Lost Worlds Institute and CANE invite you to an online Speaker Forum, hosted on Oct. 24 at 12 PM EST, featuring Maciek Gdula, Linguist, Classicist, Educator, and Founder of the Ancient Greek School. Maciek will discuss morphology, phonology, and form change between Ancient Greek dialects, using literature as one means of studying such change. Drawing from his study of linguistics and the classics, Maciek aims for this talk to be interdisciplinary, showing students how the Classics and Linguistics are deeply intertwined subjects that co-exist. Registration is free and available to all: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/maciek-gdula-ancient-greek-school-linguistics-and-classics-talk
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.
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!
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.
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
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)
Thank you for the overwhelming interest in becoming CAAS’s Summer Digital Archives Assistant. This position has been filled as of Monday, June 22, 2026.
