2012

Outreach Prize

I am delighted to report that five strong nominations for the 2012 SCS Outreach Prize have been received. This prize recognizes outstanding projects or events by an SCS member or members that make an aspect of classical antiquity available and attractive to an audience other than classics scholars or students in their courses.

Outreach Events at the SCS annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, January 3-6, 2013

The Outreach Division will sponsor five events at the meeting.

Two events are open to the public:

At the recommendation of the Outreach Prize Committee the SCS Board of Directors has awarded the 2012 Outreach Prize to James T. Svendsen, Professor Emeritus of the University of Utah, for his work with the Classical Greek Theatre Festival of Utah. Prof.

In August all SCS members in good standing for 2012 will receive instructions for voting in the 2012 election from Vote-Now, the firm we have retained to conduct this election. Members for whom we have a valid e-mail address will receive their instructions via e-mail; all others will receive instructions via first-class mail. Regardless of the method of notification, all members will once again have the option to vote online or to use a paper ballot. The deadline for receipt of paper ballots will be the close of business on Friday, September 28, 2012.

I. I am very pleased to be serving as Vice-President for Outreach. I especially thank my predecessor, Judy Hallett, for her outstanding support and guidance.In my first few months on the job, I have been impressed by the Division’s excellent committee members and their strong commitment. Much good work is being done, but there are opportunities to do more.

The 2011-2012 Nominating Committee chaired by Laura McClure and Peter Rose has assembled the following slate of candidates for the election to be held this summer:

President-Elect
Kathryn J. Gutzwiller
James Tatum

Financial Trustee
Ralph J. Hexter
Barbara A. Shailor

Vice President for Professional Matters
Gregson Davis
John F. Miller

Vice President for Publications and Research
David Blank
Michael Gagarin

• All submitters are strongly encouraged to compose their materials in Microsoft Word and paste them into the system’s text boxes. It is also possible to enter text by typing directly into the text field.
• All submissions must be composed in 11 point Times New Roman font.
• Abstracts including Greek characters should utilize a Unicode font. It is the responsibility of the author to ensure that Greek characters appear correctly.

To submit a proposal to the Program Committee, you must 1) be an SCS member in good standing and 2) create a user account for the online collection system. Further details are given below.

The table below summarizes the instructions provided in this Program Guide. Note especially that any specific deadlines given below are for electronic submissions by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the stated date. By action of the SCS Board of Directors, all submissions being made to the SCS Program Committee must be made in electronic form through the online conference submission system.

2012 Program Committee Members

• Christopher Faraone
• Joseph Farrell (Chair)
• Kirk Freudenburg
• Maud Gleason
• Corinne O. Pache

The Program Committee is scheduled to meet over the dates given below. The types of submissions to be reviewed at each meeting are listed under the relevant date.

Law in the Undergraduate Curriculum

Sponsored by the SCS Committee on Ancient History

Serena Connolly, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and Celia E. Schultz, University of Michigan, Organizers