The Association from time to time announces academic posts, scholarship opportunities, notices of competition deadlines and meetings of CASA. The most recent notices are shown below.
Autumn Meeting (Western Cape)
On Saturday 22 May 2021 Dr Bart Danon (St Andrews) will present a virtual paper to the Association titled ‘The distribution of wealth and the political economy of early-imperial Roman Italy’
The paper forms part of the Autumn Meeting of the Western Cape branch and is hosted by the University of Stellenbosch.
Akroterion 65 (2020) available online
Akroterion 65 (2020) as now been published and is available online at https://akroterion.journals.ac.za/pub
Table of Contents:
Richard Whitaker, POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE TO WEALTH IN HOMER’S ODYSSEY
Amy Martin, PORTRAIT OF A POET: ERINNA’S EKPHRASTIC EPIGRAM, AP 6.352
Martine de Marre, WARFARE AND WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
Dylan Futter, SOCRATES ON POETRY AND THE WISDOM OF SIMONIDES
Luiz Ribeiro, ‘YOUR LOVE IS LIKE BAD MEDICINE’: THE MEDICAL TRADITION OF LOVESICKNESS IN THE LEGENDS OF HIPPOCRATES AND ERASISTRATUS OF CEOS
Anthofili Kallergi, SELF-DEPRECATION OF HORACE’S SATIRICAL VOICE DURING THE SATURNALIA CELEBRATIONS (SATIRES 2.3 AND 2.7)
Marianne Dircksen, ANALOGOUS CHARACTERS: TACITUS’ LIVIA AUGUSTA AND AGRIPPINA MINOR
Louise Müller, SAINT NICHOLAS’ BELEAGUERED BLACK COMPANION(S): A STUDY OF THE CONTESTED NATURE AND LATE ANTIQUE HISTORY OF SANTA’S HELPERS IN THE DUTCH SAINT NICHOLAS FEAST
Michael Lambert, HERODOTUS AND THE 1820 SETTLERS IN SOUTH AFRICA: HISTORIOGRAPHIES OF COLONIZATION AND THE ‘CACOPHONY OF VOICES’
Nikola Bruni, THE PROFESSIONAL GREEK MERCENARY IN SAITE EGYPT
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Odyssey Book 11 in Mozambique
Watch a reading of Rhapsody 11 of the Odyssey, organized by Dr. Carla Bocchetti (French Institute of South Africa). The video was produced in Maputo, Mozambique (as part of the CHS ‘Odyssey Round the World’ series) and the reading is from Professor Richard Whitaker’s Southern African English translation together with translations into other languages, including Changana, Cicopi, Citshwa, Gitonga, Shimakonde, and Swahili.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIgBeMiv8Ug
The recording will be available from the 9th of December
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Junior Lecturer position at NWU, Potchefstroom
The purpose of the position is to undertake the responsibilities in respect of the teaching of Latin, Ancient Culture Studies, Legal Terminology; research in the Focus Area for Ancient Texts; as well as general administration in the School for Ancient Languages and Text Studies.
Junior Lecturer Latin
Contract: Permanent
Position number: P000163
Peromnes: A9
North-West University (Potchefstroom)
Faculty of Theology
School of Ancient Language and Text Studies
Minimum Requirements:
Honours Degree in Latin- NQF Level 8
Membership in National Subject Associations
Other competency requirements:
2 years’ experience in lecturing of Latin language courses on NQF levels 4-7
1 year’ experience in lecturing of legal termination on NQF level 5
1 year’ experience in lecturing Ancient Culture courses on NQF level 5-7
1 year of supervision on postgraduate levels (if applicable)
1 year’ experience in teaching of online courses
2 years’ involvement and presentation of paper at relevant national and international subject association
Behavioural competencies:
A dynamic personality that can deal with organisational responsibilities and be innovative and creative.
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Junior Lecturer position at Stellenbosch
Junior Lecturer
(Ref. LSW04/225/1020)
The Department studies the ancient cultures and languages of the Mediterranean and Western Asia and offers modules in Ancient Cultures, Biblical Hebrew, Ancient Greek, Latin and Classical Legal Culture.
Position Type: Permanent
Duties:
- Undergraduate teaching of Ancient Cultures and Latin or Greek;
- Postgraduate supervision (on Honours and Master’s level);
- Researching topics in Ancient Cultures and/or Latin and/or Greek and publishing research findings;
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