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 DEPARTMENTAL NEWS & EVENTS
PUBLIC LECTURE "Playing the Fool: Aristophanes' Wasps in Christchurch, New Zealand by DR. ROBIN BOND Associate Professor, Canterbury University, Christchurch, NZ Dr. Bond has become very well known in Australia and New Zealand for producing, translating, directing and acting in drama, both ancient and modern. In this lecture, he will reflect on his recent production (2010) of Aristophanes' Wasps in Christchurch, New Zealand. Thursday, September 29, 2011, 5:00pm Bagnani Hall, Traill College, 310 London Street ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. Sponsored by the Bagnani and Nind Funds and the Department of Ancient History & Classics
CONVOCATION 2011
AGRS Graduates and Professors of Ancient History & Classics. Taken June 2011.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS: Three AHCL Students Win Prestigious Bews Scholarship Congratulations to Christine Gilbert-Harrison, Dylan Morningstar and Amanda Novosedlik, who have each been chosen for a Bews Scholarship for 2011-12. This full tuition scholarship is awarded to students who demonstrate academic excellence and are enrolled in full-time studies in their second, third or fourth year of an undergraduate degree in Classical Studies, Modern Languages, or English Literature. The award is named for Janet Bews (1938-2000), who was a professor in the Ancient History & Classics Department at Trent University from 1966 to 1999. She was an ardent supporter of college life and her research interests embraced the disciplines that are recognized by this scholarship.
+++++++++++++++++++++ Three AGRS majors (Heather Boyd, Katie McMaster and Julianna Will) attend second season of the Ayia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological project, co-directed by Evi Gorogianni (University of Akron) and Rodney Fitzsimons (AH & Classics, Trent University) which took place between June 22 and August 2, 2010. Click here for full article and photos. ++++++++++++++++++++++ CONGRATULATIONS to Creighton Avery, who has been named an Academic All-Canadian. The award is given to students who excel in both academics and athletics (in Creighton’s case, rowing). Creighton has also been active for a number of years in international development projects both within Canada and abroad; at Trent, she is involved in the Impact Leadership Program and volunteers for the Disability Services Office. Way to go, Creighton! +++++++ CONGRATULATIONS to Marie Rozema, a joint major in Ancient Greek & Roman Studies and Anthropology who has won the Harry S. Maynard Scholarship for Classical Studies Abroad, from the Ontario Classical Association. This major scholarship will allow Marie to go to Greece this summer to pursue archaeological fieldwork as part of her degree.
CONVOCATION 2010
Back row (left to right): Jennifer Moore, Ian Storey, Sean Lockwood, Hugh Elton, George Kovacs; Front row: Grads: Cassie Jasinski, Barb Smith, Kathy Axcell and Ali Campion
PAST NEWSClassics Drama Group 2011 This year the Conachers Players will be performing another Greek comedy, Menander's "A Man Who Hates People".
Ontario Classical Association Conference at Traill College The Ontario Classical Association met at Traill College on March 28, 2009. All bar one of the in-town members of Ancient History and Classics attended. We were very fortunate to have Christine McKinnon to open the conference and attend the first part of the day. The OCA portion of the day included two speakers on academic topics and a session on teaching effectiveness (focussing on how to work with first year university students and the role of CAMWS (Classicists of the Atlantic and Mid-western States). Before lunch, we were able to have a webcast encomium on David Page delivered by Ian Storey, currently on sabbatical in Oxford. |
