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2024-2025 Placement Service

Posted in SCS Announcements.

Annual maintenance for the SCS Placement Service is complete. As of Monday, July 1, the Current Ads page of the Placement Service is publishing job advertisements with application deadlines falling in academic year 2024-2025.

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In Memoriam: David Konstan

Posted in In Memoriam.

David Konstan: November 1, 1940 – May 2, 2024
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/providence-ri/david-konstan-…

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Call for Applications: The Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion

Posted in Calls for Papers.

The Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion
Deadline for submissions: September 3, 2024

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CFP: In Vino Veritas: Wine and Winemaking in Sicily from Antiquity to Today

Posted in Calls for Papers.

In Vino Veritas: Wine and Winemaking in Sicily from Antiquity to Today
Sicily (Siracusa), Exedra Mediterranean Centre
22–24 November 2024
Conveners: Athanassios Vergados, Chiara Blanco (Newcastle University)

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2025 Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest

Posted in Calls for Papers.

The Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest
Sponsored by the Department of Classics at Monmouth College

Topic: One or More Figures from Classical History, Literature, or Mythology as the Next President of the United States, or Running for the Office

Deadline: March 15, 2025, emailed to rsimmons@monmouthcollege.edu

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CFP: Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity XVI at the University of Tulsa

Posted in Calls for Papers.

Gender, Identity, and Authority in Late Antiquity
March 20-23, 2025

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Announcing the 2024 Erich S. Gruen Prize

Posted in Awards and Fellowships.

On behalf of the Society for Classical Studies (SCS), the Erich S. Gruen Prize Committee invites all graduate students in North America to enter the fifth annual competition for the best graduate research paper on multiculturalism in the ancient Mediterranean. This year the prize will be a cash award of $1,000.

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NEH Grantees: April 2024

Posted in Classics in the News.

Congratulations to the following individuals and organizations announced as National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grantees in April 2024, for their projects in classical studies and adjacent fields:

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From President Alison Keith: Executive Director Announcement

Posted in Presidential Letters.

Dear SCS members,

On behalf of the SCS Board of Directors, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Zachary Slates as the new Executive Director of the Society for Classical Studies, effective 6 May 2024.

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Historical Marker Dedication: John Wesley Gilbert (c.1863 – 1923)

Posted in Classics in the News.

Georgia Historical Society
Historical Marker Dedication: John Wesley Gilbert (c.1863 – 1923)

Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 10:30 a.m.
Paine College’s Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel, off Druid Park Avenue in Augusta, Georgia, 30901

Dedicated by the Georgia Historical Society, the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, Paine College, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Open to the public and the media.

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