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Rome In Situ 2011 Workshop & Tour (8/22/10)
Symposium: One Hundred Years in Archaeology (8/22/10)

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ROME 2011 WORKSHOP & TOUR

A two week summer technology workshop/ study tour of Rome and Campania will be offered by the American Classical League and its Technology Committee from July 3 to July 17, 2011. Accommodations and a computer lab will be provided in partnership by the American University of Rome while in Rome and the Villa Vergiliana while along the Bay of Naples. Excursions include many of the most significant sites in Rome and Campania.

The course alternates days between those spent visiting museums and archaeological sites and those spent in the computer lab. Participants will learn what factors to consider in documenting sites with digital tools and the latest methods of incorporating digital media into their curriculum.

This workshop-tour is designed for 30-50 teachers of Latin, Greek, History, Classical Studies, and related fields. Travel companions (adults only) are welcome to attend and participate in all activities except computer lab workshops at a reduced rate. Scholarship funds are available from the ACL and other sources. For more information, go online to http://www.aclclassics.org/rome2011, or contact the American Classical League, 422 Wells Mill Dr., Oxford OH 45056 USA, tel. 513-529-7741.

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SYMPOSIUM: ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN ARCHAEOLOGY

in celebration of the centennial of Mrs. Gertrude Howland
Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Open to the public and free of charge

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Reynolds Auditorium
200 N. Boulevard, Richmond, VA

Sponsored by the Richmond Society, Archaeological Institute of America
and the VMFA Friends of Ancient Art

Program:

"The History of History: Excavation at Idalion and the Changing History of a City-Kingdom." Dr. Pamela Gaber, Professor of Archaeology and Judaic Studies at Lycoming College, and Director of the Lycoming College's Expedition to Idalion, Cyprus
"Women of the Athenian Agora." Dr. John McK. Camp II, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Classics at Randolph-Macon College, and Director of the Agora Excavations, American Schools of Classical Studies at Athens
"Digging the Roman Countryside: Villas, Farms and Places of Pleasure." Dr. Stephen Dyson, Park Professor of Classics at the University of Buffalo

Immediately following the symposium, at Amuse restaurant, there will be a luncheon, cost $45.00, reservations required.

Contact: Art Cassanos, 3302 Patterson Avenue, Richmond, VA 23221. Office: 804-779-2277. E-mail: artrierites@comcast.net by September 8 for luncheon reservations. Make checks payable to Richmond Society, AIA.

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