SCS Board Endorses AHA Statement| Category: Public StatementsThe Society for Classical Studies strongly supports the… |
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Letter on the Annual Meeting from Joseph Farrell| Category: Presidential LettersJanuary 15, 2018 Dear Members, Looking back on the recently concluded Annual Meeting, I’m of two minds. For those who took part, I think it was a big success. Newer-format events, like Career Networking and Ancient Maker Spaces,… |
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Letter from S. Georgia Nugent| Category: Presidential LettersPresidential Letter June 19, 2017 Dear Colleagues, Recent weeks and months have seen an increase in the cultural tensions in our nation—and, indeed, the world. It is not uncommon now for… |
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Presidential Letter on Funding for the NEH and NEA| Category: Presidential LettersThe draft budget proposed by President Trump's White House seems unlikely to be adopted. Many believe it is simply an habitual negotiator's opening salvo, intended more to "start the bidding" than to be taken seriously at face value. … |
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Public Statement from the SCS Board of Directors on Executive Order| Category: Public StatementsIn light of the executive order on immigration issued on Friday, January 27, 2017, the Society for Classical Studies publicly reaffirms its commitment to the international community of scholars and to the importance of the free movement of… |
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Public Statement from the SCS Board of Directors| Category: Public StatementsThe mission of the Society for Classical Studies is “to advance knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the ancient Greek and Roman world and its enduring value.” That world was a complex place, with a vast diversity of peoples, languages,… |
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Diversity and Equality| Category: Presidential LettersI should like to bring you up to date on the Society’s efforts to encourage the development of a more diverse profession of Classics. It is perhaps appropriate that I write these words in St. Louis, which has become one of the symbols of our… |
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Changes to Bylaws, Regulations, and Committees| Category: Presidential LettersAs I mentioned in my last message, at their meeting in June the Board of Directors adopted significant changes to the Bylaws and Regulations. Please do not stop reading here! These documents do not make interesting reading for most people,… |
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President's Message - June 2016| Category: Presidential LettersYour Board of Directors met in New York on June 18th. Our gathering came as we near the hand-over from one executive director to another for the first time in seventeen years, with Adam Blistein’s retirement at the end of this month. Helen… |
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President's Message - February 2016| Category: Presidential LettersNo one who was present at the presidential panel organized by John Marincola in San Francisco will soon forget the combination of analysis, passion, and practicality offered by the speakers, as they sought to quantify and personalize the plight… |