General Announcements
Upcoming AIA/SCS Career Development Seminars
AIA/SCS Career Development Seminars
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022 (4pm EST) and Thursday, March, 17, 2022 (4pm EST)
February 16, 4:00-5:00pm Eastern: Laura Surtees on libarianship. Laura is a Research and Instruction Librarian and coordinator of the specialty Rhys Carpenter Library at Bryn Mawr College. You can read Laura's biography and sign up at https://forms.gle/DMd298Rb5UJ2Ax3N9 .
2023 Annual Meeting: Extended Deadlines for Affiliated Groups and Committees
Several affiliated groups have extended their deadlines in their calls for abstracts for the 2023 Annual Meeting:
Today is National Humanities Advocacy Day!
A message from the National Humanities Alliance:
"Advocates from all 50 states and Washington D.C. will be meeting virtually with their Members of Congress and congressional staff to discuss federal funding for the humanities. They will be thanking Members of Congress for the funding in the American Rescue Plan and pushing for increased funding for a wide range of humanities programs in FY 2022!
Help bolster their efforts by writing to your Members of Congress today!
Call for Application and Nominations for Editor of TAPA (2022-2025)
Call for Application and Nominations for Editor of TAPA (2022-2025)
The current TAPA Editor Andromache Karanika will end her term of service with volume 151 (2021). Therefore, we are now opening a search for the next TAPA Editor, to cover volumes 152-155 (2022-2025), and inviting applications and nominations for the position.
Letter of Support from FIEC President
On Friday March 31, SCS received the following letter from Prof. Franco Montanari, President of FIEC.
We thank Prof. Montanari and FIEC for this statement of support for Classics and the humanities in general in the US.
Sir / Madam,
Recent developments in the funding of teaching and research in the Humanities in the United
States have become a cause of concern for the entire community of Classical Studies wordwide.
Funding for the Humanities
This message is intended for members in the US. Yesterday, President Trump’s budget blueprint was published. It calls for the elimination of many crucial educational and cultural agencies including the NEH, NEA, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Institute of Museum of Library Services (IMLS).
A brief survey of grants made by the NEH over the last seven years shows the potential impact on our field. The NEH has funded:
College of William and Mary: job advertisement
The Department of Classical Studies at the College of William and Mary invites applications for an adjunct teaching position for the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017. The teaching load will be two courses per semester, to include intermediate Latin and Greek Civilization. Consideration of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Applications should be submitted on line through the following link:
Readers for AP Latin Exam
The College Board and ETS are currently recruiting college and university faculty interested in scoring Advanced Placement Latin Exams. Applicants must have taught Vergil and/or Caesar at the college level (in intermediate or advanced Latin classes) at some point in the past three years. For more information, see the following link: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/homepage/4137.html.