The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announces the seventh competition for Leading Edge Fellowships, made possible by the generous support of the Mellon Foundation. The program demonstrates the dynamic capacity of the humanities to advance justice and equity in society and illuminates career pathways for recent PhDs beyond the academy.
In 2024, the fifth year of the SCS Erich S. Gruen Prize, the selection committee received submissions from graduate students across North America who present exciting new approaches to race, ethnicity, and cultural exchange as they pertain to the ancient Mediterranean. The committee was impressed by the papers’ quality and wide range of disciplinary perspectives, methodologies, types of evidence, and time periods.
The Society for Classical Studies is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Awards for Excellence in Teaching at the K-12 Level:
The Society for Classical Studies is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Awards for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics at the College Level:
FONDAZIONE LEMMERMANN
2025 FELLOWSHIP AWARD
for RESEARCH in ROME (Italy)
The C. J. Goodwin Award of Merit Committee is delighted to announce the three recipients of the 2024 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit. The Goodwin Awards honor outstanding contributions to classical scholarship by members of the Society. This year’s awardees are:
Applications are being accepted for research grants utilizing The Eberly Family Special Collections Library. For 2024-2025, awards of $4,000 to be used for travel and/or research expenses related to the Eberly Family Special Collections Library at Penn State’s University Park campus to utilize the Library’s collections for academic research are available in the areas listed below.
Dorothy Foehr Huck Research Award (Multiple)
Applications are now open for 2025-2026 fellowships at the Newberry Library!
The Newberry Library's long-standing fellowship program provides outstanding scholars with the time, space, and community required to pursue innovative and ground-breaking scholarship.
In addition to the library's collections, fellows are supported by a collegial interdisciplinary community of researchers, curators, and librarians. An array of scholarly and public programs also contributes to an engaging intellectual environment.
Call for Fellowship Applications
Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History
Year 2: Comparative Work
The Society for Classical Studies is pleased to announce the new annual Award for Outstanding Literary Translation. The award will honor up to two books each year by SCS members published within the past three calendar years. The translated work shall be a primary text in Ancient Greek or Latin.
Recipients will be chosen by three judges serving staggered terms. In 2025, these judges will be Sarah Ruden, Deborah Roberts, and Adrienne K. Ho Rose.