Saturday, September 4, 2010

Call for Papers: The 32nd annual conference of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies

Call for Papers: The 32nd annual conference of the Australasian
Society for Classical Studies (ASCS)

The Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of
Auckland is pleased to host the 32nd annual conference of the
Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS), which this year
will also incorporate the Triennial Conference of New Zealand
Universities' Classics Departments. The conference will be held from
Monday 24 January 2011 to Thursday 27 January 2011 at the University
of Auckland's main city campus (Auckland, New Zealand).

We hereby invite abstracts for papers (20 - 25 minutes long, followed
by discussion) from academic staff, graduate students and other
interested parties on any aspect of the classical world. We are
particularly keen to encourage papers on a broad range of literary,
historical, and archaeological topics.

Some suggested areas of interest include: Classical literature;
Greco-Roman history; Ancient Egypt; Late Antiquity; Ancient
Philosophy; Warfare; Trade and Economy; Ancient Art and Material
Culture

Please register and submit individual abstracts via the conference
website (www.ascs32.com). Offers of coordinated panels are also
welcome. Please contact the conference conveners (Info@ascs32.com)
for additional information. All abstracts should be submitted by 1
October 2010.

Conference convenors:
Dr Jeremy Armstrong [js.armstrong@auckland.ac.nz]
Assoc. Prof. Anne Mackay [anne.mackay@auckland.ac.nz]

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