Scavi di Pompei, assemblea sindacale-1 marzo 2010

Press release from the SAP - the excavations won't open until 10.30 tomorrow (Monday) because of a strike:

La Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei comunica che, per la convocazione di un’assemblea sindacale indetta dalle O.O.S.S. CISL, UIL, FLP, RDb lunedì 1 marzo, gli Scavi di Pompei, Ercolano, Oplontis, Stabia e Boscoreale potrebbero restare chiusi dalle ore 8.30 alle ore 10.30.

Al termine dell’assemblea l’attività dei siti archeologici riprenderà normalmente.

Vesuvian Archaeology Distribution List

Dear All,

I created an online spreadsheet, which I hope you all will contribute to fill in.

It aims to become the list of all the people involved in projects/research in the environs of Vesuvius and it could help us to get more in touch with each other and distribute articles etc. If you are one of them, or if you know them, please help me to fill in the data.

To contribute, just click this link:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AsVNPK77QckWdFk3WEJEU2txZzhCbS1GdnJBMVI0b2c&hl=en_GB

Thanks,

Ferdinando De Simone

St. John's College, Oxford

Festa della Donna 2010

[Free entry for women to cultural sites run by the Italian State to celebrate Women's Day]

Il 6 e il 7 marzo il MiBAC per festeggiare la Giornata internazionale della Donna offre a tutte le donne l’ingresso gratuito nei luoghi d’arte statali.
Il MiBAC vuole celebrare il binomio “Donna e Arte”, connubio ispiratore di molti capolavori.

Omaggio a tutti coloro che nei secoli hanno individuato nella figura femminile una musa ispiratrice per la loro opera, e in particolare alle numerosissime donne che hanno contribuito in prima persona, con il proprio talento artistico, a superare pregiudizi ed ostacoli sociali.

More info here

Pompei, l'antica Casa del fauno ora si visita con un avatar

Report by Olimpia Rescigno in the Corriere del Mezzogiorno about a new virtual reality tour of the House of the Faun at Pompeii using an avatar. The project will be presented to the public later today.

Honorary citizenship of Ercolano for P.G. Guzzo

Former Superintendent of Pompeii, Piero Giovanni Guzzo, will be awarded with honorary citizenship of Ercolano (modern Herculaneum) in recognition of his contribution to the city's heritage in a ceremony to be held tomorrow (Thursday 25 February 2010). The event will take place in the House of the Stags within the archaeological site at midday.

Ph.D / ARCHAEOLOGIST (archaeological research into the function of Aegyptiaca from Pompeii)

The Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, offers one junior research position for a PhD candidate in the field of Classical Archaeology, within the NWO-funded VIDI-project entitled ‘Cultural innovation in a globalising society: Egypt in the Roman world’. The position is available as of April 1, 2010. Ph.D / ARCHAEOLOGIST (archaeological research into the function of Aegyptiaca from Pompeii) (f/m) (38 hours a week) Vacancy number: 10-033
See here for more details.