Monday 18 March 2019

PETITION TO RESTORE CLASSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

Please take note of an urgent appeal issued by the Department of Classics of Vermont University (Universitas Viridis Montis):

"Dear Friends and Colleagues,



We would be very grateful if you would sign our petition to reverse the 50% cut to Classics that the University of Vermont (UVM) has suffered in the last three years through an austerity regime of unreplaced retirements and rolling lecturer terminations. UVM is now undergoing an administrative change—influenced in part by campus-wide protests to humanities cutbacks—and we hope to prevail upon the incoming president (Suresh Garimella, currently Provost at Purdue) to restore us to the 2015 staffing level that was already deemed minimal by our external program review that same year (conducted by Jeffery Henderson and Richard Thomas).






Yours hopefully,

The Department of Classics, Universitas Viridis Montis"

Thursday 14 March 2019

MOMMSEN GESELLSCHAFT -- BURSARIES FOR FIEC/CA CONGRESS 2019

We would like to let you know that the Mommsen Gesellschaft, the German Association of scholars in Classical Studies, will grant 5 bursaries of 300€ each, so as to cover travel expenses pertaining to the International Conference of FIEC and the Classical Association, July 4-8 2019, London.

The Mommsen Gesellschaft invites applications from all its young members planning on attending the conference. In case you are interested, please make clear your motivation for participating in FIEC 2019 and elaborate on the impact the conference may have on your career. Please send your application to burkhard.emme@fu-berlin.de

Please follow this link to see the full announcement in German. 

Wednesday 6 March 2019

SENIOR ACADEMIC POSITION IN CLASSICS, TEL AVIV

We would like to forward to you a job offer published by the Department of Clasics at Tel Aviv University, Israel, which "invites applications for a tenure-track position in Greek and/or Latin language and literature,
effective from  October 1st , 2019.

The position requires teaching courses in the candidate’s field(s) of specialization and in the classical languages, supervising graduate students, and a proven ability to conduct high-quality research in the above fields. The appointed candidate is expected to teach in Hebrew within two years from the appointment.

Candidates must have a Ph.D., or receive a Ph.D. before filling the position.

Salary and conditions will conform to Tel Aviv University regulations. Appointment procedures will be carried out according to the rules and regulations of Tel-Aviv University and are subject to the approval of the University authorities.


Candidates should send their applications, including a cover letter, CV, list of publications, 2 representative publications, a research and teaching plan (2-3 pages), and teaching evaluations (if available) to:

Professor Orna Harari, Head of the Department of Classics,
Tel Aviv University
Ramat Aviv 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel
or by email: oharari@tauex.tau.ac.il

Three letters of recommendation from senior scholars are to be sent directly to this address.

The deadline of submission is May 1st , 2019.

The position is open to all candidates. The appointment will be based on the candidate’s qualifications and the Department’s needs. The Department, Faculty or Tel-Aviv University are not obligated to appoint any of the candidates who apply for the position."