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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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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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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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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SCS Board Statement Endorsing a Variety of Careers for Classics Ph.D.s| Category: Public StatementsRecently, the SCS has focused attention on the importance on the variety of career paths pursued by those earning a Classics PhD. The Society has held a Career Networking event in 2018 and 2019 at its annual meeting, and will publish this summer… |
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Public Statement: Proposed Cuts at University of Tulsa| Category: Public StatementsMulti-Society Statement on Proposed Cuts at the University of TulsaThe undersigned associations urge the University of Tulsa to reconsider and rescind its recent recommendations calling for the elimination of undergraduate… |
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Board Statement on Anonymous Online Attacks| Category: Public Statements
This post has been revised to include a letter from members and a response to that letter:
The SCS Board of Directors has approved the following statement (January 22, 2019):
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Statement on Racist Acts and Speech at the 2019 SCS Annual Meeting| Category: Public StatementsThe Board of Directors of the Society for Classical Studies (SCS) condemns the racist acts and speech that occurred at the 2019 SCS annual meeting. The Society’s… |
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Endorsement of Open Letter on Fake and Unprovenanced Manuscripts| Category: Public StatementsThis post has recently been updated with a response from Brill. The SCS Statement on Professional Ethics emphasizes the need for due diligence… |
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SCS Board Endorses AHA Statement| Category: Public StatementsThe Society for Classical Studies strongly supports the… |