The ACL Exams registration (NCEE, NRCE, Pegasus, Medusa, Exploratory Latin and Greek) are now open.
Please refer to ACL Exam Page for all information, dates, costs and registration links – https://www.aclclassics.org/Exams/Student-Exams.
Please email ACL staff for further information – Rhonda Sizemore sizemor@aclclassics.org – Vicki Curler curlerv@aclclassics.org
When: Thursday, October 17 to Saturday, October 19, 2024
Where: The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center, New Brunswick, NJ
Program: Click here to view current draft of program (updated October 9, 2024)
Letter from CAAS President: Click here to view welcome letter from CAAS President Dan-el Padilla Peralta
Letter from CAAS Executive Director: [forthcoming]
Election/Ballot Form: [forthcoming]
Exhibitors and Vendors: Please register via the registration form below and then email the Executive Director, Mary Brown (mbrown@sju.edu) to request a table/space in the exhibit hall.
Fall 2024 Meeting Registration Form (register online – options for meals deadline 9/25/2024): https://caas.press.jhu.edu/membership/conference
Reservations link and info for The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center:
The NYU Center for Ancient Studies
welcomes proposals for the Emerging Scholars Series
The Emerging Scholars video series pairs PhD students from U.S. and international institutions with NYU faculty members to discuss innovative approaches to the study of the ancient world and/or research that incorporates non-traditional materials and methods. We are also especially interested in highlighting the work of scholars from groups that are and have historically been marginalized and underrepresented in the fields of ancient studies and the academy at large.
The presentation format of the videos features individual PhD candidates who briefly describe their research and then engage in conversation with an NYU faculty member that positions this work in relation to broader scholarship. These videos will be advertised as part of the Center’s academic program and highlighted on our website.
To these ends, we seek proposals from students working in the ancient world, broadly conceived. In order to submit a proposal, please send a short abstract (250 words or less) on your topic of research along with a current CV to ancient.studies@nyu.edu. We welcome new proposals on a rolling basis.
The Classics Program at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY), advertises its graduate programs in Latin education. These programs combine courses and mentoring in the vibrant environs of New York City. They aim to foster the ability to make Latin compelling to a diverse population of middle and high school students. Both programs lead to certification in New York State.
Applications are accepted in both the Fall and the Spring.
The deadline for applications to start in Fall 2024 is March 15th, 2024, but consideration may be made for later applications.
A number of tuition fellowships will be available.
Information and requirements: https://education.hunter.cuny.edu/admissions/graduate-programs/adolescenteducation/post-masters-advanced-certificates-in-adolescent-education/adolescentlatin-advanced-certificate/
General information on applying: https://education.hunter.cuny.edu/admissions/ .
Direct all enquiries to Professor Lawrence Kowerski, the Director of the graduate program in Latin (lawrence.kowerski@hunter.cuny.edu ).
Please click here to view/download PDF format or read below the Welcome Note from CAAS President Dan-el Padilla Peralta:
A Welcome Note from CAAS President Dan-el Padilla Peralta
Dear all,
It’s my delight to welcome each of you to the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS), hosted at the Heldrich Hotel and Conference Center in New Brunswick, NJ. Our meeting would not be possible without the steadfast efforts of our Program Coordinator, Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos, and the Program Committee. We are also indebted to our longtime Executive Director, Mary Brown, and our Treasurer Henry Bender; the Awards Committee, chaired by Maria S. Marsilio; the Clack Committee, responsible for the coordination of this year’s Clack Lecture; our webmaster Jennifer C. Ranck and Social Media Coordinator Talia Chicherio; and the many members of our CAAS community who have been hard at work to ensure a successful annual meeting.
We have a rich and exciting program lined up. I wish especially to draw your attention to our Clack Lecture on Friday, October 18, when Professor Yopie Prins (Irene Butter Collegiate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan) will present “Sappho Echoes.” The author of Victorian Sappho (Princeton 1999) and Ladies’ Greek: Victorian Translations of Tragedy (Princeton 2017), and co-editor of multiple volumes, Professor Prins is a leading figure in the study of classical reception – which will be a salient theme in Saturday’s programming. At the plenary session on October 19, I’ll be in conversation with Dr. Mathura Umachandran (Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, University of Exeter) and Dr. Chella Ward (Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University) about Critical Ancient World Studies: The Case for Forgetting Classics, their game-changing open access edited volume that will push us to think about and beyond the boundaries of the discipline. We are grateful to our guests for traveling to join us and share their wisdom, and to each of you for making the journey to the Annual Meeting.
I took to heart the call of members at last year’s annual meeting for greater organizational transparency. One of my objectives as President has been to promote such transparency in the communication and application of our Bylaws and Regulations – primarily in dealings with the Board and Executive Committee, and in dialogues with members who have sought illumination about specific procedures and protocols. With this commitment to transparency in mind, I close this letter on one note of clarification. Beginning at our April meetings, the Board committed to a reexamination of the charges for different positions as specified in our regulations, and to the formalization of a reappointment process for stipendiary Officers. As our Executive Director’s current term comes to a close, it has seemed to me especially urgent to get moving on this front, and to implement – in keeping with Bylaws Art. V Sec. 3 – a procedure for reviewing the performance of officers that could then guide the Board in making determinations about reappointment. I am pleased to announce that one outcome of that procedure’s first phase was the generation of a report on the Executive Director’s performance. This report, which distilled a robust dialogue at our April Board Meetings, commended some aspects of this performance and identified other aspects for improvement. When the Board reconvenes this week at the Annual Meeting, it will have an opportunity to evaluate both the report and the Executive Director’s (solicited) response to it prior to deciding on reappointment.
It is important to stress that this procedure is meant to be part of any stipendiary officer’s reappointment. Such a procedure has historically entailed (and will continue to entail) closed-door discussions in which the Directors fulfill their obligations to the organization and to the membership by evaluating thoroughly each stipendiary officer’s performance, whenever they are up for reappointment.
I see my exposition of this proceduralist work in this letter as integral to the promotion of that transparency and professionalism that I understand many of our members to be seeking. I would welcome any and all feedback from CAAS members on how we can strengthen our protocols for review and constructive criticism – of officers and of the organization as a whole – now and in the future.
Wishing each of you well,
Dan-el Padilla Peralta
Professor of Classics, Princeton University
The Classics Department of the CUNY Graduate Center in NYC invites those interested in our PhD and MA programs to attend a hybrid (in-person AND Zoom) open house.
Date: Friday, 01 November
Time: 12pm EST
Come meet faculty and current students to learn about the educational and teaching opportunities available in the heart of New York City!
Link to poster about the event: https://tinyurl.com/2m77588f
Our MA program is ideal for those who want to work on their languages before applying to PhD programs.
To register, please email Rachel Kousser at RKousser@gc.cuny.edu
For more information on our programs, please visit: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/classics
For more information on funding/financial aid: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/fellowships-and-financial-aid
Reminder: Nominations for ovationes or gratulationes for 2024 Annual Meeting are due May 1, 2024 (11:59pm ET).
The CAAS Awards Committee warmly invites you to nominate a colleague to be considered for an ovatio or gratulatio, to be lauded at the CAAS October 17-19, 2024 Annual Meeting at The Heldrich Hotel and Conference Center, New Brunswick, NJ.
The CAAS Awards Committee accepts nominations drafted by single members in good standing. A CAAS member may submit no more than two nominations each year.
Current CAAS members who nominated a colleague not selected for an ovatio or gratulatio in the past are welcome to resubmit a revised and updated nomination for 2024.
Recipients of awards will be celebrated with a Latin award script composed by the Latin Citations Committee, which will be read by a colleague of their own choice at the CAAS 2024 Annual Meeting.
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), you are asked to provide the name of the person nominated, accompanied by a brief (one paragraph) rationale for the nominee’s worthiness for an award.
You may submit your nominations using the google form at this link: (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftTWM30uwEyxZk7_J0tklA3DRDDrTf0pa4yx-Y2xIGsrLmLQ/viewform).
Also, a full listing of recent honorees and an archive of past honorees is available here: https://caas-cw.org/caas/awards/
The firm deadline for submission of all nominations is 11:59 pm on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.
The deadline for applications for the 2024 Hahn Scholarship has been extended to March 15 2024.
Please click here for details on the scholarship and application process.
The CAAS Dr. Rudolph Masciantonio Grants Committee
The CAAS Dr. Rudolph Masciantonio Grants Committee: Henry Bender & Mary Brown (Co-Chairs, Formation Years 2021-2023; 2024-2026) Committee Members (Formation Years 2021-2023; 2024-2026): Martha Davis, Jeannette Keshishian, Stephen Ogumah, Donald Sprague, Karin Suzadail, William Torchia [adjunct/advisory member].
Click here to view/download the full Mission and Charge for this Committee (PDF format – Mission statement copied below)
CAAS MISSION STATEMENT
“The mission of The Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS), founded in 1907, is to strengthen teaching and research, and to foster public support, for the languages, civilizations, and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome in the mid-Atlantic region (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania). In furtherance of its mission, CAAS publishes a quarterly journal, Classical World.
“The Classical Association of the Atlantic States offers an Annual Fall Meeting in the region, usually during Columbus Day weekend. Besides papers and panels on many Classical topics, these meetings are notable for their sessions on new directions in teaching and research and for their discussions and workshops on professional issues such as the state of Classics in other countries, preparation of professional abstracts, etc. All members receive the association’s Journal, Classical World, which publishes articles and reviews for “the scholarly teacher and the teaching scholar.” Among the Journal’s unique features are regular surveys of textbooks and audio-visual materials in Classics. [CAAS-CW website as of March 1, 2023]”
CAAS Program Coordinator, Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos, announces that the deadline for all individual, panel, and workshop proposals for CAAS 2024 has been extended. The new deadline for all proposals is Monday, March 4, 2024.
Click here for CFP details updated with new submission deadline