SCS News
Stephanie McCarter Wins 2023 Harold Morton Landon Translation AwardPosted in Classics in the News. Congratulations to Stephanie McCarter for winning the 2023 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets, for her translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses (Penguin Classics, 2022). Established in 1976, The Harold Morton Landon Translation Award is a $1,000 annual award that "recognizes the work of a translator for a poetry collection translated from any language into English and published in the previous calendar year." In 2023, Anna Deeny Morales chose the winning book. |
CFP: Rome in the Renaissance: Global Projections on Religious Identities and DissentPosted in Calls for Papers. Call for Papers International Conference Keynote Speakers: |
CFP: Twelfth Annual Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research ConferencePosted in Calls for Papers. Twelfth Annual Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research Conference |
CFP: Res Difficiles 5, Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In ClassicsPosted in Calls for Papers. CALL FOR PAPERS Organizers: Hannah Čulík-Baird (UCLA) and Joseph Romero (University of Mary Washington) |
CFP: The Modern Reception of Ancient Greek TextsPosted in Calls for Papers. The Modern Reception of Ancient Greek Texts (CfP) The Annual Conference of the Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies at the University of South Florida April 19th, 2024 – April 21st, 2024 |
In Memoriam: Joseph RussoPosted in In Memoriam. Published August 28, 2023 by Haverford College: Joseph Russo, who taught classics at Haverford for more than 30 years, died August 16 at his home in upstate New York of complications from a motor neuron disease. He was 86. |
Bard Graduate Center: “Exhibiting Africa” Symposium with Brooklyn MuseumPosted in Conferences, Lectures, and Meetings. Bard Graduate Center DATE: October 19–20, 2023, 1:30 – 5:15 pm Bard Graduate Center Stages Historic “Exhibiting Africa” Symposium with Brooklyn Museum. |
In Memoriam: Diane Harris ClinePosted in In Memoriam. Published July 18, 2023 in AIA News: It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of Diane Harris Cline, a longtime member and friend to the AIA. Diane passed away on July 8th, 2023, after a lengthy battle with cancer. She is survived by her loving parents, Robert and Sandra Robbins Harris, sisters Elaine and Janet Harris, husband, Eric H. Cline, and children, Hannah and Joshua Harris Cline. |
In Memoriam: Kurt RaaflaubPosted in In Memoriam. Submitted by Deborah Boedeker, with contributions by Adam Blistein and Helen Cullyer |
The 2023 Forum PrizePosted in Awards and Fellowships. The Forum Prize recognizes outstanding contributions to public engagement made by works about the ancient Greek and Roman world that have originated outside of the academy. The Forum Prize empowers the SCS to build bridges with a broader public by rewarding the best public-facing essay, book, poem, article, podcast, film, or other piece produced each year, either by a classicist or by a nonclassicist. The Committee on Public Information and Media Relations will award “The Society for Classical Studies Forum Prize” annually in one of the following categories: |