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2021 Malta Tour still planned with Scholarships Available
The Malta Tour, led by Prof. Raymond Capra, is scheduled for December 27, 2021 – January 6, 2022. Spots are still open, and scholarships are available for K-12 teachers. Please see https://www.vergiliansociety.org/malta/ for details about the tour and scholarship applications (due October 22, 2021).
Read MoreCALL FOR PAPERS – 2022 Symposium Cumanum
“Dido Unbound: Queen of Carthage before, in, and after Vergil.”
Directors: Zara Torlone (Miami University), Giampiero Scafoglio (University of Nice)
Tentative Dates: June 21-25, 2022
Call for Program Directors – 2023
Are you interested in directing a tour or workshop for the Vergilian Society in 2023? For those interested, please send a proposal to the Chair of the Villa Management Committee, John Wonder, at jwwonder@sfsu.edu For 2023, we are particularly interested in tours or programs based at the Villa Vergiliana in Cuma, a study center in…
Read More2021 “Roman Otium” and “Painting” tours CANCELED
Due to low enrollment numbers, most likely the result of the ongoing pandemic, two summer 2021 tours are canceled: “Roman Otium on the Bay of Naples: A Study Tour for Teachers (July 1-12)” and “Painting the Italian Landscape in Watercolor (June 16-22).” The “Roman Switzerland” tour is going ahead, and “Malta,” planned for December, is…
Read MoreCall for Proposals – Symposium Campanum 2022
The Vergilian Society seeks potential directors, on topics of their choosing, for the sixth Symposium Campanum, to take place at the Harry Wilks Study Center at the Villa Vergiliana in Cuma, Italy in October 2022. These October Symposia differ in focus from our summer Symposium Cumanum: we will consider proposals on any aspect of the…
Read More2021 McKay Book Prize Winners
The Alexander G. McKay Prize for Vergilian Studies has been awarded to Susanna Morton Braund and Zara M. Torlone, co-editors of “Virgil and His Translators,” published by OUP in 2018.
Read More2020 Vergilian Society Translation Contest Results
Open only to secondary-level students of Latin (including home-schooled), the contest sets a passage from Vergil’s Aeneid for translation. In addition, contestants are required to answer several questions, and write a 3-4 paragraph essay based on the text set. Cash prizes are awarded to the top ten papers. Certificates of Commendation are sent to excellent papers.
Read MoreCall for Papers: Identity in Vergil – Symposium Cumanum 2021
“Identity in Vergil: Ancient Representations, Global Receptions” will take place June 23-26, 2021 at the Villa Vergiliana. Abstracts are due by December 1, 2020. See the post for more details.
Read MoreAlexander G. McKay Prize competition for the best new book in Vergilian studies is now OPEN
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 the…
Read MoreOnline Companion to the Worlds of Roman Women
The Online Companion to the Worlds of Roman Women has a new web home! The Women’s Classical Caucus (wccaucus.org) now hosts the Companion website, (feminaeromanae.org) through a link from the WCC homepage. As part of its mission “to incorporate feminist and gender-informed perspectives in the study and teaching of all aspects of ancient Mediterranean cultures, particularly the study of women in…
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