SCS News
Award to SCS MemberPosted Wed, 03/04/2015 - 16:15 in Awards and Fellowships. SCS Member Pramit Chaudhuri, Associate Professor of Classics at Dartmouth College, is one of seven scholars to receive a Digital Innovation grant this year from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). The title of Prof. Chaudhuri’s project is Computational Analysis of Intertextuality in Classical Literature. Information about all of the recipients is available at the ACLS web site. |
Heckman Research Stipends at The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML)Posted Wed, 03/04/2015 - 16:01 in Awards and Fellowships. Heckman Stipends, made possible by the A.A. Heckman Endowed Fund, are awarded semi-annually. Up to 10 stipends in amounts up to $2,000 are available each year. Funds may be applied toward travel to and from St. John's College in Collegeville, MN; housing and meals at the University; and costs related to duplication of the Library's microfilm or digital resources. The Stipend may be supplemented by other sources of funding but may not be held simultaneously with another HMML Stipend or Fellowship. Holders of the Stipend must wait at least two years before applying again. |
Phoenix Call for SubmissionsPosted Wed, 03/04/2015 - 15:55 in SCS Announcements. Phoenix, a journal of the Classical Association of Canada, welcomes submissions of original, high quality scholarly research in all areas of Classical Studies, including: Greek and Latin literature, language, history, philosophy, religion, mythology, and material culture. For further information, please consult our website, which contains links to our ‘Notes for Contributors’ and a ToC of our most recent issue: http://phoenix.utoronto.ca/ |
Ave Maria University Summer Intensive Immersion Courses in Latin and GreekPosted Wed, 03/04/2015 - 15:54 in SCS Announcements. Ave Maria University and the Polis Institute are offering Summer Intensive Immersion Courses in Latin and Greek. These three- to six-week courses (June 1st-June 19th, first level, and June 22-July 10, second level) are designed to bring students to an active proficiency in Classical Latin or Koine Greek through immersion and dedicated study. Students will learn to think, read, write and speak Latin and Greek. |
Humboldt University Summer School: Globalized ClassicsPosted Wed, 03/04/2015 - 15:53 in SCS Announcements. Doctoral students and early career scholars are invited to apply for summer school on Globalized Classics, held at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in August and September 2015. The summer university is devoted to the study of the Ancient World from comparative and interdisciplinary points of view. It will examine the impact of globalization and non-Western perspectives on the study of the Graeco-Roman Classics. |
CADMO - Revista de História AntigaPosted Wed, 03/04/2015 - 15:46 in SCS Announcements. As a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, CADMO publishes original studies, findings and relevant "state of the art" essays on Ancient History and the study of Ancient cultures. It welcomes contributions related to the Ancient Near-Eastern World (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, Syro-Palestinian area and Anatolia) and to the Classical World (Greece, Rome and the Ancient Mediterranean, including Late Antiquity). |
ACTFL Survey of Primary and Secondary School Language EnrollmentsPosted Thu, 02/26/2015 - 10:18 in SCS Announcements. The SCS is an affiliate member of the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). The Council has asked us to encourage all of our members who are teaching at the primary or secondary levels to complete a survey it is conducting on enrollment in foreign language classes. This survey complements the one recently conducted by the Modern Language Association concerning enrollments at the college and university level. |
Summer Latin CoursePosted Tue, 02/17/2015 - 15:04 in SCS Announcements. The Philology Institute in Wilmore, KY will offer an intensive, six-week summer course in Latin from June 15 to July 24, 2015. The cost is $2500 for the equivalent of two semesters of regular coursework, and the program offers a limited number of $500 scholarships. The course enrollment is capped at 12 students. Applications are currently being accepted. More information: www.thephilologyinstitute.com. |
Dues Payments and Logging in to SCS Web SitesPosted Wed, 02/11/2015 - 16:15 in SCS Announcements. The Johns Hopkins University Press (JHUP) which manages our membership database has recently upgraded the online payment mechanism it uses to collect dues. This upgrade requires users to log in to the JHUP system before entering credit card information. New members will need to create an account that they can subsequently use to gain access to resources that JHUP maintains for us such as our directory of members and issues of TAPA in Project Muse. |
Candidates for This Summer's ElectionPosted Wed, 02/11/2015 - 14:08 in SCS Announcements. The Nominating Committee has recruited this slate of candidates for the election to take place this summer. Members are reminded that it is possible to nominate additional candidates by petition. Nominations of candidates not proposed by the Nominating Committee shall require the signature of twenty members in good standing (2015 dues must be paid) and must be reported to the Executive Director by April 15, 2015. |