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Three Classicists Receive ACLS Fellowships for 2017

Posted Thu, 03/30/2017 - 10:36 in Awards and Fellowships.

Congratulations to Sarah Ahbel-Rappe (University of Michigan), Mary Bachvarova (Willamette University), and Megan Nutzman (Old Dominion University) for their 2017 ACLS Fellowships!

You can read the full list of 2017 recipients on the ACLS website.

Note: We've added Megan Nutzman as of April 3, 2017. We failed to mention her in the first version of the story as she was listed as being in a History department, not Classics.

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Presidential Letter on Funding for the NEH and NEA

Posted Wed, 03/29/2017 - 14:03 in Presidential Letters.

The draft budget proposed by President Trump's White House seems unlikely to be adopted. Many believe it is simply an habitual negotiator's opening salvo, intended more to "start the bidding" than to be taken seriously at face value.

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2018 Abstract and Presentation Deadlines

Posted Mon, 03/27/2017 - 08:40 in SCS Announcements.

Dear SCS Members,

As you know, we are now accepting submissions for the 2018 Annual Meeting in Boston. The deadline for submitting all proposals and reports except individual abstracts is 11:59 pm, Eastern Time, on April 7, 2017.
The deadline for individual abstracts is 11:59 pm, Eastern Time, on April 26, 2017.

You can access the program submission system at the following link:

http://program.classicalstudies.org/

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SCS Volunteer Opportunities Now Available

Posted Wed, 03/22/2017 - 09:43 in SCS Announcements.

Opportunities to volunteer for SCS Committees and elected offices are now available to members. Committee appointments will begin in 2018 and elected offices in 2019:

Read about what each committee does

Go straight to the volunteer page to download the form

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TAPA Now Open for Submissions

Posted Tue, 03/21/2017 - 08:04 in SCS Announcements.

Andromache Karanika will officially become the Editor of TAPA in January 2018, but will handle incoming submissions effective immediately.

Please send all submissions electronically to tapa@uci.edu, following TAPA guidelines. Craig Gibson will remain the official Editor through 2017 and is in charge of producing this year's issues (147.1 and 2).

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Funding for the Humanities

Posted Fri, 03/17/2017 - 08:44 in General Announcements.

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:

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New Member Benefit: Discount on OUP Books and Oxford Classical Dictionary

Posted Mon, 03/13/2017 - 13:50 in SCS Announcements.

After a temporary 30% discount, Oxford University Press has permanently increased its discount on all Classics titles for SCS Members to 25% off, up from 20% previously. OUP has also added a new, 30% discount subscription to the Oxford Classical Dictionary, an exclusive benefit for SCS members only.

Both of these benefits are available to SCS members on the "Members Only" page after signing in.

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Deadlines for Annual Meeting

Posted Sun, 03/12/2017 - 20:08 in SCS Announcements.

A reminder that there are two deadlines for submissions for the SCS Annual Meeting in January 2018 in Boston.

Individual abstracts are due by 11.59pm eastern on April 26.

However, all other submissions (panels, workshops, reports on affiliated group panels, roundtables etc.) are due by 11.59pm eastern on April 7.

The program submission system is available at http://program.classicalstudies.org

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In Memoriam: Robert Germany

Posted Thu, 03/09/2017 - 08:52 in In Memoriam.

We are saddened to announce the passing of Robert Germany, Classics professor at Haverford College. Below is a statement written by his colleagues at Haverford:

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2017-18 Fellowship Winners

Posted Wed, 03/08/2017 - 08:36 in Awards and Fellowships.

2017-18 Fellowship Winners

The TLL Fellowship has been awarded to Elizabeth Palazzolo (PhD, University of Pennsylvania).

The recipient of the Lionel Pearson Fellowship is Peggy Xu (University of Chicago), who has been admitted to the MPhil program in Classics at the University of Cambridge.

The Coffin Fellowship has been awarded to Maegen Cooper, Latin teacher at Columbia Independent School in Columbia, Missouri. Maegen will attend the Paideia Institute's Living Caesar in Gaul program this summer.

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