SCS News
Former Vatican Translator Brings Spoken Latin to CornellPosted in Classics in the News. (From the Cornell Alumni Magazine) A former translator of the Pope's messages into Latin has joined the Cornell faculty to spread the practice of spoken Latin in the classroom.
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Two CAAS Leadership Positions OpenPosted in SCS Announcements. The Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS) is seeking applications for two key positions: Treasurer and Annual Meeting Program Coordinator. Job description(s) and application information is on the main page of the CAAS website: http://caas-cw.org/wp/. The deadline has been extended to March 2, 2018. --- |
Proposal to Eliminate NEH in Fiscal Year 19Posted in SCS Announcements. The SCS is a member of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA), a national advocacy organization for the humanities. The NHA has issued the following information regarding the administration’s budget proposal for fiscal year 19: |
SCS Board Endorses AHA StatementPosted in Public Statements. The Society for Classical Studies strongly supports the American Historical Association's statement condemning the Polish law criminalizing discussion of Polish complicity in Nazi war crimes during World War II. Open discussion of the events of the past is our own Society's raison d'être. |
Conference: 15th International FIEC CongressPosted in Conferences, Lectures, and Meetings. The 15th International FIEC Congress will be held in London, 4-8 July, 2019, hosted by the Classical Association, the Hellenic Society and the Roman Society, in collaboration with the Institute of Classical Studies, London, UCL, KCL, Birkbeck College, Royal Holloway University of London and Roehampton University. The Congress will take place at the Institute of Education (University College London) in Bloomsbury, close to the British Museum, British Library, and the University of London’s Senate House. |
Call for Papers: Sapiens Ubique Civis VIPosted in Calls for Papers. Call for Papers: Sapiens Ubique Civis VI – Szeged 2018 |
Call for Papers: Manipulation of Discourse in AntiquityPosted in Calls for Papers. CALL FOR PAPERS: Manipulation of discourse in antiquity This is an open invitation to scholars of antiquity to submit proposals for papers on the topic as set out below. |
Call for Papers: "Interiority in Roman Literature"Posted in Calls for Papers.
Interiority in Roman Literature
Pacific Rim Roman Literature Seminar 32
University of Sydney, 11 to 13 July 2018
The thirty-second meeting of the PacRim Roman Literature Seminar will be held at the University of Sydney from 11 to 13 July 2018. The theme for the 2018 conference will be interiority in Roman literature. |
Call for Papers: Orality and Literacy in the Ancient WorldPosted in Calls for Papers. Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World XIII “Orality and Literacy: Repetition” The Department of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin invites all classicists, historians, religious studies and biblical scholars, and scholars with an interest in oral cultures to participate in the Thirteenth Conference on Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World, to take place in Austin (TX) from Wednesday 27 March 2019 to Sunday 31 March 2019. |
Call for Director: Vergilian Society Italy SymposiumPosted in Calls for Papers. Extended deadline for Vergilian Society proposals to direct a Symposium in Italy in June 2019 |