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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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Presidential Letter on Funding for the NEH and NEA| Category: Presidential LettersThe draft budget proposed by President Trump's White House seems unlikely to be adopted. Many believe it is simply an habitual negotiator's opening salvo, intended more to "start the bidding" than to be taken seriously at face value. … |
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Diversity and Equality| Category: Presidential LettersI should like to bring you up to date on the Society’s efforts to encourage the development of a more diverse profession of Classics. It is perhaps appropriate that I write these words in St. Louis, which has become one of the symbols of our… |
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Changes to Bylaws, Regulations, and Committees| Category: Presidential LettersAs I mentioned in my last message, at their meeting in June the Board of Directors adopted significant changes to the Bylaws and Regulations. Please do not stop reading here! These documents do not make interesting reading for most people,… |
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President's Message - June 2016| Category: Presidential LettersYour Board of Directors met in New York on June 18th. Our gathering came as we near the hand-over from one executive director to another for the first time in seventeen years, with Adam Blistein’s retirement at the end of this month. Helen… |
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President's Message - February 2016| Category: Presidential LettersNo one who was present at the presidential panel organized by John Marincola in San Francisco will soon forget the combination of analysis, passion, and practicality offered by the speakers, as they sought to quantify and personalize the plight… |
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Appointment of New Executive Director| Category: Presidential LettersI am delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Helen Cullyer as the next Executive Director of the Society for Classical Studies. She is a classicist, with special interest in classical philosophy, educated at Oxford and Yale, where she… |