SCS Staff Working Remotely| Category: Public StatementsDear Members, As of Friday March 13, 2020, SCS staff will be working remotely until further notice. We have taken this step in order to comply with the current policies of NYU, our host institution. Fortunately, we expect there to be… |
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COVID-19 and Short-Term Fellowship and Grant Awards| Category: Public StatementsAs the COVID-19 virus becomes more widespread in the US and in many other countries, the SCS office and the Board of Directors are making plans to deal effectively with disruptions to all our operations and programs. Since many academic… |
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In Memoriam: Mae Smethurst| Category: In Memoriam(Submitted by Mark Possanza) Mae Elizabeth Johnson Smethurst was born 28 May 1935 in Hancock, Michigan and spent her early childhood in nearby Houghton, on the wolf's tongue of Lake Superior. The granddaughter of Finnish… |
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Statement on Proposed Executive Order on Classical Design for Federal Buildings| Category: Public StatementsThe following was approved by the SCS board of directors on February 7, 2020. The Society for Classical Studies joins the Society of Architectural Historians in opposing the proposed Executive Order “Making Federal Buildings… |
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In Memoriam: Keely Lake| Category: In Memoriam(The website for Keely Lake's In Memoriam can be found here) Keely K. Lake, 48, passed away on January 15, 2020, at the age of 48. She was… |
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SCS Board Endorses Statement on Targeting of Cultural Sites| Category: Public StatementsThe SCS Board of Directors has endorsed the following statement developed by the American Anthroplogical Association in collaboration with a number of other societies and associations: … |
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In Memoriam: Edward Courtney| Category: In Memoriam(Text provided by Tony Woodman, Basil L. Gildersleeve Professor of Classics Emertius at the University of Virginia, and Sara Myers, Professor and Chair of Classics, UVA) Edward Courtney, Basil L. Gildersleeve Professor of… |
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Board Letter to the Paideia Institute (2019), with update in March 2021| Category: Public StatementsUpdate, March 29, 2021 In October 2019, the SCS Board announced below a hiatus on funding for Programs offered by the Paideia Institute pending assurance that the Institute had investigated and addressed credible public… |
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In Memoriam: Eliot Wirshbo| Category: In Memoriam(Written by Donald Lateiner, acknowledging gratefully the help, research, and energy of the following people in compiling this SCS memorial: Natalie Wirshbo, Greg Bucher, Brad Cook, Kerri Hame, Nick Genovese, Robert Eisner, Page duBois, and… |
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In Memoriam: Mark Owen Lee| Category: In Memoriam(Written and provided by Ward Briggs) Lee, Mark Owen (1930-2019) Fr. M. Owen Lee (as he preferred to be called) was a beloved fixture at the University of Toronto, where he spent nearly 30 years of his life, and a… |