There is a series of Pompeii - and Herculaneum - themed seminars in the Department of Classics at the University of Reading (UK) in February and March.
4 February 2009, Wednesday, 4 p.m. Professor Michael Fulford (Reading): “Pompeii: Recent Excavations in the House of Amarantus”.
11 February 2009, Wednesday, 4 p.m. Professor Henrik Mouritsen (King’s College London): “Writing and space in the Roman house”.
25 February 2009, Wednesday, 4 p.m. Virginia L. Campbell (Reading):“Words, Words, Words: A Look at Pompeian Funerary Inscriptions” and Dave Newsome (Birmingham): “Pompeii’s imperial forum: Rome’s logica chiusa”.
4 March 2009, Wednesday, 4 p.m. Professor Robert Fowler (Bristol): “Herculaneum: Challenges and Prospects for Future Development”.
For further information, see the department website, http://www.rdg.ac.uk/classics/
A blog for all those who work on Pompeii and the other archaeological sites of the Bay of Naples.
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Dobbins and Foss, World of Pompeii review
A review of The World of Pompeii was published yesterday in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2009.1.21). See http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2009/2009-01-21.html.
It is also reviewed in the latest Journal of Roman Archaeology (vol. 21, 2008), as is The Complete Pompeii.
It is also reviewed in the latest Journal of Roman Archaeology (vol. 21, 2008), as is The Complete Pompeii.
Symposium: National Gallery
There will be an open-to-the-public symposium at the National Gallery in Washington DC in March. Here is the information about it :
Roman Art and Culture on the Bay of Naples
Illustrated lectures by noted scholars, including John Bodel, Lucilla Burn, Faya Causey, John R. Clarke, Bjorn Ewald, Natalie Kampen, Barbara Kellum, Miranda Marvin, Rebecca Molholt, John Pollini, and Hérica Valladares
March 20 11:00am-5:00pm, East Building Auditorium
March 21 1:00-5:00pm, East Building Auditorium
Molly Swetnam-Burland
Roman Art and Culture on the Bay of Naples
Illustrated lectures by noted scholars, including John Bodel, Lucilla Burn, Faya Causey, John R. Clarke, Bjorn Ewald, Natalie Kampen, Barbara Kellum, Miranda Marvin, Rebecca Molholt, John Pollini, and Hérica Valladares
March 20 11:00am-5:00pm, East Building Auditorium
March 21 1:00-5:00pm, East Building Auditorium
Molly Swetnam-Burland
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Oebalus 3, 2008
Informo gli amici del blog che oggi è stato pubblicato il 'Oebalus' 3, 2008, che contiene anche alcuni articoli di argomento 'pompeiano'
http://www.bardieditore.com/book/24004.html.
Felice
http://www.bardieditore.com/book/24004.html.
Felice
Monday, 19 January 2009
Boscoreale silver
Another article: http://www.ilmediano.it/aspx/visArticolo.aspx?id=4412. Renato Profili and co have approached the Italian ambassador to UNESCO about producing copies of the Boscoreale silver, found in the Pisanella Villa in 1897, and putting them on display in the Antiquarium of Boscoreale.
I can't honestly say that I would approve (although it's unlikely anything will come of the idea) ... Few enough tourists get out to the Antiquarium as it is. I would rather the money be spent on improving facilities at Pompeii. More loos, for example! Or more custodians and more open houses. A functioning restaurant would be nice too.
I can't honestly say that I would approve (although it's unlikely anything will come of the idea) ... Few enough tourists get out to the Antiquarium as it is. I would rather the money be spent on improving facilities at Pompeii. More loos, for example! Or more custodians and more open houses. A functioning restaurant would be nice too.
Herculaneum
See http://www.ilmediano.it/aspx/visArticolo.aspx?id=4417 for a report about new work financed by the comune to smarten up the parts of modern Ercolano that overlook the excavations of Herculaneum. There is a reference to future plans: "il nostro prossimo obiettivo sarà portare alla luce un’insula di Herculaneum e, con il programma Più Europa, anche l’antica basilica di Nono Balbio".
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