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I have posted the Association's audited financial statements for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2012. I will discuss this report in my own Report of the Executive Director to be published at the end of this month, and I am happy to answer any individual questions that members may have.
We have just posted the schedule of APA committee meetings and special events at the upcoming annual meeting in Seattle.
The Greek Ministry of Education is studying a plan to relocate the University of Patras Department of Philology (24 faculty members and highly ranked) to a new university in Kalamata (175 miles away) and blend it with other humanities programs, against the recommendation of a recent external review. The decision will be made on the 15th of this month. Those interested in seeing the petition against this action, which needs a minimum of 454 signatures to be accepted by the Ministry, will find it here:
Jeffrey Henderson
The American Philological Association (APA) will present the following awards for 2012 at the Plenary Session of its 144th Annual Meeting in Seattle
Distinguished Service Awards (awarded occasionally for extraordinary service to the profession of classics and the American Philological Association)
Ward W. Briggs, Jr., University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
David H. Porter, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Michael C. J. Putnam, Brown University, Providence, RI
As promised earlier, I have prepared the following summary of over 200 responses to my request for comments about the Board's proposal that we consider changing the name of the Association. The Board now wishes to move to a public discussion phase that will inform its deliberations going forward. Our Information Architect Sam Huskey has created a discussion forum so that all with an interest can exchange views and suggest or express preferences for specific names. The forum can be accessed here after 8:00 p.m. (Eastern time) today (November 30).
The Departments of Classical Studies and Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, are pleased to announce a new two-year M.A. in Ancient Philosophy, now accepting applications for September 2013. This program is aimed primarily at undergraduate students interested in pursuing ancient philosophy at the doctoral level. Western has one of the largest concentrations of faculty in the field, including five specialists in ancient philosophy and an additional four core members with areas of research related to Greek and Roman language and history. This interdisciplinary program is the only M.A. program of its kind in North America and only one of a handful of similar programs in the world.
James J. O'Donnell of Georgetown University has been appointed Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) effective January 1, 2013. Prof. O'Donnell has served the APA in many capacities including terms as President and as Vice President for Publications. APA was a founding member of the ACLS in 1919.
Over the last few days we have posted a great deal of new information about the upcoming annual meeting in Seattle. In addition to information about registering for seminars (posted last week), you can now find abstracts of almost all papers to be presented at the meeting as well as information on special events at the meeting. In the latter document please note especially that the President’s Reception on Saturday afternoon, January 5, will celebrate the successful conclusion of the Gateway Campaign. The Board of Directors has therefore approved a larger budget for hors d’oeuvres and snacks at this event than has been the custom in recent years. The Board urges all APA members to attend this celebration.
APA Office Hours: November 2012-January 2013
Following is the schedule for the APA Office through the annual meeting in Seattle. Our regular hours are 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
November 22-25, 2012 Office Closed (Thanksgiving Holiday)
December 22-26, 2012 Office Closed
December 27-28, 2012 Office Open (see Note A)
December 29-30, 2012 Office Closed
December 31, 2012 Office Open
January 1-8, 2013 Office Closed (see Note B)
January 9-11, 2013 Office Open (see Note C)
January 12-13, 2013 Office Closed
January 14, 2013 Normal Office Operations Resume
Note A: The building where our offices are located at the University of Pennsylvania (220 S. 40th Street) will be locked, and the University will not be delivering mail during this period. Courier services may be able to make deliveries, but the best ways of communicating with us will be via telephone and e-mail.
Four seminars will take place at the annual meeting in Seattle. Find details of these sessions here along with instructions for requesting seminar papers in advance of the meeting and Program Committee expectations for participants in these sessions.
