Monthly News & Updates
AUGUST 2023
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2024 Annual Meeting Update
Over the past few weeks, we received concerns from our members about the accessibility of the 2024 Annual Meeting for remote presenters and audiences. In light of this, SCS staff have been working with AIA staff and the SCS program committee on plans to make the 2024 Annual Meeting more accessible. The revised plan for the meeting is that SCS will run two fully hybrid session rooms throughout the conference for a total of 18 fully hybrid sessions accommodating remote speakers and audience. Both rooms will have standardized laptops installed so that panel organizers and session chairs will not have to provide their own laptops. There will also be better technical support than there was in New Orleans, as only two session rooms will be hybrid. In addition to in-person and hybrid sessions in 2024, there will be a limited number of fully virtual offerings.
SCS staff are currently reaching out to panel organizers to identify sessions that will work as hybrid events. We realize that running only two rooms as hybrid rooms does not provide the level of accessibility that we had in New Orleans, but given the technical problems in 2023, we hope that 2024 will provide us the opportunity to figure out what it takes to run successful hybrid sessions in hotels, especially as AIA and SCS have hotel contracts for conferences through 2026. With accessibility and environmental impact as major concerns, we are also in discussion about the format of the annual meeting after 2026.
Registration rates will overall fall into two categories: in-person and virtual, and the SCS will be providing additional financial support for students and contingent faculty, with details to be approved by the SCS finance committee and board.
We invite you to share your ideas and feedback for the Annual Meeting through this link, which will be reviewed by SCS Staff and the Annual Meeting Task Force.
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2023 SCS Election
This is a reminder that online balloting will close at 3:00 a.m. Eastern time on September 22, 2023.
The deadline for receipt of paper ballots will be the close of business on September 20, 2023.
Review the election materials and cast your vote!
*Please note that you should have received your email ballot from Vote-Now, however if you did not receive it, please contact:
info@classicalstudies.org
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Volunteer For SCS
The volunteer period for 2024 committee appointments and 2024 elections is now open!
With over 30 committees and the Board of Directors, there are plenty of opportunities for members to contribute to our current efforts and shape the future directions of the Society and the field. We are calling for volunteers for: (a) appointed committee service beginning in January 2024 and; (b) elected offices beginning in January 2025 with elections occurring in summer 2024, although Nominating Committee members will begin service in Fall 2024.
Please fill out the volunteer survey form if you would like to volunteer for a specific office, or if you would like to serve but are unsure in what capacity. If you are unable to volunteer for 2023-2024, you can also fill out the survey to indicate that SCS officers and staff should not approach you this year about committee or board service.
Learn More about Volunteering
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Lysistrata: Call for Participants
From CAMP, the Committee on Ancient and Modern Performance
A reminder: the 2024 CAMP play, Lysistrata, is seeking performers. Click below for the full Call for Participants. We have started assembling a very talented team, and we hope you will join us! Five wonderful composers are working on the music: Jerise Fogel, John Franklin, Joe Goodkin, Alex Silverman, and Vanessa Stovall.
In addition to actors, singers, and musicians, we would like to have a sound effects person, so if you have an interest in this area please let us know.
The deadline to apply is TODAY, August 31st.
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The 2023 NEH Institute Blog
"The Performance of Roman Comedy"
The NEH Institute for Higher Education Faculty, “The Performance of Roman Comedy,” wrapped up earlier this month.
"Over the course of four weeks, and under the instruction of visiting experts representing three generations of scholarly excellence and a wide variety of research specialties, participants in the Institute studied ancient evidence for and modern experiments in the performance of these plays; the social, historical, and literary contexts of the plays; and their continuing significance and influence."
The Institute published a blog series highlighting their sessions and performances: Read It Here
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TAPA
Volume 153, Number 1, Spring 2023
The current issue of TAPA is now available through Project MUSE.
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Take Action for International Education
From the National Humanities Alliance:
Urge your Representative to support funding for the Department of Education’s Title VI and Fulbright-Hays programs in FY 2024!
The House Appropriations Committee will be marking up the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill when the House reconvenes next month. While the committee has not yet released the proposed funding levels in the draft bill, given the potential for significant cuts to the Department of Education’s International Education programs (Title VI and Fulbright-Hays), it is essential that constituents reach out to their Representatives before the committee’s vote to communicate that these programs are crucial for our nation’s prosperity and safety.
From the NHA: click here to send a message to your Representative
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Victoria University of Wellington
Jeffrey Henderson, the Director of the Classics Advisory Service at SCS, recently wrote to the Victoria University of Wellington to express alarm over the possibility that the programme in Greek and Latin may be diminished.
He writes, "We are keenly aware of the pressures that all universities are facing in these times of economic challenge and rapid change: SCS members work at educational institutions at every level, and we include among our number deans, former deans (I among them), directors, and even provosts and presidents of colleges and universities, and we work collaboratively with classical colleagues worldwide. But it seems to us that there are compelling reasons for continuing your Classics programme at full strength: not only is it a fundamental and essential resource for a broad range of students at all levels but also a vital resource for the University: the Classics Museum is among the best departmental museums anywhere; the Greek Field Trip is a wonderful opportunity for students from VUW and elsewhere to acquire hands-on experience in the classical world; the Ronald Syme Memorial Lectures (named for a Classics alumnus who was one of New Zealand’s greatest scholars) bring distinguished visitors to campus; and the well-known Wellington Classical Association, with its symposium and annual play."
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Recently Published on the SCS Blog | | |
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How Much Latin Does ChatGPT “Know”?
By Patrick Burns
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Review: The UGARIT Translation Alignment Editor
By Clifford Robinson
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Accessibility at conferences should be a priority
By Jen Ebbeler
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Pecunia non olet: Adventures in Roman Woolworking
By Molly Ayn Jones-Lewis
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Upcoming Award & Fellowship Deadlines | |
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Erich S. Gruen Prize
October 6, 2023
For best graduate student research paper on multiculturalism in the ancient Mediterranean
Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities
October 13, 2023
Mini-grants for public engagement projects
Awards for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics at the College Level
October 16, 2023
Outreach Prize
October 17, 2023
Forum Prize
October 31, 2023
Awards for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics at the K-12 Level
November 1, 2023
Lionel Pearson Fellowship
November 6, 2023
Provides funding for one year of graduate study in the UK
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Rudolph Masciantonio Grants for K-12 Educators
November 30, 2023
NEW in 2023! Offers assistance to teachers of K-12 students and those who are pursuing a career in K-12 education in areas relevant to our discipline.
The Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL) Fellowship
December 1, 2023
Supported by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, enables an American scholar to participate in the work of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Institute in Munich.
Contingent Faculty Grants
December 31, 2023
Application period will run from October 1 to December 31
Frank M. Snowden Jr. Scholarships
January 20, 2024
Provides summer funding for undergraduates student from historically under-represented groups
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2022 Pedagogy Awards
Learn more about each of the projects that the 2022 Pedagogy Awards helped to fund:
Ronnie Ancona, Hunter College, CUNY: to support speakers addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion in a graduate-level Classics Pedagogy class.
Evan Dutmer, Culver Academies: to support the continuation and development of the Culver ancient schoolroom initiative.
Michael McGlin, Temple University: to support the purchase of materials needed to create laser-cut facsimiles of Latin documents.
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Departmental Memberships
Sign your department up for the NEW SCS Departmental Membership Program. Member benefits include outstanding student award certificates, a feature of your department on the SCS website, and free memberships for students and contingent faculty. Three different membership levels are available.
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