SCS News
New NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital PublicationPosted Fri, 03/04/2016 - 13:29 in Awards and Fellowships. NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication seek to encourage scholars engaged in humanities research that requires digital formats and digital publication. Eligible projects must be conceived as digital because the nature of the research and the topics addressed demand presentation beyond traditional print publication. |
President's Message - February 2016Posted Fri, 02/19/2016 - 10:41 in Presidential Letters, SCS Announcements. No one who was present at the presidential panel organized by John Marincola in San Francisco will soon forget the combination of analysis, passion, and practicality offered by the speakers, as they sought to quantify and personalize the plight of those looking for permanent academic employment today (Eleanor Dickey, Stephanie Budin), to suggest a wider range of career possibilities for those with doctorates in classics and the humanities more broadly (John Paul Christy), and to propose ways large and small in which all of us can help make the working conditions of adjunct faculty more huma |
Member Access to SCS Web SitePosted Fri, 02/19/2016 - 09:27 in SCS Announcements. Access to Program Submission System. We are about to open the online system that will permit members to make submissions to the SCS Program Committee. As explained here, you must be an SCS member in good standing for 2016 to use the submission system, and you must use credentials you have established with the Johns Hopkins University Press (JHUP). |
Candidates for Election in Summer 2016Posted Thu, 02/11/2016 - 14:38 in SCS Announcements. The Nominating Committee has recruited this slate of candidates for the election to take place this summer. Members are reminded that it is possible to nominate additional candidates by petition. Nominations of candidates not proposed by the Nominating Committee shall require the signature of twenty members in good standing (2016 dues must be paid) and must be reported to the Executive Director by April 15, 2016. |
The Paris Institute for Advanced StudyPosted Wed, 02/10/2016 - 13:40 in Awards and Fellowships. The Paris Institute for Advanced Study welcomes applications from high level international scholars and scientists in the fields of the humanities, the social sciences and related fields for periods of five or nine months, during the academic year 2017-2018. The deadline for applications is Tuesday, March 1st, 2016, 3:00pm (Paris, France time) Applicants may request residencies for one of the following periods: |
Nondum Arabes Seresque rogant: Classics Looks EastPosted Tue, 02/02/2016 - 08:55 in Future of Classics, Guest Blog Posts. By Kathleen Coleman, Harvard University This paper was delivered as part of "The Future of Classical Education: A Dialogue," a panel organized by the SCS Program Committee at the 147th annual meeting of the SCS in San Francisco, January 8, 2016. |
A Liberal Art for the FuturePosted Tue, 02/02/2016 - 08:44 in Future of Classics, Guest Blog Posts. By Nigel Nicholson, Reed College This paper was delivered as part of "The Future of Classical Education: A Dialogue," a panel organized by the SCS Program Committee at the 147th annual meeting of the SCS in San Francisco, January 8, 2016. |
Trends in Teaching the Classics to UndergraduatesPosted Tue, 02/02/2016 - 08:04 in Future of Classics, Guest Blog Posts. by Mary Pendergraft, Wake Forest University This paper was delivered as part of "The Future of Classical Education: A Dialogue," a panel organized by the SCS Program Committee at the 147th annual meeting of the SCS in San Francisco, January 8, 2016. |
New Ludwig Koenen Fellowships for Training PapyrologyPosted Thu, 01/28/2016 - 10:00 in Awards and Fellowships, SCS Announcements. The Society is pleased to announce a new fellowship competition supported by contributions to the Gateway Campaign for Classics by the Friends of Ludwig Koenen and matching funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Koenen Fellowships will support training in papyrology for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and untenured faculty. Awards in 2016 will be a minimum of $600 and a maximum of $1,800. |
Call for Nominations for Editor of TAPAPosted Thu, 01/28/2016 - 09:12 in SCS Announcements. Professor Craig Gibson has indicated his intention to complete his term as Editor of TAPA at the 2018 Annual Meeting. The Society for Classical Studies, therefore, invites applications and nominations of scholars for this position. The Editor, who must be a member in good standing of the Society, is initially appointed for four years, with the possibility of extension for a maximum of two additional years. The new editor's term officially begins in January 2018 and will cover volumes 148-151 and the years 2018-2021. |