Dear CAMWS Member,

I trust that you are having a pleasant and productive academic year. In the CAMWS office Jevanie Gillen ([email protected]) and I have been very busy not only with regular tasks like processing membership dues and CJ subscriptions for 2013-2014 but also with a number of new initiatives. These include working with Joel Christensen, the new CJ book review editor, in order to move the reviews to a new and attractive format in Constant Contact. Please do not hesitate to let Joel ([email protected]) or me know what you think about the new look.

This fall we also have set up application procedures for two new CAMWS awards and scholarships: an excavation/fieldschool summer award (http://www.camws.org/awards/excavation.php) and the Bolchazy Pedagogy Prize (http://www.camws.org/awards/bolchazy_book.php). We have also been working with the chairs of the various sub-committees to create an on-line application process for  CAMWS awards and grants.  We hope that you find these new forms easy and convenient to use. Please consider applying yourself or encouraging your colleagues to apply!

We have also been processing the abstracts for panels, individual papers and workshops (a new category this year!) for the 2014 CAMWS meeting in Waco, Texas. The Program Committee has already accepted fourteen panels and four workshops. You can read these abstracts on-line by going to the webpage for the 2014 meeting:  http://www.camws.org/meeting/2014/. The committee is now reviewing abstracts for individual papers and hopes to have a decision about those by Thanksgiving.

President Monica Cyrino and I visited Waco in September and were very pleased with the facilities we saw. We are confident that you will find both the Waco Hilton as well as Baylor University a pleasant place to visit for a CAMWS meeting. Our colleagues in the Classics Department at Baylor are already working hard to make sure that Texas hospitality will be at its best. They plan to quench your thirst with Dr Pepper and to deputize all of you as honorary Texas marshalls for the occasion. Check the meeting webpage regularly for more details.

Finally, I would like to repeat a plea for back issues of Classical Journal to round out the series in the Secretary-Treasurer's office. We have a straight run from Vol. 98 (2000) to present but the earlier holdings are sporadic or in poor condition. A list of the missing issues is printed elsewhere in this newsletter. If you personally own some of the earlier issues of CJ or if your college/university library is thinking of going digital and wants to dispose of paper copies in its possession, please consider donating them to CAMWS. If interested, please contact me for more information.

I hope that the rest of your semester goes well and I look forward to seeing you in Waco in April 2014.

Tom Sienkewicz

Secretary-Treasurer of CAMWS

[email protected]

The CAMWS sub-committee for the Bolchazy Pedagogy Book Award announces a

Ladislaus Bolchazy

call for nominations for the 2015 Award. The recipient of this $250.00 award will be announced at the CAMWS meeting in Boulder, Colorado, on March 28, 2015. This prize has been named in memory of Ladislaus J. Bolchazy in recognition of his long career promoting classical scholarship and pedagogy.

The Subcommittee asks for your help in identifying distinguished works of pedagogy, including textbooks, handbooks, anthologies or other works primarily intended for the classroom in the field of classical studies (including, but not limited to, the languages, literatures, history, religions, philosophy, art, architecture, archaeology, economy, and reception of Greek and Roman antiquity) published by CAMWS members in 2012, 2013, or 2014. The author of the nominated work shall be a member of the Association in good standing in the year of the nomination and for at least the previous year. Nominations may be made by any publisher or by any member of CAMWS in good standing, including the author.

Nominations of pedagogical books should be sent to Helena Dettmer, chair of the Subcommittee on the Ladislaus J. Bolchazy Pedagogy Book Award at [email protected]. The Committee will close its list for the 2015 award on September 1, 2014. Books published after that date may be considered for the 2016 award. The Subcommittee may, at its sole discretion, retain an unsuccessful nomination for consideration in the following year.

Publishers of nominated words are asked to send 5 copies of the book to Dr. Helena Dettmer, 240 Schaeffer Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1409

Criterea:

• appropriateness for the target student audience
• clarity of presentation
• excellent quality
• effective pedagogical practice and design
• potential for broad impact

The Classical Association of the Middle West and South is happy to announce the establishment of an annual award of $2000.00 for participation in summer excavation or field school work at an archaeological site in the Greco-Roman world.

To be eligible for this award, one must be a current member of CAMWS who either:

• holds a teaching position in Greek or Latin in an elementary, secondary school or university within CAMWS territory; or
• is enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student in a degree-granting Classics program within CAMWS territory.

Priority for the award will be given to applicants who have not had previous excavation experience in the Greco-Roman world.

To support programs and activities in primary and secondary schools, the CAMWS Committee for the Promotion of Latin (CPL) annually recognizes with a plaque and a certificate the group which develops the most outstanding and effective activity for promoting Latin in CAMWS territory during each academic year (including the preceding summer). The winner of this award is announced every spring at the annual CAMWS meeting.

Projects supported by CPL grants are automatically eligible for this award.

February 1, 2014. The application letter must include a 100-word summary of the project and a more detailed project description not to exceed 500 words in length. Applicants are encouraged to attach supporting materials such as photographs, flyers, pertinent newspaper articles, etc.

Please send all inquiries and applications to Robert W. Cape, Jr., Professor of Classics; Classical & Modern Languages; Austin College; 900 N. Grand St., Ste. #61583; Sherman, TX 75090; 903-813-2241; [email protected].

For more information, go to http://www.camws.org/cpl/awards/promtional.php. 

Teachers of undergraduate students should remember to nominate their most outstanding young Classicists for the 2012-2013 CAMWS Manson Stewart Scholarships. Every year CAMWS awards $1,000.00 scholarships to a limited number of undergraduate students majoring in Classics at the sophomore or junior level at a CAMWS college or university. Nominees are expected to take a minimum of two courses in Latin or Greek (normally at least one per quarter or semester) during the junior or senior year in which the scholarship is held.

Students are to be nominated by a department or program; no institution may nominate more than two students per year. The individual who fills out the nomination form on behalf of the department must be an individual member of CAMWS. Each nominee must fill out an application form, write a brief essay, and submit a college or university transcript and two letters of recommendation. Those who write the two letters of recommendations do not need to be CAMWS members.

Friday, January 10, 2014.  If you represent a department wishing to nominate a student, you can do so by completing the on-line nomination form. A paper application is also available for downloading for those preferring to submit an application by mail.

If you have any questions, please contact Prof. John L. Friend, chair of the Manson Steward Scholarship Committee, at [email protected].

For more information, go to http://www.camws.org/awards/MAScollege.php. 

The Classical Association of the Middle West and South sponsors two Manson A. Stewart Awards for primary-, middle-, and secondary-school teachers.  Recipients must be members of CAMWS.

For questions about these awards, please contact Heather Vincent, chair of the Subcommmittee for the Manson Stewart Teacher Training and Travel Awards, at [email protected].

For more information, go to http://www.camws.org/awards/MASteach.php.

Nominations for the 2014 prize are closed. The winner will be announced at the CAMWS meeting in Waco on April 5, 2014.

The Subcommittee on the CAMWS First Book Award asks for your help in identifying distinguished first scholarly books (or digital equivalents) in the field of classical studies (including, but not limited to, the languages, literatures, history, religions, philosophy, art, architecture, archaeology, economy, and reception of Greek and Roman antiquity) published by CAMWS members in 2012, 2013, or 2014. Self-nominations are encouraged. 

Please note that nominated authors must be members of the Association in good standing and for at least the previous year. Please send titles and publishing information to Christina Clark by email ([email protected]) and ask the publisher to send 6 copies of the book to her at the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178.

The Committee will close its list for the 2015 award on September 1, 2014. Books published after that date may be considered for the 2016 award.

The current committee's guidelines for awards include

• excellent quality
• wide significance within its genre
• awareness of international trends in its field

All other factors being equal, the committee is looking for something that shifts the conversation substantially in the area covered by the book.

For more information, go to http://www.camws.org/awards/firstbook.php. 

Beginning in 1996 the Executive Committee of CAMWS authorized a new prize, the Presidential Award for the Outstanding Graduate Student Paper at the Annual Meeting. Eligible are graduate students whose paper is accepted on the program and who will not have received their Ph.D. by the time it is read. The text of the oral talk is submitted at least one month in advance of the meeting and an ad hoc committee selects the winner. The award (with a prize of $200) is presented at the annual business meeting, even though the winner may not yet have read it by the time of the meeting.

There are two criteria for evaluation: (1) the quality of the scholarly argument, including the importance of the topic, the originality of the treatment, and the quality of mind displayed; (2) the effectiveness of an oral presentation, including the quality of the writing, good organization, and interest to an audience. Any graduate student whose abstract has been accepted by the program committee may submit a complete text of the paper for consideration for this award.

Those wishing to be considered for this award should submit their completed paper to President Monica Cyrino. Deadline for submissions will be announce early in 2014. Papers should be sent as email attachments in pdf format to [email protected].

For more information, go to http://www.camws.org/awards/pres.php. 

These three awards offer graduate students and teachers of Classics (Greek, Latin, Classical Art & Archaeology and Ancient History) at the pre-collegiate (primary, secondary, or high school) level the opportunity to advance research and/or pedagogical interests abroad in Athens, Rome, or other appropriate ancient site.

• holds a teaching position in Greek or Latin in an elementary or secondary school within CAMWS territory (http://camws.org/about/map.php); or
• is enrolled as a graduate student in a degree-granting Classics program within CAMWS territory (http://camws.org/about/map.php).

Benario Award in the same year.

Questions regarding the application may be directed to Osman Umurhan, Chair of the Semple, Grant and Benario subcommittee, at [email protected].

For more information, go to http://www.camws.org/awards/sgb.php. 

pro re nata.

Kraft Award For Excellence In Secondary School Teaching

Named for CAMWS benefactor Eunice E. Kraft, this award recognizes outstanding teachers of Latin in public or private schools (middle schools included) within CAMWS territory. The honoree will receive $500, airfare to the Annual Meeting, and two nights' accommodation at the convention hotel. Nominees will be eligible for consideration for three consecutive years. The nominee must be a member in good standing of CAMWS. No previous winner of the Kraft Award is eligible to apply for it a second time.

CAMWS Award For Excellence In College Teaching

If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Peter Anderson, chair of the Teaching Awards Subcommittee, at [email protected].

For more information, go to http://www.camws.org/awards/teacher.php. 

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•  "I have been spoiled with great literature in my three years of Greek and two years of Latin at Gustavus Adolphus College.  Last semester, I researched American receptions of Euripides' Medea, focusing on treatments of Medea's otherness in a project that combined two of my passions: Classics and social justice. This semester I have embarked on an odyssey of my own in India, where I am further studying social justice and thinking about the role of Classics in a globalized world.  My nostos in December is a return home to Minnesota and to Classics as well, as I will be finishing my undergraduate career with a study of Roman Drama and the Greek Historians."                 News of Ms. Bowman's award was featured on the College's website: http://news.blog.gustavus.edu/2013/05/21/laurel-boman-14-excelling-in-classics-department/.   

•  "The Manson A. Stewart Scholarship has allowed me to pursue a triple major in Latin, Classical and Near Eastern Studies, and Philosophy; to complete research on an early Christian sarcophagus fragment; and to study abroad at Duke's Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome.  Upon returning to the States, I plan to finish out my junior year preparing for my senior thesis.  In short, the funding from this scholarship has allowed me to continue my love of the classics in various settings."

• Ana Maria Guay is in her third year at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  She is using the Manson A. Stewart scholarship to continue her studies in Classical Languages and Literatures, with a focus in Ancient Greek, and a minor in Translation Studies.  She is particularly interested in Homer and Greek lyric poetry and is currently researching her senior thesis, which she hopes to write on themes in the Iliad's Catalogue of Ships. 

This summer I had the honor and privilege of participating in the Classical Summer Session of the American Academy at Rome. I am grateful for the generosity of CAMWS, as this would not have been financially feasible for me without the support of the Mary A. Grant Award. Although I am a philologist at heart, I have always had a deep fascination for Roman history and material culture, and I took a number of courses at Duke to enhance that understanding. Nothing, however, comes close to experiencing the material culture and archaeological record of Rome on Roman soil. Studying the monuments of Augustus is rewarding enough, but there's something ineffable about walking through the spaces of the ancient city and getting to know those monuments up close. Thus my hope for the summer of 2013 was to obtain a more personal experience of Rome's material culture and history, one which would not only better inform my scholarship, but also improve my ability to bring Rome to life for my students through my pedagogy.

The Classical Summer Session more than met my expectations: it took me on a trip through the ancient city from Archaic Rome straight up to Late Antiquity.  In our numerous visits to museums and archaeological sites, we not only explored the city proper, but also made trips to some sites of tremendous importance outside of Rome, such as Hadrian's villa. From the pumpkin-shaped domes of Hadrian's architecture to the busts of Domitian that were chiseled into funny-looking Nerva-faces, I not only learned about the artistic accomplishments of Rome's material culture, but also the history and values expressed in them. Under the auspices of Susann Lusnia, Genevieve Gassert and Claudia Moser, I enjoyed readings and presentations on topics as diverse as Roman masonry and mythological iconography. Each day was a new adventure; each night a new excursion into enriching primary and secondary literature. I also enjoyed the friendships I made with colleagues of secondary and higher education. For this I am indebted to CAMWS. All this the Mary A. Grant Award made possible.

Robert Dudley

Duke University

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Howard Comfort, FAAR '29, Summer Program in Roman Pottery at the American Academy in Rome (AAR), directed by Archer Martin (University of Cologne), and the Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia (PARP:PS) study season, directed by Steven Ellis (University of Cincinnati). My primary goals were to increase the breadth of my overall knowledge of the ancient Mediterranean and to cultivate a substantial, transferable skill-set in the analysis of archaeological ceramics. By each of these measures, the summer was a great success.

For the first five weeks at the AAR, Professor Martin instructed us in the history and historiography of Roman pottery through site visits (such as to the Terra Sigillata manufactory at Scoppieto), guest lectures on special topics (e.g. E. Jane Shepherd's talk about 'industrial-scale' roof-tile production and distribution in the Roman provinces), and extensive hands-on analysis of the AAR's study collection and materials from the House of Augustus on the Palatine Hill. Subsequently, we joined the PARP:PS team to assist in the identification, organization, cataloguing, and documentation of the vast quantities of pottery excavated at the site since 2005. In particular, I had the opportunity to draw more than 250 cooking ware and amphora sherds, thereby honing my skills in archaeological finds illustration.

I have already started to reap the benefits from what I learned this summer in both my teaching and research. My facility in articulating to students the process of interpreting archaeological evidence has greatly increased, and students have responded very enthusiastically to my first-hand accounts of how to make sense of seemingly inscrutable archaeological materials. Additionally, because I have had the opportunity to spend nine weeks focusing on Roman material culture from different time periods and representative of different social strata, I am by far more confident teaching Roman civilization in greater depth. By learning the process of studying a complete ceramic assemblage - from the first broad sorting into functional groups to the identification of specific sherds with particular places and times of manufacture - I also am by far better-prepared to tackle archaeological ceramics for my own dissertation research. In sum, thanks to the CAMWS Benario Award, I was able to participate in two exceptional programs in summer 2013 which have made me a more competent and better rounded scholar and teacher of Classical Studies.

Veronica Ikeshoji-Orlati

Classical Art & Archaeology Program

McIntire Department of Art

University of Virginia

As the recipient of the 2013 Semple award, I was privileged to attend Summer Session I at the American School of Classical studies at Athens with nineteen other students under the outstanding leadership of Dr. Brice Erickson. The program was a rigorous six weeks which combined seminars with museum and site visits throughout Greece. A large portion of the session was dedicated to the exploration of Attica, where a cadre of scholars presented such varied topics as the Athenian agora, ancient bronzes, the Acropolis, and pottery sequences. We also traveled extensively beyond Athens, with multi-day trips to Crete, the Peloponnese, and northern Greece where we once again had the pleasure of comprehensive presentations from scholars in the field. Highlights of our trips included our entrance to the Parthenon itself and our exploration of the port of Phalasarna on Crete, where we were able to identify the remains of three temples which were absent from previous publications.

Student reports at particular sites were also a key component of the program. My presentations focused on the Gortyn law code and the Athenian treasury at Delphi, where the ability to interact with a site demonstrated the pedagogical power of visual and physical resources. The incredible reports by other students in the session will undoubtedly serve as a bedrock for constructing my own classes and for further exploration into the covered subjects.

In addition to the scholarly reports and the trips, my enrollment in the session enabled me to collect and contribute extensive GPS points and other data for the Pleiades project and the Ancient World Mapping Center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. These contributions have already had meaningful impact in creating, refining, and extending online resources used by the ancient world linked data community.

My participation in the school would not have been possible without the Semple award from CAMWS. This truly unique and personally rewarding experience in Greece has already paid extensive academic and personal dividends and will certainly be a foundational component of my continued teaching and research.

Ryan Horne

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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• TIMOTHY MOORE, "Song in the Greek Classroom"

• JENNIFER SHERIDAN MOSS, "Computer-Assisted Learning in Second Year Latin."

• JACQUELINE CARLON, "The Implications of SLA Research for Latin Pedagogy: Modernizing Latin Instruction and Securing its Place in Curricula"

• WILLIAM BROCKLISS, "Latin and Power: Warnings and Opportunities from the Long History of the Language"

• JOHN GRUBER-MILLER, "Engaging Multiple Literacies through Remix Practices: Vergil Recomposed."

The office of Secretary-Treasurer has, by long tradition, maintained at least one complete print run of The Classical Journal in the CAMWS office. Several years ago, however, the CAMWS Executive Committee voted to send one complete print run of The Classical Journal to the University of Missouri Library for archival purposes. When the remaining back issues of CJ came to the Monmouth office from Northfield, we discovered that the CAMWS office is now missing some print issues of the journal. This fall the Executive Committee voted to replace those print issues. However, before purchasing them from a used book seller, we would like to ask CAMWS members to consider donating back issues to CAMWS to complete the run. Keep in mind that your college or university library may be considering the decatalogization of print CJ and might, perhaps, be willing to send them to CAMWS. Please contact [email protected] if you or your institution are interested in making such a donation, preferably by the end of this calendar year.

Tom Sienkewicz

Secretary-Treasurer of CAMWS

[email protected] 

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The Department of Classics at Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois, is proud to announce the winners of the twenty-ninth annual Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest. The topic of this year's contest, open to all high school students, was Should Julius Caesar Have Crossed the Rubicon?   This year there were 101 entries from 30 schools in 15 states and in Italy.  Each entrant receives a certificate of participation from Monmouth College.

The winner of a $250 cash award is Skip Estes of Monacan High School in Richmond, Virginia.  Skip's teacher is Ms. Linda Wagstaff.

Honorable mentions (listed randomly by school) were awarded to the following ten students: Jaimie Carlson of Charter School of Wilmington,  Wilmington, DE (Teacher: Mr. Messinger); Natalie Elise Rodriguez-Nelson of Hutchison School,  Memphis, TN (Teacher: Ms. Virginia Baird); Sam Bellet, Kang Huh, Tarun Mallipeddi and Michael Milam of Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, TN (Teacher:  Ms. Sarah Ellery); Sydney Overton of Ravenwood High School, Brentwood, TN (Teacher:  Mr. Jason Nabors); Jesse Lupica-Nowlin of Portland High School,  Portland, ME (Teacher:  Ms. Michelle Tucci);  Sukrana Uddin of The Madeira School, McLean, VA (Teacher:  Ms. Ann Maclean) and Elton Lossner of North Gwinnett High School, Suwanee  GA (Teacher:  Mr. Patrick Yaggy.)

This essay contest honors Bernice L. Fox who taught English, Latin and Greek at Monmouth College from 1947 to 1981 and who also served for some time as chair of the Department of Classics. Dr. Fox spent much of her life in promoting the study of Latin in Illinois high schools. The college welcomes suggestions for future contest topics. Please contact Dr. Thomas J. Sienkewicz, Capron Professor of Classics [email protected], Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois, 309-457-2371.

The Department of Classical Studies at the College of William and Mary is currently accepting applications for its first incoming class of students interested in pursuing a Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Classical Studies.  This is a flexible program of study for students who have an undergraduate degree and who wish to pursue an intensive course of study in the Classical languages in preparation for graduate studies, teaching, or personal enrichment.  Students in the program take specific courses in Latin, Greek, and classical civilization appropriate to their level of preparation.  This program is especially designed for students who wish to:

• pursue graduate study in Classical Studies but do not have enough Latin and Greek to be competitive in applying to Ph.D. programs.
• teach Greek, Latin, or a related field in Classical Studies but have only a limited number of courses in Greek or Latin as an undergraduate student.
• study Latin or Greek (or both) for personal intellectual growth and satisfaction.

A complete program description and application for admission can be found at: www.wm.edu/as/classicalstudies/post-bac-program/index.php.  For additional information, please contact: John Donahue, Chair, Department of Classical Studies at [email protected] or at 757-221-1930.

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Alexander and Aeneas in Northern Greece

July 14-26, 2014

Directors: Phillip V Stanley, San Francisco State University, Emeritus, and George Perko

We begin our odyssey in Athens with a visit to the new Acropolis Museum, the Acropolis, and the Agora. From Athens our journey takes us northward with stops at Thermopylae and Tempe, important sites for the Persian Wars. In Northern Greece, the home of Alexander the Great, we visit his birthplace, Pella, and the burial place of his father, Vergina. We travel to Meteora and on over the mountains of Greece to Epirus, home of Alexander's mother and where Aeneas stopped; here we visit the oracles of Zeus at Dodona and of the Dead, the Nekromanteion.  Next, we cross over to the island of Corfu.  We cross over to Albania to drive to the ancient site of Buthrotum, where Aeneas came in his wanderings. On our return to the mainland we drive to Delphi, stopping at Actium, where Octavius' forces defeated those of Antony and Cleopatra.  No trip in this area would be complete without a visit to the oracle of Apollo at Delphi. Afterward, we return to Athens. Price: $3,470; Single supplement: $715

Greeks and Romans in Town and Country, under the Shadow of Vesuvius

June 30 - July 12, 2014

Directors: Ann Koloski-Ostrow, Brandeis University; Steven Ostrow, M.I.T.

Across the fertile terrain and enchanting land- and seascapes of the Bay of Naples and throughout the region of Campania, ancient Greeks and Romans experimented for centuries with building towns and cities, tilling their farms and tending their flocks, and pursuing their daily lives at every level of society.  The world's earliest archaeological laboratory at Pompeii and Herculaneum (buried by the eruption of Vesuvius), and innumerable other sites across the region, offer a uniquely rich showcase of Graeco-Roman approaches to living both in town and across varied rural settings.  Whether it's the nitty-gritty level of plebeians shopping and electioneering in the local streets (and refreshing themselves in pubs, fountains, and latrines);  the splendor of suburban and countryside villas enjoyed by top-level Roman aristocrats, like the palatial digs of Emperor Tiberius at Capri and Sperlonga; monumental temple complexes like those of Cumae or Paestum, and Capua's underground cult-cavern of the Persian god Mithras; the magnificent shopping mall at Pozzuoli and colossal amphitheater arenas of Pompeii, Pozzuoli, and Capua; or, finally, the vineyards of Boscoreale and the quiet sheep and cattle paths near distant Saepinum in the mountains:  All these put on vivid display the ingenuity with which Greeks and Romans (and their lesser known Etruscan, Samnite, and Lucanian neighbors) faced the pressures and pleasures of daily life.  We will sample them all, as we explore how these ancient folk tried to make sense of life as individuals, and as members of communities large and small.  Price: $2,595 (includes 12 nights accommodation, all meals except two lunches on Capri, round-trip transport from Rome to Cumae and return, all local ground transport, all fees for group visits to sites and museums)

The Italy of Caesar and Vergil: A Workshop for Teachers

July 22-August 2, 2014

Workshop Instructors: Anne Haeckl, Kalamazoo College, and Keely Lake, Wayland Academy

This workshop for high school Latin teachers will combine classroom sessions in successful pedagogical practices with thematically relevant site visits that illuminate the lives and works of Caesar and Vergil. Morning study sessions will provide ideas and skills to enrich both beginning and advanced courses, and, although the focus will be on the readings and abilities required by the Advanced Placement syllabus, teachers of IB and Concurrent Enrollment courses will find much of value as well. Afternoon site and museum visits will contextualize the writings of these authors, elucidating the common themes of Caesar's commentarii and Vergil's Aeneid. Through thoughtfully constructed lectures and readings from ancient writers, teachers will acquire interpretive insights and instructional strategies for teaching these essential authors. Sites include: Rome (Forum, Palatine, Campus Martius), Temple of Apollo and Atrium of the Sibyl at Cumae, Lake Avernus, Tomb of Vergil, Sperlonga, Pompeii, Lavinium, and Herculaneum.  Price: $2595 (includes 11 nights accommodation, all meals, ground transportation during the tour, and all fees for group visits to sites and museums)

Rome and Northern Italy in the Imperial Age

July 2-13, 2014

Director: Steven M. Oberhelman, Texas A&M University

We will spend five days in Rome and its environs. We will spend three days in central Rome and see all the wondrous ruins. On the fourth day we will walk down the Appian Way and enjoy a picnic lunch; we will end our day at the Catacombs of Saint Sebastian. We will then spend a full day at Ostia, the 10,000-acre archaeological site of the ancient harbor of Rome. Our final day will be a trip to Tivoli, with the magnificent gardens and Villa of Hadrian. The next day we will depart for the small Tuscan town of Castiglion Fiorentino, which will be our point of departure for visiting Etruscan and Roman remains in Tuscany. We will visit the towns of Arezzo, Assisi, Lucca, and Pisa, and finish with a tour of Roman Florence and the nearby excavations of Fiesole.  Price: $2,500 (includes accommodations, ground transportation during the tour, and all fees for group visits to sites and museums).

The 2014 Symposium Cumanum would like to invite a broad variety of papers to address Vergil's translations from ideological, aesthetic, and literary points of view. The Symposium will focus on how translations of Vergil can be understood, analyzed, and interpreted in their full political, ideological, and literary contexts and will address broader issues in translation theory and practice like the ones identified below:

• How do translations affect and influence national cultures and nation building?
• Different ideologies of translations such as 'literalism', 'foreignization', 'free' translations. Do Vergilian translations, in order to obtain longevity, need to become a work of national literature that can stand on their own? How much can a translation be 'modernized' or 'domesticated'?
• What is the aesthetic and literary value of translated Vergilian texts in the receiving culture?
• How can a translation reflect the prosody and 'music' of the Vergilian texts?
• How does gender affect translation practices?  

Format:  We offer this time a slightly different format for the Symposium: Instead of reading papers aloud, it would be beneficial if each participant provides the others with his/her paper in advance of the Symposium. The presentation of each paper then can be no more than 10 minutes with 20 minutes for discussion. This format will ensure more thorough engagement of all the participants and deeper familiarity with the fellow scholars' work.

• In the footsteps of Socrates
• Love in Antiquity
• Greek Mythology

Programs are open to students of Classics, Philosophy, History, and related disciplines, as well as adult learners with an interest in Ancient Greek culture. All seminars meet both indoors and out, with many sessions taking place in archaeological sites and museums.

For more information please visit www.greekstudiesonsite.com

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, one of America's most distinguished centers devoted to advanced teaching and research, was founded in 1881 to provide American graduate students and scholars a base for their studies in the history and civilization of the Greek world. Today, over 130 years later, it is still a teaching institution, providing graduate students a unique opportunity to study firsthand the sites and monuments of Greece. The School is also a superb resource for senior scholars pursuing research in many fields ranging from prehistoric to modern Greece, thanks to its internationally renowned libraries, the Blegen, focusing on all aspects of Greece from its earliest prehistory to late antiquity, and the Gennadius, which concentrates on the Greek world after the end of antiquity.

• Judith Lynn Sebesta (Ph.D. Classics 1972) retired in May after teaching Classics and History at the University of South Dakota for 41.5 years and serving during this time as the Director of Classics, Religious Studies, and Chair of History for a number of years.  The University and Board of Regents honored her with the title of Distinguished Professor Emeritus (only the third time a faculty member has been so honored; the first was her husband, Charles Remington Estee, professor of Chemistry).  She will continue to teach online courses part-time and to develop further the collaborative website "The On-Line Companion to the Worlds of Roman Women," a compendium of unadapted Latin texts, glossed and hyperlinked, by or about Roman women from all ranks and status groups, together with abundant illustrative images from the ancient world and brief essays that suggest the range of women's activities, concerns, and social roles in ancient Rome.  In addition, the site is a resource center supporting annotated print and digital bibliography entries on the topic of women, links to resources for enhancing the interpretation of texts, and shared materials for teaching about and the study of Roman women in Latin (http://www2.cnr.edu/home/araia/companion.html).

Individual membership in CAMWS for the fiscal year July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, may be purchased for $55 ($30 for student, retiree, first-time teacher, or new CAMWS member). Joint spouse/partner membership is available for $80, retired spouse/partner membership for $50. Until December 31, 2013 a life membership costs $900 for an individual, $1300 for joint spouse/partner. On January 1, 2014 those memberships increase to $1000 and $1400 respectively.

Monmouth, IL 61462 U.S.A.  

Payment by credit card is possible if subscriptions are requested via the CAMWS website. A non-refundable $3 processing fee will be added to each credit-card transaction.

A membership includes a one-year subscription to The Classical Journal. Please indicate on the membership form whether you would prefer to receive CJ electronically (via JSTOR, with access to all current and back issues) or in print. For an extra $5 you may receive the journal in both formats.

The CAMWS Newsletter is sent electronically to all members with e-mail addresses. If you would like to receive a print version in addition, you may indicate that on the membership form.

As part of your CAMWS membership, you are automatically subscribed to Classical Journal On-Line from which you will received frequent reviews of new books in the classical field, unless you indicate on the membership form that you opt out of this subscription.

Please note: Individual memberships or subscriptions to CJ sent to an address outside the United States or Canada are subject to a $20 postage surcharge. Individual subscriptions automatically include membership in CAMWS.

If your educational institution wishes to show its support of CAMWS by paying an annual fee of either $60 (for a K-12 school or a college or university offering a B.A. in Classics), $75 (for a college or university offering a M.A. only in Classics) or $110 (for a university offering a Ph.D. in Classics), it receives the following benefits:

• One CAMWS award for an outstanding student to be chosen by your institution. The student receives a congratulatory certificate stating that your school has designated the student as a recipient of a CAMWS Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Classical Studies for the current academic year, plus a free membership in CAMWS for the following academic year.
• The option to choose up to two additional student award recipients ($30 each). Payment required by May 1st of each academic year.
• A certificate stating your institution's support of CAMWS
• Publication of institutional announcements free of charge in the CAMWS Newsletter
• K-12 Institutional Members: complimentary registration for one person at the CAMWS Annual Meeting
• Inclusion on the list of CAMWS Member Institutions, which will be
  • printed in the program of the CAMWS Annual Meeting
  • printed in the CAMWS Newsletter
  • posted on the CAMWS Website (with hotlinks to the websites of institutional members)

Monmouth, IL 61462

Memberships received by March 1st for each academic year will be acknowledged in the program of the annual meeting. All memberships received by May 1st will also be acknowledged in the spring issue of the CAMWS Newsletter.

Payment by credit card (both for your institutional membership and for up to two additional student honorees) is possible through the CAMWS website: http://www.camws.org/membership/institutionform.php. A $3 processing fee will be added to each credit-card transaction.

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