SCS News
National Humanities Center FellowshipPosted in Awards and Fellowships. Residential Fellowships 2021-22 Call for Applications The National Humanities Center invites applications for academic-year or one-semester residential fellowships. Mid-career, senior, and emerging scholars with a strong record of peer-reviewed work from all areas of the humanities are encouraged to apply. |
Donations to support racial justice and diversityPosted in SCS Announcements. In support of racial justice, the SCS Executive Committee has approved donations to the National Bailout Collective and African American Policy Forum. Many thanks to SCS members who suggested these organizations. |
Dates of AIA-SCS 2021 Virtual Annual MeetingPosted in SCS Announcements. Dear members and past annual meeting attendees, Many thanks to all of you who filled out our recent virtual annual meeting survey. Based on your feedback, AIA and SCS have decided that it would be best to spread a virtual meeting over six days from January 5 -10, 2021. We plan on opening registration on or around October 1, 2020 and will publish registration rates by early September. We have begun work on a schedule and appreciate your patience as we continue to work on the logistics and program. Helen Cullyer, Executive Director, SCS |
CFP: Greek Literary Topographies in the Roman Imperial WorldPosted in Calls for Papers. GREEK LITERARY TOPOGRAPHIES IN THE ROMAN IMPERIAL WORLD The Pennsylvania State University, 16-18 April 2021 Workshop Organizers: Anna Peterson, Penn State |
Fellowship: Basel Fellowships in Latin LiteraturePosted in Awards and Fellowships. The Department of Latin Literature at the University of Basel, Switzerland, is pleased to invite applications for the second round of the Basel Fellowships in Latin Literature |
Humanities Advocacy: NHA webinarsPosted in Conferences, Lectures, and Meetings. The National Humanities Alliance has been researching the field of undergraduate humanities recruitment for more than a year now, identifying compelling initiatives, effective strategies, and leaders in the field. The pandemic, severely strained budgets, and the national reckoning with racial injustice are changing the context in which colleges and universities grapple with strategies for recruiting students to the humanities. |
CFP: Identity in VergilPosted in Calls for Papers. Identity in Vergil: Ancient Representations, Global Receptions Symposium Cumanum 2021 June 23-26, Villa Vergiliana, Cuma Co-Directors: Tedd A. Wimperis (Elon University) and David J. Wright (Fordham University) |
ACLS Early Career Fellowship ProgramPosted in Awards and Fellowships. "The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announced today that it will redirect the funding focus of the ACLS Fellowship Program to support early career, non-tenured scholars exclusively." You can read more about the program here. |
Reiteration of SCS Board StatementPosted in Public Statements. Faculty, their administrations, and non-profit organizations, including SCS, around the country are engaging in the necessary work of addressing racism within their institutions. In recognition of this work and in support of it, the Executive Committee of SCS is reiterating the board statement of June 3, 2020: |
SCS Board Endorses Letter to ICE on Visa ExemptionsPosted in SCS Announcements. The SCS Board has joined many other scholarly societies in endorsing this letter imploring the federal government to "reinstate the temporary visa exemptions for international students and faculty members while we are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, including at least the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters." You can read more at the link above. |