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RSFAT archaeological field school 2015


The RSF Archaeological Trust is pleased to invite students to take a part in our extended deadline sessions which are open till the end of June 2015. We're glad to accept applications for the following projects:

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Παπαϊωάννου, Χρ. “Γεωργοοικονομική έρευνα της κωμοπόλεως Αρναίας.” Δελτίον Αγροτικής Τραπέζης Ελλάδος 5, no. 2 (1940): 146–87.

KW: history; agriculture; environment; Greece; interwar

FELLOWSHIPS: Advanced Seminar in the Humanities 2015– 2016 (VIU)

Advanced Seminar in the Humanities 2015– 2016
 
Literature and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece, Rome, and the Near East
 
From November 23 to December 4, 2015 Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, in cooperation with Venice International University, will offer an advanced seminar on “Literature and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece, Rome and the Near East”.

The Program 

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Farmer, Paul. “The Caregivers’ Disease.” London Review of Books, May 21, 2015 (http://bit.ly/1QJfL7Q, accessed 14 May 2015).

Παγουλάτος, Γιώργος. “Το Κούγκι Της Παιδείας", Καθημερινή (10 Μαΐου 2015) http://bit.ly/1H5Ht7V

Favourite malaria quotes

“Considering how best to spend their limited funds, the Italians had fallen back on intensive quinine therapy, a time-honored resource with a history of 300 years of continual defeat.”
L.W. Hackett, “Once Upon a Time. Presidential Address,” American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 9 (1960): 110-11.