Category Archives: Conferences and Workshops

Advice from the Ancients: How to Dress: Textiles and Weaving in Antiquity – Tuesday February 21, 2023, 11:15am (hybrid event)

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The Classics and Humanities Department – Advice from the Ancients invites you to How to Dress: Textiles and Weaving in Antiquity.

When: Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 11:15am – 12:30pm

Where: Cohen Lounge, Dickson Hall, Montclair State University and Zoom (hybrid event)

Zoom details can be found on website (https://www.montclair.edu/classics-and-general-humanities/2023/02/10/advice-from-the-ancients-on-how-to-dress/) or PDF flyer (https://caas-cw.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Letter-Size_AdviceFromAncients_Sp2024_Jones.pdf).

CFP: Identity Play – 15th annual Graduate Student Conference (CUNY Graduate Center)

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The graduate students of the Department of Classics at the CUNY Graduate Center are happy to share the call for papers for our 15th annual Graduate Student Conference (Spring 2023).

The conference will be held via Zoom on Friday, April 28, 2023.

This year’s Keynote Speaker is Prof. Cinzia Arruzza (The New School, NYC).

Our sense of identity is fundamental to our sense of self.  Our identities are constructed as we negotiate our relationships within familial, ethnic, political and religious groups; friction between the self and any one of these groups may demand a corresponding shift in the identity of the person or group. 

In this conference, we wish to examine the constructs of identity in the ancient Mediterranean: in particular, instances where identity is concealed or manipulated as an expression of agency or, conversely, disempowerment. What are the implications of this play of identity upon the self and its society? How is identity constructed in response to– and how does it seek to modify– prevailing categories of gender, sexuality and race? To what extent are identity, self, and persona coextensive?

Queen Hatshepsut depicted herself as a male pharaoh, emulating the imagery of her male predecessors, to legitimize her reign. Medea expresses both masculine and feminine traits: when she behaves in archetypically masculine ways, she is ostracized. Are her actions an expression of her empowerment or disempowerment?  Moving from human to national identity: Rome forges an identity around Republican ideals and a thirst for conquest. After the civil wars, Octavian/Augustus manipulates the Roman power structure to create the Empire of Rome; he empowers himself while disempowering Rome’s former elite. Yet the Empire continues to maintain a cohesive identity as it exerts its power and extends its reach.

We seek diverse methodologies: a philologist might, for example, notice how language shifts as entities assume different identities. A historian may examine the change in narrative created by an associated change in self, while a philosopher can review identity play at the cost of the self. A scholar of reception studies might consider how the cultural milieu or the mediums of transmission affect interpretations of ancient personae.

Accordingly, the graduate students at the GC CUNY Department of Classics invite papers from a variety of disciplines, including from departments other than Classics, such as Comparative Literature, History, Philosophy, Art History, Political Science, and Gender Studies. We approach the ancient Mediterranean world broadly, from the 2nd millennium BCE to the fall of the Roman Empire at the end of the 3rd c. CE. We welcome and encourage submissions from individuals of all underrepresented backgrounds.

Please send abstracts of up to 300 words for a 20-minute presentation to identityplay2023@gmail.com in .pdf format, no later than 03/01/2023. Decisions will be made anonymously; please send personal details, such as full name and affiliation, in the body text of your email. Notifications to all applicants will be given by mid-March, 2023.  Questions may be sent to the co-organizers, Victoria Hsu, Patricia Hatcher, and Keren Freidenreich at the same email address.

Please click here to view/download PDF version of this CFP

CAAS ARC Workshop: “What does race have to do with the Classics?” – Saturday, August 6th, 1pm ET (virtual/Zoom)

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On August 6th at 1pm ET, the Anti-Racism Committee of The Classical Association of the Atlantic States will be hosting a workshop: “What does race have to do with the Classics?”. 
This event will invite attendees to explore the different ways the field of Classics is connected to the concept of race and ask them to consider the perspectives of BIPOC students, teachers, and scholars, especially when processing tragic events. This event is free and open to anyone who registers (even non-CAAS members).

This virtual event will take place on Saturday, August 6 at 1pm ET. Registrants will receive Zoom link the morning of the event.

Please direct any questions to David Wright (djwrig85@gmail.com).

To sign up, please fill out this Google form.

CANE Summer Institute: Maiores a(n)d Posteriores – July 11-16, 2022

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The Classical Association of New England (CANE) invites you to join us on July 11-16, 2022 for this year’s CANE Summer Institute, “Maiores a(n)d Posteriores: Imagining ‘classical antiquity’ into the future.” For the past several decades, CANE has offered a week-long program of mini-courses, professional development workshops, reading groups, and public lectures.

This summer, we are offering access to the institute in two formats: in person at Brown University (room and board options available) and online via CANE Zoom. Participants choose one format when registering. The mini-courses will be offered separately for in-person and online participants; workshops and reading groups will accommodate participants in both formats; public lectures will be in-person and live-streamed simultaneously. For information about this year’s offerings, including descriptions of our mini-courses, professional development workshops, reading groups, and public lectures, please visit www.caneweb.org/csi to link to the full program information and online registration option.

Regular registration for the CANE Summer Institute runs through June 1 (late registration will be available for an additional fee through June 15). Space is limited, so put down your $100 deposit now to secure your spot!

Questions? Please contact Meredith Safran, CSI Director, at this email address: <summerinst@caneweb.org>.

Valencia College and The Hill School invite applications to the NEH Institute: Timeless Parallels: Veteran Voices & Classical Literature – July 2022

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Valencia College and The Hill School invite applications to the NEH Institute: Timeless Parallels: Veteran Voices & Classical Literature

For more information please read below or find here: https://valenciacollege.edu/resources/grants/neh-summer-institute/

Eligibility:

This program is open to all secondary school teachers of Latin, Ancient Greek, English, or History.

Program Description: This Institute will enable secondary school teachers to develop curriculum that draws parallels between the experience of veterans in the modern and ancient worlds, exploring such issues as homecoming and reintegration into civilian life; the treatment of veterans; the problem of war trauma and treatment of PTSD; and, the role of society in sharing the burdens of veteran experiences.

Program Costs: A generous stipend from the National Endowment of The Humanities of $2,850 will be used by participants may be used to cover all program costs, including travel, lodging, and meals.

Core Texts:

  • Homer’s Odyssey
  • Sophocles’ Antigone
  • Vergil’s Aeneid
  • Caesar’s Gallic Wars

Partners:

·     Bryan Doerries, the Artistic Director of Theater of War Productions.

·     Dr. Peter Meineck, founder of Aquila Theatre and Endowed Chair of Classics in the Modern World at NYU.

·       Joe Goodkin, author and performer of a one-man folk-opera interpretation of Homer’s Odyssey.

·     Bassem Chaaban, director of the Peace Institute and Executive Director for American Islam, a National organization focused on helping to dispel stereotypes and misconceptions about Islam and Muslims.

·     Elizabeth Jackson, a U.S. Army Veteran who served in the Iraq War and today works as a Veteran Outreach Program Specialist.

The Institute will also feature a variety of master teachers, from both the college and secondary levels, U.S. combat veterans, and professional actors who will stage a production of Sophocles’ Antigone.

Dates & Locations:

·       The Hill School, Pottstown, PA

o   In-person July 6-20, 2022

o   The Institute will also take place virtually July 5 & July 22-25, 2022

·       Trips:

o   The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City

o   The Penn Museum at The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia

o   Arts Fest, at Penn State in State College, Pennsylvania

 

To apply now, please click here. Applications are due by March 1, 2022.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Program Director Julie Montione.

CAAS ARC Workshop: Diversity Policies are for Everyone – Saturday, March 19, 2022 11AM EDT (virtual)

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The Antiracism Committee of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States is organizing another workshop on diversity policies. Through a series of case studies, this workshop will explore ways to create and improve on diversity policies so that they can be more helpful to BIPOC students and scholars. We’ll be meeting on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 11am EDT via Zoom. This workshop is free and open to anyone who registers.

If you’d like to register, you can fill out this form:  https://forms.gle/C5KMYK7nB3FQRVXr8

If you have any questions about the workshop, please email David Wright: djwrig85@gmail.com. See also attached flyer (or click on flyer image below) and share widely! Hope to see you there!

Digital Ancient Rome: An NEH Summer Seminar for K-12 Educators – July 18-29, 2022

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Digital Ancient Rome

An NEH Summer Seminar for K-12 educators

When : July 18-29, 2022

Where: Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota


Digital Ancient Rome is an NEH Summer Seminar for K-12 educators that will give teachers an opportunity to learn about important examples of Roman art, architecture, and archaeology through a broad range of digital resources. One of the most exciting things for students who study ancient Rome is that so many physical aspects of its civilization survive to this day. It is not just an ancient history that we know through texts. The surviving material remains—small artifacts, sculpture, paintings, mosaics, public monuments, neighborhoods, and whole cities—tell a variety of stories about the ancient world, and they bring history to life in a way that students find compelling.  

Teachers in this seminar will have an opportunity to explore a broad range of digital resources—from photo archives to immersive augmented reality experiences—about the ancient Roman world. We will learn how to find and access these resources as well as how to assess their reliability. We will also dedicate time each day to reflect on and plan out how we can effectively incorporate these digital resources into our teaching. We will collaboratively design engaging lesson plans and class activities that allow us to effectively take advantage of these digital resources.

Each participant will receive a stipend of $2,200 from the NEH, which will more than cover their travel to and from St. Peter and their living expenses while participating in the seminar—note that each participant is responsible for covering their own travel expenses.

The application deadline is March 1, 2022. More information and application procedures can be found at the seminar website: https://digitalancientrome.blog.gustavus.edu/

The seminar has been organized by Matthew Panciera (Gustavus Adolphus College) and Leigh Anne Lieberman (The Alexandria Archive Institute/Open Context). If you’ve got any questions, please feel free to contact Leigh directly (LeighLieberman@gmail.com).

Call for Proposals: CAAS 2022 Fall Annual Meeting

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Call for Proposals: CAAS 2022 Annual Meeting

The Classical Association of the Atlantic States
Dates: October 6-8, 2022
Venue: HOTEL DU PONT, Wilmington, DE

Deadline for all proposals (individual papers, panels, workshops): (extended) Monday, March 28, 2022.

Click here to read/download CFP in PDF format

Submit here: The CFP is now closed and no longer accepting submissions.

We invite individual paper, panel, and workshop proposals on all aspects of the classical world and its reception, as well as on new strategies and resources for improved teaching.  Especially welcome are presentations that aim at maximum audience participation and integrate the interests of K-12 and college faculty, that consider ways of communicating about ancient Greece and Rome beyond our discipline and profession, and that reflect on the past, present, and future of Classical Studies in the CAAS region.

The meeting will take place at the historic HOTEL DU PONT in Wilmington, Delaware.  When it opened on January 15, 1913, this magnificent 12-story Renaissance-style hotel was one of the most lavish hotels of America’s Gilded Age.  In its first week, 25,000 visitors toured the elegant rooms to see their rich woodwork, terrazzo floors, handcrafted chandeliers, and gilded hallways, which had been created by French and Italian craftsmen.  Breathtaking scenery and a wealth of history and cultural attractions are a short walk from this venue.

The 2022 Jerry Clack Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Emma Dench, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University.  Her lecture is entitled: “Life and Leadership Lessons from Ancient Rome: Reflections on an Experiment in Applied Classics.”

How could ancient Rome possibly help us with our modern-day lives and challenges, with its mad emperors, tight hierarchies and snail-pace communications?  Is it a valid exercise to look to antiquity for lessons, and, if so, what kinds of lessons are worth pursuing?  Emma Dench reflects on a year-long experiment co-teaching an MBA elective course at Harvard Business School with Frances Frei (UPS Professor of Technology and Operations Management), and on the impact that that experience has had on her own life and career.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Eligibility to submit a proposal:  All submitters must be members of CAAS when they submit their proposal.  The CAAS membership year is January 1-December 31.  Organizers of panels and workshops must verify participants’ membership status before submitting the proposal.  If the submission is accepted for presentation by the Program Committee, prior to the October 2022 meeting all the speakers must register and pay the registration fee.

Single appearance policy:  Each submitter must not submit more than one abstract (whether single- or co-authored).  Authors of individual paper proposals cannot simultaneously submit an abstract as part of a panel or workshop proposal.  Panel and workshop organizers should ensure that participants in their proposed sessions do not appear anywhere else on the program.  Serving as the presider of a paper session appointed by the Program Coordinator is not treated as an appearance on the CAAS Program.

Additional requirements:  All authors of accepted individual papers are required to send a full draft of their presentation and handout or PowerPoint to their presiders by Friday, September 30, 2022.  Submitters of accepted proposals who are unable to attend should inform their presiders as soon as they can and arrange to have their presentations delivered by another CAAS member attending the meeting. 

All authors of proposals that will be accepted by the Program Committee for presentation at the 2022 Annual Meeting are expected to attend the meeting and deliver their presentation in person.  In an emergency, presenters who are unable to attend should inform their presiders as soon as they can and arrange to have their presentations delivered by another CAAS member attending the meeting. 

Due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic and its variants, all meeting participants are, at this time, expected to be flexible in preparing for and adjusting to on-ground, fully virtual, or hybrid meeting in October 2022.  

Individual Paper Proposals must be no more than 15 minutes in length.  Submissions must be uploaded as a single PDF (.pdf) file of no more than 300 words and must:

  • Include a clearly indicated thesis and original contribution(s) made by the presentation, situating it in a larger scholarly context.  The Program Committee expects to see this in the introductory paragraph.
  • Be accompanied by a bibliography of up to five items (not included in the word limit).  The expectation of the Program Committee is that submitters incorporate these references into the abstract (using parenthetical citations) in order to build the argument, rather just listing them at the end of the abstract.  
  • Be anonymous. The author’s name should not appear anywhere in the submission except when citing a publication by the author, which should be done in the third person.  Abstracts that include the names and/or institutional affiliations of their authors will be rejected automatically.   
  • Indicate specific audio-visual needs for the presentation. CAAS is able to supply only a screen and a digital light projector (presenters will need to bring their special adapter plug to connect to the projector).  DVDs can be played only from your laptop.  Be advised that sound played from a laptop without special speakers may not be audible in the room.

If you are an undergraduate student, please indicate this by selecting “undergraduate paper” as the submission type, so that undergraduate submissions can be read separately, and in relation to one another.

For further guidelines, please see: https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/suggestions-authors-abstracts-program-committee and https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/guidelines-authors-abstracts 

Panel and Workshop Proposals may be 1 ½ or 2 hours in length, depending on the number of speakers.  Submissions must be uploaded as a single PDF (.pdf) file of no more than 700 words and must include:

  • The title of the session and titles of each individual presentation.
  • A description that clearly indicates the thesis and original contribution made by the panel or workshop, situating the proposal in a larger scholarly context.
  • Brief abstracts of the individual presentations.
  • A bibliography of up to five items (not included in the word limit) following each of the abstracts included in the proposal.  The expectation of the Program Committee is that participants in the panel or workshop proposal incorporate these references into their abstract (using parenthetical citations) in order to build the argument, rather just listing them at the end of their abstract.
  • Specific audio-visual needs for the session.  CAAS is able to supply only a screen and a digital light projector (presenters will need to bring their special adapter plug to connect to the projector).  DVDs can be played only from your laptop.  Be advised that sound played from a laptop without special speakers may not be audible in the room.

Panel and workshop proposals must be anonymous.  The names of those involved in the proposal — organizer, presenters, and respondent (if any) — must not appear anywhere in the submission except when citing a publication by them, which should be done in the third person.  Abstracts including the names and/or institutional affiliations of the organizer, presenters, and respondent will be rejected automatically.

For further guidelines, please see: https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/suggestions-authors-abstracts-program-committee and https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/guidelines-authors-abstracts 

All authors of paper and panel presentations, presiders/co-presiders are advised to read the CAAS Anti-Racism Committee statement on condemning the use of the texts, ideals, and images of the Greek and Roman world to promote hateful ideology, as follows:

The Classical Association of the Atlantic States is committed to fighting against all forms of racism and bigotry, including anti-Blackness, anti-Semitism, sexism, anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment, ableism, and all other kinds of bias, in order to make our discipline fairer and more inclusive for all, as we strengthen the position of Classics through the development of better methods of teaching and the fostering of public support of the Classics. In addition, CAAS expects that all Annual Meeting participants treat each other with respect and afford everyone the dignity of being included in presentations and public discussions and not target, disrespect, or exclude anyone. The Program Committee therefore asks authors to be mindful of the language used in preparing abstracts and papers and to edit for biased phrasing and diction that are discriminatory or harmful tohistorically marginalized groups — be they racial, class, ethnic, financial, gendered, religious, or social. We call to the attention of all authors CAAS’s statement on anti-racism; the Society for Classical Studies’ statement on systemic racism, which CAAS also endorses; and the Principles of Antiracist Teaching and Reflection curated by the Multiculturalism, Race and Ethnicity in Classics Consortium (MRECC), which offers pathways for educators to advance learning and scholarship while building equity and inclusivity for historically marginalized groups in furtherance of the mission of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States. Abstracts and proposals that run counter to these values will not be accepted. Authors seeking additional information about language of equity in their submissions are invited to contact the Program Coordinator.

Submit here: The CFP is now closed and no longer accepting submissions.

For academic questions, please contact CAAS Program Coordinator Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos (knikolou@sju.edu).  Please contact Webmaster Jennifer Ranck (webmaster@caas-cw.org) with technical questions regarding submission.

CAAS Travel Subsidies: CAAS offers generous travel subsidies (up to $600) to successful submitters who can demonstrate a need for funds. Call for applications will be announced in late Spring.

Click here to read/download CFP in PDF format

ASCSA 2022 Summer Seminars

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The Summer Seminars of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens are 18-day programs that focus on specific cultural themes, historical periods, or geographical regions. The Seminars are led by exceptional scholars of Classics and related fields. Under their direction, participants study texts, visit archaeological sites and museums, and engage with expert guest speakers in order to deepen their understanding of Greece’s landscape, history, literature, and material culture. Past seminars include Greek Sculpture, Myth on Site, Greek Religion, and Finding the Spartans.

Application Deadline: January 7, 2022

2022 Seminars:

Thanatopsis: Greek Funerary Customs Through the Ages (June 6-24, 2022)

The Northern Aegean: Macedon and Thrace (June 30 – July 18, 2022)

For more information, please refer to the ASCSA Website or Summer Programs flyer (PDF).

ETC – Nationwide (virtual) Game Event – December 16, 2021

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ETC is at it again! In celebration of National Classics Week, Excellence Through Classics (ETC) is running another nationwide online gaming event for Latin students across the nation on December 16, 2021, 6:30 pm -7:30 pm EDT. For more information please refer to the ETC Ludus website (click here).

In order to play, students will need a device with internet access. The theme, code to access the game, the live stream video, and more detailed instructions including registration link have been or will be posted on ETC Ludus website. The contest will focus on the cultural theme listed above. The code to access the game, the live stream video, and more detailed instructions will be posted on the site. Nota Bene – The game will not include Latin questions related to vocabulary or grammar. 

Please ask your students to take pictures while playing; students winners should stay after the game so we can get their contact information. Send your pictures to our PRIMA Publication Editor at prima@etclassics.org. Let’s break last year’s record of 646 student participants from over 16 states!!!! Citius, Altius, Fortius!!!!