Classical Conferences and Meetings in 2014 and 2015
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NB: As best as possible, we also note presentations by B-C authors.
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Annual Convention and World Language Expo
November 21–23, 2014
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
San Antonio, TX
Representatives: Allan Bolchazy and Don Sprague
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SCS / AIA—Society for Classical Studies and Archaeological Institute of AmericaJoint Annual Meeting
January 8–11, 2015
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, LA
Representatives: Marie and Allan Bolchazy, Bridget Dean, and Donald Sprague
CANE—The Classical Association of New England
109th Annual Meeting
March 13–14, 2015
Noble and Greenough School
Dedham, MA
Representative: Donald Sprague
CAMWS—The Classical Association of the Middle West and South
111th CAMWS Meeting
March 25–28, 2015
Millennium Harvet House at the invitation of the University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
Representatives: Marie and Allan Bolchazy, Bridget Dean, and Donald Sprague
International Congress on Medieval Studies
50th Congress
May 14–17, 2015
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
Representatives: Adam Velez and Laurel Draper
ACL—American Classical League
68th Annual ACL Institute
June 25–28, 2015
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Representatives: Marie and Allan Bolchazy, Laurel Draper, and Donald Sprague
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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
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by Stephen Greenblatt
A friend of mine recommended the The Swerve to me—told me he was sure I would want to read it. He was right. It is indeed a riveting tale about the discovery of Lucretius’s poem, De rerum natura, which had been lost for more than a thousand years. Poggio Bracciolini, the greatest book hunter ever, found a copy of the poem in a German monastery. Its return to circulation changed the course of history. Indeed, its vision helped shaped the ideas of Galileo, Freud, Darwin, and Einstein. Thomas Jefferson, when asked about his philosophy, wrote “I am an Epicurean,” and traces of Lucretius’s vision are evident in Jefferson’s writing. Consider that Jefferson included the pursuit of happiness, an Epicurean goal, to be a goal worthy of including in the Declaration of Independence.
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My fascination with The Swerve began by reading praise for it from such notables as Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge. My fascination increased when I read Greenblatt’s preface. His mother was obsessed and terrified by the thought of death, and so Lucretius’s meditation on the fear of death struck a deep chord in him. The preface also brought to my mind the views of my late husband. When Lou Bolchazy was completing his doctoral program, his special author was Lucretius, and Lucretius’s vision influenced him greatly. Lou became an Epicurean. I could almost hear him talking to me as I read the preface and then again later in the book when Lucretius’s principles were delineated.
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The book is well researched and well worth reading. While it will appeal to all educated readers (the friend who recommended it to me has not studied Latin), it will have a special resonance for classicists.
Marie Bolchazy, EdD
President, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
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A Latin Word That Says It All
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Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission is simple: Explain the news. Politics, public policy, world affairs, pop culture, science, business, etc.
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In anticipation of the holiday season, we offer a free download of “O Abies (Oh Christmas Tree)” in Latin from the Christmas CD O Abies.
Recognizing the respect for the diversity of religious perspectives in our classrooms, this CD is not appropriate for every classroom. However, the tradition of the evergreen tree marking the celebration of the solstice provides a multicultural perspective and teachable moment.
Download O Abies for classroom use.Composer, Musicians: Teddy Irwin, Constance Claire CouchProduct Code: 00001ISBN: 8-29218-00001-1 |
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Important Classics Deadlines
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"Sabinus and Cotta in Caesar's Bellum Gallicum"
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014 6:00–7:00 PM EST
Presenter: John Jacobs, Montclair Kimberly Academy, Montclair, New Jersey
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The Caesar component of the AP® Latin Curriculum is here to stay. Master Teacher John Jacobs presents a case study for how to help make the Bellum Gallicum more interesting and exciting for students.
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Are you also noting how quickly we’ve arrived at mid-November? Midterm grades have come and gone and now I fret “how can I catch up?” with my Humanities 202 syllabus! I hope you and your classes are on target with the syllabus as you negotiate the busy-ness of the holiday season.
Please be sure to scroll to the very bottom of this issue. We want you to know, before the general public, the details for our 40% off Cyber Monday Sale.
You’ll find this issue provides several insights into our president at Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers—Marie Carducci Bolchazy, EdD. Marie recommends an engaging book for classics folks in the section Classics Tidbits. Please join us as we salute Marie who was recently recognized by the Barrington, IL Rotary Club as “Rotarian of the Year.” We note that Marie has led several discussion sessions with her Rotary Club colleagues on such classic classics as The Aeneid and Cicero’s De senectute. For more about Rotary, please see below.
If you haven’t already signed up, do consider our last webinar for the fall semester. John Jacobs, PhD, presents “Sabinus and Cotta in Caesar's Bellum Gallicum,” which will provide insight on these two key characters in the AP® Latin Caesar passages and will show how you can develop similar analyses with your AP® Latin students. If you have suggestions for the spring semester webinar lineup, shoot me an email: don@bolchazy.com.
As we celebrate our national day of Thanksgiving, please know that all of us at Bolchazy-Carducci give you thanks for your colleagueship, your suggestions, your loyalty, and your patronage. May you and your family enjoy this special holiday.
Don Sprague
Editor
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 Last Spring, I saw a wonderfully effective infographic that was focused on the most common grammar mistakes in English and how to avoid them. I started thinking about whether there might be some benefits to trying to represent Latin grammar visually for students. I was somewhat hesitant because I do not have a design background and I have often been disappointed in my ability to create something that is visually appealing. I set out to find a web product that was easy to learn, available online, and free. In my search I came across a website called Canva—an online design tool that seemed to meet my requirements. Canva has also made an iPad app available. Equipped with a wide range of templates, color palates, fonts, and images, Canva makes it easy to design a visually appealing poster even for those of us with no graphic design experience.
At the start of the school year, during a review unit for Latin 3, I put together an infographic-style poster that showed how to conjugate the past tenses in Latin as well as the differences that they represent. It was a successful first attempt. Instead of having my students read the relevant chapters from their textbooks, they looked at my poster to identify the important pieces of information. I checked for understanding to make sure that they could recognize and produce the different tenses and also articulate their uses.It occurred to me that the creation of an infographic would be a valuable exercise for students to undertake. One of my classes was learning about the cursus honorum, so I assigned the students some readings and then asked them to create an infographic to demonstrate their understanding. I gave students instructions on how to set up an account and access the tutorials that Canva provides. Then, after reading the assigned materials for homework, I gave then 25 minutes to create their infographic. They did an excellent job and I was really happy with the results. I have since discovered that Canva has some really excellent online workshops that teachers can use to get students thinking about the basic elements of design. To get started with Canva, go to www.canva.com. Don’t forget to take a look at the “Design School” for best practices.
Lynne West
Bellarmine Preparatory School
San Jose, CA
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Join us in congratulating Marie Bolchazy
Barrington, IL Rotarian of the Year!
Marie Bolchazy accepts her award as “Rotarian of the Year.”
The plaque honors Marie for her distinguished service, loyalty, and devotion to the ideals of Rotary.
A Rotary Club Primer
We are 1.2 million neighbors, friends, and community leaders who come together to create positive, lasting change in our communities and around the world.
Rotary International Emblem. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Our differing occupations, cultures, and countries give us a unique perspective. Our shared passion for service helps us accomplish the remarkable.
These principles have been developed over the years to provide Rotarians with a strong, common purpose and direction. They serve as a foundation for our relationships with each other and the action we take in the world.
Object of Rotary
The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
- FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
- SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
- THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;
- FOURTH: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
Individual clubs initiate projects that are
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- needs-based
- sustainable
- high impact
The Four-Way Test
The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships. The test has been translated into more than 100 languages, and Rotarians recite it at club meetings:
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Of the things we think, say or do
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- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
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Resources & Teaching Tips
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√ Sometime this month, the Vergilian Society will announce the 2014 Vergil Translation Exam, a great opportunity for your students to strut their stuff!
This bronze horn of plenty adorns the statue of King Louis XV in the Place Royale à Reims, France. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
√ For Thanksgiving, be sure to ask your Latin 1 and 2 students the etymology of cornucopia.
√ Have students explore Google Images for various depictions of the cornucopia. Break them into groups of four and five and have them present their two favorite images of the cornucopia from Roman art and three or four from later art.
√ Classics teachers educate the whole person and work to enhance their students’ capacity for empathy. As we celebrate Thanksgiving, consider this affective, reflective classroom activity.
Create a wall-size cornucopia for your Latin classroom. Ask your talented art students to assist you with its creation. They can also help you create fruit (fruges) and vegetable (holera) shapes from colored construction paper. Size those cutouts so that you have enough for each of your students. They can, of course, stream out of the cornucopia. The week before the holiday, carve 15–20 minutes from your regular classroom activities. Have the class settle into a reflective state and pose the question “For what are you most grateful this Thanksgiving?” Invite the students to share their answers Latine. Then, ask them to reduce that for which they are grateful to a single word or short phrase that they will print in Latin on their construction paper fruit or vegetable.
If your class is accustomed to rituals (some are more than others), develop one where each student solemnly attaches her cutout to the cornucopia on the wall and vocalizes its Latin word or phrase.
√ The release of the new movie Watchers of the Sky offers us all the opportunity to learn how the “power of one” and that person’s tenacity and persistence can change the world’s outlook. My students have always been fascinated with the etymology of “genocide,” a word coined in 1944 by Raphael Lemkin, from the Greek genos and the Latin caedo. This film tells Lemkin’s story and today’s crusaders against genocide. Let’s all put this movie on our “must see” list.
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Myth Is Truth: A Radio Series
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Unisex and Androgyny:
Reliving Our Mythical Origins
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers takes great pleasure in providing this ninth installment as a free download for classicists and students of mythology across the globe. Myth Is Truth, a series of interviews with Dr. Nancy Boyle as host and Dr. Lou Bolchazy as comparative mythology scholar, was broadcast by WLUC, Loyola University Chicago, in 1977, and by WRRG, Triton College, in 1978.
In this iteration of Dr. Bolchazy's Myth Is Truth series, we discuss the mythological origins of androgyny and its implications for modern life. Dr. Bolchazy addresses myths of androgyny present within both Judeo-Christian and ancient Greek traditions, delving into the various theories of gender that are present throughout human civilization to inform the ways we make meaning in this modern world. Discover your "better half" in the stories of antiquity.
Fresco series from the Church of St. Anne in Cazeaux de Larboust, southwestern France. The vaults of the nave depict some scenes from Genesis: the Creation of Adam and Eve, the Temptation, the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden and some scenes from the Last Judgement. The top scene shows God the Father wearing a tiara (the papal crown) as he admires his most recent creation—Eve created from a rib taken from a sleeping Adam. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Could not resist including this visual reference to a movie classic. Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife, Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn, work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband. Screenshot from original trailer for Adam's Rib now in public domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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Conference Report: The Texas Classical Association
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The Texas Classical Association met November 7 and 8 on the campus of the University of Texas San Antonio. William Duffy was our very gracious host, and Hans Mueller our featured speaker. Hans’s first presentation on nocturnal Rome and the perception of night and time spurred conversations around campus all weekend. His keynote address on Caesar as Pontifex was also excellent. Rachael Clark’s presentation on Interactive Notebooks (not electronic but created on paper), Katie James’s demonstration of Google Docs, and Lindy Olsen’s modern science fiction in the Latin classroom talk, as well as Frank Kelland’s excellent discussion of student recruitment, were touchstones for day to day instruction. Grace West’s Vergil the Ciceronian, Martin Wells’s personal account of excavations in the Gordian Polis, and of course Hans Mueller’s two talks fired us up for further research and scholarship. Robert Cape and Ned Tuck helped teachers with their insights into the AP® curriculum. In fine this was a very exciting and productive meeting.
Rose Williams
Editor’s Note: Authors Mueller and Williams autographed copies of their works for conference attendees. The authors were especially touched that a number of their colleagues brought copies from home for autographing.
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