News and Events http://www.dickinson.edu/blog.aspx?blogid=146 2013-05-23T19:32:23.2901204Z en-US Eta Sigma Phi Fun http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Eta-Sigma-Phi-Fun/?blogid=146 Eta Sigma Phi members took advantage of the beautiful Spring day by hiking Poole Steeple, grilling out at the Dickinson Farm, playing wiffle ball and having a bon fire!

]]> 2013-05-03T10:30:05Z Eta Sigma Phi members took advantage of the beautiful Spring day by hiking Poole Steeple, grilling out at the Dickinson Farm, playing wiffle ball and having a bon fire!

Eta sigma Phi Fun

Eta sigma Phi Fun II

Eta sigma Phi Fun III

]]> Latin Fest http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Latin-Fest/?blogid=146 If you walked past ATS parking lot on May 8th, you may have seen a lot of high school students dressed in togas and waving swords around. Wednesday was the annual Latin Fest, hosted by the Department of Classical Studies at Dickinson. This is why you might have spotted the reenactment of Caesar’s death at the hands of Snooki (“Et tu, Snooki?”) or heard the familiar sounds of the Dora the Explorer theme song being sung in a less familiar language. Latin Fest, sponsored every year by the Capital Area Classics Association, allows students to show off their command of the Latin language in competitions that include songs and skits conducted in Latin, a Greek and Roman themed fashion show, a vocabulary competition and more. It also gives Dickinson students a chance to use their own Latin skills outside the class room, as they are primarily responsible for judging the festivities, along with the classics professors. This year, the Dickinson chapter of Eta Sigma Phi had about a dozen members participate in Latin Fest, either grading the amazing exhibits that lined the outer halls of ATS, or judging the live skits and songs that took place throughout the morning.  From 8:30 to 3 o’clock ATS was packed with excited high school students adjusting togas and the buzz of carefully memorized Latin lines, and was even covered by the Patriot News. You can read more about it here:

]]> 2013-05-03T10:20:34Z From 8:30 to 3 o’clock ATS was packed with excited high school students adjusting togas and the buzz of carefully memorized Latin lines, and was even covered by the Patriot News. You can read more about it here: If you walked past ATS parking lot on May 8th, you may have seen a lot of high school students dressed in togas and waving swords around. Wednesday was the annual Latin Fest, hosted by the Department of Classical Studies at Dickinson. This is why you might have spotted the reenactment of Caesar’s death at the hands of Snooki (“Et tu, Snooki?”) or heard the familiar sounds of the Dora the Explorer theme song being sung in a less familiar language. Latin Fest, sponsored every year by the Capital Area Classics Association, allows students to show off their command of the Latin language in competitions that include songs and skits conducted in Latin, a Greek and Roman themed fashion show, a vocabulary competition and more. It also gives Dickinson students a chance to use their own Latin skills outside the class room, as they are primarily responsible for judging the festivities, along with the classics professors. This year, the Dickinson chapter of Eta Sigma Phi had about a dozen members participate in Latin Fest, either grading the amazing exhibits that lined the outer halls of ATS, or judging the live skits and songs that took place throughout the morning.  PennLive Latin Fest

 

 

 

]]> Found in Translation http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Found-in-Translation/?blogid=146 Found in Translation

]]> 2013-03-29T15:26:26Z Found in Translation]]> Andrew Becker Workshop http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Andrew-Becker-Workshop/?blogid=146 Becker Workshop

]]> 2013-03-27T14:58:24Z Becker Workshop]]> Novus Trombone Quartet http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Novus-Trombone-Quartet/?blogid=146 Prof. Mastrangelo brought ancient Greek alive and into the theater recently at a performance of "Oedipus at Colonus in Nine Fragmentary Tableaux," a set of original incidental music for Sophocles' play Oedipus at Colonus, written by Dickinson music professor Robert Pound. The music was originally written for a 2008 production of the play. Prof. Pound re-scored it recently for the Novus Trombone Quartet, the 2013 artists in residence at Dickinson. At two recent performances of the music, Prof. Mastrangelo was called in to read Sophocles' chilling version of the curse Oedipus speaks to his son, Polyneices. Polyneices, seeking his father's blessing and allegiance in taking Thebes, is instead rebuked and cursed by Oedipus for being more concerned with his own ambition than with his blind and homeless father's well-being. The performance included not just the superb playing of Novus and the sounds of Sophocles' Greek, but also readings in English from the play by students from Prof. Karen Kirkham's Movement and Text class: Holly Kelly ('15), Lauren Brennan ('13), Jeremy Lupowitz ('15), and Christina Errico ('15), who is a Classics major. Seen here in Rubendall Recital Hall after the show are Prof. Mastrangelo (center), Michael Clayville, director of Novus (left), and Robert Pound.

]]> 2013-02-20T14:03:37Z Prof. Mastrangelo brought ancient Greek alive and into the theater recently at a performance of "Oedipus at Colonus in Nine Fragmentary Tableaux," a set of original incidental music for Sophocles' play Oedipus at Colonus, written by Dickinson music professor Robert Pound. The music was originally written for a 2008 production of the play. Prof. Pound re-scored it recently for the Novus Trombone Quartet, the 2013 artists in residence at Dickinson. At two recent performances of the music, Prof. Mastrangelo was called in to read Sophocles' chilling version of the curse Oedipus speaks to his son, Polyneices. Polyneices, seeking his father's blessing and allegiance in taking Thebes, is instead rebuked and cursed by Oedipus for being more concerned with his own ambition than with his blind and homeless father's well-being. The performance included not just the superb playing of Novus and the sounds of Sophocles' Greek, but also readings in English from the play by students from Prof. Karen Kirkham's Movement and Text class: Holly Kelly ('15), Lauren Brennan ('13), Jeremy Lupowitz ('15), and Christina Errico ('15), who is a Classics major. Seen here in Rubendall Recital Hall after the show are Prof. Mastrangelo (center), Michael Clayville, director of Novus (left), and Robert Pound.

Novus Trombone Quartet 

]]> Classics major Dan Plekhov ('14) Homer podcast number one dowload http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Classics-major-Dan-Plekhov-(-14)-Homer-podcast-number-one-dowload/?blogid=146 A podcast by Classics major Dan Plekhov (’14) about chariot tactics in Homer is the number one download on Dickinson iTunesU channel, beating out even the excellent content provided by our Admissions office. Chariots appear frequently in the Iliad, Dan notes, but Homer notoriously seems to have little idea of how they would actually be used in combat. He then points out the exception, a passage that does seem to describe realistic chariot tactics, and argues that it reflects memories of Mycenaean culture, not the experience of contemporary societies of Homer’s own day. The passage is Iliad 4.297-309. Dan discusses it, gives his own translation, and reads it aloud in the original Greek. You can find it on Dickinson’s iTunesU channel via the iTunes store, or listen here while looking at the associated images:Homer

]]> 2013-02-15T09:55:09Z Homer]]> Dickinson alumna publishes Latin reader http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Dickinson-alumna-publishes-Latin-reader/?blogid=146 "The First Twenty Roman Emperors," is a new Latin reader written by Dickinson classical studies alumna Kristin Masters ('02?). It contains selections from Eutropius adapted for beginning readers of Latin, and equipped with vocabulary, translation tips, and several useful appendices. It is available now in print from among the trusted resources published by the American Classical League

]]> 2012-12-06T12:50:25Z "The First Twenty Roman Emperors," is a new Latin reader written by Dickinson classical studies alumna Kristin Masters ('02?). It contains selections from Eutropius adapted for beginning readers of Latin, and equipped with vocabulary, translation tips, and several useful appendices. It is available now in print from among the trusted resources published by the American Classical League  It should be a very useful resource for teachers of Latin who are looking for a high interest student text, supplemental text, or a sight-reading resource. Congratulations, Kristin!

Antoninius

]]> Dickinson Commentaries project featured by NITLE http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Dickinson-Commentaries-project-featured-by-NITLE/?blogid=146 Members of the team who created the Dickinson College Commentaries will be featured in a seminar hosted by the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE). The event, which will take place on Thursday, December 6, 3:00-4:00 pm EST, will be hosted online via NITLE’s videoconferencing platform, and is open to NITLE consortium members. “Collaborative Digital Scholarship Projects: The Liberal Art of Drupal,” will address the creation of collaborative digital projects in a liberal arts context, using the example of DCC site, which was built with the widely used content management system Drupal. The speakers will be Meredith Wilson (’13), Dickinson web developer Ryan Burke, and Prof. Francese.  For more details or to register, see:

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]]> Dickinson Latin Workshop http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Dickinson-Latin-Workshop/?blogid=146  DICKINSON LATIN WORKSHOP, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2013   Prof. Andrew Becker (Virginia Tech) Sound (and Sometimes Sense) in Latin Verses: Accents, Rhythms, Meters, Poems Place: Dickinson College, Tome 115, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. A Practical Workshop on Vergil’s hexameters, Ovid’s elegiacs, Horace’s lyrics, and Catullan hendecasyllables. 1. Making it Sing with numerosus Horatius (‘many-measured Horace’): Horace’s main meters—Alcaic, Sapphic, Asclepiadean. 2. altisonum Maronem (‘deeply/loftily resonant Maro’): In Search of the Sounds of Vergil’s hexameters 3. unum surripuisse pedem (‘[Cupid is said] to have snatched away one foot’): Ovid’s elegiac couplets 4. Adeste, hendecasyllabi (‘Come on, hendecasyllables!’): Catullus’s favored meter This workshop will be of interest primarily to Latin teachers, but others are more than welcome to attend. The workshop is free of charge, but to order materials and food we need to have an accurate count of attendees. For directions and pre-registration please contact Terri Blumenthal: blumentt@dickinson.edu, by March 9, 2011. Professor Becker is Associate Professor of Latin, Greek, and Classical Studies in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Virginia Tech. He specializes in the study of Greek and Latin poetry, with special emphasis on metrics and performance, and is a recipient of the William E. Wine Award, which recognizes "a history of university teaching excellence" at VT. His publications include “Non Oculis Sed Auribus: The Ancient Schoolroom and Learning to Hear the Latin Hexameter” (Classical Journal 2004), “Listening to Lyric: Accent and Ictus in the Latin Sapphic Stanza” (Classical World 2010), and “Rhythm in a Sinuous Stanza: The Anatomy and Acoustic Contour of the Latin Alcaic” (American Journal of Philology, 2012). Professor Becker has also served as President of the Classical Association of Virginia (2010-2012). Act 48: The Dickinson Department of Classical Studies is an approved provider of professional development opportunities under Pennsylvania Act 48. Those who complete our workshops receive 5 hours of Act 48 credit.

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  DICKINSON LATIN WORKSHOP, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2013

 Andrew Becker


Prof. Andrew Becker (Virginia Tech)

Sound (and Sometimes Sense) in Latin Verses: Accents, Rhythms, Meters, Poems

Place: Dickinson College, Tome 115, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

A Practical Workshop on Vergil’s hexameters, Ovid’s elegiacs, Horace’s lyrics, and Catullan hendecasyllables.
1. Making it Sing with numerosus Horatius (‘many-measured Horace’): Horace’s main meters—Alcaic, Sapphic, Asclepiadean.
2. altisonum Maronem (‘deeply/loftily resonant Maro’): In Search of the Sounds of Vergil’s hexameters
3. unum surripuisse pedem (‘[Cupid is said] to have snatched away one foot’): Ovid’s elegiac couplets
4. Adeste, hendecasyllabi (‘Come on, hendecasyllables!’): Catullus’s favored meter

This workshop will be of interest primarily to Latin teachers, but others are more than welcome to attend. The workshop is free of charge, but to order materials and food we need to have an accurate count of attendees. For directions and pre-registration please contact Terri Blumenthal: blumentt@dickinson.edu, by March 9, 2011.


Professor Becker is Associate Professor of Latin, Greek, and Classical Studies in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Virginia Tech. He specializes in the study of Greek and Latin poetry, with special emphasis on metrics and performance, and is a recipient of the William E. Wine Award, which recognizes "a history of university teaching excellence" at VT. His publications include “Non Oculis Sed Auribus: The Ancient Schoolroom and Learning to Hear the Latin Hexameter” (Classical Journal 2004), “Listening to Lyric: Accent and Ictus in the Latin Sapphic Stanza” (Classical World 2010), and “Rhythm in a Sinuous Stanza: The Anatomy and Acoustic Contour of the Latin Alcaic” (American Journal of Philology, 2012). Professor Becker has also served as President of the Classical Association of Virginia (2010-2012).

Act 48: The Dickinson Department of Classical Studies is an approved provider of professional development opportunities under Pennsylvania Act 48. Those who complete our workshops receive 5 hours of Act 48 credit.

]]> New DCC edition of Ovid, Amores I http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/New-DCC-edition-of-Ovid,-Amores-I/?blogid=146 The Dickinson College Commentaries edition of Ovid's Amores Book I, with notes and essays by William Turpin, is now up and ready to be used: http://dcc.dickinson.edu/ This is the first non-pilot, freshly authored and created digital edition in our series. It is intended to show what can be done to enhance the reading experience of a classical text in the digital realm. In addition to the notes, features include: essays on each poem by William Turpin, with bibliography images/illustrations for all poems chosen and annotated by Prof. Francese and Daniel Plekhov ('13) audio recordings for 1.1 and 1.5 by Prof. Meghan Reedy vocabulary lists that gloss words not in the 1,000-word DCC core Latin vocabulary an annotated Google Earth map of all places mentioned in the text, created by Merri Wilson ('13)    Other Dickinsonians who contributed include JoAnne Miller, James Martin ('13), Derek Frymark ('12), Alice Ettling ('12), and Travis Ramsey ('13). Prof. Francese is tremendously grateful to all who contributed time and advice and ideas. The list of acknowledgments will give an idea of how many people helped. To follow DCC as it develops, check out the blog and the Facebook page! Photo: William Turpin, Professor of Classics, Swarthmore College

]]> 2012-10-22T13:54:45Z The Dickinson College Commentaries edition of Ovid's Amores Book I, with notes and essays by William Turpin, is now up and ready to be used: http://dcc.dickinson.edu/

This is the first non-pilot, freshly authored and created digital edition in our series. It is intended to show what can be done to enhance the reading experience of a classical text in the digital realm.

In addition to the notes, features include:

essays on each poem by William Turpin, with bibliography
images/illustrations for all poems chosen and annotated by Prof. Francese and Daniel Plekhov ('13)
audio recordings for 1.1 and 1.5 by Prof. Meghan Reedy
vocabulary lists that gloss words not in the 1,000-word DCC core Latin vocabulary
an annotated Google Earth map of all places mentioned in the text, created by Merri Wilson ('13)

 

 Other Dickinsonians who contributed include JoAnne Miller, James Martin ('13), Derek Frymark ('12), Alice Ettling ('12), and Travis Ramsey ('13). Prof. Francese is tremendously grateful to all who contributed time and advice and ideas. The list of acknowledgments will give an idea of how many people helped. To follow DCC as it develops, check out the blog and the Facebook page!
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Photo: William Turpin, Professor of Classics, Swarthmore College

]]> 15th Annual Roberts Lecture 2012 http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/15th-Annual-Roberts-Lecture-2012/?blogid=146      Professor of History, Walter Scheidel, Stanford University Professor of Ancient History & Classics, Richard Talbert, University of North Carolina Assistant Professor of Classics, Meghan Reedy, Dickinson College Post Doctorate Fellow in Digital Classics, Bart Huelsenbeck, Dickinson College

]]> 2012-10-05T10:34:35Z  Roberts 2012
Professor of History, Walter Scheidel, Stanford University (center)

Professor of Ancient History & Classics, Richard Talbert, University of North Carolina (left)

Assistant Professor of Classics, Meghan Reedy, Dickinson College (front)

Post Doctorate Fellow in Digital Classics, Bart Huelsenbeck, Dickinson College (right)

]]> New Dickinson Commentaries Blog http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/New-Dickinson-Commentaries-Blog/?blogid=146 The DCC project

]]> 2012-07-16T15:22:17Z dcc project now has its own blogs so you can follow the progress occasionally as Dickinson faculty and students collaborate on developing new digital commentaries on  classical texts. We also have a facebook page and even a twitter.  account.  Please find us online and leave a comment if you like!
]]> Professor Francese celebrates in his Senatorial tunic http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Professor-Francese-celebrates-in-his-Senatorial-tunic/?blogid=146 Professor Francese in his Senatorial tunic and Roman sandals for the 2012 Commencement ceremony    

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 Chris graduation


 

]]> Dickinson Classics at NECTFL conference http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Dickinson-Classics-at-NECTFL-conference/?blogid=146 Dickinson Classics faculty and students will be traveling together to the annual meeting of the Northeast Conference for Teachers of Foreign Languages

]]> 2012-04-11T15:06:56Z nectfl, April 20-23, in Baltimore, MD. Six members of our chapter of Eta Sigma Phi will be in attendance and will take a trip to the Walter’s Art Museum Walterswith Prof. Mastrangelo. The department will host a wine and snacks reception at NECTFL for all the classicists in attendance, Saturday April 21, in the conference hotel, the Marriott Waterfront, room 632. If you will be attending the conference, please join us. The reception will also serve as the roll-out party for the Dickinson College Commentaries dcc web site. At the conference Prof. Francese will be giving a talk, “Digital Commentary on Classical Texts: Problems & Prospects” Sunday morning, April 23, 9:45-1-:45, and also co-conducting a three hour workshop on the new Advanced Placement Latin course, “The New AP Latin Course: Objectives, Strategies, and Assessment,” Saturday, April 22, 2:00-5:00 p.m., with Dawn LaFon. If you are going to be at the conference please come by the reception and say hi!
]]> Classics Department’s Digital Humanities Initiatives Featured in Dickinson Magazine http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Classics-Department’s-Digital-Humanities-Initiatives-Featured-in-Dickinson-Magazine/?blogid=146 The Dickinson College Commentaries, a series of digital commentaries on classical texts created by Classics Department faculty and students, is featured in the latest issue of the Dickinson Magazine embedded link

]]> 2012-04-11T15:01:49Z Dickinson Magazine]]> Eta Sigma Phi Induction Ceremony http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Eta-Sigma-Phi-Induction-Ceremony/?blogid=146   12 new members Victoria Cacchione, Margot Cardamone, Emily Lawrence, Lucy McInerney, Chloe Miller, Will Morisseau, Katy Purington, Solai Sanchez, Andy Shoemaker, Chuck Steel, Nick Stender, and Sarah Winner were initiated recently into Dickinson's chapter of Eta Sigma Phi, the

]]> 2012-03-08T15:12:30Z   12 new members: Victoria Cacchione, Margot Cardamone, Emily Lawrence, Lucy McInerney, Chloe Miller, Will Morisseau, Katy Purington, Solai Sanchez, Andy Shoemaker, Chuck Steel, Nick Stender, and Sarah Winner were initiated recently into Dickinson's chapter of Eta Sigma Phi, the Classics honor society http://www.etasigmaphi.com.

The ceremony took place in Memorial Hall. Current members and department faculty joined the new initiates for cake after the ceremony. 

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The purposes of the Society, in the words of the Constitution, are "to develop and promote interest in classical study among the students of colleges and universities; to promote closer fraternal relationships among students who are interested in classical study, including inter-campus relationships; to engage generally in an effort to stimulate interest in classical study, and in the history, art, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome."

Dickinson's chapter is an active one, with upwards of 40 members, led this year by senior classics majors Jessie Graul, Daniella Haigler, Alice Ettling, and juniors James Martin and Suri Smith.

 

]]> Summer Classical Studies Interns http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Summer-Classical-Studies-Interns/?blogid=146   The 2012 Summer Classical Studies Interns will contribute the Dickinson Classical Commentaries project, a series of digital Latin and Greek texts with notes and

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Classical Studies Internship Program (Summer 2012) 

The Classical Studies Internship program allows students to work on projects in collaboration with faculty to advance knowledge of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. These projects help move forward an individual faculty member's research agenda, aid in the development of new curriculum for the department, or contribute the department's digital humanities initiatives.  We believe in advancing student learning through unique and innovative projects that have meaningful results. Dickinson students or recent alumni majoring in classical studies, or in archaeology with a Mediterranean focus, are encouraged to apply.
 

  • HOURS AND DATES: 40 hours per week at the Department of Classical Studies, Dickinson College (Carlisle PA). Start date: Monday, June 4, 2012, 8:30 a.m. End date: July 27, 5:00 p.m. Holidays: July 4-6.

 

  • COMPENSATION: Interns will be compensated with a weekly stipend and housing on campus will be provided.  Board is not provided – students are expected to use their weekly stipend to cover food costs.

  

  • QUALIFICATIONS: interest in classical studies and/or archaeology, knowledge of Latin and/or ancient Greek, strong writing and editing skills, computer literacy, self-motivation to complete assigned tasks on time, and initiative to identify and develop project improvements in collaboration with faculty. Students with strong Latin and/or ancient Greek will be given priority. 

 

PROJECTS FOR SUMMER 2012 INTERNS 

The Summer Classical Studies Interns will contribute the Dickinson Classical Commentaries project, a series of digital Latin and Greek texts with notes and other enhancements, created using the open source content management system Drupal. A project description can be found here: http://dcc.dickinson.edu/about-dcc 

 2012 tasks will include: editing of existing DCC core Greek and Latin vocabulary lists to make the available in different formats; moving content for Ovid, Amores 1 commentary to Drupal format; typing and editing of commentary for Aesop on the basis of existing public domain Aesop commentaries; investigation of archaeological material relevant to Caesar’s Gallic War, Ovid’s Amores, and Sulpicius Severus’ Life of St. Martin; investigation and photographing of public domain illustrations for the Aesop commentary; creation of maps and map animations for Ovid Amores 1 commentary.

40 hours per week at the Department of Classical Studies, Dickinson College.  Start date:  Monday, June 4, 2012, 8:30am.  End date:  July 27, 5:00 p.m.  Holidays:  July 4-6.  Student will live in on-campus housing.  Weekly stipend and room is provided.  Board is not covered. 

 

Applications are due to Terri Blumenthal at blumentt@dickinson.edu by 5pm on Monday, March 19th, 2012.  Names of two on-campus references are required; resume and supporting materials may also be included.
 

Classical Summer Intern Application 


 


 


 

 

]]> Commentaries http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Commentaries/?blogid=146 Dickinson College CommentariesDickinson classics majors and faculty are collaborating on a new series of digital commentaries on classics texts, the Dickinson College Commentaries. Currently under development under the overall direction of Professor Francese, the series will debut with two commentaries

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Dickinson classics majors and faculty are collaborating on a new series of digital commentaries on classics texts, the Dickinson College Commentaries. Currently under development under the overall direction of Professor Francese, the series will debut with two commentaries in 2012. It has an international board of editors and advisors, including Terence Tunberg of the University of Kentucky, James Morwood of Oxford University, Wells Hansen in Taipei, Taiwan, and others. Members of the editorial board met in Philadelphia in January.

The series, aimed at learners of Latin and ancient Greek, will include traditional features such as text, notes, and vocabulary lists, as well as audio recordings, and media to aid the user: historical maps, satellite imagery taken from Google Earth, and specially made and annotated map animations synchronized with audio recordings of the text (for an example click on the media tab here).


Funding for this project is provided by the Roberts Fund for classical studies at Dickinson College. Several Dickinson students have been or are involved in the creation of the content and the site, including Brendan Boston, Derek Frymark, and Alice Ettling. The site was designed by Chris Stamas and made using Drupal by Dickinson web programmer Ryan Burke.]]> Dickinsonians gather at 2012 AIA-APA meetings http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Dickinsonians-gather-at-2012-AIA-APA-meetings/?blogid=146 Several Dickinson alumni, faculty, and some current students met in Philadelphia recently for the annual meetings of the American Institute of Archaeology and the American Philological Association in Philadelphia (January 5 8). Professors Francese and Mastrangelo's hotel suite was the site of

]]> 2012-02-09T15:14:10Z Several Dickinson alumni, faculty, and some current students met in Philadelphia recently for the annual meetings of the American Institute of Archaeology and the American Philological Association in Philadelphia (January 5-8). Professors Francese and Mastrangelo's hotel suite was the site of the enjoyable gathering of some of the Dickinsonians who have entered classics or the archaeological professions, or who plan to.

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]]> 14th Annual Roberts Lecture http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/14th-Annual-Roberts-Lecture/?blogid=146 Emily Greenwood, Associate Professor of Classics, Yale University Friday, September 30, 2011,  4 30pm in the Stern Great Room "Time for Priam   The Politics and Poetics of Reconciliation" The talk will begin with the supplication scene between Priam and

]]> 2011-09-01T10:28:41Z Emily Greenwood, Associate Professor of Classics, Yale University

Friday, September 30, 2011,  4:30pm in the Stern Great Room

"Time for Priam:  The Politics and Poetics of Reconciliation"

The talk will begin with the supplication scene between Priam and Achilles at the end of Homer's Iliad.  Greenwood will consider studies of this scene before turning to receptions of the scene which relate to debates about the politics of reconciliation, and reconciliation as a model of conflict resolution (in the latter part of the lecture Greenwood focuses on Northern Ireland, South Africa, and pertinent African-American receptions).

 

Saturday, October 1, 2011, 2:00pm in the Stern Great Room

"Plutarch and the Library of/for Life"

'How to read a life, write a life, and how to live life as you would like be read?'  Taking its cue from these questions, this lecture will examine the intersection of the writer's life, the readerly life, and the legible life in Plutarch's Lives.

There will be a response by William Johnson, Professor of Classical Studies, Duke University

]]> Kindle Promotion of Francese's Book http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Kindle-Promotion-of-Francese-s-Book/?blogid=146 The Kindle version of Prof. Francese’s Ancient Rome in So Many Words is available absolutely free via Amazon.com between June 15 and 22, 2011, in a special offer by the publisher, Hippocrene Books. For those without a Kindle, the paperback

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]]> CATULLUS PODCASTS http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/CATULLUS-PODCASTS/?blogid=146 Dickinson students have produced a series of 5 7 minute podcasts on the Roman poet Catullus. Each audio program, about 5 7 minutes long, includes a reading, translation, and discussion of an individual poem.   Check them out and leave a

]]> 2011-05-11T09:21:11Z Dickinson students have produced a series of 5-7 minute podcasts on the Roman poet Catullus. Each audio program, about 5-7 minutes long, includes a reading, translation, and discussion of an individual poem.

 

Check them out and leave a comment here.

 

]]> Eta Sigma Phi http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Eta-Sigma-Phi/?blogid=146  Eta Sigma Phi goes to Austin      Seven members of the Dickinson chapter of Eta Sigma Phi attended the national convention in Austin, TX this year – and had a fabulous time       We did all sorts of

]]> 2011-04-28T14:58:37Z  Eta Sigma Phi goes to Austin! 

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Seven members of the Dickinson chapter of Eta Sigma Phi attended the national convention in Austin, TX this year – and had a fabulous time! 

 austin Eta Sigma Phi 

We did all sorts of things:  fielded a couple of teams in the certamen – a battle of Latin and Greek wits – and saw the Sanguis Tigris team advance as far as the semi-finals; walked blocks and blocks to find an Austin landmark burger-joint, Dirty Martins Kum-Bak Place; heard what other chapters are up to on other campuses around the country; listened to three excellent papers – on Sicily, Augustine, and Horace’s friendship with Vergil; and even heard a rivetting rock opera on the Peloponnesian War by Athens v. Sparta.  The weather was perfect, idyllic, gorgeous … Austin immediately drew us all in with its abundant, student-friendly exuberance … no-one really wanted to leave … but here we are, back in Carlisle, and inspired to do new and fantastic things! 

]]> Lockhart Tribute Site Launched http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Lockhart-Tribute-Site-Launched/?blogid=146  Professor Philip N. Lockhart was a beloved teacher and mentor to generations of Dickinsonians. A member of the Department of Classical Studies from 1963 to his retirement in 1990, “Uncle Phil” was voted most inspiring teacher by vote of the

]]> 2011-04-21T11:25:29Z  Professor Philip N. Lockhart was a beloved teacher and mentor to generations of Dickinsonians. A member of the Department of Classical Studies from 1963 to his retirement in 1990, “Uncle Phil” was voted most inspiring teacher by vote of the senior class four times, a record not since equaled. He died on February 20, 2011, and the Department has launched a web site to collect images, stories, and recollections of Phil here. If you have a story or reminiscence you would like to share on the site, please email it to Prof. Chris Francese (francese@dickinson.edu). If you are a Dickinson alumnus or alumna, please include your class year and maiden name, if applicable.

 

 

]]> Classical Education in America http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Classical-Education-in-America/?blogid=146  "The neglect of the classics in our educational curriculum has been a loss for our civilization," writes Daniel Walker Howe in the latest issue of Wilson Quarterly. Howe, an emeritus professor of American History at Oxford University, charts the one time

]]> 2011-04-21T11:24:26Z  "The neglect of the classics in our educational curriculum has been a loss for our civilization," writes Daniel Walker Howe in the latest issue of Wilson Quarterly. Howe, an emeritus professor of American History at Oxford University, charts the one time dominance and progressive decline of the centrality of Latin and Greek classics in American college curricula. Speaking of the period before the Civil War, he writes that "Dickinson College in Pennsylvania was typical: Freshmen studied Sallust, Horace, and Xenophon. Sophomores absorbed themselves in Cicero, Horace, Xenophon, and Euripides. Juniors took Sophocles, Euripides, Cicero, Juvenal, and Persius. And seniors finished off with Aeschylus, Tacitus, and Terence." the article is illustrated with a picture of Dickinson Classics Professor Herbet Wing, Jr. with students ca. 1945, reproduced below. 

 

 Classical Education in America 

In 1946, Dickinson stopped requiring bachelor of arts candidates to take Latin or Greek.

Despite the narrowness of the old style of classical training, and the many momentous changes in American education, Howe argues, the ideals of classical education "transcend the limits of time and space." "While we accord them less authority than Americans did a century and half ago, we still hold the conviction that the ancient classics have enduring worth as sources of instruction and inspiration."

 

]]> In Memoriam Emeritus Professor Philip Lockhart http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/In-Memoriam-Emeritus-Professor-Philip-Lockhart/?blogid=146 It is my sad duty to inform you that Philip N. Lockhart, emeritus Asbury J. Clarke Chair of Latin, died on February 20, 2011 at the Forest Park Health Center in Carlisle. Phil is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Ayer

]]> 2011-02-28T10:45:19Z
Phil, a native of Pennsylvania, earned his B.A. in English with honors, and Phi Beta Kappa distinction, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1950. After his undergraduate work, he received his M.A. in comparative literature from the University of North Carolina in 1951 and went on to receive his Ph.D. in classical languages and archaeology at Yale University in 1959.

Before joining the faculty at Dickinson in 1963, Phil was a missionary teacher at the Ezel Mission School in Kentucky and also taught at the University of Missouri, the Ohio State University and at the University of Pennsylvania. He was appointed the chair of the department of classical studies in 1965 and was appointed the Asbury J. Clarke Chair of Latin in 1971. After 27 years of teaching at Dickinson, Phil retired in 1990 at which time he was awarded professor emeritus of classical languages and emeritus Asbury J. Clarke Chair of Latin.

Phil was beloved by students across the years for his expertise, lively and challenging classroom, and his deep interest in his students. Under his tutelage the study of the classics at Dickinson grew and flourished. He established a curriculum founded on Greek and Latin majors and insisted that the study of Biblical Hebrew be included in the curriculum. This earned him quite a reputation in the field, and he was often invited as an outside evaluator and consultant for undergraduate classics programs across the country.

Phil received many awards and honors during his career including Honorable Mention by the Distinguished Teacher Award Committee of the National Association of Schools and Colleges of the United Methodist Church in 1974. He was also the first winner of the Constance and Rose Ganoe Memorial Award for inspirational teaching in 1969, which he promptly used to assist in establishing the John David Wright III Memorial Scholarship in Classical Studies. He went on to receive the Ganoe Award two additional times in 1973 and 1981, making him the only three-time winner of this student-voted prize.

While at Dickinson, Phil served on various committees and also served as Faculty Secretary in 1966-68. He often assisted in preparing the Latin wording for the honorary degrees that were given at Commencement every year as well as assisted with the planning of the Baccalaureate Ceremony. Phil also established the Philip N. Lockhart Book Prize in Classical Studies that is still awarded to an outstanding graduate majoring in classical studies today. In addition to these and many other commitments at Dickinson, he was president of the Philadelphia Classical Society and the Pennsylvania Classical Association, a member of the American Philological Association, a founding member of the South Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America, and served on evaluation teams for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction.

Phil was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle and served several terms as an elder as well as 40 years as a member of its Sanctuary Choir. Additionally, he taught in the community Sunday School teacher training programs and served on the Presbytery Committee on Christian Vocations and Candidate Review.

A ceremony of committal will be held at the Gilgal Presbyterian Church cemetery, 638 Gilgal Road, Marion Center, Pennsylvania on Friday, February 25, 2011 at 11 a.m. A memorial service will be held at Second Presbyterian Church, 528 Garland Drive, Carlisle on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 11 a.m.

Please join me in expressing our most sincere sadness over this loss to the Dickinson community and in celebrating the many years Phil gave in devoted service to the college.

Bill Durden ’71
President

]]> Student-Faculty Created Web Site Lauded http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Student-Faculty-Created-Web-Site-Lauded/?blogid=146 A new  web site  created by Prof. Francese, Brendan Boston (‘11), and Alice Ettling (’12) has attracted positive attention from  The Classical Outlook , the journal of the   American Classical League .  CO ’s “Clearing House” column in the latest issue includes a round-up of resources useful for the coming  revised  

]]> 2011-02-07T14:33:44Z A new web site created by Prof. Francese, Brendan Boston (‘11), and Alice Ettling (’12) has attracted positive attention from The Classical Outlook, the journal of the  American Classical League. CO’s “Clearing House” column in the latest issue includes a round-up of resources useful for the coming revised version of the AP Latin Exam, which includes portions of the Gallic War: 

By far, the most student-friendly project currently available online for students reading the new Advanced Placement Latin curriculum is Dickinson College's Department of Classical Studies "Wikimedia-based commentary on De Bello Gallico.  Created and edited by Professor Christopher Francese using the free Mediawiki software package (http://www.mediawiki.org) and lovingly dubbed "Veni Vidi WIKI", this collaborative site consists of a growing collection of notes and relevant multimedia keyed to selections from Caesar's most famous work.  (A wiki is a website that makes it possible for users to create collaboratively and edit a set of web pages using a web browser.)  The digital source of the Latin text for the Dickinson Classics project is a public domain edition of Bellum Gallicum provided by The Latin Library  (http://thelatinlibrary.com/) and altered to line up with Renatus Dupontet's 1900 Oxford Classical Text.  The extensive grammatical and contextual notes are drawn from a large number of late nineteenth century and early twentieth century high school and college level textbooks and collated sentence by sentence, making it easy for students to use.  Links to full, online editions of these texts are provided whenever possible for further consultation.  Teachers and students will appreciate the expanding selection of ancillary materials, including maps, artwork, graphics, mp3 audio, and glossaries.  Especially noteworthy is a downloadable computerized video animation created by student Alice Ettling and narrated by Professor Francese to accompany Caesar's opening description of Gaul (Book 1.1-7). 

Professor Francese suggests a number of ways that teachers and students can use this resource.  This wiki can be used in place of, or as a supplement to, a traditional textbook, with the considerable benefit of being both free and updatable.  Students who prefer using a bound book can use the site solely for its running vocabulary and grammar hints, while internet savvy individuals who have made the transition to working and studying "in the cloud"  can skip visiting the college bookstore altogether and use the site exclusively on a laptop, tablet, or smartphone.  In the classroom, teachers can utilize smart board technology to view and highlight the text, display graphics and play audio and video for everyone.  It certainly goes without saying that it would be ideal for use in a distance learning course.  Professor Francese plans future additions to the site in the next year, including a side-by-side comparison of Roman customs with Gallic customs as detailed by Caesar in Book 6.  The possibilities for this educational wiki are limitless--and that's where you come in!  Because this is a Wiki, anyone can set up an account to enter additional material.  Professor Francese invites qualified readers to feel free to make corrections or contribute material to this project, with the proviso that any additions must be from the public domain, and free from copyright restriction.   A project like this has great potential, and it will be fascinating to see what sort of additions and enhancements the users of this site will make to it over time. 

Sharon Kazmierski, The Classical Outlook 88 (Fall 2010), p. 28. 

 

]]> VENI VIDI WIKI: NEW CAESAR WEB SITE LAUNCHED http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/VENI-VIDI-WIKI--NEW-CAESAR-WEB-SITE-LAUNCHED/?blogid=146 An innovative form of digital commentary created at Dickinson using Mediawiki, the platform of Wikipedia, was recently launched:  http://wiki.dickinson.edu/index.php/Caesar_Gallic_War   Overseen by Prof. Francese, created in the summer of 2010 by Brendan Boston (`11), and further revised by Alice Ettling (`(11) th

]]> 2010-11-11T09:45:02Z An innovative form of digital commentary created at Dickinson using Mediawiki, the platform of Wikipedia, was recently launched:  http://wiki.dickinson.edu/index.php/Caesar_Gallic_War 

Overseen by Prof. Francese, created in the summer of 2010 by Brendan Boston (`11), and further revised by Alice Ettling (`12) this fall, the site presents selections from Caesar's Gallic War with commentary, maps, audio files, running vocabulary lists for each chapter, and other resources and digital enhancements such as links to Google maps, grammatical aids, and bibliography.  The selections correspond to the portions of Caesar to be added to the Advanced Placement Latin Syllabus for 2012-2013.  The site will serve as a constantly updatable, free textbook for AP Latin students and teachers, as well as a resource for other Latin Students.

The Caesar site is the most fully developed of a series of Wikimedia sites currently being used in the department, as a way of delivering information more closely tailored to the needs of our classes than is possible with existing textbooks.  The full list of Dickinson Classical Commentaries, class wikis, and Wikimedia translations is here:

http://wiki.dickinson.edu/index.php/Classics 

 

 

]]> LATIN CLUB STARTS WITH A BANG! http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/LATIN-CLUB-STARTS-WITH-A-BANG!/?blogid=146 The first floor of East College was fairly overrun with diminutive Latinists as twenty-seven third through fifth graders arrived for the first meeting of Latin Club. The Club is sponsored by the classics department and taught by Laura Takakjy ('11) and Brendan Boston ('11). It was advertised in several local pr

]]> 2010-10-07T08:07:54Z The first floor of East College was fairly overrun with diminutive Latinists as twenty-seven third through fifth graders arrived for the first meeting of Latin Club. The Club is sponsored by the classics department and taught by Laura Takakjy ('11) and Brendan Boston ('11). It was advertised in several local primary schools, none of which has Latin in the curriculum. The Club will use the new curriculum for exploratory Latin programs devised by Excellence Through Classics (http://www.etclassics.org/), a committee of the American Classical League. A test will be offered in March of 2011 for those who participate all year. The Club meets weekly, on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Latin Club One
Latin Club Two
Latin Club Three
 

]]> Department Created Digital Projects Intern http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Department-Created-Digital-Projects-Intern/?blogid=146 Classics major Alice Ettling ('12) is the department's new Digital Projects Intern.  She will spend approximately six hours per week for humanities projects sponsored by the department faculty, in particular the Dickinson Classical Commentaries.  The current focus of her work is the digital Caesar commentary begun this

]]> 2010-09-27T10:37:37Z Summer Student Research Intern Creates Innovative Caesar Website http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Summer-Student-Research-Intern-Creates-Innovative-Caesar-Website/?blogid=146 Classics major Brendan Boston ('11) spent eight weeks this summer creating an innovative web-based commentary on selections from the Gallic War of Julius Caesar.  Chosen to match the newly announced revision of the Advanced Placement syllabus that will be used for the first time in 2012, the selections were equipped w

]]> 2010-09-27T10:32:31Z Classics major Brendan Boston ('11) spent eight weeks this summer creating an innovative web-based commentary on selections from the Gallic War of Julius Caesar.  Chosen to match the newly announced revision of the Advanced Placement syllabus that will be used for the first time in 2012, the selections were equipped with annotation based on public domain Caesar school commentaries from Google books.  Brendan then added links to historical maps and Google Earth satellite images, vocabulary lists, and other digital enhancements.  Prof. Francese edited the whole and added audio files.  The site will be available as a free textbook for the approximately 8,000 students per year who will take the AP Latin course nationwide.  The Summer Research Internship was funded by the Roberts Fund for Classical Studies, a gift from the family of classics major Christopher Roberts ('74).
]]> Summer Student Research Intern Explores Classics in the Cinema http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Summer-Student-Research-Intern-Explores-Classics-in-the-Cinema/?blogid=146 Classics major Laura Takakjy ('11) spent eight weeks this summer researching the portrayal of the ancient world in contemporary film, as part of the creation of a new course to be called "Ancient Worlds on Film".  An introduction to Greek and Roman history and culture through reading ancient texts, the course will comp

]]> 2010-09-27T10:21:13Z 300, Alexander, Gladiator, and HBO's Rome series.  Laura created an extensive archive of summary and analysis both of the films and the texts, along with bibliographies of criticism and reviews relating to the films.  The course is tentatively scheduled to be offered in the spring of 2011.  The Summer Research Internship was funded by the Roberts Fund for Classical Studies, a gift from the family of classics major Christopher Roberts ('74).]]> Sarah Williams, '11, just won a public relations internship with LucasFilm http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Sarah-Williams,--11,-just-won-a-public-relations-internship-with-LucasFilm/?blogid=146 Sarah will be working for LucasArts at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco.  It is a 12 week internship with the Public Relations Department at LucasFilm where she will be attending press conferences, helping to plan special events,

]]> 2010-03-31T08:33:38Z Sarah, a Classics major, will be working for LucasArts at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco.  It is a 12-week internship with the Public Relations Department at LucasFilm where she will be attending press conferences, helping to plan special events, as well as learning her way around the department through typical intern duties.  She is the only intern in the Public Relations Department for the summer. Congratulations Sarah!  Here is a link to the internships website:  https://jobs.lucasfilm.com/internships.html 

]]> Dickinson's Classics Department on Apple iTunes! http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Dickinson-s-Classics-Department-on-Apple-iTunes!/?blogid=146 We are excited to say that our Classical Studies department section is featured right now on the opening page at Apple iTunes U. The section includes podcasts on Latin poetry and the Iliad that Brenda Landis helped create. Dickinson incorporated

]]> 2010-03-16T12:59:39Z We are excited to say that our Classical Studies department section is featured right now on the opening page at Apple iTunes U. The section includes podcasts on Latin poetry and the Iliad that Brenda Landis helped create. Dickinson incorporated these as we were setting up our iTunes U channel, and Justin Marquis was contacted by Apple last week about making this a featured item. Tim Lantz created the graphic that displays. Nice work everyone! This is just the kind of exposure we were hoping to get from iTunes U. 

 -Paul Dempsey, Communications

iTunes

]]> THE FUTURE FOR CLASSICS MAJORS http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/THE-FUTURE-FOR-CLASSICS-MAJORS/?blogid=146 Interesting articles from the Psychology Today web site by Katherine Brooks about the value of the classics major and how to present that value to the rest of the world, especially as a job seeker. Classics Majors Find Their Future

]]> 2010-03-15T09:57:32Z Interesting articles from the Psychology Today web site by Katherine Brooks about the value of the classics major and how to present that value to the rest of the world, especially as a job seeker.

Classics Majors Find Their Future in the Past

]]> GREEK SIGHT READING GROUP http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/GREEK-SIGHT-READING-GROUP/?blogid=146 Come and improve your ancient Greek in an enjoyable and informal lunch time setting, every Tuesday through the semester, with Visiting International Scholar Letizia Palladini. Bring a lunch and dig into Lucian’s Icaromenippus, a travelogue of one man’s fanciful journey

]]> 2010-01-19T15:06:55Z Come and improve your ancient Greek in an enjoyable and informal lunch time setting, every Tuesday through the semester, with Visiting International Scholar Letizia Palladini. Bring a lunch and dig into Lucian’s Icaromenippus, a travelogue of one man’s fanciful journey to the home of the gods to find out from Zeus himself which of the philosophical sects is closest to having the truth. This amusing satire of philosophy and of traditional polytheism includes, among other things, literary history’s first trip to the moon. Tuesdays 12:00-1:00, East College 111. Texts will be provided.

]]> Edublog Awards Finalists - Cast your Votes http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Edublog-Awards-Finalists---Cast-your-Votes/?blogid=146 Prof. Francese's podcast is finalist in 2009 Edublog awards Prof. Francese’s Latin Poetry Podcast is among the finalists for the 2009 Edublog Awards, Category Best Educational Use of Audio. Two other Dickinson based blogs are also among the finalists in

]]> 2009-12-10T14:46:44Z Prof. Francese's podcast is finalist in 2009 Edublog awards

Prof. Francese’s Latin Poetry Podcast is among the finalists for the 2009 Edublog Awards, Category: Best Educational Use of Audio. Two other Dickinson-based blogs are also among the finalists in other categories: Dave Richeson’s Division By Zero (Best Teacher Edublog), and Candie Wilderman's Luce Semester class blog (Best Class Edublog).

Go here to cast your votes!

Best class blog: Luce 09 http://edublogawards.com/2009/best-class-edublog-2009/

Best teacher blog: Dave Richeson-Division by Zero http://edublogawards.com/2009/best-teacher-edublog-2009/

Best educational use of audio: Chris Francese Latin Poetry Podcast http://edublogawards.com/2009/best-educational-use-of-audio-2009/

]]> Forthcoming Christopher Roberts lecture Fall 2010 http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Forthcoming-Christopher-Roberts-lecture-Fall-2010/?blogid=146   Forthcoming 13th Annual Christopher Roberts Lecture Friday and Saturday, October 1st and 2nd, 2010Edward N. Luttwak Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies Washington, DC

]]> 2009-12-10T10:58:51Z  

Forthcoming:
13th Annual Christopher Roberts Lecture

Friday and Saturday, October 1st and 2nd, 2010
Luttwak
Edward N. Luttwak

Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic &
International Studies
Washington, DC

]]> MYTHOLOGY AND THE STARS http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/MYTHOLOGY-AND-THE-STARS/?blogid=146   Why are there bears in the sky? Who exactly was Orion? Who originally named the constellations, and why? These and other mysteries were explored in a new planetarium show about stellar mythology created in a collaboration of Dickinson classicists

]]> 2009-12-08T09:57:36Z  

Why are there bears in the sky? Who exactly was Orion? Who originally named the constellations, and why? These and other mysteries were explored in a new planetarium show about stellar mythology created in a collaboration of Dickinson classicists and astronomers. The idea came from physics and astronomy major Kristen Recine (’10), who operated the planetarium and pointed out the constellations. The script was written by Prof. Francese (Classical Studies) with help from Prof. Karen Lewis (Physics and Astronomy), classics and physics double major Derek Frymark (’12) and physics major Anubhav Mohan (’10).  The 30 minute show debuted in late October, as a session of Prof. Francese’s Greek and Roman mythology class, and will be repeated under the auspices of the Dickinson Astronomy Club in the spring semester of 2010. Spiffy images of the constellations from early modern star maps like the one shown here were kindly supplied by Dr. Nick Kanas (Prof. of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco) from his collection. Prof. Kanas is author of Star Maps: History, Artistry and Cartography (Springer, 2009). Watch this space for an announcement of the next showing!

]]> Prof. Francese publishes Op-ed in New York Times. http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/Prof--Francese-publishes-Op-ed-in-New-York-Times-/?blogid=146 Prof. Francese published an op ed in the New York Times questioning the use of Latin in college diplomas. It provoked some spirited responses, both in letters to the Times, and on blogs. This year’s graduation speaker at Dickinson, Christiane

]]> 2009-11-30T14:45:54Z Prof. Francese published an op-ed in the New York Times questioning the use of Latin in college diplomas. It provoked some spirited responses, both in letters to the Times, and on blogs. This year’s graduation speaker at Dickinson, Christiane Amanpour of CNN, contributed the following defense of Latin after reading it:

Dear Professor Francese,

Latin has helped me immeasurably through life. If I could, I would mandate it to be taught in all Anglo-Saxon and Romance language schools, because while Latin is no longer a spoken language, it is the root of so many of the languages we do speak. Not only did I love my Latin classes at the time, but in the 35-years since, I have found great comfort and satisfaction in being able to know just about any word. For whenever I grope for the meaning of one I don’t know, I usually succeed by referring back to Latin!

So Professor, Latin Lives even though it’s dead! Don’t knock it!

Best,

Christiane Amanpour, CBE
Chief International Correspondent
CNN International
One Time Warner Center
New York, NY  10019

]]> AIA Lecture http://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/classical-studies/Classical-Studies/AIA-Lecture/?blogid=146 Kenneth Lapatin will speak at Dickinson Thursday, November 12th at 6 30 pm in Denny 317 "The Lost Masterpieces of Pheidias Zeus and Athena"

]]> 2009-11-11T15:55:10Z Kenneth Lapatin will speak at Dickinson Thursday, November 12th at 6:30 pm in Denny 317 - "The Lost Masterpieces of Pheidias: Zeus and Athena"

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