The Society for Classical Studies promotes study of ancient Greek and Roman languages, literatures, and civilizations. https://classicalstudies.org/https://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mr3pwpqbnk2jToday on the blog, Rachel Lesser reviews Christopher Nolan's new Odyssey film: https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/rlesser/blog-nolan%E2%80%99s-odyssey-big-suffering-and-grotesque-short-cunning-and-women?fbclid=IwY2xjawTLLTBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFBNFFVaGs0NENJVGdWWDBEc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmpXxJs3nsBMy7RX8xbfSZ60Fb-rlwC6QKnpyEpP8Hr9D316RiOFG-au4gMT_aem_0o8fgs0Q38LZX2ESfRKQmg20 Jul 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3pwpqbnk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mqu56z4xis2sLooking for some summer reading? Check out our latest blog posts! Justin Vorhis shares strategies for building a strong undergraduate Greek program: https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/justin-vorhis/blog-building-strong-undergraduate-greek-program17 Jul 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu56z4xis2shttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mltdeorqlk2oApplications for the 2026 Erich S. Gruen prize, which recognizes graduate research, are now open at apply.classicalstudies.org. Find out more information about the prize at classicalstudies.org/awards.14 May 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltdeorqlk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mlqiybtvr22fThe SCS has signed onto @historians.org's statement opposing new Texas Tech University Course Content Guidelines which prohibit content related to “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” in core and undergraduate classes, without defining those terms. Read more: https://www.historians.org/news/aha-opposes-restrictions-on-teaching-and-learning-at-texas-tech-university/13 May 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqiybtvr22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mjie64qn6c23Today on the blog, Michael Taylor kicks off a new series spotlighting TAPA articles with his take on Duncan MacRae's "Capitoline Futures: The Location of Roman Futurity." https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/miketaylor30/blog-tapa-spotlight-duncan-macrae-%E2%80%9Ccapitoline-futures-location-roman-futurity14 Apr 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjie64qn6c23https://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3miud6dlr3225Today on the blog, Jinrui Zhang discusses his public engagement initiative in China, “Echoes of Antiquity,” funded by the Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities initiative. https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/jinrui-zhang/blog-reimagining-classical-antiquity-modern-china06 Apr 2026 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3miud6dlr3225https://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mhstq4fne22lRegister here for the next mini-conference in AIMS' (Antiquity in Media Studies) event series on March 29: https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/upcoming-event-aims-march-mini-conference-march-2924 Mar 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhstq4fne22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mfrvzqsvzk2cNominations are open now for this year's Goodwin Award, recognizing exceptional recent scholarly work in the field of classics. Review eligibility requirements here: https://classicalstudies.org/awards-and-fellowships/charles-j-goodwin-award-merit and submit your nomination at apply.classicalstudies.org.26 Feb 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrvzqsvzk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mgazl3jqfk2tNominations are open now for this year's Cribiore Award, which recognizes outstanding translations from Ancient Greek or Latin by Society members. Review eligibility requirements: https://classicalstudies.org/awards-and-fellowships/raffaella-cribiore-award-outstanding-literary-translation and apply here: apply.classicalstudies.org04 Mar 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgazl3jqfk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mhb652rpyk2uToday on the blog, Thomas Hendrickson discusses tiered readers as a bridge between introductory textbooks and unadapted Latin texts. https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/thomashendrickson/blog-tiered-readers-new-bridge-between-introductory-textbook-and17 Mar 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhb652rpyk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mhb5rbpex22lJoin @fglif.bsky.social at their webinar "Translating Your PhD: Resumes for Nonfaculty Careers" on April 28 at 7 PM ET. Register here: https://bucknell.zoom.us/meeting/register/jbdPP8i2TtSaSIaEn57Nvg#/registration and find more information: https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/upcoming-event-translating-your-phd-resumes-nonfaculty-careers-april-2817 Mar 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhb5rbpex22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mgazl3jqfk2tNominations are open now for this year's Cribiore Award, which recognizes outstanding translations from Ancient Greek or Latin by Society members. Review eligibility requirements: https://classicalstudies.org/awards-and-fellowships/raffaella-cribiore-award-outstanding-literary-translation and apply here: apply.classicalstudies.org04 Mar 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgazl3jqfk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mg3izwxvrc23Applications close on March 6 for Teaching Classics in a Digital Age, an NEH funded institute for higher education faculty which aims to expand data and digital literacy among educators in the fields of ancient Mediterranean studies. Learn more and apply: https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/call-applications-teaching-ancient-digital-age https://lnkd.in/e7hmAJje02 Mar 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3izwxvrc23https://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mfrvzqsvzk2cNominations are open now for this year's Goodwin Award, recognizing exceptional recent scholarly work in the field of classics. Review eligibility requirements here: https://classicalstudies.org/awards-and-fellowships/charles-j-goodwin-award-merit and submit your nomination at apply.classicalstudies.org.26 Feb 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrvzqsvzk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mf2wek7g622rToday on the blog, Jillian Stinchcomb discusses Egypt and Ethiopia in the work of Flavius Josephus. https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/jillian-stinchcomb/blog-egypt-and-ethiopia-work-flavius-josephus17 Feb 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2wek7g622rhttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3mcxmf6j53c2tToday on the blog, Benjamin Haller reviews We Players' performance of Odyssea at the SCS Annual Meeting. https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/benjaminhaller1/blog-we-players-bring-life-misson-classics-community-committee-scs-january21 Jan 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxmf6j53c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3m7szewsf222uToday on the blog, Stephen DeCasien (@sdecasien.bsky.social) discusses the parallel evolution of two ancient warships, one from Greece and one from China. https://www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/stephen-decasien/blog-ancient-ramming-warships-greek-%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%82-and-chinese-%E7%AA%81%E5%86%9212 Dec 2025 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7szewsf222uhttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3m4z2zqs4w22wToday on the blog, James Ker and Nina Papathansopoulou talk with Ava Roy, Artistic Director of We Players, about the inspiration and process behind the upcoming Odyssea performance at the San Francisco annual meeting. https://www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/ava-roy/blog-backstory-we-players%E2%80%99-upcoming-odyssea-performance-san-francisco07 Nov 2025 02:50 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4z2zqs4w22whttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3m3i3weney22eToday on the blog, Rachel Philbrick and Zachary Quint of the SCS Data Committee share some of the results of the Census, focusing on a few salient questions and linking to further data. https://www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/torilee/blog-results-first-scs-census?fbclid=IwY2xjawNgkNlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCZmlSSWlacHkySEl5SjJWAR4fUJ8pRiQshu22C3fSAsPfofBMG2J67W1Op5j-GuFNyuKLaZWWelgnmQtLzg_aem_oamv9S6HKZ9WUzL0MuyvHw18 Oct 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3i3weney22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3m2u4xuqjhc25Today on the blog, we're featuring Part I of a piece, by Amy Norgard and Joshua Nudell, reflecting on Ovid's Pygmalion myth in the age of AI companions. https://www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/torilee/scs-blog-part-1-2-pygmalion-age-ai-companions10 Oct 2025 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2u4xuqjhc25https://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3m27zl2hkdk2wToday on the blog, Nina Papathanasopoulou introduces the upcoming performance at this year's annual meeting in San Francisco: a product of Odyssea by We Players. https://www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/torilee/we-players-bring-odyssey-life-aiascs-san-francisco02 Oct 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27zl2hkdk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3lwjtxyzpcc2qToday on the blog, Kathleen Coleman discusses the importance of the TLL Fellowship, now in need of support after losing its NEH funding this past spring. https://www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/kcoleman/blog-biographies-latin-endangered-tll-fellowship16 Aug 2025 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwjtxyzpcc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3lvtouqkzos2cToday on the blog, Will Szymanski (@willszymanski.bsky.social) discusses Sulla and Elon Musk in the current political moment. https://www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/will-szymanski/blog-elon-musk-sulla-and-american-%E2%80%9Ccrisis-without-alternative%E2%80%9D07 Aug 2025 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvtouqkzos2chttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3lunllynbp22tToday on the blog, SN Yeager and Victoria Austen discuss Classics and unionization for the Contingent Faculty series. https://www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/sn-yeager/blog-scs-contingent-faculty-blog-series-classics-and-unionization23 Jul 2025 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunllynbp22thttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3ltzch6zay22cToday on the blog, Peter Kotiuga discusses how having students learn the prosodic features of ancient Greek and Latin early provides fresh opportunities to make lessons on meter more engaging. https://www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/pkotiuga/blog-letting-language-lead-and-meter-follow15 Jul 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltzch6zay22chttps://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3lsp2fbl4z226Today on the blog, Joy Connolly shares the legacy of the ACLS (@acls1919.bsky.social) and NEH, and how we can support them and the NEH (@nehgov.bsky.social) during this political moment: https://www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/joyconnolly/blog-help-support-acls28 Jun 2025 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:p45o7qhikfh7m3ay7vob2duv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsp2fbl4z226https://bsky.app/profile/scsclassics.bsky.social/post/3lr2bca4jtc2qToday on the blog, Kevin Solez reflects on the parallels between working with gems and ancient poetic texts while offering a new translation of Posidippus Lithika 7. https://www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/2295164/blog-gems-poetry-peridot-and-classics07 Jun 2025 21:13 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