During the month of April the Classics Department will host 2 Language Prize Exams:
THE LAFAYETTE SABINE FOSTER PRIZE IN GREEK WHEN: Tuesday, April 9th @ 4:00pm LOCATION: MacFarlane House, Room 101 ELIGIBILITY: Open to all students of Greek
The Brown Classical Journal invites all undergraduates with an interest in Classics to submit works relevant to the ancient world and its traditions in subsequent eras. We also welcome submissions that treat the cultures of any ancient society, East or West, that touch on Greco-Roman antiquity.
Submissions may include research papers, essays, translations, poetry, original photographs, artwork, & creative pieces.
Deadline: Dec 22, 2012
Email submissions to: [email protected]
The Department of Classics at Brown University has been authorized to announce a search for a senior Hellenist (Associate or Full Professor) with a specialization in ancient Greek History. The successful candidate will teach Greek history as well as Classical Greek language and literature. Prerequisites for consideration include distinction in scholarship and teaching in any aspect of Greek history.
Candidates should submit a letter of application and a curriculum vitae, including the names and contact information of at least five references.
Stratis Papaioannou, Associate Professor of Classics, won this year's Graduate Advising and Mentoring Award. The award is given annually by the University to a "faculty member who has made a significant contribution as an advisor or mentor to graduate students."
Adam Katz, a Brown sophomore, has been awarded an UTRA (Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award) from the Dean of the College for a summer research collaboration with Johanna Hanink (Assistant Professor of Classics). The UTRA has been granted for a project entitled "Theatrical Self-Referentiality in Greek Drama".
As part of this research collaboration, Katz will be creating a coded database of instances in Classical Greek tragedy in which actors draw attention to their status as performers within a play.
Professor Joseph Pucci has been named one of the top 300 professors in the nation in the Princeton Review's new guidebook The Best 300 Professors. The guidebook includes a profile of Prof. Pucci, who is particularly commended for his courses Fortunatus and The Idea of Self.
Prof. Pucci is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Classics, and has long been recognized at the university as an exceptional, dedicated, and beloved teacher. He is one of five Brown professors to be profiled in the new book.
From April 13-15, Brown will be hosting a conference entitled: "Being Nobody? Understanding Slavery Thirty Years After Slavery and Social Death.
The international conference has been organized by Professor John Bodel, Chair of the Department of Classics at Brown, and Professor Walter Scheidel of Stanford University.
