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Call for Participants | Vassar College | New Perspectives on Classics and Race: A Workshop for Teachers and Researchers

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The Vassar College Department of Greek and Roman Studies invites applications from teachers (including teachers in high schools) and researchers to participate in a workshop with contributors to the recently published Cambridge Companion to Classics and Race (CUP 2026), which will be held in Poughkeepsie, New York at Vassar’s Institute for the Liberal Arts on April 2–4, 2027. 

Workshop participants will attend a series of small-group seminars led by authors of chapters from this volume and will consider how best to incorporate the findings of this volume into their teaching and research. Seminars will reflect the wide-ranging contents of this volume, which treats both the applicability of terminology such as “race” and “racism” to the study of Greco-Roman antiquity and the myriad ways that racial discourses have and continue to manifest in scholarly and popular understandings of the ancient world. The topics covered by the volume can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009295116

Thanks to Vassar’s J. Leverett Moore endowment, the department is able to offer significant funding to participants. Lodging and meals during the workshop will be provided and, following the completion of the workshop, each participant will receive a $500 reimbursement toward travel expenses.

Space is limited in order to maintain a small seminar size. To apply for a place, please submit a short statement (max 300 words) explaining both

  • how participation in this workshop will contribute to your research and/or teaching

and

  • What potential impact it might have on your own academic and educational community to incorporate the findings and perspectives of this volume into your research or teaching

Applications and other inquiries should be sent to the Department of Greek and Roman Studies Office Specialist, Erin Ferencik (eferencik@vassar.edu), with subject heading “Race Workshop Application.” Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis beginning August 17th, 2026 with a final application deadline (if space remains) of October 4th, 2026.

A recent article on the Masciantonio Fund in the CAAS region

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Former CAAS Executive Director Mary Brown recently wrote an article about the Masciantonio Fund and its positive effects in the CAAS region, including CAAS Masciantonio Grants. You can read the article at https://www.mainlinemedianews.com/2026/07/20/brown-greek-and-latin-studies-reimagined-credit-rudy-masciantonio-and-follow-the-money/.

The 2026 Fall Annual Meeting of The Classical Association of the Atlantic States

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When: Thursday, October 8, to Saturday, October 10, 2026

Where: The Hotel Du Pont, Wilmington, DE

Registration: The deadline to register for the 2026 Fall Meeting is September 15, 2026. Register at this link:  https://caas.press.jhu.edu/membership/conference

You can also register by navigating to the Members’ Area and clicking on “Conference.” 

Please note that breakfast is included with the cost of registration.  

All other meals are not included in the cost of registration and must be selected immediately below the registration section of the form.

Hotel Reservations:  The Hotel Du Pont, 42 W 11th St, Wilmington, DE 19801

  • Direct Booking Link:  https://bit.ly/3LFqI1g 
  • Phone Booking: (302) 594-3100 and request the room block set aside for CAAS
  • Cut-off Date to Book: 09/07/2026

Program: Coming soon!

Exhibitors & Vendors: Register here as an exhibitor or vendor. If you have further questions about signing up as an exhibitor or vendor, please contact our Executive Director, Denise Flood, at ed@caas-cw.org.

Travel Subsidies: Apply here for needs-based funding (up to $600) covering travel, lodging, meals, and registration.

We look forward to seeing you in Wilmington this October!

Travel Subsidies Request: Due August 14, 2026 | CAAS Annual Meeting 2026

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Apply Here

What: Need-based funding (up to $600) covering travel, lodging, meals, and registration for the 2026 CAAS Fall Meeting.

Eligibility: Open to all members in need; priority is given to presenters, panelists, and presiders.

Funding Note: Due to limited funds, partial awards are common. Applicants should seek outside funding and must notify the Committee if other sources are secured.

Deadline: Submit this form no later than August 14, 2026. Applications received after this date will only be considered after all others have been processed.

Notification: Results will be sent on or by the end of August.

Requirements & Reimbursement: Recipients are expected to attend the meeting in person and must submit receipts for expenditures following the meeting to receive reimbursement.

Apply Here

In Memoriam: Dr. Elizabeth Ann Fisher

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We are sorry to share the recent passing of Dr. Elizabeth Ann Fisher, professor and department chair at the George Washington University’s Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Dr. Fisher received a CAAS ovatio in 2019. Her obituary is available at https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/washington-dc/elizabeth-fisher-12935205. The text of the 2019 ovatio can be found below Dr. Fisher’s photo.

Ovatio: Elizabeth A. Fisher

Nunc est ovandum, nunc grato animo pulsanda mensa, ut laudemus hanc feminam, humilem sed eruditissimam, sodales. Adepta gradum Baccalaureae Artis apud universitatem quaerentem quaecumque sint vera, propinquam ventosae urbi in horto, tunc attinuit apud universitatem Veritate insignem, propinquam fabarum oppido, gradus Magistrae Artis Doctorisque Philosophiae. Illuminavit opera scriptorum Byzantinorum luculentissime, apud docta domicilia consecrata investigandis et explicandis litteris Graecis per multa saecula, et in scribendo dicendoque. Multas per gentes, multa per aequora vecta, summo studio servivit universitati proclamanti deum nobis fiduciam, fulciens et fovens disciplinam non solum linguarum sed etiam sententiarum Romanorum Graecorumque. Sustinendis magistris linguae Latinae et studiis classicis ipsis locuplevit et discipulos et professores in hac regione, et in nostra societate. Plaudamus igitur Elizabeth A. Fisher.

Now, companions, an ovation must be delivered, now with grateful hearts our tables must be pounded, so that we may praise this woman, modest but extraordinarily learned. Having received her BA degree at Northwestern University, she then obtained her MA and PhD degrees at Harvard. Her scholarship—recognized as distinguished by fellowships from Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies and the Center for Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks; and shared in numerous publications, conference papers, and invited talks—has brilliantly cast light on the writings of such authors as Michael Psellos and Maximus Planudes. Exploring remote classical and Byzantine sites, she has also traveled extensively throughout eastern Turkey and Syria. As department chair, she invested immense energies in keeping the Classics program alive and well at The George Washington University; she also has taught its courses in both ancient languages and on literature and culture in translation. Her support for secondary school Latin at the School Without Walls, and for university-level research through her leadership of the Washington-area Ancient Mediterranean Seminar, has greatly enriched our region and organization. Let us thus applaud Elizabeth A. Fisher.

Judith P. Hallett and Denis Sullivan, University of Maryland, College Park, and John Ziolkowski, The George Washington University

CAAS Announces Slate of Candidates | Petitions Due July 1, 2026

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During its recent meeting, the Board approved a slate of candidates for all elective offices and directorships and is announcing the slate on the CAAS website and via the CAAS members listserv. Members may nominate an additional candidate or candidates through a petition signed by at least fifteen CAAS members eligible to vote. The petition must be received by the Executive Director no later than July 1, 2026, and nominees must be CAAS members who reside and/or work in the CAAS region. Nominees with a valid petition will be added to the slate of candidates. This slate, along with materials for the Annual Business Session of the Corporation/Membership, will be sent to members. The Session will be held at the Hotel Du Pont, Wilmington, DE on October 10, 2026, when the candidates’ names will be presented for election.

Officers

President: Lauren Petersen
First Vice-President: James Capreedy
Second Vice-President: Andrea Kouklanakis
Officer-at-Large: David Rosenbloom

Regional Directors (Second Term)

New Jersey South: Evan Jewell (2027-2028)
Pennsylvania Eastern: TJ Bolt (2027-2028)
Pennsylvania Central and Western: Christian Wildberg (2027-2028)
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia): Meghan Quinn (2027-2028)

CANE Summer Institute: July 6-10, 2026

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CANE’s Summer Institute is just a few weeks away, July 6-10. It is virtual, and you do not need to be a member of CANE to attend!

CSI’s theme this year is Xenia, Community, and Solidarity in the Ancient World. Under this theme we might ask such questions as: what makes up a polis or a res publica? Who gets included, and who gets excluded, and why? Can that boundary of inclusion and exclusion be crossed, and if so, how? What other kinds of communities do we see in the ancient or late antique world, like churches, mystery cults, or patronage networks? How big is that gap between an ideal community and the nitty gritty every day workings of that community in practice? How does a community even get created in the first place, and what is necessary for that to happen?

This year features courses from Mark Thatcher and Matthew Aumiller. Lecturers include Hanne Eisenfeld, Peter Machinist, Kathleen Coleman, and Caitlin Gillespie. There will also be pedagogical workshops by Jacqui Carlon and Maureen Lamb.

You can find more information, including tuition and registration, at www.caneweb.org/csi.