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The Associazione Cristiano Castelletti is awarding a 5000 CHF biennial grant,intended for the following academic projects and publications (in order ofpriority):a) studies that are a continuation of Cristiano’s research on acrostics andsymbolism in ancient Latin and Greek cultureb) studies of ancient Latin and Greek literature focusing on authors Cristianoworked on: Aratus, Virgil, Valerius Flaccus.c) territorial…

The President and Board of Trustees of the Vergilian Society and the McKay Prize Committee are pleased to present the 2023 Alexander G. McKay Prize for Vergilian Studies to Joseph Farrell for his book Juno’s Aeneid: A Battle for Heroic Identity (Princeton, 2021). Read the Full Citation.

Would you like to direct a tour or workshop for the Vergilian Society in 2025? Vergilian Society tours are designed to appeal to a wide range of travelers interested in the ancient Mediterranean. Our programs welcome college students, instructors and nonprofessionals. For 2025, we are particularly interested in tours of the ancient Mediterranean or study…

See Symposium description here. Please send an anonymous abstract (300-400 words) to Prof. Sergio Casali, casali@uniroma2.it , by 15th January 2023; we will communicate our decision by 1st March.

The Vergilian Society is pleased to announce the opening of the next competition for the Alexander G.McKay Prize for the best book in Vergilian studies. The prize, which is accompanied by a cash award of$500 or a life membership in the Vergilian Society (valued at $800), is awarded every other year to thebook that, in…