Within the next two weeks we will post a link to the online system we will use this year to receive submissions of abstracts and proposals and reports for review by the APA Program Committee. Proposals for at-large panels, committee panels,…
A recent painful loss to our profession came with the death of John Rettig. He was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated magna cum laude from the Honors A.B. Program at Xavier University in 1953 and was awarded the M.A. in Classics…
Due to bad weather conditions, the University of Pennsylvania has suspended normal operations for January 22, 2014. The APA Office will therefore be closed as well.
Individuals who registered in advance for the recent annual meeting in Chicago but who were unable to attend because their flights were canceled, and they could not obtain new reservations in time to attend the meeting…
We are very grateful to the nearly 2,500 registrants who overcame difficult travel conditions to attend last week’s joint annual meeting. At the same time, we are aware that some members who had registered in advance were unable to come to…
Anna Shaw Benjamin died on July 21, 2013. Dr. Benjamin received both undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1946, Ph.D. 1955) and at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. At the latter she held…
Our colleagues at AIA have once again developed an online scheduling tool that will permit you to develop a schedule of events you want to attend in Chicago. You…
In my final letter to the membership, I would like to give you all an idea of where we are headed as an organization in the near future. Our organization is evolving in an exciting way. We are the heirs of a distinguished history of developing…
During the New Year’s Day edition of National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, writer Frank Deford will report on a discussion he had recently with Professor Sarah Culpepper Stroup of the University of Washington about her 'War Games'…