Our Awards

We, the members of the CAAS Awards Committee, warmly invite you to nominate a colleague to be considered for an ovatio or gratulatio, or for the Barbara F. McManus Leadership Award for CAAS 2026. The CAAS Awards Committee accepts nominations drafted by members in good standing. Recipients of awards will be celebrated with a Latin award script composed by the Latin Citations Committee, which will be read by a treasured colleague at the 2026 annual fall meeting of CAAS at the Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware, October 8-10.

The Awards Committee’s charge is to “select honorees from the CAAS membership who meet the following criteria: long and/or distinguished service to CAAS and/or to the classics community by those in the CAAS region.”

To nominate a colleague for an ovatio (an ovation and rejoicing of excellence in service to CAAS and to our discipline) or a gratulatio (congratulations and celebration of a colleague’s service to CAAS and to our profession), we request that you provide the name of the person nominated, accompanied by a brief (one paragraph) rationale for the nominee’s worthiness for an award.

Each year at its annual meeting the Association presents ovationes and gratulationes to members who have been selected by the Awards Committee for their significant service to the discipline and the organization. The ovatio or gratulatio is read in Latin by a colleague close to the honoree at the banquet, while copies of the ovatio or gratulatio in Latin and English are distributed to attendees.