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Thematic issue Journal of Hellenic Religion
The Journal of Hellenic Religion’s (ISSN 1748-7811, eISSN 1748-782X) will proceed shortly to produce the fifth volume of the Journal, which will be forthcoming in the mid 2012 (May).
The JfHR is a peer-reviewed annual periodical. It has as a main theme the original interdisciplinary study of ancient Greek Religion and Theology (i.e. history, philosophy, politics-sociology and archaeology-anthropology).
The theme / subject of the forthcoming Volume 5 will focus on the ancient Greek mythology. It would be preferable but not compulsory the contribution to focus on the mytho-poetic imagination and its relationship with the theories, practices of magic and ritual practices within the ancient Greek religious tradition.
The articles should include full bibliography and endnotes.
The editorial panel may request editions and small alterations and a summary of the peer-reviewed process will be send after the author’s request. The authors hold their article’s copyright. The contributors will be requested to sign the ‘Licence To Publish’ based on the JISC and Surf Foundation guidelines. You can find the Licence’s PDF link at the below Contribution Guideline’s URL.
We accept Book Reviews, which will be available in print and at our web-site. If you wish to review a book for the Journal please contact the Editor.
Please view (URL: http://www.journalofhellenicreligion.markoulakispublications.org.uk/about/guide) the Contribution Guideline for more information of the word limitation.
Submission of any material must be on electronic form (doc, rtf), accompanied with the legal name and a current email and postal address of the author and emailed it to the Editor (see contact details below).
Visit the website at: http://www.journalofhellenicreligion.markoulakispublications.org.uk/
Call for Papers
Edited Volume: Son of Classics and Comics
Edited by George Kovacs (Trent University) and C.W. Marshall (University of British Columbia)
Proposals are invited for chapters examining the ancient world in comics and related media for an edited volume to be entitled Son of Classics and Comics.
Classical reception happens everywhere, and as the study of classical debts within popular culture develops, the richness to be mined from these sites of reception is increasingly apparent. Comics, an intersection of word and image, may now be seen as a crucial medium for the representation of the ancient world. Following the publication of Classics and Comics (OUP 2011), the editors are seeking papers of no more than 6000 words that continue to examine the reception of the ancient world within the medium of comics. The selected contributions will comprise a proposed sequel volume, Son of Classics and Comics.
Classics and Comics more than doubled the available scholarship on this intersection of high and low culture, but left many topics unexamined. The editors are particularly interested in discussions of manga and bandes dessinées, though proposals on any subject will be considered. In Son of Classics and Comics, the editors also hope to broaden the purview to include other comics manifestations currently under-examined in reception studies: comic strips, political cartoons, online comics, and possibly animation, depending on the range and quality of submissions received.
The editors seek contributors who will examine classics and comics from a variety of critical, theoretical, and cultural perspectives and continue the high academic standard set by Classics and Comics. There is no limit to the geographical and cultural range of material covered. Like its predecessor, this collection will be aimed at both academic readers and an educated general audience. We seek essays that are both scholarly and engaging, and authors who are equally comfortable in Greek, Latin, and the comics tradition with which they engage. Images are frequently essential to support academic claims being made, and contributors will likely be allowed the equivalent of three or four plates.
Oxford University Press has already expressed interest in producing a sequel to Classics and Comics. Subject to press approval of the final manuscript with completed contributions, the editors expect publication in the series Classical Presences.
Please send a 400-word abstract, along with a separate file containing your name, the abstract title, and a brief biographical statement (or CV), as email attachments in Word or Rich Text Format to both of the
editors:
Further questions may also be addressed to either of the editors. The deadline for abstract submission is April 1, 2011. Selected contributors will be informed by April 15, 2011. Completed papers will be required by September 1, 2011.
Classics and Comics can be found here: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/ClassicalStudies/?view=usa&ci=9780199734191
Lezingenreeks: Sagalassos 2010
- woensdag 2 maart om 20u in Aula Pieter de Somer te Leuven (Charles Debériotstraat 24),
- dinsdag 8 maart om 20u in Aula Pieter de Somer te Leuven (Charles Debériotstraat 24),
- donderdag 17 maart om 20u in het Gallo-Romeins Museum van Tongeren,
- donderdag 24 maart om 20u in Aula Pieter de Somer te Leuven (Charles Debériotstraat 24).
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Nieuw verschenen: D. Knecht, Literatuur van de Romeinen
Het laatste nummer van Didactica Classica Gandensia (50 – 2010) biedt een heruitgave van de literatuurgeschiedenis van Daniël Knecht opnieuw uitgegeven. klik hier voor de folder met meer informatie.
Tentoonstelling
Underground Revolution. Istanbul 8500 years
Het 'Istanbul Centre in Brussels' organiseert een overzichtelijke fototentoonstelling van de hoogtepunten van de recente opgravingen in Istanbul, naar aanleiding van zeer grootschalige metrowerken. Door de omvang van de werken was de archeologische uitdaging enorm. De resultaten zijn navenant en bieden een uniek venster op verschillende millennia van ontwikkeling van deze zeer boeiende historische plaats. Hoogtepunten zijn de ontdekking van een Neolithische nederzetting, het vinden van vele Byzantijnse scheepswrakken in de Haven van Theodosius en van ontelbare, zeer goed bewaarde voorwerpen. De tentoonstelling is uitstekend verzorgd en zeer bevattelijk.
Het 'Istanbul Centre in Brussels' is gehuisvest op de tweede verdieping van het kantoorgebouw aan de Kunstlaan 46, 1000 Brussel (www.istanbulcentre.eu). De tentoonstelling is elke werkdag te bezichtigen tussen 10 en 17u, of na afspraak, tot 31 maart 2011. Een Engelstalige catalogus is verkrijgbaar.
Nieuw verschenen
Changing Landscapes: The impact of Roman towns in the Western Mediterranean
Cristina Corsi and Frank Vermeulen (eds.), Changing Landscapes: The impact of Roman towns in the Western Mediterranean. Proceedings of the International Colloquium, Castelo de Vide - Marvão 15th-17th May 2008, Bologna 2010 Texts in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese; ? 35,00; ISBN 978-88-7849-055-0 Uitgever : Antequem (Bologna)
Besteladres: http://www.antequem.it/
Roman archaeology, has for centuries been looking mostly at the urban centres and especially at the great monuments that rose within them.
Today, a new generation of archaeologists has convincingly shown which was the crucial impact of Roman urbanism on the landscapes of the western Empire. Using an array of new techniques, such as remote sensing and GIS-based spatial analysis, integrated with more traditional approaches, new ideas about the relationship of interdependency between town and territory have been developed.
During a 3-day congress held near the Romano-Lusitanian town site and museum of Ammaia, in central Portugal, internationally renowned researchers have presented regional syntheses and excellent case-studies of this impact of Roman towns on the landscapes of, in particular, the south-western provinces. This book is a well illustrated reflection of this scientific endeavour, which will set out the pathways of research into Roman urbanism and landscape evolution during the coming decades.
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New e-journal Electra
A new e-journal called "Electra" is about to be launched by the Centre for the Study of Myth and Religion in Greek and Roman Antiquity, founded by the Department of Philology of the University of Patras, Greece. (http://electra.lis.upatras.gr/)
In general, Electra shall welcome articles focusing on Ancient Greek and Roman Mythology and Religion from a philological, historical, anthropological, archaeological, linguistic or philosophical point of view. Particularly, for the first issue (to be published online by the end of spring 2011) we are looking for papers focusing specifically on the Atreids myth (approached from any aspect).
Anyone interested should submit their papers until 30th April 2011.
Athina Papachrysostomou (Lecturer in Ancient Greek Philology, Department of Philology, University of Patras, Rio, Patras 26504, Greece)
Joint Family Systems in the Ancient World
The editors of a new volume of collected essays focussing on the extended family, multigenerational households and familial obligations beyond the nuclear family in the ancient world invite English language submissions from interested scholars worldwide. Submitted abstracts will be anonymously refereed.
for a full description click here
Deadeline 31st Jan, 2011