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Letter from S. Georgia Nugent| Category: Presidential LettersPresidential Letter June 19, 2017 Dear Colleagues, Recent weeks and months have seen an increase in the cultural tensions in our nation—and, indeed, the world. It is not uncommon now for… |
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Placement Service Maintenance (June 26-July 10)| Category:Beginning on Monday, June 26, the SCS Placement Service will enter its yearly maintenance session. That means that no new jobs will be posted and no jobs digests will be sent to subscribers for approximately two weeks. All job ads placed prior to… |
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L'Année philologique Moving to Brepols| Category:Here is an important announcement from the Société internationale de bibliographie classique: beginning October 1, 2017 Brepols publishers will become the sole publisher and distributor of the L'Année philologique, both in print and online.… |
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ACLS Delegate Report (May 2017)| Category:Ruth Scodel, SCS delegate to the American Council of Learned Societies, has written up her report of the annual ACLS meeting. You can read the full report here… |
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NEH Funding| Category:Earlier this year SCS President Georgia Nugent issued a Presidential Letter on the Trump administration's budget blueprint that proposed elimination of… |
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Contest: 2018 Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest| Category: Awards and FellowshipsTopic: A classical “Wonder Woman” appearing out of her native context to save the day The backstory of DC Comics’ Wonder Woman is heavily inspired by characters, places, and events from classical mythology. DC’s Wonder… |
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In Memoriam: Garrett G. Fagan| Category: In MemoriamIn Memoriam: Garrett G. Fagan (Submitted by Stephen Wheeler, Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, The Pennsylvania State University) The untimely death two months ago of Garrett… |
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Annual Fund Committee Message| Category:(This is a message from the SCS Annual Fund Committee, sent to members on May 8th, 2017) We’re looking for a few good classicists. Actually, we’re looking for quite a few good classicists, those who will constitute the next… |
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In Memoriam: Edwin L. Brown| Category: In MemoriamFrom the Asheville Citizen-Times: It is with great regret that we report the passing of Edwin L. Brown, former professor at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. … |
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SCS Award Winners: Minority Scholarship, Zeph Stewart Award, and Koenen Fellowship| Category: Awards and FellowshipsSCS Award WinnersWe are delighted to announce the following award winners: Minority Scholarship Award Winners: Perla Azucena Castillejos Linda Mcnulty Samantha Morris … |