What follows is a Presidential Letter. It has not been brought to the Board for approval and does not constitute policy. This venue exists for me, as President, to raise matters of…
As I write this, the fires in southern California are still raging, and largely uncontrolled. Many thousands have lost their homes and their livelihoods in what will be a defining natural disaster for 2025. Among them are…
On behalf of the SCS Board of Directors, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Zachary Slates as the new Executive Director of the Society for Classical Studies, effective 6 May 2024.
I write in the happy aftermath of our 2024 Annual Meeting in Chicago earlier this month with some reflections on a highly successful conference. Our Meeting showcased a great variety of approaches…
Dear Members of the Society for Classical Studies:
I write with an update on the Society’s Executive Director position. Two weeks ago I wrote to say that our long-serving Executive Director Helen Cullyer was stepping down effective…
Dear members of the Society for Classical Studies:
I’m writing to provide information on an important transition in the SCS main office. Our Executive Director of the past seven years, Helen Cullyer, is stepping down from this role and her…
As an undergraduate Classics student in the 1980s, I read somewhere the story of a Black man who attempted to register to vote in a southern state under Jim Crow. Local…
The Oriental Institute in Chicago has been renamed the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa. You can learn more about the name change …