SCS News
Supporting Greek and Latin teaching in UK schoolsPosted Thu, 12/18/2014 - 11:08 in SCS Announcements. The other day I ran across a program that was new to me. It's called "Classics in Communities," and its purpose is to support Greek and Latin teaching by offering workshops for secondary school teachers. It looks like it could be an effective form of outreach. |
NEH Program Officer at Annual MeetingPosted Wed, 12/17/2014 - 09:01 in SCS Announcements. Dr. Sarah Lepinski, Program Officer in the Division of Preservation and Access at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), will be at the meeting in New Orleans and would be happy to meet with prospective applicants to any NEH funding program -- especially those in Preservation and Access, Digital Humanities, Education, and Research. The link below provides details about setting up an appointment with her. |
SCS Holiday Office HoursPosted Tue, 12/16/2014 - 11:00 in SCS Announcements. Following is the schedule for the SCS Office for the next month. Our regular hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. |
Twitter Hashtag for New Orleans MeetingPosted Fri, 12/12/2014 - 14:21 in SCS Announcements. If you use Twitter and intend to share comments about the upcoming joint annual meeting in New Orleans, please use the hashtag #aiascs We have consulted with our colleagues at the AIA, and they have agreed to recommend its use to their members as well. Please note that because of the new name of the Society, this is a different hashtag from the one in use in previous years. |
Hotel Rooms for New Orleans MeetingPosted Fri, 12/12/2014 - 14:01 in SCS Announcements. Our discounted group rate of $159 has sold out at both of the annual meeting venues, the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel and the New Orleans Marriott. Rooms at this convention rate may become available later due to cancelations; so, click on the URLs above periodically to see if this has occurred. |
Awards to Be Presented at Upcoming Annual MeetingPosted Thu, 12/11/2014 - 09:47 in Awards and Fellowships. The Society for Classical Studies will present the following awards at the Plenary Session of its 146th Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Click on the link in each winner’s name or project to read the award citations. Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit (for three outstanding contributions to classical scholarship published by members of the Association within the preceding three years) |
Annual Meeting Abstracts Now PostedPosted Wed, 12/10/2014 - 16:39 in SCS Announcements. Click here to read the abstracts of papers to be presented on the SCS Program at the upcoming annual meeting in New Orleans. |
Message from the President Celebrating 50th Anniversary of NEHPosted Wed, 12/03/2014 - 14:34 in SCS Announcements. In the coming year the National Endowment for the Humanities will mark its 50th anniversary, and the SCS joins the American Council of Learned Societies and other humanities associations in celebrating this milestone. During the last five decades the NEH has stood as a beacon of our nation’s strong support for sustaining and advancing the humanities through education, research, and public outreach. Many of our own organization’s most important accomplishments over that half-century were made possible through support from the NEH. |
SCS Office Closed for Thanksgiving HolidayPosted Wed, 11/26/2014 - 14:38 in SCS Announcements. The SCS Office will be closed on on November 27 and 28 for the Thanksgiving Holiday. |
New Issues of Mouseion on Project MusePosted Wed, 11/26/2014 - 13:05 in General Announcements. Mouseion: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada Mouseion: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada |