Bulletin of the Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest Volume 27 Number 2: February 1997

NB: The material contained in the WWW version of the CAPN Bulletin is identical to the hardcopy with the exception of a few advertisements (which have been omitted)

CONTENTS:

  1. The 1997 CAPN Meeting in TACOMA, WA (April 11-12, 1997)
  2. Lodging options
  3. Program of the twenty-seventh annual meeting
  4. Announcements
  5. Directory of CAPN Members
  6. Registration form for the twenty-seventh annual meeting
  7. CAPN Dues Form for All Members -- 1997 Membership (2nd request)
Published at the
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Editor: Alain M. Gowing
Department of Classics
alain@u.washington.edu

Address Correspondence for CAPN to:
Professor Catherine M. Connors
Secretary/Treasurer, CAPN
Department of Classics, Box 353110
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195

e-mail: cconnors@u.washington.edu
FAX: 206-543-2267
phone: 206-543-2266

THE 1997 CAPN MEETING IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON (APRIL 11-12, 1997)

A conference registration form may be found on p. 17 of this Bulletin. Please note that the due date is March 15.

LODGING OPTIONS

There are no hotels within walking distance of the University of Puget Sound, but bed and breakfasts abound, ranging in price from $50 to $125 dollars per night. Call the Greater Tacoma Bed and Breakfast Reservation Service (800-406-4088) and ask for a room near the campus. The cheapest, nearest, and best of these bed and breakfasts is

The Keenan House
$50-65 per night
(206) 752-0702

Mrs. Keenan has said she will hold some rooms for CAPN until March 10.

Two hotels within two or three miles from campus are:

Sheraton Tacoma
(800) 845-9466 (International, 800-325-3535)
Single: $89.00 + tax
Double: $89.00 + tax

La Quinta
(800) 531-5900
Single: $80.00 + tax
Double: $80.00 + tax

Transportation will be provided from your lodging to campus (call Bill Barry when you arrive: Home, 752-4458; Work, 756-3768). Shuttle service from theairport to your hotel or bed and breakfast is available through Capital Airporter (206-927-6179; about $26 round-trip).

A map of the Tacoma area, showing the location of UPS as well as the Sheraton and La Quinta, may be found on p. 16 of this Bulletin...sorry, not in the electronic edition!

PROGRAM OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING

The University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, Washington
April 11-12, 1997

Friday, April 11
7:30 pm: Wheelock Center, Murray Boardroom: Registration, Opening Session

Jews, Christians, and Pagans at Ancient Chersonesus: The University of Puget Sound Excavations at Ancient Chersonesus

Douglas Edwards (University of Puget Sound)

Romans, Spaniards, and Indians

David Lupher (University of Puget Sound)

9:00 - 10:30 pm: Wheelock Center: Reception

Saturday, April 12

9:00 am - noon: Wheelock Center Murray Boardroom

9:00 - 9:30: Registration and Morning Refreshments

9:30 - noon: Main Session, Part I

The Odyssey-Poet and the Iliad

Anthony J. Podlecki (University of British Columbia)

Reading Herodotus from an Ecofeminist Perspective

Lorina N. Quartarone (Whitman College)

Democracy and the Rule of Law

David Madsen (Seattle University)

The School of Isocrates Revisited

Galen Rowe (University of Idaho)

Ambassadorial Rhetoric and Pseudepigrapha

Eric Nelson (Pacific Lutheran University)

12:00 - 1:30: Wheelock Center Rotunda: Luncheon and Business Meeting

1:30 - 4:00: Wheelock Center Murray Boardroom

Main Session, Part II

Language, Violence and Power in Plautus' Pseudolus

Sheila Colwell (University of Washington)

Field and Forum: Culture and Agriculture in Roman Rhetoric

Catherine Connors (University of Washington)

In ius vocatio: To Whom Do Rural Farmers Bring Their Lawsuits?

Karen Carr (Portland State University)

Caesareus veredus--Borysthenes or Antinous?

Thomas H. Talboy (Boise State University)

Early Christian Apologetics and Homeric Allegory

James Scott (University of Montana)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1998 CAPN Meeting

CAPN members will be pleased to learn that Karen Carr of Portland State University is now our Vice-President and will host the 1998 CAPN meeting at Portland State.

University of Washington Teachers Conference

The Annual Conference on Teaching Classics in the Schools will be held on the UW main campus on Saturday, 1 March 1997 (see schedule on p. 15 of this Bulletin ). For further details and registration information call the UW Department of Classics at 206-543-2266.

REGISTRATION FORM

CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
April 11-12, 1997
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, Washington

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM

Name:_________________________________ Phone No.__________________

Address:_______________________________ E-Mail Address______________

________________________________

________________________________

________________________________

Mail to: William D. Barry
Classics Program
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, Washington 98416
520-756-3768; email: bbarry@ups.edu

Conference Registration (luncheon included) $15 (US) _________________

$20 (Cdn) _________________

Student Registration (luncheon not included) $ 5 (US) __________________

$ 6 (Cdn) __________________

Student luncheon $ 5 __________________

TOTAL: __________________

Please make checks payable to CAPN.

Shuttle service from the airport to your hotel or bed and breakfast is available through Capital Airporter (206-927-6179; about $26 round-trip). Should you need transportation to and from your lodging and campus, call Bill Barry when you arrive (Home, 752-4458; Work, 756-3768).

PLEASE REMIT THIS FORM AND PAYMENT BY MARCH 15