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Classics/Veterans' Book Club Goes National| Category: Classics in the News(From the Dartmouth News blog) SCS Outreach Prize winner Roberta Stewart, founder of book discussion groups for veterans, held a workshop recently with Classicists from other states hoping… |
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New Zealand Proposing to Drop Latin Qualifying Exam| Category: Classics in the News(Message sent to SCS by James McNamara) The New Zealand Qualifications Authority is proposing to drop the scholarship exam in Latin (for final year pupils) in 2019. The exam offers students recognition and a monetary award for… |
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AAC&U and AAUP Issue Statement on Liberal Arts Education| Category: Classics in the NewsThe Association of American Colleges & Universities and the American Association of University Professors have recently signed on to a statement condemning the multi-front attack on the Humanities and a Liberal Arts education. … |
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Update: University of Missouri Graduate Program Will Continue| Category: Classics in the NewsThe SCS has learned from Anatole Mori that the Department of Ancient Mediterranean Studies Graduate Program at the University of Missouri will not be discontinued. Here is her full statement:
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Latin Featured on "America the Bilingual" Podcast| Category: Classics in the NewsMultiple proponents of Spoken Latin in the classroom - Edward Zarrow, Tom Morris, and Jason Pedicone - were recently featured on the "America the Bilingual" podcast.
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University of Montana Poised to Lose Classics Program| Category: Classics in the NewsThe Classical Association of the Middle West and South recently put out a call for action concerning the proposed discontinuation of the Classics program at the… |
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NEH Grants for Classically Themed Projects (April, 2018)| Category: Classics in the NewsApril, 2018 Below is a list of the most recent NEH grantees and their Classically-themed projects. The NEH helps fund a number of SCS initiatives, and their support affects the field of Classics at a national and local… |
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Southern Virginia University Adds a Classics Program| Category: Classics in the NewsA new Classics program has started up at Southern Virginia University. The university now offers a Major and Minor in Classical Studies, with classes in Greek and Latin as well as history, philosophy, and the arts. Join us in… |
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SCS Member Receives Guggenheim Fellowship| Category: Classics in the NewsSCS Member Scott Johnson has received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship.
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New Budget Includes $3 million Increase for NEH| Category: Classics in the NewsAfter the threat of agency closure by the end of next fiscal year, congress has instead approved a $3 million dollar increase in funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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