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From: Ivan Cohen, Mount Allison University
            <icohen@mta.ca>

The Crake Foundation and the Department of Classics at Mount Allison University are pleased to announce the Crake Doctoral Fellowship in Classics for the academic year 2003-2004.

The Crake Fellowship is non-renewable, open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents who at the time of taking up the fellowship have completed all course and residential requirements for the Doctorate in Classics, passed all preliminary examinations and completed the research for the thesis, and who can reasonably be expected to finish the doctorate during the year of the fellowship.

The holder will be asked to teach one course in each of the Fall and Winter terms, give a public lecture, and be in Sackville from September to May.

In 2003-2004 the holder of the Crake Fellowship will receive $21,000, with an allowance of up to $2,500 to cover moving and other research-associated expenses.

Applications should include official transcripts and three letters of reference.  The thesis supervisor should be asked to write concerning the subject of the thesis and the expected date for its final submission. Applicants should also send a statement regarding the progress of their doctoral studies, including their schedule for completion, and a 1-2 page synopsis of their thesis.

Completed applications should be sent to:

Dr. Ivan Cohen, Head
Department of Classics
Mount Allison University
63D York Street
Sackville, N. B.  E4L 1G9

The deadline for receipt of applications is February 28, 2003. We welcome applications from all qualified women and men, including aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities.

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From: Roland Jeffreys, Carleton University
            <rjeffrey@ccs.carleton.ca>

The College of Humanities invites applications for a two-year appointment in Classics (with the possibility of renewal) at the Lecturer or Assistant Professor level, subject to budgetary approval. The program in Classics and Religion is housed in the College of Humanities. Candidates should have competence in both Greek and Latin and a broad grasp of Classical Civilization. The ability to teach a course in Classical mythology will be an asset. Ph.D completed, or near to completion, required as well as a commitment to effective teaching and scholarly research. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. The applications of Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. Carleton University is committed to equality of employment for women, aboriginal peoples, visible minorities and persons with disabilities.  Persons from these groups are encouraged to apply. A letter of application, a curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference are to be sent by March 31, 2003 to: Prof. Roland Jeffreys, Dunton Tower 2121, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6. For further information see http://www.carleton,ca/chum/  or http://www.carleton.ca/classics/

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From: Teresa Smith, Queen's University
            <classics@post.queensu.ca>

Queen's University, Department of Classics invites applications for a Term Adjunct position for the academic year 2003-04.  The successful applicant will teach two full course equivalents (CLST 100-Introduction to Classical Literature; CLST 311- Greek and Roman Epic; CSLT 312-Greek and Roman Drama).  Rank will be commensurate with qualifications, stipend $25,000.00.  The position is subject to budgetary approval.

Applications should include a full curriculum vitae, a statement of research and teaching interests, and samples of writing.  These materials and three confidential letters of reference should be sent to Professor Dietmar K. Hagel, Head, Department of Classics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6.  Phone (613) 533-2745; fax (613) 533-6739; email classics@post.queensu.ca.    Deadline for applications is March 31, 2003.

Queen's University is committed to an employment equity programme and encourages applications from all qualified women and men, including visible minorities, aboriginal people, persons with disabilities, gay men and lesbians.  All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority.  Academic staff at Queen's University are governed by a collective agreement, the details of which are posted at http://www.queensu.ca/qufa.

Conference Announcements

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From: Michael Carter, Brock University
            <mjcarter@spartan.ac.brocku.ca>

10:30 AM  ARRIVAL and preparations.

11:00 AM LUNCHEON with guest speakers, BUAS organizers, and the Department of Classics faculty in A246.
12:00 PM INTRODUCTIONS
Tina Ross, BUAS Vice-President
Prof. Michael Carter, Department of Classics, Brock University

12:30 PM LECTURE
Prof. Alison Keith, Associate Professor, Department of Classics, University of Toronto
“Love and Desire in the Women’s Quarters: Latin Epic on Female Passion”
Discussion

1:15 PM LECTURE
Prof. Bonnie MacLachlan, Associate Professor, Department of Classical Studies, University of Western Ontario
“Sive Deus, Sive Dea? Cypriot Aphrodite”
Discussion

2:00 PM LECTURE
Prof. Barbara Gold , Professor, Department of Classics, Hamilton College
“The Erotics of Silence and Death: How Propertius’ Women Talk”
Discussion

3:00 PM INTERMISSION – raffles and refreshments.

3:45 PM LECTURE
Prof. Aara Suksi, Assistant Professor, Department of Classical Studies, University of Western Ontario
“Death and Desire in Sophocles’ Trachiniae”
Discussion

4:30 PM LECTURE
Prof. Holt Parker, Associate Professor, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati
“How to Think about Sex: Anthropology and Ancient Sexuality”
Discussion

5:30 PM CONCLUSION
Jennifer Phenix, BUAS President
Prof. Richard Parker, Chair, Department of Classics, Brock University

7:00 PM BANQUET at Fresco’s

Organizers: Karla Pollmann, St Andrews; Eric Casey, Sweet Briar College; William Harris, Columbia University; Brad Inwood, University of Toronto; Robert A. Kaster, Princeton; David Konstan, Brown University; Irmgard Männlein-Robert, Würzburg; Matt Roller, Johns Hopkins; David Wray, University of Chicago.

The cultural centrality and conceptual rigor of ancient "virtue language" provides a rich ground for exploring notions, representations and transformations of ancient virtues and vices. In the last decade or so, "virtue ethics" has become an increasingly prevalent avenue of investigation in modern ethical reflections, focusing on aretaic concepts of excellence and (in fewer cases) their opposites, and on the moral character and motives of actions. This new departure within ethical philosophy, which is influenced by Aristotle but has so far hardly taken any Latin texts into account, will provide the questions to be considered in the panels of the proposed colloquium and may also be challenged by papers. The colloquium focuses on Roman culture, from the beginnings of Latin literature through Late Antiquity, including early Christianity. It aims at contextualizing the academic conversation about virtue ethics in a new way by paying more attention to ancient social contexts-for example, through examining and questioning the specific "Romanness" of given ethical values, as well as their relation to Greek culture.   Interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged, especially those involving philosophy, history with its subdisciplines, as well as linguistic and literary investigations. Junior scholars are welcome.

For the APA meeting in 2004 we solicit papers on the following topic:

Roman Virtues, Vices and Cultural History
Roman virtues and vices, whether we take our evidence concerning them as inventions or as reflections of reality, can be fully understood only in relation to social and cultural aspects of their historical context. Questions addressed by individual papers might include: What does it mean, culturally, to speak of a Roman ethics of virtue, and how is Roman virtue ethics related to Roman (and Greek) cultural norms? Does Roman ethics claim to have universal, objective norms as a basis? Can Roman
morality be captured in a set of widely applicable, rational rules, or are particularist considerations about the character or affective disposition of an individual central in Roman ethics? How can more precise definitions of Latin names for ethical vices, and more nuanced understanding of how those vices are enacted in literature and political discourse, help to map out Roman cultural history?

For the APA meeting in 2004, abstracts (no more than 800 words) are due by February 10, 2003. Submit abstracts, by email (preferred) or as hard copy with disk, to David Wray <d-wray@uchicago.edu>, University of Chicago, Classics Department, 1010 East 59th Street, Chicago IL 60637. Abstracts will be judged anonymously by two referees.