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CFP: CA Conference, Nottingham 13-16 April, 2014
In 2014 the Annual Conference of the Classical Association will be hosted by the Department of Classics at the University of Nottingham. The dates for the conference are Sunday 13 April to Wednesday 16 April 2014. The conference dinner will … Continue reading
#CA2013: A Twitterer’s Perspective
By Robert Harris I tweet a lot – that much needs to be clear from the outset. I’ve been asked to share some thoughts on my experience at this year’s Classical Association conference, but to do so requires that I first … Continue reading
Reviewing
Peer review is absolutely central to academic publishing and here at the CA, half of the office is given over to managing the flow of books and reviews that makes up Classical Review. All this activity hinges on the work of … Continue reading
It’s conference time again!
Yes, that’s right, members will have noticed the usual conference handbook in with their December issue of CA News and bookings for our 2013 conference in reading are open now! To find out more about the conference (where there’ll also … Continue reading
Merry Christmas!
We’d like to wish all our members, Twitter followers, Facebook likers and blog readers a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. The office will be closing on 21 December and we’ll be back on 7 January, when bookings will … Continue reading
A long way for a little bear!
Percy has been out and about again… In October 2012, Percy Bear walked along Hadrian’s Wall, from Bowness on Solway to Wallsend. Percy fortifies himself for the day ahead with breakfast at Four Wynds, Nigel Jarvis’ very well-situated B&B at … Continue reading
Why Percy?
By now, you’ve all met Percy, the chirpy (and adventurous) CA teddy bear. But why is he called Percy? Surely a Classical name would be more appropriate? Why not Archimedes? Caesar? Cleopatra? Sophocles? Ursula? Percy doesn’t sound all that Classical, … Continue reading
Percy visits Cambridge University Press
Percy recently went to visit behind the scenes at Cambridge University Press. As you might suspect, there were quite a few books… Some groovy machinery… And some serious-looking people… After such a fun day, Percy was exhausted. He spent the … Continue reading
Sport and Competition
Those of you who were at our conference in Exeter earlier this month may remember a rather engaging plenary given by Percy Bear Prof. Chris Carey entitled “What Makes a Winner?” with a distinctive Olympic theme. If you missed it, … Continue reading
The Classical Association Conference: Exeter 2012
By first time attendee, Sophie Raudnitz As an MA student contemplating a PhD, I decided to attend the CA conference this year in an endeavour to ascertain ‘Who’s Who’ and ‘What’s going on’ in the world of Classics. I had … Continue reading