SCS News
Call for Participants for CAMP Performance 2015Posted Thu, 06/12/2014 - 16:12 in SCS Announcements. The SCS Committee on Ancient and Modern Performance (CAMP) seeks participants for its performance at the SCS/AIA Annual Meeting in New Orleans (January 8-11, 2015). This year’s play is Wealth, an adaptation of Aristophanes’ Plutus, written by Karen Rosenbecker, and directed by Artemis Preeshl. With one foot in ancient Athens and the other in modern New Orleans, Wealth takes on the timeless topic of income inequality and shows us what happens when the poor are given a chance to remake their world. |
Fellowships at the National Humanities CenterPosted Thu, 06/12/2014 - 16:01 in Awards and Fellowships. |
Papers from 2014 Committee on Ancient History PanelPosted Thu, 06/12/2014 - 11:24 in SCS Announcements. We have posted the papers from the panel that the Committee on Ancient History organized for the 2014 annual meeting in Chicago. Georgia Tsouvala organized the panel entitled History in Classics/Classics in History. |
Conclusion of 2013-2014 Placement YearPosted Thu, 06/12/2014 - 11:07 in SCS Announcements. The 2013-2014 Placement Service season is about to end; so, the portal is no longer accepting new registrations from candidates. Please join us in a few weeks for the 2014-2015 Placement Year and for interviewing at the 2015 New Orleans Annual Meeting. Early next week we will publish the June 2014 issue of Positions for Classicists and Archaeologists. After that, all positions advertised during the current academic year will be available at this URL. |
Philoctetes on All Things ConsideredPosted Mon, 06/09/2014 - 16:45 in SCS Announcements. The NPR news program, All Things Considered, recently featured an interview with Peter Meineck of the Aquila Theatre Company and the actors he has assembled for a new performance of Philoctetes that casts a woman in the lead role and veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan in the chorus. |
Survey for Readers of Teaching Classical LanguagesPosted Mon, 06/09/2014 - 16:29 in General Announcements. As Teaching Classical Languages enters its fifth year of publication and as the standards for online publication metamorphose before our eyes, it seems a good time to take stock of how our readers access the journal. How are your reading habits changing? In what formats do you read academic articles? On what devices do you read the sort of research and practical advice contained in TCL?
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Abstracts from Study Abroad PanelPosted Mon, 06/09/2014 - 16:10 in SCS Announcements. For the last annual meeting in Chicago, the Committee on Education organized a panel entitled "Classics and Study Abroad". Click here to read organizer Eric Dugdale's introduction to the panel as well as abstracts of the five talks that cover various aspects of this important aspect of studying Classics. |
Two SCS Members Elected to American Philosophical SocietyPosted Wed, 06/04/2014 - 08:45 in SCS Announcements. Two long-time SCS members were among the 33 scholars and leaders in other fields elected this year to membership in the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States. They are
We congratulate Professors Pomeroy and Tarrant on this high honor. |
Transition to SCSPosted Thu, 05/29/2014 - 08:59 in SCS Announcements. In accordance with the Board’s direction, yesterday Executive Director Adam Blistein submitted the filings necessary for the legal change of the Association’s name to Society for Classical Studies. We are, of course, announcing the advent of this transition first to the membership; but will also distribute a press release to relevant organizations, publications, and individuals within and outside the field of Classical Studies. |
Initiative to Assist Ph.D.'s without Permanent Academic PositionsPosted Mon, 05/26/2014 - 20:39 in General Announcements. Hortensii, a new initiative to tackle the problems facing PhDs without permanent academic positions, has been launched as a result of a survey in which many Women’s Classical Caucus members participated. The survey found a serious problem affecting large numbers of people, but also that there are many things that could be done to improve the situation. |