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Rudolph Masciantonio Grants for K-12 Educators – NEW in 2023!

Posted Thu, 09/28/2023 - 08:41 in Awards and Fellowships.

Portions of the annual disbursement received by the Society for Classical Studies and the American Classical League from the Rudolph Masciantonio legacy gift fund will be used to advance the creation of a more inclusive environment in the field of Ancient Mediterranean Studies in K-12 education and offer assistance to teachers of K-12 students and those who are pursuing a career in K-12 education in areas relevant to our discipline (Latin, Ancient Greek, and Classics).

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AIA's Virtual Archaeology Hour Returns in September

Posted Tue, 09/26/2023 - 10:54 in Conferences, Lectures, and Meetings.

The Archaeological Institute of America's virtual Archaeology Hour returns in September!

The AIA's 2023/2024 virtual lecture season begins tomorrow, with Elise A. Friedland’s lecture, “Classical Washington: Greece & Rome in the Art and Architecture of DC."

See this fall's schedule of upcoming lectures, on classical art and architecture, tattooing in ancient Egypt, and the cuisine of ancient Peru: AIA Archaeology Hours

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The 2023 UCLA Classics Graduate Conference

Posted Mon, 09/25/2023 - 09:14 in Conferences, Lectures, and Meetings.

The 2023 UCLA Classics Graduate Conference begins this Friday

The 2023 conference, Knowing & Knowing Nothing: Learning, Teaching, and Apprenticeship in the Ancient Mediterranean, is taking place both in person and online on September 29 and 30, 2023 in Royce Hall on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus.

If you would like to attend the conference virtually, please email uclaclassicsgraduates@gmail.com so that they can work out digital logistics in advance.

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2024-25 Fellowships at the Newberry Library

Posted Fri, 09/22/2023 - 09:46 in Awards and Fellowships.

Applications are now open for 2024-25 fellowships at the Newberry Library!

The Newberry Library's long-standing fellowship program provides outstanding scholars with the time, space, and community required to pursue innovative and ground-breaking scholarship.

In addition to the library's collections, fellows are supported by a collegial interdisciplinary community of researchers, curators, and librarians. An array of scholarly and public programs also contributes to an engaging intellectual environment.

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2023 SCS Awards for Excellence in Teaching at the K-12 Level

Posted Thu, 09/21/2023 - 08:39 in Awards and Fellowships.

The Joint Committee on the Classics in American Education invites submissions for the 2023 SCS Awards for Excellence in Teaching at the K-12 Level. Thanks to a very generous gift to the Society’s Gatekeeper to Gateway Campaign for the Future of Classics from Daniel and Joanna Rose, the amounts to be awarded have been increased substantially.

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CFP: Classics: The Past, The Present, And The Future

Posted Tue, 09/19/2023 - 09:14 in Calls for Papers.

CALL FOR PAPERS
CLASSICS: THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE

UNIVERSITY OF HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ
(CZECH REPUBLIC)
(1-3 June 2024)

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NEH Grantees: August 2023

Posted Mon, 09/18/2023 - 11:53 in Classics in the News.

The Society for Classical Studies congratulates the following individuals and organizations announced as NEH Grantees in August 2023, for their projects in classical studies and adjacent fields:

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Rome Prize Information Sessions in Atlanta and Cambridge

Posted Fri, 09/15/2023 - 09:06 in Awards and Fellowships.

This fall, the American Academy in Rome is hosting two in-person information sessions about the Rome Prize. The first takes place in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday, September 20. The second will be presented in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Wednesday, October 4. Both events are free and open to all.

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2023 SCS Outreach Prize

Posted Wed, 09/13/2023 - 14:05 in Awards and Fellowships.

The annual Outreach Prize of the Society for Classical Studies (SCS), a prize of $300, recognizes an outstanding project or program by an SCS member or members that makes available and accessible an aspect of classical antiquity to an audience other than Classics scholars or students at their home institutions. This project or program may be of any kind and in any medium, including but not limited to, film, stage performance, public event(s), website, video, podcasts, visual arts, or print.

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2024 Annual Meeting Registration Now Open

Posted Wed, 09/13/2023 - 11:05 in SCS Announcements.

Registration for the 2024 AIA/SCS Joint Annual Meeting is now open!

The 2024 Annual Meeting has a mixed format: many sessions will be in-person, some will be hybrid, and a few will be fully virtual. If you register as an in-person attendee you will also have full access to virtual sessions. Preliminary program information will be published soon.

Please see registration rates below. For in-person attendance, register on or before November 13, 2023 for discounted registration fees.

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