SCS News
In Memoriam: Keely LakePosted in In Memoriam. (The website for Keely Lake's In Memoriam can be found here) Keely K. Lake, 48, passed away on January 15, 2020, at the age of 48. She was the daughter of James and Dorothy (Burcham) Lake, born on December 8, 1971. She had recently moved back to Hot Springs to care for her father. Keely graduated from Hot Springs High school in 1990, the University of South Dakota with a BA in Classics in 1994 and the University of Iowa with a PhD in Classics in 2001. |
CFP: "Transitions of Power"Posted in Calls for Papers. CFP: "Transitions of Power" for SAGE Business Cases |
CFP: Theory and Practice of Cosmic AscentPosted in Calls for Papers. The Theory and Practice of Cosmic Ascent: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approaches
Trinity College, Dublin
19-20 June, 2020
Conference Sponsors: Trinity College Department of Classics, and The Centre for the Study of the Platonic Tradition, Trinity College, Dublin Conference Organisers: Professor John Dillon (Emeritus, Trinity College, Dublin) and Nicholas Banner (Trinity College, Dublin) |
CFP: Sapiens Ubique Civis VIII 2020Posted in Calls for Papers. Call for Papers The Department of Classical Philology and Neo-Latin Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Szeged, Hungary is pleased to announce its International Conference Sapiens Ubique Civis VIII – Szeged 2020, for PhD Students, Young Scholars, as well as M.A. students aspiring to apply to a PhD program. |
CFP: Local Responses to Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Age of UNESCOPosted in Calls for Papers. “Whose Heritage is it Anyway?”: Local Responses to Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Age of UNESCO
UT Antiquities Action 2020 Annual Symposium
Keynote speaker: Yvonne Therese Holden, Director of Operations, Whitney Plantation
UT Antiquities Action invites the submission of abstracts for its 5th annual symposium, to be held on Saturday, the 4th of April, 2020 at the University of Texas at Austin. |
CFP: Homer in SicilyPosted in Calls for Papers. Homer in Sicily: An Academic Conference and Tour of Ancient Sites |
Peter Meineck’s Warrior Chorus Project: Staged Reading of Greek Tragedy by and for VeteransPosted in Performances. Joan and Mason Brock Theatre, Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center, 5817 Wesleyan Drive, Virginia Beach, VA Fri 2/7/20 7:30pm to 9:30pm |
SCS Board Endorses Statement on Targeting of Cultural SitesPosted in Public Statements. The SCS Board of Directors has endorsed the following statement developed by the American Anthroplogical Association in collaboration with a number of other societies and associations: Targeting Cultural Sites is a War Crime |
Graduate Student Caucus Meeting and Social Hour at the Annual MeetingPosted in SCS Announcements. Graduate Student Caucus Meeting Hosted by the SCS Graduate Student Committee Friday, January 3, 5:00pm-6:00pm, Independence Ballroom Salon C ~ Come hear about the Graduate Student Committee’s plans for 2020 and offer your feedback on how best the SCS can serve graduate students. We hope this meeting can be the springboard for a new level of collective action of North American Classics graduate students. |
Matching Gift for New Prize Honoring Erich S. GruenPosted in Awards and Fellowships.
The SCS Board is delighted to announce a new prize, which will be awarded for the first time in 2020. The Gruen Prize honors Erich S. Gruen, Gladys Rehard Wood Professor of History and Classics Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. It will be an essay prize for the best graduate student research on multiculturalism in the ancient Mediterranean, and submissions about any aspect of race, ethnicity, or cultural exchange will be considered.
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