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I know this is sort of incredibly unlikely, but:

Does anyone have any resources (forums, LJ comms, equivalents to the Philosophy Gourmet Report, whatever) for Religious Studies? I'm already a member of the SBL and the AAR, and have access to all of their resources. I can find lots of resources for my subfield (Ancient Religious Lit/Biblical Studies), but very little for the field in general.

How do you say "persist" as a command? As in, "Persist, my dear." I suppose "Persevere" would work too? I'm interested to know if it's different in Modern Greek vs. Archaic...any help is much appreciated. Euxaristo poli!

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A little bit of high-pitched humour for you:

http://www.strindbergandhelium.com/index.html

Thought some of you might enjoy it.

Hey Everyone,

Some friends and I just finished writing and recording a rap about the classics.  I figured I would share it with some fellow classics nerds so that some of the more obscure references could be appreciated.


I hope you enjoy it!
-Matt

I know I've seen a picture of a crozier carved (in ivory?) with a snake swallowing a dove (or with a dove's head sticking out of its mouth, anyway). The symbolism was explained as referring to the instruction to be 'wise as serpents and innocent as doves', though it looked to me as though the serpent was getting the better of it. I have a hunch there were actually a matching pair of these croziers, but I'm not sure.

Please can anyone point me at picture, object, or commentary on it?

I've just finished my autumn term essay and, as ever, The Discussion has happened in our house. The Discussion stems from the fact that my partner and I have totally different approaches to writing. He's one of those appalling and lucky people who do the research, have a think then sit down and write a whole paper in one go without any real planning. It'll be ready in plenty of time for the deadline. I sit firmly in the other camp: I read around the subject, picking up anything that looks interesting and possible connected. I probably do twice as much research as I need to. Then I sift through the research for the bits that are really relevent to the topic. I write out plans. Possibly at this stage I go away and do a bit more reading to fill in any gaps. All the while my deadline come creeping ever closer. Finally I sit down to write. The blank page stares back at me mockingly. So I make a cup of tea. I jot down bullet points. I stare at the screen some more. I check my word limit. More screen staring. More tea. Possibly I go for a walk to get some fresh air. I threaten to throw the computer out of the window. My partner leaves the room/flat/city in frustration. Eventually, close to tears, I start typing. Some time later I realise that my partner has been asleep for hours, it's some ungodly time of the morning and I have the half-finished remains of dinner and several cups of tea littered around me, but the majority of the dratted thing has been drafted. From there it's just a matter of a conclusion and editing, which I can usually expand or contract to fit the amount of time left before the deadline.

Naturally my dearest one can't fathom why it is that I get so upset by the process. "Why" he asks "do you spend so much energy getting angry about not writing, when you could use it far better if you just wrote any old garbage and then went back to edit it?" It's usually around this point that I threaten to throw books at him. I've tried to explain several times that my brain just doesn't work the way his does. He works on the production side of publishing and is he's very good at thinking A>B>C>D>paper. My thought process is more like one of those scatter diagrams: lots of apparently unconnected things gradually being filtered and grouped into a cohesive whole. To him this is a madly inefficient way of working, to me it's just life.

How do you write? Does it cause domestic strife?

I'm going to try reading Lysistrata next month... I'll read it in English first and then try to wade through the Attic (in a facing Loeb volume).

Any suggestions to ease the process? I'm open to pre-reading or things I should refresh/keep at hand!

I have about a semester of Greek under my belt, a few years ago. I'll spend some time with Hansen&Quinn and Smythe before my excursions to things-I-should-have-learned and what-I've-forgotten-since-college.

Thanks in advance! =)

Mods: Please feel free to remove my post if it's not appropriate.

I've been accepted to a conference as an independent scholar. I'm trying to register, but I'm not sure what to call myself: 

Professor/Professional
or
Retired/Unemployed

While I do work, I'm not working as an academic or teacher (nor am I enrolled in graduate school), and it's half priced if I select Unemployed. Of course, I don't want to be dishonest, but I'm paying for all of this out of pocket, so it certainly makes a big difference.

Thanks!

PS Tried article_request, and this community was recommended to me. Will be grateful!

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Hi,

I've tried searching online, but is there a particular way (MLA if it exists) for conference proceedings published in a CDROM only?

Thanks!

Hello all,

I'm currently a Senior Classics major who, following a year-long break from Greek, found herself in the embarrassing position of having forgotten most of the language. Since I had, before realizing this, enrolled myself in a Sophocles course next semester with a rather tough professor, my intention was to bring myself up to speed over the winter break with Cynthia Shelmerdine's Introduction to Greek (2nd edition). Unfortunately, after starting some of Shelmerdine's exercises tonight, I realized that I have no answer key and thus no way to check my answers. This shouldn't be a big deal, but I would feel more comfortable if I could check my progress. I've searched Amazon and Google with no results. Does anyone know if an answer key or instructor's book exists that I could either purchase or download online? Thanks so much in advance for your help!

The National Union of Jewish LGBTQQI Students's 14th annual conference will take place January 15th to the 17th at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. As usual the conference will be held over a weekend, and co-hosted by a campus Hillel, the NUJLS leadership conference features workshops, services, community building, and social time. This year's keynotes are Rabbi Bradley Artsen, Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and comedian Dana Goldberg!

We welcome students from all sorts of backgrounds (religious, not, newly out, not, liberal to conservative, and more). Workshops, speakers, and text studies address such topics as Judaism and homosexuality, activism, relationships, ethics, coming out, and politics. Last year more than one hundred students came from across the United States and Canada to participate, and we anticipate a similar turnout this year! Registration ($80) includes meals (all kosher), housing, and all conference events. Travel and registrations subsidies are available upon request (in the registration form). View past schedules and register at http://www.nujlsonline.org/conferenceinfo.html

...aka the-coming-of-age-story? I've had 3 different professors pronounce it very different and I'd like to know what is the most common way of pronouncing it.

This is a question that has come out of a somewhat heated debate I had with my boyfriend this morning.* I'm not sure how relevant it is in the US but it's something of a hot topic here in the UK.

Yesterday the government announced that it will be slashing higher education budgets in the next few years. The minister suggested that to make up for it Universities should offer more two year intensive degrees instead of three or four year courses. This announcement sits in the wider context of the fact that the government and businesses are pushing Further and Higher Education establishments to produce students with 'business skills' instead of (or at least in addition to) the traditional curriculum.**

Two questions then: can intensive courses be a replacement for the traditional three year degree? And can we (should we?) produce students with 'business skills'?



*I shouldn't be allowed to listen to Radio 4 before I've had a cup of tea.
** For those in the US Further Education is 16-18ish and Higher Education is 19 onwards. HE provides bachelors degrees, masters degrees and the like. I've never quite figured out how that matches up to the US system.

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In departments, do professors sleep with each other/is there constant animosity over who gets tenure and who doesn't/or any other types of drama? Just curious if what I "heard" is actually true in terms of what kind of environment it is.
~Karrie

Major professional conferences are coming up in several of our fields. My question for the community doesn't technically relate to medieval studies, but I am a medievalist and I imagine other medievalists around here share my particular problem.

Medievalists, do you have business cards? If so, what information do you supply? Do you list your research interests? Do you describe yourself as a Ph.D. candidate or an ABD (assuming these descriptions are appropriate)? Are your cards plain and unadorned? Do they have backgrounds of manuscript pages or stained-glass windows?

Finally, if you don't carry business cards, why not?

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Every year, Regret the Error publishes a list of the top corrections, errors and retractions from the English-speaking press.

I thought you might enjoy the award for Best Science Reporting, which went to the UK-based Daily Telegraph for the following correction:

Owing to an editing error, our report “Women who dress provocatively more likely to be raped, claim scientists” (June 23) wrongly stated that research presented at the recent BPS conference by Sophia Shaw found that women who drink alcohol are more likely to be raped. In fact, the research found the opposite. We apologise for our error.