SCS News
2018 Abstract and Presentation DeadlinesPosted in SCS Announcements. Dear SCS Members, As you know, we are now accepting submissions for the 2018 Annual Meeting in Boston. The deadline for submitting all proposals and reports except individual abstracts is 11:59 pm, Eastern Time, on April 7, 2017. You can access the program submission system at the following link: |
SCS Volunteer Opportunities Now AvailablePosted in SCS Announcements. Opportunities to volunteer for SCS Committees and elected offices are now available to members. Committee appointments will begin in 2018 and elected offices in 2019: Read about what each committee does |
TAPA Now Open for SubmissionsPosted in SCS Announcements. Andromache Karanika will officially become the Editor of TAPA in January 2018, but will handle incoming submissions effective immediately. Please send all submissions electronically to tapa@uci.edu, following TAPA guidelines. Craig Gibson will remain the official Editor through 2017 and is in charge of producing this year's issues (147.1 and 2). --- |
Funding for the HumanitiesPosted in General Announcements. This message is intended for members in the US. Yesterday, President Trump’s budget blueprint was published. It calls for the elimination of many crucial educational and cultural agencies including the NEH, NEA, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Institute of Museum of Library Services (IMLS). A brief survey of grants made by the NEH over the last seven years shows the potential impact on our field. The NEH has funded: |
New Member Benefit: Discount on OUP Books and Oxford Classical DictionaryPosted in SCS Announcements. After a temporary 30% discount, Oxford University Press has permanently increased its discount on all Classics titles for SCS Members to 25% off, up from 20% previously. OUP has also added a new, 30% discount subscription to the Oxford Classical Dictionary, an exclusive benefit for SCS members only. Both of these benefits are available to SCS members on the "Members Only" page after signing in. --- |
Deadlines for Annual MeetingPosted in SCS Announcements. A reminder that there are two deadlines for submissions for the SCS Annual Meeting in January 2018 in Boston. Individual abstracts are due by 11.59pm eastern on April 26. However, all other submissions (panels, workshops, reports on affiliated group panels, roundtables etc.) are due by 11.59pm eastern on April 7. The program submission system is available at http://program.classicalstudies.org --- |
In Memoriam: Robert GermanyPosted in In Memoriam. We are saddened to announce the passing of Robert Germany, Classics professor at Haverford College. Below is a statement written by his colleagues at Haverford: |
2017-18 Fellowship WinnersPosted in Awards and Fellowships. 2017-18 Fellowship Winners The TLL Fellowship has been awarded to Elizabeth Palazzolo (PhD, University of Pennsylvania). The recipient of the Lionel Pearson Fellowship is Peggy Xu (University of Chicago), who has been admitted to the MPhil program in Classics at the University of Cambridge. The Coffin Fellowship has been awarded to Maegen Cooper, Latin teacher at Columbia Independent School in Columbia, Missouri. Maegen will attend the Paideia Institute's Living Caesar in Gaul program this summer. |
Staff and Election AnnouncementsPosted in SCS Announcements. We are delighted to welcome Cherane Ali as our new Director of Meetings. Cherane has a BA from Baruch College and extensive meeting planning experience in both the US and Europe. We also thank the Nominating Committee for their work throughout the Fall and Winter to identify a slate of candidates who will stand for election in summer 2017. You can view the complete slate here. |
Celebrating the 50-year ClubPosted in SCS Announcements. Today we celebrate the SCS 50-year Club. Members who joined in 1967 have now been added to our list of 50-year members: https://classicalstudies.org/membership/scs-50-year-club Thank you to all on this list for your teaching, scholarship, service, and support. --- |