SCS News
President Kathryn Gutzwiller Asks Members to Help in Promoting Friends of ClassicsPosted Mon, 05/05/2014 - 15:35 in SCS Announcements. The By-Laws of our organization, as written at its founding 145 years ago, specify that “any lover of philological studies may become a member of the Association” (article 18). Since that nineteenth-century statement was penned, much has changed for our organization. Early on, scholars of other languages decamped to form their own learned societies. As a result, the term “philological studies” gradually acquired a specialized reference to ancient Greek and Latin, and then over time to the expanded study of the Greeks and Romans in terms of literature, history, philosophy, and culture. |
Announcement of Competition at the Academy Vivarium NovumPosted Tue, 04/29/2014 - 13:47 in Awards and Fellowships. For the 2014-2015 academic year, the Academy Vivarium Novum in Rome is offering ten full tuition scholarships for high school students (16-18 years old) and ten full tuition scholarships for University students (18-24 years old) of any part of the world. The scholarships will cover all of the costs of room, board, teaching and didactic materials for courses to be held from October 6, 2014 until June 13, 2015 on the grounds of the Academy’s campus at Rome. |
2014 Zeph Stewart Award WinnersPosted Thu, 04/24/2014 - 12:29 in SCS Announcements. The APA has awarded its first Zeph Stewart Latin Teacher Training Awards. Four students currently enrolled in courses leading to their certification as Latin teachers will receive grants that will offset a portion of their tuition payments. To fund this program the Association uses income derived from contributions from the Friends of Zeph Stewart and matching gifts from the National Endowment for the Humanities to the Research and Teaching Endowment established by its Gateway Campaign for Classics in the 21st Century. |
Virginia Tech Recognizes APA MembersPosted Thu, 04/24/2014 - 11:23 in SCS Announcements. Virginia Tech has recognized three APA members for their service to the university. Terry Papillon, Professor of classics and Director of the University Honors Program, has received the university's 2014 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Advising. |
Papers from 2014 Presidential PanelPosted Thu, 04/24/2014 - 09:46 in SCS Announcements. We have posted texts of the talks given at the Presidential Panel organized by Denis Feeney in Chicago. The title of the Panel was What Is the Future of Liberal Arts Education?. We are grateful to Teresa Sullivan, President of the University of Virginia, and to APA members Bob Connor and Peter Struck for providing their texts. |
New Post-Baccalaureate Program in Post-Classical Latin at UCLA in 2014-2015Posted Wed, 04/23/2014 - 16:24 in Awards and Fellowships. The UCLA Division of Humanities, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS), and the Department of Classics are pleased to announce the award of a three-year grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the preparation and training of young scholars in post-classical Latin for graduate programs in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. |
Mendelsohn on the ParthenonPosted Fri, 04/11/2014 - 09:41 in SCS Announcements. In the April 14 issue of The New Yorker, Daniel Mendelsohn, winner of the APA's President's Award in 2013, discusses the Parthenon with particular attention to Joan Breton Connelly's recent book, The Parthenon Enigma. An abstract of his article is available online at no charge; subscribers have full access. |
Institute for Advanced StudyPosted Thu, 04/10/2014 - 15:06 in Awards and Fellowships. The Institute for Advanced Study offers opportunities for scholars for 2015-2016. School of Historical Studies, Opportunities for Scholars 2015-2016. The Institute is an independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations. Scholars from around the world come to the Institute to pursue their own research. Candidates of any nationality may apply for a single term or a full academic year. |
Members Receive ACLS FellowshipsPosted Wed, 04/09/2014 - 13:25 in SCS Announcements. The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has announced the results of its 2013-2014 Fellowship competition, and three APA members are among the 65 recipients of these awards this year. ACLS Fellowships provide salary replacement for scholars who are embarking on six to 12 months of full-time research and writing. The APA member awardees and the titles of their projects are as follows: |
New Issue of Amphora PublishedPosted Tue, 04/08/2014 - 16:13 in SCS Announcements. The APA has published a new issue of its outreach publication, Amphora (Spring 2014, Volume 11, Issue 1). A PDF of the issue is posted here. Members who requested print copies of Amphora when they paid dues in either 2013 or 2014 will receive those copies shortly as will nonmember subscribers. Editor Ellen Bauerle and Assistant Editor Wells Hansen welcome your submissions for future issues. |