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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.
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.
Former CAAS Executive Director Mary Brown has contributed another article about the recent activities of the Classical Studies program at St. Joseph’s University, in the hope that it may inspire other Classics educators. Click here to read more!
Emma Vanderpool, author of innovative Latin novellas for all students, is Temple University’s 2026 Masciantonio Pedagogy Colloquium Speaker! Her presentation is in the IH Lounge (Mazur 215A) at 3 pm on Monday, April 27. Contact Dr. Karen Hersch at khersch@temple.edu for more info or to RSVP for pizza.
Former CAAS Executive Director Mary Brown recently wrote two articles about successful Philadelphia-area Classics programs. Both articles may be of interest to CAAS members throughout the Mid-Atlantic region:
