SCS News
Good News about the German Office of L'AnneePosted in SCS Announcements. In April I briefed members on behalf of the Board about the funding threat to the German office of L'Année and promised to update members when we had further news (http://apaclassics.org/index.php/apa_blog/apa_blog_entry/3325/). I am delighted to pass along the following letter of 11 August 2012 from SIBC President Margarethe Billerbeck: Jeff Henderson ----------------- Dear Friends and Colleagues, |
Election Materials for 2012Posted in SCS Announcements. |
LOU BOLCHAZY, June 7, 1937—July 28, 2012Posted in In Memoriam. |
2012-2013 Placement Service Now OpenPosted in SCS Announcements. |
The Amphora Is Almost Full (a report from President Jeffrey Henderson)Posted in SCS Announcements.
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MARTIN OSTWALD, January 15, 1922–April 10, 2010Posted in In Memoriam. (A longer version of the following memoir, by Helen North, Centennial Professor of Classics Emerita, Swarthmore College, was commissioned for a forthcoming volume of the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. This version was lightly edited and abridged by Ralph M. Rosen. Sadly, Professor North herself died on January, 21, 2012. Shortly before her death she had given her permission for this obituary to be abridged and published in the APA Newsletter. |
Coalition on the Academic Workforce Survey ResultsPosted in SCS Announcements. |
APA Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Pre-Collegiate LevelPosted in SCS Announcements. Do you know an outstanding classics teacher at the pre-collegiate level? Consider nominating him or her for the APA Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Pre-Collegiate Level. Ronnie Ancona |
Gary Meltzer (1951-2011)Posted in In Memoriam. |
Dirk HeldPosted in In Memoriam. Dirk tom Dieck Held, the Elizabeth S. Kruidenier ’48 Professor of Classics at Connecticut College in New London CT, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on March 21, 2012. He took his A.B. and Ph.D in Classics at Brown University. Joining the faculty of Connecticut College in 1971, he held the Chair of the Classics Department for thirty-two years. Professor Held presented and/or published over one hundred learned papers on a wide variety of topics. He was widely known and respected for the quality of his scholarship and his dedication to the field. |
