 978-960-404-128-2) and
II (ISBN 978-960-404-142-8), for the price of Euro 50.- and
Euro 55.- respectively, at the following bookstores in Greece:
"Estia", 60 Solonos Street, GR-10672 Athens
(Email: info@estiabookstore.gr
and sales@estiabookstore.gr)
"MIET", 13 Amerikis, GR-10672 Athens
(Email: bookstore-amerikis@miet.gr
"Eleftheroudakis", 17 Panepistimiou, GR-10564 Athens
(Email: internet@books.gr)
(see also
the website: www.bernardakis.de).
- Please
see http://www.theologie.uni-goettingen.de/ger/ratioreligionis.htm
for information on the new project by Rainer Hirsch-Luipold
on Ratio Religionis: Religious Philosophy and Philosophical
Religion in the Early Imperial Period funded by the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft. Please note especially that in the
context of this project, there are three scholarships available.
- You
might be interested in the enterprise a few of us started
recently to revive the study of Plutarch for his lessons in
leadership for business and community leaders. We are working
on a book and seminars that draw on Plutarch's Lives to illustrate
leadership principles for today. We have a website at http://www.bostonleadershipbuilders.com/
David Trumbull
Boston, Mass.
UNIVERSITY
OF CINCINNATI
Department of Classics
SUMMER
RESIDENCY PROGRAM
The
University of Cincinnati Classics Department is pleased to announce
the Summer Residency Program. Summer Residents, in the fields
of philology, history and archaeology will come to Cincinnati
for a minimum of one month and a maximum of three during the
summer (June 15 - September 15). Apart from residence in Cincinnati
during term, the only obligation of Summer Fellows is to pursue
their own research. They will receive free university housing.
They will also receive office space and enjoy the use of the
University of Cincinnati and Hebrew Union College Libraries.
The
University of Cincinnati Burnam Classics Library (http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/classics/index.html)
is one of the world's premier collections in the field of Classical
Studies. Comprising 210,000 volumes and other research materials,
the library covers all aspects of the Classics: the languages
and literatures, history, civilization, art, and archaeology.
Of special value for scholars is both the richness of the collection
and its accessibility -- almost any avenue of research in the
classics can be pursued deeply and broadly under a single roof.
The unusually comprehensive core collection, which is maintained
by three professional classicist librarians, is augmented by
several special collections such as 15,000 nineteenth century
German Programmschriften, extensive holdings in Palaeography,
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. At neighboring Hebrew Union
College, the Klau Library (http://library.cn.huc.edu/),
with holdings in excess of 445,000
volumes and other research materials, is rich in Judaica and
Near Eastern Studies.
Application
Deadline: February 15. Applicants must have the Ph.D. in hand
at the time of application.
For
application forms please write:
Director,
Summer Residency Program
Department of Classics
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0226
There
is an online application for the Summer Residency Program at
http://classics.uc.edu/resources/tytus2.html
e-mail: secretary@classics.uc.edu
http://classics.uc.edu/tytus
UNIVERSITY
OF CINCINNATI
Department of Classics
MARGO
TYTUS VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM
The
University of Cincinnati Classics Department is pleased to announce
the Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program. Tytus Fellows, in
the fields of philology, history and archaeology will ordinarily
be at least 5 years beyond receipt of the Ph. D. Apart from
residence in Cincinnati during term, the only obligation of
Tytus Fellows is to pursue their own research. Fellowships are
tenable during the regular academic year (October 1 to June
10).
There
are two categories of Tytus Fellowships, long-term and short-term.
Long Term Fellows will come to Cincinnati for a minimum of one
academic quarter (two and a half months) and a maximum of three
during the regular academic year. They will receive a monthly
stipend of $1000 plus housing and a transportation allowance.
Short Term Fellows will come to Cincinnati for a minimum of
one month and a maximum of two during the regular academic year.
They will receive housing and a transportation allowance.
Both Long Term and Short Term Fellows will also receive office
space and enjoy the use of the University of Cincinnati and
Hebrew Union College Libraries. While at Cincinnati Tytus Fellows
will be free to pursue their own research.
The
University of Cincinnati Burnam Classics Library is one of the
world's premier collections in the field of Classical Studies.
Comprising 235,000 volumes, the library covers all aspects of
the Classics: the languages and literatures, history, civilization,
art, and archaeology. Of special value for scholars is both
the richness of the collection and its accessibility -- almost
any avenue of research in the classics can be pursued deeply
and broadly under a single roof. The unusually comprehensive
core collection, which is maintained by three professional classicist
librarians, is augmented by several special collections such
as 15,000 nineteenth century German Programmschriften, extensive
holdings in Palaeography, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies.
At neighboring Hebrew Union College, the Klau Library, with
holdings in excess of 450,000 volumes, is rich in Judaica and
Near Eastern Studies.
Application Deadline: January 15.
A
description of the Tytus Program is available online at http://classics.uc.edu/resources/tytus_scholars_program.html.
There is an online application at http://classics.uc.edu/resources/tytusap.lasso.
Questions can be directed to secretary@classics.uc.ed
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