Conference Dates
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Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
1200 Filbert Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
United States
General Information for All Annual Meetings
Every winter, the Society for Classical Studies holds a joint meeting with the Archaeological Institute of America. In addition to the presentation of individual papers and panels, features of the annual meeting include an exhibit hall for browsing and purchasing the latest books from a variety of publishers; roundtable discussion sessions; dramatic performances by the Committee on Ancient and Modern Performance; meetings and receptions of affiliated groups; and much more.
Latest Meeting News
Quick Links:
Registration & Hotel Reservations
- Register for the 2025 Annual Meeting
- Reserve a hotel room at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
- Learn more about Philadelphia at the AIA/SCS Philadelphia CVB site
Program, Events, and Meeting Information
- View the 2025 SCS Detailed Program of Sessions
- View the 2025 SCS Program Outline
- SCS Abstracts
- Learn more about the Martha Graham Dance Company performance
- Learn more about the CAMP reading of Conversations at the Return of Spring
- Professional Conduct and Harassment Policy
Update 9/24/2024:
Call for Annual Meeting Volunteers: SCS is seeking volunteers (students, contingent faculty, and independent scholars) to assist on-site in Philadelphia with registration, hybrid sessions, and events during the Annual Meeting. Registration Volunteers can be from either organization (AIA or SCS). Volunteers will receive free registration after completing their volunteer assignment. The extended deadline to fill out this form is November 15 at 5pm ET: Volunteer at the Annual Meeting
Participation Funding: SCS is offering participation stipends for the 2025 Annual Meeting for students, contingent faculty, and unemployed scholars who would otherwise not be able to be attend. Please fill out the form by November 1 at 5PM ET: Apply for Participation Funding
Childcare / Dependent Care Subsidies: Funds may be used for care on-site at the meeting or at home. The deadline for applications is December 1, 2024 at 5pm ET: Apply for Childcare / Dependent Care Subsidies
Update 9/16/2024:
2025 Annual Meeting Registration Now Open
Registration for the 2025 AIA/SCS Joint Annual Meeting is now open! Please use the following link to register for the meeting, and register on or before November 11, 2024 for discounted registration fees for in-person or virtual attendance: Register for the 2025 Annual Meeting
The 2025 Annual Meeting has a mixed format: many sessions will be in-person, some will be hybrid, and a few will be fully virtual. In-person attendees will also have access to virtual sessions through the meeting’s web platform. A preliminary schedule of the program can be viewed on the Program Outline page, and more information about the registration fees is included below.
Hotel Reservations
Reservations at the conference hotel are now open for the 2025 Annual Meeting, which will be held at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown (1200 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107). Please use the following link to book your room at the discounted group rate: 2025 Hotel Reservations
Reservations by Phone: To reserve a room by phone, please dial 800-320-5744 or call the hotel directly at 215-625-2900 and dial ‘1’ for reservations. Please reference the “AIA/SCS 2025 Annual Meeting” to receive the discounted rate.
2025 AIA/SCS Joint Annual Meeting Registration Fees
Registration Fees | In-Person | Virtual | ||
On / Before Nov 11, 2024 |
After Nov 11, 2024 |
On / Before Nov 11, 2024 |
After Nov 11, 2024 |
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Member SCS or AIA | $235 | $300 | $118 | $150 |
Student Member | $85 | $110 | $45 | $55 |
K-12 Teacher/Contingent Faculty/Unemployed Member | $120 | $150 | $60 | $75 |
Non-Member | $300 | $400 | $150 | $200 |
Student Non-member | $165 | $195 | $80 | $100 |
K-12 Teacher/Contingent Faculty/Unemployed Non-Member | $190 | $215 | $95 | $110 |
EAA Member | $235 | $300 | $118 | $150 |
Spouses/Guests | $120 | $150 | N/A | |
Add’l Exhibition Booth Personnel | $145 | $145 | N/A | |
One-day Registration | $170 | $200 | N/A | |
One-day Exhibit Hall Pass | $55 | $75 | N/A |
To see previous updates from this past spring and summer, visit the Previous Updates page.
Calls for Abstracts
- Lenses into the Ancient World: Coins and Pedagogy (Friends of Numismatics)
- Modern & Popular Receptions of Late Antiquity (Society for Late Antiquity)
- The Next Generation: Papers by Undergraduate Classics Students (Eta Sigma Phi)
- Classical Legacies and the Ibero-global World (Hesperides: Classics in the Luso…
- Hidden Labor and Precarity in the Roman World (Organizer-Refereed Panel)
- How Do We Teach Introductory Language? (The American Classical League)
- Queer Families in the Ancient Mediterranean World (Lambda Classical Caucus)
- Organization, Display, and Transfer of Knowledge (ASGLE and ASP Joint Panel)
- New Directions in Papyrology and Epigraphy in the 21st Century (ASGLE and ASP J…
- Re-evaluating Turnus in Vergil and the Vergilian Tradition (The Vergilian Socie…
- Medical Modernities (The Society for Ancient Medicine)
- Greek and Latin Linguistics (The Society for the Study of the Greek and Latin L…
- Epic Interjections (Organizer-Refereed Panel)
- Embodying Women's Colonial Experiences (The Women's Classical Caucus)
- Dance and Myth: The Reception of the Greeks by Martha Graham
- Antiquity in Asia and the Mediterranean: A Comparative Approach (The Asian and …
- The Heroides and their Tradition (The International Ovidian Society)
- Herculaneum: Old Finds, New Approaches (The American Friends of Herculaneum)
- Between, beyond, bygone, behind: Queer time in the ancient Mediterranean (Organ…
- Current Research in the World of Neo-Latin Studies (American Association for Ne…
- The Geographies of Plato(nism) (International Society for Neoplatonic Studies)
- Mythography and Cultural Identity in the Early Modern World (Society for Early …
- Opening Up Classics with AI (Digital Classics Association)
- The Gods are Watching: The Ocular and the Oracular in Ancient Mediterranean Rel…