SCS News
Call for Nominations for Editor of TAPAPosted Thu, 01/28/2016 - 09:12 in SCS Announcements. Professor Craig Gibson has indicated his intention to complete his term as Editor of TAPA at the 2018 Annual Meeting. The Society for Classical Studies, therefore, invites applications and nominations of scholars for this position. The Editor, who must be a member in good standing of the Society, is initially appointed for four years, with the possibility of extension for a maximum of two additional years. The new editor's term officially begins in January 2018 and will cover volumes 148-151 and the years 2018-2021. |
Appointment of New Executive DirectorPosted Tue, 01/26/2016 - 10:06 in Presidential Letters, SCS Announcements. I am delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Helen Cullyer as the next Executive Director of the Society for Classical Studies. She is a classicist, with special interest in classical philosophy, educated at Oxford and Yale, where she received her doctorate in 1999. She taught at Evergreen State College and the University of Pittsburgh before moving in 2008 to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where she is currently Program Officer in the Scholarly Communications Program. |
Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection Library Research Fellowship Program, 2016-2017Posted Sat, 01/23/2016 - 13:00 in Awards and Fellowships. Thanks to generous continued funding from the Elios Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Foundation, the University Library at California State University, Sacramento is pleased to announce the continuation of the Library Research Fellowship Program to support the use of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection by fellows for scholarly research in Hellenic studies while in residence in Sacramento. |
ACLS Public Fellows ProgramPosted Tue, 01/12/2016 - 15:45 in Awards and Fellowships.
The ACLS is pleased to announce the roster of host organizations for the sixth annual ACLS Public Fellows competition. In 2016, the program will place up to 21 recent humanities PhDs in two-year positions at the nonprofits and government agencies listed below. Public Fellows will participate in the core work of these partner organizations while benefiting from professional mentoring and other career building opportunities. The fellowship carries a stipend of $65,000 per year, as well as individual health insurance and $3,000 toward professional development activities.
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Placement Service Log-insPosted Tue, 01/05/2016 - 10:40 in SCS Announcements. I apologize for the problems that some Placement Service users have encountered in getting access to their accounts during the last few days. We believe we have fixed those problems. Please be assured that anyone who created a Placement account during the current academic year should have access to it until June 2016 regardless of his or her dues status. If you still encounter difficulty reaching your account, please write to info@classicalstudies.org. Adam D. Blistein |
2015 Precollegiate Teaching AwardPosted Sat, 01/02/2016 - 18:45 in Awards and Fellowships, SCS Announcements. I am pleased to report that Dr. Brandtly Jones of St. Anne's Belfield School in Charlottesville, Virginia, will receive the 2015 Precollegiate Teaching Award. His citation is posted here. Recipients of other awards to be presented at the Plenary Session in San Francisco were announced earlier. |
SCS Office HoursPosted Thu, 12/17/2015 - 13:23 in SCS Announcements. Following is the schedule for the SCS Office for the next month. Our regular hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. |
Presidential Panel in San FranciscoPosted Thu, 12/10/2015 - 09:38 in Presidential Letters, SCS Announcements. Dear Colleagues, It is now less than a month away from our annual meeting in San Francisco, and I hope that you have all had a chance, despite the busy time of year, to check out the program at the website. The Program Committee has done an outstanding job this year, and there is a variety of offerings for virtually every interest in our wonderfully wide-ranging field. |
Awards to Be Presented at Upcoming Annual MeetingPosted Wed, 12/09/2015 - 11:29 in Awards and Fellowships, SCS Announcements. Updated January 2, 2016 The Society for Classical Studies will present the following awards at the Plenary Session of its 147th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Click on the link in or to the right of each winner’s name to read the award citations. Citations for the Precollegiate Teaching Award will follow shortly. President’s Award (honors an individual, group, or organization outside of the Classics profession that has made significant contributions to advancing public appreciation and awareness of Classical antiquity). |
NEH Public Scholar GrantsPosted Mon, 12/07/2015 - 18:51 in Awards and Fellowships. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites applications for the 2016 round of the Public Scholar Program, which is intended to support well-researched books in the humanities that have been conceived and written to reach a broad readership. Books supported through the Public Scholar Program might present a narrative history, tell the stories of important individuals, analyze significant texts, provide a synthesis of ideas, revive interest in a neglected subject, or examine the latest thinking on a topic. |