Teacher of Classics (Latin & Ancient Greek). Job at Kamuzu Academy
Applications are invited from Classics graduates to teach Latin and Ancient Greek at Kamuzu Academy (Malawi). Previous experience teaching IGCSE Latin is desirable.
Please submit your application via email, together with your CV to: academic@ka.ac.mw
Closing date for applications: Monday 27th June 2022
See attached PDF for details:
Performing Ancient Greek Literature in a Time of Pandemic
Conference
23-24 June 2022
Organizers: Anastasia Bakogianni (Massey University, New Zealand) and Barbara Goff (University of Reading, UK)
Day 1: 23 June 2022 (Northern Hemisphere)
Day 2: 24 June (Southern Hemisphere)
Gustav Preller Prize for Bill Henderson
The Gustav Preller Prize for Literature and Literary Criticism has been awarded to Bill Henderson (University of Johannesburg).
Prof. Bill Henderson is a prolific intellectual whose career has spanned the past six decades; he works both on the literature of ancient Greece and Rome and on the promotion of Classics in South Africa. His passion is shown not only by his role as an inspirational lecturer and supervisor, but also by his various management positions within academia; Prof.
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In memoriam Corrie Schumann
† Cornelia Johanna Schumann (Née: de Waal): January 8, 1941 – 16 March 2022
It is with great sadness that we announce to you the passing of Corrie Schumann on 16 March 2022.
Corrie Schumann was born in Pretoria where she matriculated at the Afrikaans Hoër Meisieskool. She received her further education at the University of Stellenbosch where she obtained the BA degree and SOD with Latin and Afrikaans as majors. Serving as primaria of her residence, Huis Monica, she already as a student exhibited exceptional leadership qualities.
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In memoriam John Edward Atkinson
In memoriam John Edward Atkinson (20 October 1938 – 11 April 2022)
South African Classics in particular but also scholars of Alexander the Great will be deeply saddened by the sudden death of John Atkinson after a short illness.
John was a proud “Northerner”, who enjoyed an itinerant childhood, living and being educated in various parts of England as his father, a Methodist minister, was moved from church to church. After A levels he studied at the University of Durham, from which he graduated in 1961 with a BA (Hons) in Classical and General Literature.
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