THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE MIDDLE WEST AND SOUTH, CFP

We would like to forward to you the following Call for Papers, issued by CAMWS (the Classical Association of the Middle West and South). Please note that the deadline for the submission of abstracts is June 4, 2018.

"98TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF CAMWS- SOUTHERN SECTION - CALL FOR PAPERS

The 96th Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South – Southern Section will be held Thursday-Saturday, October 18-20, 2018 in Wake Forest, NC at the Hawthorne Inn and Conference Centerr, at the invitation of Wake Forest University. Proposals for workshops/panels and individual papers on any aspect of Graeco-Roman antiquity are now being accepted. Especially welcome are submissions likely to be of broad interest, including those concerned with pedagogy. Panels/workshops, especially those on pedagogical and performative topics, are especially welcome. Teachers and students at any level of instruction (K-12, college, or university) may submit proposals.

All proposals for workshops/panels and individual papers must be received by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, June 4, 2018. All proposals for panels, workshops and individual papers will be judged anonymously by the Program Committee, chaired by CAMWS-SS Secretary-Treasurer T. Davina McClain.

An individual may deliver no more than one paper at the meeting and may submit no more than one abstract. A person is free to organize a panel in addition to presenting a paper (whether in his/her own panel or in another session). Anyone presenting on a panel or submitting a proposal for an individual paper at CAMWS-SS 2018 cannot also be a presenter in a panel/workshop.

All abstracts must be double-spaced and typed in 12-point Times New Roman font. Indent first lines of paragraphs, set a 1-inch margin on all sides, and center the title at the top of the page. Enter any non-Roman text using Unicode. Use abbreviated (author-date) citations; at the end of each abstract or panel description provide a list of works cited. The combined length of the abstract (or panel/workshop description) and its list of works cited must not exceed 800 words. Abstracts for workshops should describe the general goals of the workshop, the roles played by each presenter and expectations of the audience. Authors of abstracts and organizers of panels are not to be identified by name anywhere in their proposals.

The maximum time allotted for an individual paper is 15 minutes. A workshop can be either sixty or ninety minutes in length. Requests for audio-visual equipment must be made at the time the abstract is submitted. Because LCD projectors are expensive to rent, please request them only when absolutely necessary. Individuals must provide their own laptop computers and adapter cables. Access to the internet IS AVAILABLE in the meeting rooms of the hotel, but backups on flashdrives/harddrives are recommend.

Please submit all proposals electronically at camws.org/southernsection/abstractform.php  for individual papers and for workshop proposals at  camws.org/southernsection/panelabstract.php.  If, for some reason, electronic submission is not possible, please contact the CAMWS office at camws@camws.org.

All presenters and organizers are required to be members of CAMWS at the time they submit their abstracts. Membership dues may be paid at http://www.camws.org/membership/memberinfo.php by credit card (with a processing fee) or by mailing a check along with a membership form to CAMWS, Department of Classics, Monmouth College, 700 E. Broadway, Monmouth, IL 61462 (office 309-457-2284; fax 815-346-2565; camws@camws.org). Please keep in mind that submission of an abstract is a commitment to present the paper in person.

RECEIPT DEADLINES: Monday, June 4, 2018 (panels and individuals)."

CLASSICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, U.S.

As a side note, we would like to make you aware of the fact the university of Missouri is planning on dissolving their MA and PhD degrees in Classics and Archaeology. Franco Montanari, the president of FIEC, has contacted the faculty's board, asking them to rethink their decision.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN TARIJA, BOLIVIA

Please note that the 11th International Meeting of Classical Studies, organized by the Bolivian Society for Classical Studies as well as the Nuestra Señora University of La Paz, will take place from 31 July to 3 August 2018.

Please follow this link to read the full announcement.

GRAFFITI AND MODERN HABITS OF SELF-DISPLAY

On another note, we would like to make you aware of a delightful article concerning the relationship between ancient graffiti and our modern selves:

https://blog.degruyter.com/graffiti-ancient-pompeii-teach-us-modern-selves/ 

ANNIVERSARY OF CIPSH

This week, we would like to forward to you a short statement issued by Luiz Oosterbeek, Secretary-General of the International Council of Philosphy and Human Sciences (CIPSH), on the occasion of the organization's anniversary:

"Today is the anniversary of CIPSH, which was established in 1949, following an initiative of UNESCO initiated in 1947 and structured, with the collaboration of the International Academic Union, through 1948. Then, the context was the rebuilding of the international relations and the securing of academic freedom, embedded in the awareness of the relevance of human sciences for analysing the processes that had triggered two world wars.

These days, the debate is different, framed by growing concerns on issues like peace and global sustainability, and also contradictory understandings about the role of academic international organizations. There is tremendous pressure from short term anxieties, to import into the academic sphere principles and methods that characterize markets, replacing words like “knowledge”, “research” or “critical reasoning” with other ones, like “efficiency”, “management” or “competition”.

We have not followed such trend. CIPSH faces these debates today, having chosen a path that seats on the side of research and its relation to society, focusing on building main global projects which may contribute to resume the awareness of the contribution of the humanities. It is not an easy path, but the work of the various unions and federations, the World Humanities Conference and the projects CIPSH is now starting to launch, as well as the new relation established with UNESCO, illustrate the effectiveness of the road we chose. On behalf of CIPSH, thank you for engaging in this process."

500 PHD positions in Portugal

We would like to forward to you an announcement issued by the Centre of Classical Studies, Lisbon:

"Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus

 

The Centre for Classical Studies of the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon (CEC-FLUL) informs it is open the individual call for funding of the 500 contracts for PhD researchers in all scientific areas, within the framework of the 2017 Individual Scientific Employment Stimulusprogramme promoted by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). All information regarding the programme can be found on the FCT webpage.

The CEC-FLUL invites all those interested in developing their postdoctoral research plan having the CEC-FLUL as host institution to express their interest until January 22, 2018 through the email centro.classicos@letras.ulisboa.pt, sending the following elements, in English language, according to the information in the Notice of the call for the Submission of Applications of the FCT:

 

1) Applicant level (Junior, Auxiliary, Principal, Coordinator);

2) Research plan – According to the call, the plan should be identified within the framework in one or more of the 17 Objectives for the Sustainable Development of the United Nations for 2030. The proposed research plan should further demonstrate its integration strategy of the research unit and the research group within which it will be developed (maximum 3 pages);

3) Curriculum vitae;

4) Letter of motivation.

 

The decision on the applications the CEC-FLUL will accept will be announced until January 26, 2018.

The Call will be open from January 19, 2018 until 17:00 until February 12, 2018 and the host institutions will join their applications between February 13 and 26, 2018.

 

Contacts: centro.classicos@letras.ulisboa.pt "

ENTRETIENS SERIES NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

As part of the agreement signed on 12 November 2015 between the Hardt Foundation and the Swiss National Library, the series of Entretiens sur l’Antiquité classique (since 1952) has been digitised and is now accessible online with a movable wall of three years on the Hardt Foundation's website and the platforms e-periodica and E-Helvetica Access.

Follow this link for more information.