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Southern Virginia University Adds a Classics Program

A new Classics program has started up at Southern Virginia University. The university now offers a Major and Minor in Classical Studies, with classes in Greek and Latin as well as history, philosophy, and the arts.

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SCS Member Receives Guggenheim Fellowship

SCS Member Scott Johnson has received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship.

"Johnson’s Guggenheim project is a cultural biography of the language of Syriac. This will be the first book of its kind in English…

New Budget Includes $3 million Increase for NEH

After the threat of agency closure by the end of next fiscal year, congress has instead approved a $3 million dollar increase in funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

"The spending bill notes that the increases…

Former Vatican Translator Brings Spoken Latin to Cornell

(From the Cornell Alumni Magazine)

A former translator of the Pope's messages into Latin has joined the Cornell faculty to spread the practice of spoken Latin in the classroom.

Latin Epigraphy Program in Rome in Summer 2018 (AAR)

Latin Epigraphy Program in Rome in Summer 2018

The American Academy in Rome is pleased to offer in June 2018 an intensive introduction to the study of Latin and Greek inscriptions in the city of Rome.

AAR Summer…