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Position Announcement Editor, Vergilius
The Board of Trustees of the Vergilian Society is seeking applicants for the position of editor for its journal Vergilius. Vergilius publishes annually peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of Vergil, along with the renowned annual Vergil Bibliography. Vergilius has a wide readership and good circulation. Recent updates to the journal include online publication with no…
Read MoreNew Tour, Winter 2018-2019
Romans in Southern Spain–Andalusia and Merida Dec 27, 2018-Jan 5, 2019 Director: Beverly Berg This program focuses primarily on Andalusia in Southern Spain and features outstanding archaeological museums and the impressive ruins of the Roman era, including Emerita, Italica, and Baelo Claudia. We also visit some outstanding Moorish monuments, such as the palace at Granada and…
Read MoreVergilian Society Translation Contest
Open only to secondary-level students of Latin (including home-schooled), the Contest will set a passage from Vergil’s Aeneid for translation. In addition, contestants will be required to answer several questions, and write a 3-4 paragraph essay based on the text set. Cash prizes wlll be awarded to the top ten papers. Certificates of Commendation will…
Read MoreCall for Papers: SCS 2019
Call for Papers, Vergilian Society Panel at the January 2019 Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies in San Diego ~ What’s in a Name?: Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Identity in the Poetry of Vergil As the Aeneid approaches its brutal conclusion, Vergil focuses a final time on Juno, whose determination to see the destruction of…
Read MoreVergilian Society panel at the 2018 meeting of the Society for Classical Studies in Boston
Saturday January 6, 2018 1:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Session 51: Dido in and after Vergil (Organized by the Vergilian Society) James J. O’Hara (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Introduction 1. Robin N. Mitchell-Boyask (Temple University) “Deianeirian Dido” 2. Elena Giusti (Cambridge University) “Dido in the light of Livy” 3. Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne (High Point…
Read MoreVergilian Society Call for Proposals for Symposium Campanum, October 2019
This is one of two calls for proposed symposium topics. The Vergilian Society invites proposals for topics for the fourth annual Symposium Campanum, to take place at the Harry Wilks Study Center at the Villa Vergiliana in Cuma, Italy in mid-October, 2019. These October Symposia differ in focus from our summer Symposium Cumanum: we will…
Read MoreVergilian Society Call for Proposals for Symposium Cumanum, June 2019
This one of two calls for proposed symposium topics. The Vergilian Society is soliciting proposals for the twenty-fifth annual Symposium Cumanum, to take place at the Harry Wilkes Study Center at the Villa Vergiliana in Cuma at the end of June, 2019. We will consider a proposal on any theme pertaining to Vergil and his…
Read MoreRIP: Jim Lawrence
Jim Lawrence, who directed several summer programs for the Vergilian Society, passed away at his home in Syracuse on August 18, 2017 at the age of 77. Jim was a faithful supporter of the Vergilian Society, participating in many summer programs and, jointly with Beverly Berg, directing three, the first, based at the Villa…
Read MoreCall for Papers: 2018 Symposium Cumanum
Call for Papers for the 2018 Symposium Cumanum: rerum cognoscere causas: Learning in the Late Republic and the Augustan Age June 26–30, 2018 Co-Directors: T.H.M. Gellar-Goad (Wake Forest University) and Christopher B. Polt (Boston College) The Vergilian Society invites proposals for papers for the 2018 Symposium Cumanum at the Villa Vergiliana in Cuma, Italy. Learning…
Read MoreSummer 2017 Sortes
Sortes Summer 2017 The Villa 3 – October 2016
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