** Call for applications **

Nominate yourself or a colleague to serve on the NCCA Board of Directors. Positions to be filled for the upcoming biennium are these:

Please contact Mary Pendergraft (pender@wfu.edu) by March 1 with your suggestions.

For the Position of EDITOR of The Classical Outlook

The American Classical League invites applications for the position of Editor of The Classical Outlook, the most widely circulated Classics journal in North America. The Editor is responsible for the evaluation of materials for publication, with the assistance of an editorial board, and for the production and mailing (via mailing service) of four quarterly issues per annum.

The position is not salaried, but a generous travel budget is provided to cover costs of attending the ACL's annual Institute each June as well as a mid-year Executive Committee meeting (ordinarily held at ACTFL or APA) and other professional meetings.

The Editor's home institution (generally a college or university) is expected to provide released time, office space, and clerical assistance at a level sufficient to produce high quality camera-ready copy for printing. ACL covers all other expenses, including phone, printing, mailing, etc., in the form of a grant to the host institution.

Dossiers, including letter of application, curriculum vitae, and evidence of achievement in scholarship, teaching, and professional service, as well as editorial experience, should be mailed by 15 March 2003 to Editor Search Committee, American Classical League, Miami University, Oxford OH 45056. Inquiries may be directed to the committee at that same address.

Candidates will be interviewed at the 2003 meetings of either the American Philological Association, 3-6 January in New Orleans, LA, or the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, 3-5 April in Lexington, KY.

Appointment will be confirmed by the ACL Council at its June 2003 meeting, and the new Editor will be responsible for publication of the journal commencing with the Winter 2004 issue, following an orientation by the current Editor and Senior Associate Editor on the campus of the University of Georgia during the summer of 2003.

Academic Credit: 6 course credit hours for Classical Archaeology (CLAR) 153, Field School in Classical Archaeology. No prerequisites. Previous coursework in archaeology or related fields desirable, but not required.

The Program: The project is the archaeological excavation of the Early Iron Age-Archaic town of Azoria (ca. 1200-475 B.C.) on the island of Crete in the Greek Aegean, with the purpose of recovering evidence for the site's economic, social, religious, and political organization.  The focus of excavation is the Archaic-period city (ca. 600-480 B.C.) and the investigation of the process of urbanization and sociopolitical changes in the seventh c. B.C.    While the program will center on the actual fieldwork, formal presentations are integrated into the work schedule: (1) regular afternoon presentations by the instructor and specialist staff—field archaeologists (trench supervisors; ceramic specialist; architect; lithics specialist), scientific staff (botanist; zoologist; biological anthropologist; geomorphologist), and technical staff (registrar and finds manager; surveyor; architect; conservator; illustrator; and photographer)—offer reflection on problems of methodology, interpretation and synthesis. (2) Weekly trench tours given by graduate student trench supervisors provide an overview of the site, methods of interpretation, and the progress of excavation. (3) Occasional visits to other nearby sites offer a broader regional, cultural, and historical perspective.

Course Requirements and Evaluation: Students are required to work on-site or at the dig house following a regular daily routine (Monday-Friday, 6:30 AM-5:00 PM; Saturday 8:00-12:00 Noon), and to participate in all scheduled duties and activities (e.g., lectures and trips). While each week will have a special topic, around which afternoon presentations will center, the students will have a schedule of rotation on-site and at the dig house, providing exposure to all aspects of excavation, and the methods of various scientific specialists. The student is required to maintain a critical daybook—documenting their experiences and observations—and to write a term paper (an essay). The paper should focus on one aspect of excavation and describe and discuss the issues and problems faced in various stages of data recovery and interpretation. The course grade will be assigned on the basis of daily work performance (in the trench and dig house) and the quality of the daybook and final paper.

Program Fees: $1450 including a $400 deposit. The fees include housing, costs for daily transportation to the site, and Summer School instructional costs. Other costs--such as travel, transportation, food, incidentals, passport and international identification card fees--are the student's responsibility.

The Application: For registration instructions and further information about fees and requirements contact in the first instance the UNC Summer School:

Summer School

134 E. Franklin Street

Room 200, CB 3340

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3340

Summer_school@unc.edu

As many as 10 student positions are available. Students will be selected on the basis of the quality of their application and an interview with the project director. For more information contact Professor Haggis or the UNC Summer School for an Azoria Project Application form:

Professor Donald C. Haggis

Department of Classics, UNC-Chapel Hill

CB # 3145, 212 Murphey Hall

Chapel Hill NC 27599-3145 U.S.A.

Phone: 919-962-7640 / Fax: 919-962-4036

Email: dchaggis@email.unc.edu

or directors@azoria.org

The Cecina Valley Project began in 1987 with the aim of investigating the rural archaeology of the area of the Cecina River, concentrating in particular on the Etruscan, Roman and early Medieval periods (roughly 600 B.C. – A.D. 1000). The fieldwork carried out up to now has involved the systematic survey of over 100 sq. km (leading to the discovery of over 500 sites) and the excavation of two small rural farm sites (occupied between 300 B.C. and A.D. 500).

The 2003 season will concentrate on the excavation of a new site, located at the Torre di Donoratico. This is a major Etruscan and Roman fortified settlement along the coast, probably one of the main castella through which Volterra controlled its vast territory, with an unbroken continuity of elite occupation from the archaic Etruscan period through the 1400s A.D. In collaboration with the School of Medieval Archaeology at University of Siena, large portions of the settlement will be explored and the pre-Medieval sequence will be entirely under the responsibility of Professor Nicola Terrenato of UNC-Chapel Hill. Preliminary work at the site suggests that it could provide key evidence about the survival of Etruscan culture and society into the Roman period and about the Late Roman-Early Medieval transition period. The project will be accepting some volunteers to participate in this summer’s season. They will be trained and involved in all the activities in the field, as well as in finds processing and data recording. Undergraduate and Graduate students with a serious interest in Mediterranean Archaeology are invited to apply. The research team will be based in a renovated farmstead near Castagneto Carducci. The individual share of the costs for four weeks will be $1,600. This will include accommodation in bedrooms with 2-4 beds, meals on weekdays (prepared by a local cook) and daily transportation to the site. The team will be in the field Monday through Friday.

Please direct applications and further inquiries to:

Professor Nicola Terrenato

Department of Classics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CB# 3145, 212 Murphey Hall

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3145

(919) 962 7655 / fax (919) 962 4036

** Applications should include a CV and a cover letter explaining your interest in the project. Knowledge of Italian a plus. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2003.

The American Classical League's Merita/Meritus awards are intended to recognize sustained and distinguished service to the Classics profession generally and to ACL in particular.

ELIGIBILITY: A candidate must have been an ACL member for at least five years (and, unless retired, be a current member) and a current or retired teacher of classical languages or classical humanities, broadly defined, at any level K-12 or college/university. Current members of the ACL Executive Committee are not eligible.

SELECTION: Up to four recipients will be selected each spring by an awards committee consisting of teachers at the elementary, middle-school, high-school, and university levels. Recipients will be recognized and their awards presented by the ACL President at the annual ACL Institute banquet.

NOMINATIONS: The required nomination forms are available online at www.aclclassics.org or by mail from Prof. Richard A. LaFleur, Chair, Merita/Meritus Awards Committee, Department of Classics, Park Hall, Univ. of Georgia, Athens GA 30602-6203. Completed forms and full curricula vitae/resumes for the nominees must be mailed (not faxed) to the Awards Committee Chair at the above address

and postmarked no later than February 15.

Featuring Keynote Speaker Dr. John Bodel, Professor of Classics, Brown University

Ancient attitudes towards death are remarkably diverse: one need only observe the coexistence of Christian teleology and the physics of Democritus, or traditional Greek burial customs and Heraclitus’ pronouncement that "corpses are better tossed out than excrement" On the other hand, the wide distribution of Attic funerary vases implies a certain unity across barriers of culture and geography. Likewise, death exists as a topos in literary genres from Archaic Greek Lyric to Late Latin Elegy, yet into these genres ancient authors import a range of individual attitudes toward death. Funerary sculpture, inscriptions, and mausoleum architecture all reflect interactions between relatively fixed artistic or cultural practices and the unique perceptions of the individuals who execute or commission such art. Mystery cults - those of Dionysus, Orpheus, Isis, and others - also offer hope after death to thousands of initiates throughout the Mediterranean. We invite graduate students in the fields of classical literature, history, philosophy, religion, art, and archaeology to submit papers that contribute to our understanding of ancient attitudes towards death. Please direct all inquiries to:

Molly M. Maddox

Department of Classical Studies

Duke University

236 Allen Building

PO Box 90103

Durham, NC 27708-0103 U.S.A.

phone: 919-684-5076

fax: 919-681-4262

email: molly.maddox@duke.edu

For the twelfth year, the American Academy in Rome will sponsor the Summer Program in Archaeology. Intended for graduate students, it provides an overview of archaeological problems and methods for students in all fields of classical studies. The 2003 program is made possible with support from the Concordia Foundation.

Application Deadline: 15 March 2003

Overview: The Summer Program in Archaeology was conceived in 1991 to give graduate students in all areas of Classical studies an overview of current developments in archaeological method and theory, focusing on ancient Italy and the ancient Mediterranean world. The seven-week course teaches twelve selected participants the objectives and methods of archaeology through instruction and hands-on experience in active archaeological research. The program is divided into two parts: three weeks in residence at the American Academy for lectures and the opportunity to study the monuments and sources offered by Rome itself, and four weeks on-site at an archaeological excavation. Part of the fieldwork will include joining the Stanford University excavations at Monte Polizzo in west Sicily, directed by Professor Ian Morris.

Eligibility: The program is open to graduate students in archaeology, Classics, and art history, though qualified advanced undergraduate students may also be considered.

Costs and Logistics: A fee of $2,500, which covers tuition, partial room and board, and travel within Italy, must be paid to the Academy's office in New York by 15 May 2003. This amount does not cover the cost of transportation to and from Italy. Participants should be prepared to pay for additional meals, any travel not directly related to the program and other personal expenses such as laundry. Participants will be accommodated in the newly renovated building at Via Masina 5b adjoining the main Academy building, with multi-room apartments. Participants will be housed in double rooms with shared baths. Applicants should note that there is no air conditioning either at the Academy or in most public buildings in Rome. Lunch and dinner are provided at the Academy Monday through Saturday. Each participant will receive a bill itemizing charges for phone calls and other incidental expenses.

How to Apply: Applications should consist of a cover letter explaining why the program is of interest, a curriculum vitae and two sealed letters of recommendation. Applications should be sent to:

Professor Ingrid Rowland

Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
American Academy in Rome

7 East 60 Street

New York, NY 10022

2003 Director: Professor Ann Vasaly, FAAR’83, of Boston University

Overview: The Classical Summer School is designed to provide its participants with a well-founded understanding of the growth and development of the ancient city of Rome and its immediate environs from the earliest times to the age of Constantine through a careful study of material remains and literary sources. Daily visits to sites and museums will be preceded and accompanied by lectures intended to offer an introduction to the material and place it within its context. Besides frequent excursions within Rome, the group will take field trips to major sites such as Palestrina, the Alban Hills, Ostia, Cerveteri, Tarquinia and Veii. The program can be physically demanding due to the frequent field trips and the summer heat of Rome. Graduate credit for teachers is available at an extra cost to the tuition; interested applicants should contact the Director for further information.

Application Deadline: 3 March 2003

Eligibility: The Classical Summer School is open to graduate students (and mature undergraduates) of Classics, ancient history, Classical art or Classical archaeology; and to middle school, high school, and two-year college teachers, a significant component of whose teaching involves Latin, ancient Greek or Classical civilization. Preference will be given to those who have a Master's degree in one of these areas and have not studied previously in Italy.

Tuition: $1,400. Tuition plus fees, room and board will total approximately $4,600, excluding round-trip airfare and personal expenses. Please refer to the scholarships section below for ways to help finance participation in the program.

All application materials must be mailed to the Director:

Professor Ann Vasaly

Department of Classics

745 Commonwealth Avenue

Boston University

Boston, MA 02215

The Department of Classics at the University of Georgia will offer Intensive Greek during the Summer Session June 12-August 4. We will cover volumes one and two of Athenaze. Students who complete the> course will be well prepared to enter intermediate Greek in the Fall. Costs for Summer Session have not been determined but on the basis of last year tuition would be $1056 in-state and $1888 out-of-state. Housing is available. The instructors are Keith Dix (tkdix@uga.edu) and Chuck Platter (cplatter@uga.edu). Please feel free to contact either of us for further information.

Each summer the Classics Summer Institute at the University of Georgia offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate Latin and Classics courses and, in odd-numbered years, Intensive Beginning Greek. The Institute curriculum is supplemented by workshops and guest lectures by visiting Master Teachers and other scholars. The program is designed especially for Latin teachers who wish to continue their education or earn a Master’s degree in Latin on a summers-only basis. The 15 faculty members of the department share in a tradition of cooperation with high school teachers and programs which has culminated in an exciting and challenging curriculum. Scholarship assistance is available and Latin teachers pay only the low in-state Georgia tuition.

Here are this summer's offerings:

*AP OVID (LATN 4220/6220) Prof. Nancy Felson

*THE LATIN NOVEL (LATN 4400/6400) Prof. T. Keith Dix

*ARCHAEOLOGY OF ROMAN CARTHAGE (CLAS 8020) Prof. Naomi J. Norman

*INTENSIVE BEGINNING GREEK 1 (GREK 2050) Prof. T. Keith Dix

*INTENSIVE BEGINNING GREEK 2 (GREK 2060) Prof. Charles Platter

*MYTHOLOGY (CLAS 1020, an undergraduate course with special materials for teachers); Prof. Charles Platter

*GERMAN FOR READING KNOWLEDGE (GERM 3500) TBA by the Department of Germanic

& Slavic Languages

*FRENCH FOR READING KNOWLEDGE (FREN 2500) TBA by the Department of Romance Languages

Classes are held from mid-June to early August; most courses are offered in intense four-week short sessions. The Department of Classics houses both the Alexander Room, a quiet, comfortable reading room and reference library with approximately 3,200 volumes, and a state-of-the-art computer lab for its students and is adjacent to the University's three-million volume library. For more information about the Institute and our courses, please consult our web site at http://www.classics.uga.edu/summer_institute/ or email gradinq@arches.uga.edu.

w Athenian Law in its Democratic Context

The Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University announces an online discussion series, "Athenian Law in its Democratic Context," featuring lectures by scholars and bulletin boards for discussion moderated by classicists. The schedule of lectures and discussions, which will run from mid-February through mid-March 2003, can be found at www.chs.harvard.edu. Lectures, archived discussions, and supplementary material about Athenian law will remain available on the site after the conclusion of the series. The series is free of charge and designed to interest a broad audience. All material will be available in English over the internet.

The series will include the following lectures:

*An Introduction to the Athenian Democracy, Christopher Blackwell (Furman)

*An Introduction to the Athenian Legal System, Victor Bers (Yale) and Adriaan Lanni (Harvard)

*Transforming a Dispute into a Case, Steven Johnstone (U. Arizona)

*Law and Economy, Edward Harris (Brooklyn College)

*Athenian Homicide Law: Case Studies, Michael Gagarin (U. Texas at Austin)

*Punishment in Ancient Athens, Danielle Allen (U. Chicago)

*Family Law in Athens, Konstantinos Kapparis (U. Florida)

*Sycophancy and Attitudes toward Litigation, Matthew Christ (U. Indiana)

*Gadfly on Trial: Socrates as Citizen and Social Critic, Josiah Ober (Princeton