SCS News
CFP: Encountering the Past: Reflections on an Interdisciplinary Ancient WorldPosted Wed, 10/18/2023 - 11:07 in Calls for Papers. I Saw the Future of the Past March 7-8th, 2024 |
Call for Submissions: Special Poetry Issue of The Classical OutlookPosted Tue, 10/17/2023 - 12:11 in Calls for Papers. FROM THE EDITORS – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS |
2024-2025 Fellowships at the Folger InstitutePosted Tue, 10/17/2023 - 11:23 in Awards and Fellowships. Applications are now open for 2024-2025 Fellowships at the Folger Institute. |
Out of Chaos Theater Company: Playing Antigone, a Student Theatrical CompetitionPosted Mon, 10/16/2023 - 10:13 in Performances. Out of Chaos Theater Company presents Playing Antigone, a Student Theatrical Competition. Choose a scene from Antigone, film it and send it to Out of Chaos by 18th February 2024 for the chance to win cash prizes! The contest is open to high school and college students in the US and Canada, and they are using Paul Woodruff's translation of Sophocles’ Antigone (courtesy of Hackett Publishing Company). |
In Memoriam: Joseph SolodowPosted Mon, 10/16/2023 - 09:34 in In Memoriam. Published October 10, 2023 by Ben Raab, Yale Daily News: Before taking Joseph Solodow’s “Roman Dining” seminar, Anya AitSahlia ’25 had no intention of becoming a Classics major. Within weeks, she changed her mind. “It only took a few class sessions for me to realize I wanted nothing more than to study Classics here,” AitSahlia wrote to the News. “And, more, to study Classics with him.” Solodow, a Latin professor in Yale’s department of Classics, died of cancer on Wednesday, Oct. 4. He was 76. |
October is National Arts and Humanities MonthPosted Mon, 10/16/2023 - 09:15 in General Announcements. October is National Arts and Humanities Month! During October, we encourage you to celebrate the arts and humanities through free, online events and resources that teach about the ancient world to the broader public. Anyone with an interest in ancient Greek and Latin, classical literature, ancient history, or archaeology can learn more and get involved. Below is a list of free events and resources to explore this month. This list is not exhaustive, and we encourage you to check out additional public outreach programs celebrating the arts and humanities: |
In Memoriam: Janet MartinPosted Fri, 10/13/2023 - 09:12 in In Memoriam. Published September 27, 2023 by Princeton Classics: We announce with great sadness the death of Janet Martin on August 30th. An expert in medieval Latin, early leader in the Women’s Classical Caucus, and the first woman to receive tenure in the department’s history, Janet taught at Princeton Classics for thirty-seven years before transferring to emeritus status in 2010. |
Stephanie McCarter Wins 2023 Harold Morton Landon Translation AwardPosted Fri, 10/13/2023 - 08:26 in Classics in the News. Congratulations to Stephanie McCarter for winning the 2023 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets, for her translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses (Penguin Classics, 2022). Established in 1976, The Harold Morton Landon Translation Award is a $1,000 annual award that "recognizes the work of a translator for a poetry collection translated from any language into English and published in the previous calendar year." In 2023, Anna Deeny Morales chose the winning book. |
CFP: Rome in the Renaissance: Global Projections on Religious Identities and DissentPosted Thu, 10/12/2023 - 10:11 in Calls for Papers. Call for Papers International Conference Keynote Speakers: |
CFP: Twelfth Annual Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research ConferencePosted Thu, 10/12/2023 - 10:05 in Calls for Papers. Twelfth Annual Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research Conference |