Dear SCS Members:
I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the Annual Meeting in Toronto. The Program Committee – Karen Bassi, Leslie Dean-Jones, Helene Foley and Paul Allen Miller – and I have worked hard to put together a stimulating and rewarding Program. We were able to organize the sessions by themes and topics because we think it will make the 2017 Meeting more satisfying. A program is available on line, but there are some exciting changes to note.
I call your attention to the all day workshop that is now on the program, scheduled for January 7: Ancient MakerSpaces: Digital Tools for Classical Scholarship. 8-4 PM. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about new digital developments in the field. Digital Publications and the future of the Classics is also the topic for the Presidential Panel, scheduled on January 6, 5-7 PM.
The Program Committee wants to encourage membership participation in the Annual Meeting on all levels. So we welcome panel submissions as well as individual abstracts. And there are a number of new formats. You may have noticed that there was a second call for Round Tables. This resulted in some 15 Round Tables on the Program, ranging from concerns about Pedagogy ("Awarding College Credit for AP Latin Scores") to “Classics and Social Justice.” Please think of submitting one for our 2018 Meeting.
Michele Renee Salzman
Vice President for Programs, SCS
Professor, History Department
University of California, Riverside
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