SCS News
SCS Contingent Faculty GrantsPosted Fri, 07/07/2023 - 09:49 in Awards and Fellowships. In 2023, SCS disbursed $15,000 in Contingent Faculty Grants. This is the second year of the program, which is funded from the Society's Research and Teaching Endowment. The selection committee made seven awards on two tracks: (1) professional development and (2) financial aid. The awardees this year are Justin Michael Colvin, Lissa Crofton-Sleigh, Alice Gaber, Valeria Tezzon, Daniel Schindler, and two anonymous awardees. |
LCC Award NominationsPosted Fri, 07/07/2023 - 09:35 in Awards and Fellowships. The LCC and WCC hosted a reading of this year’s prize-winning papers on June 14, 2023 via Zoom. Each year, the WCC and LCC recognize published and unpublished work by graduate students and faculty with juried awards that are announced during the opening night party at the SCS annual meeting. The reading group revisits the winning published work in the summer, so that attendees can share reactions, insights for classroom use, and potential applications for research. |
CANE Summer Institute: Free online lecturesPosted Wed, 07/05/2023 - 10:55 in Conferences, Lectures, and Meetings. CANE members and the general public are invited to register for the CANE Summer Institute lecture series. Registration is free! |
Antiquity in Media Studies (AIMS): 2023 Call for ProposalsPosted Mon, 07/03/2023 - 07:03 in Calls for Papers. From “mirror of antiquity” to antiquities on screens: shaping self, persona, society through media/ted encounters with imagined pastsThe 2023 Antiquity in Media Studies international online conference (via Zoom) Americas, UK, and EU |
Placement Service MaintenancePosted Mon, 07/03/2023 - 06:56 in SCS Announcements. Annual maintenance for the SCS online placement service is complete. As of Wednesday July 5, the Placement Service is publishing, on the current ads page, job ads with application deadlines falling in academic year 2023-24. Job seekers can subscribe or resubscribe to the service for the new academic year at any time. Institutions can place job ads at any time. |
Conference: Animals and the Environment in Ancient MedicinePosted Thu, 06/22/2023 - 12:13 in Conferences, Lectures, and Meetings. Animals and the Environment in Ancient Mediterranean Medicine Conference July 5-6, 2023 University of Exeter and online |
ACLS Fellowship and Grant Competitions: 2023-24Posted Thu, 06/22/2023 - 12:07 in Awards and Fellowships. The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce that 2023-24 ACLS fellowship and grant competitions are now open for select programs. ACLS offers programs that promote research across the full spectrum of humanities and interpretive social science fields. Our application, peer review, and award processes aim to advance inclusive excellence, and we welcome applicants from groups that are underrepresented in the academic humanities and from across the diverse landscape of higher education. |
In Memoriam: Dan TompkinsPosted Tue, 06/13/2023 - 09:56 in In Memoriam. Submitted by Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Professor and Chair, Department of Greek and Roman Classics, Temple University |
The Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest 2024Posted Fri, 06/09/2023 - 13:39 in Awards and Fellowships. Sponsored by Monmouth College Eligibility |
Inclusive Futures: Race, Religion, and PCRSPosted Thu, 06/08/2023 - 13:47 in Conferences, Lectures, and Meetings. This discussion with Bernadette Andrea, Geraldine Heng, Stephanie Shirilan, and Lehua Yim will address the reach and limits of antiracist research and teaching. This discussion aims to have an honest conversation about who is included and who is excluded when it comes to antiracist work in premodern studies. How do we engage (or do we engage with) anti-Semitism? Islamophobia? anti-Asian racism? anti-immigrant sentiments? Namely, how do we envision effective allyship in premodern studies? |