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26 February
Appearаnce of the book by Olga Budaragina "Latin Inscriptions in St. Petersburg" (St. Petersburg: Kolo, 2010. 151 P.)
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24 February
Presentation of the book by Professor Albert Baumgarten (Bar Ilan University, Israel) “Elias Bickerman as a Historian of the Jews: A Twentieth Century Tale”.
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21 January 2010
Alexander I. Zaicev's (1926-2000) 10th anniversary commemorated by his pupils and colleagues.
16 December 2009
Defence of the doctoral thesises of Jekaterina Druzhinina "Representation of cold colours of spectrum in Greek literature of VIII-IV centuries BC" (official opponents: L. Zhmud and V. Smyshliajeva; Ph D supervisor - A. Gavrilov) and Denis Keyer "Semantic representation of spatio-temporal relations in Homeric epics" (official opponents - A. Podosinov and V. Kazanskene; Ph D supervisor - A. Gavrilov). Department of Classics, St Petersburg State University.
10-12 September 2009
International workshop "Classical Antiquity in Russia as Routes to Europe - St. Petersburg Institutions of Classical Scholarship in the 19th and 20th Centuries" brought together scholars from Germany, Hungary, Russia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to examine history, typology and perspectives of Classical institutions in St.Petersburg and Western Europe in 19th-20th centuries. The program of conference (pdf).
18 December
Alexander Verlinsky obtained his D. Sc. degree in Classics for the theses “Classical doctrines of the origin of language”, which previously appeared as a book (St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg University Press, 2006. – 412 pp. In Russian with an English summary). Official opponents were Prof. Dr. Alexander Gavrilov, Prof. Dr. Fatima Yeloyeva, and Prof. Dr. Vera Smyshliayeva.Photos.
29 October
Conference at St. Petersburg Institute of History (Russian Academy of Sciences) “Universal History in Russia: Forgotten Names and Pages (XIX–XX c.).” Lectures by Alexander Gavrilov (“Forgotten Academician Konstantin Ikonomos”), R. Ganelin, I. Medvedev, B. Kaganovich, L. Gerd, L. Wolftsun, A. Chirkova, P. Rogozny, O. Minkina, N. Sredinskaya.
9 October
The "Classics Club" (Gymnasium Classicum Petropolitanum) has opened a new season. Pupils tell about their summer trips to Rome and Chersonesos (Sevastopol, Ukraine). The winners of the Certamen Latinum and of the Translation Competition, as well as the young lectures, receive book awards.
19 June
Lecture by Dr. Natalie Tchernetska (Riga-Cambridge) "Constantin Tischendorf and his collection of Greek manuscripts".
4 June
Appearance of Hyperboreus 13. 1-2.
27 May
Visit of Drs. Katherine van Vliet-Leigh from "Brill Academic Publishes" (Leiden, The Nehterlands).
23 May
Lecture at the "Classics Club": "Functions of the battle chariot in Homer: a "taxy" or a "cart" (Il. IV 297-309)." Supervisor - Jelena Jermolajeva.
24 April
Lecture at the "Classics Club": "Dream of an elephant (Artemidorus' "Oneirocritica" II, 12)" by Alisa Kuznetsova (9th grade). Supervisor - V. Zelchenko.
12-13 March
XXXVII International philological conference (St. Petersburg State University).
28 February
Lecture at the "Classics Club": David Hunter (Oxford) spoke on teaching Classics in English grammar schools.