Save the date for this upcoming Antiquity in Media Studies (AIMS) Event on Feb 28th! Register in advance to attend the following:
Interactive Presentation by the Source Databases Committee
MicroGame Testing Workshop
AIMS Social Hour
Full information at the link!
www.cac-scec.ca/2026/02/aims...
Faculty at the University of Calgary report potential room for compromise with administration to save Classics and Medieval Studies. They thank everyone for support and request a temporary pause in the letter-writing campaign.
Read more: www.cac-scec.ca/2026/02/ucal...
Share widely!
Faculty at the University of Calgary report potential room for compromise with administration to save Classics and Medieval Studies. They thank everyone for support and request a temporary pause in the letter-writing campaign.
Read more: www.cac-scec.ca/2026/02/ucal...
Share widely!
The deadline for nominations for the Fantham Award in Public Engagement is coming up next week. Get your noms in by the 15th!
07.02.2026 16:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0There are lots of things going on in the world right now but please also go and sign this and email the powers that be at U Calgary to save their Classics and Medieval studies program! A number of Canadian departments have reversed attempted closures so it is worthwhile
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Mouseion: Journal of the @cacscec.bsky.social Vol. 21, No. 1 (2024) muse.jhu.edu/issue/56328 @projectmuse.bsky.social @utpressjournals.bsky.social @apistone.bsky.social @brekekekexkovax.bsky.social Breaking New Ground with Comics and the Ancient Mediterranean World
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Sign the petition! www.change.org/Save_Classic...
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🚨 SAUVONS LES ÉTUDES CLASSIQUES ET MÉDIÉVALES À L’UNIVERSITÉ DE CALGARY ! 🚨
L’administration universitaire a rejeté un programme innovant élaboré de bonne foi par le corps professoral, invoquant des contraintes budgétaires.
Cette décision supprimerait la majeure en lettres classiques à Calgary!
🚨 SAVE CLASSICS AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY! 🚨
University leadership has rejected an innovative new program developed by faculty in good faith, citing budget constraints.
This decision would eliminate the Classics major at Calgary!
Read more : 👉 www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/supp...
🚨 SAUVONS LES ÉTUDES CLASSIQUES ET MÉDIÉVALES À L’UNIVERSITÉ DE CALGARY ! 🚨
L’administration universitaire a rejeté un programme innovant élaboré de bonne foi par le corps professoral, invoquant des contraintes budgétaires.
Cette décision supprimerait la majeure en lettres classiques à Calgary!
Sign the petition! www.change.org/Save_Classic...
29.01.2026 20:37 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
🚨 SAVE CLASSICS AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY! 🚨
University leadership has rejected an innovative new program developed by faculty in good faith, citing budget constraints.
This decision would eliminate the Classics major at Calgary!
Read more : 👉 www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/supp...
📣 Appel!
Panel thématique : le « Vortex » dans la pensée gréco-romaine
EASR / IAHR 2026 (20–25 sept. 2026)
Propositions interdisciplinaires bienvenues autour des motifs du tourbillon, de la spirale, du renversement et de leurs dérivés dans la pensée gréco-romaine.
www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/easr...
📣 CFP!
Thematic Panel: “The Vortex” in Graeco-Roman Thought
EASR / IAHR 2026 (20–25 Sept. 2026)
Organizers invite interdisciplinary proposals exploring vortex, whirl, spiral, reversal, and related motifs across Graeco-Roman religion, philosophy, and beyond.
www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/easr...
The Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Victoria is seeking a sessional lecturer for 2026-2027 academic year. Courses include myth, epic, and introductory and intermediate Greek.
Deadline March 1st
Full posting: www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/uvic...
We are looking for expressions of interest for guests for Season 5 of @peoplingthepast.bsky.social podcast! Please share widely with your networks if you think this may be of interest.
Deadline is February 15th 2026!
The Crake Foundation and the Department of Classics at Mount Allison University are pleased to announce the Crake Doctoral Fellowship in Classics for the academic year 2026–2027.
Deadline February 27th.
See post for full details: www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/crak...
📢 Nouvelle conférence !
Nous sommes ravis d’ouvrir l’année 2026 avec une conférence invitée de Jitse Dijkstra (Université d’Ottawa)
🗓 29 janvier 2026
⏰ 4:00PM HNE
🎓 Rethinking Religion in the Greek and Roman Worlds:
The Concept of Appropriation and Its Applications
🔗 Lien Zoom : tinyurl.com/mws6j6h6
📢 New conference alert!
As part of our new series of workshops and lectures, we are delighted to kick off 2026 with a guest lecture by Prof. Jitse Dijkstra (University of Ottawa).
🗓 January 29th, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM (EST)
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/mws6j6h6
We hope to see many of you there!
Phoenix Vol. 9, No.2 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/56172 @projectmuse.bsky.social @cacscec.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social Greek and Roman Mime @melissakafunke.bsky.social @mhanses.bsky.social @technites.bsky.social
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Final Reminder!
The deadline for three different Calls for Papers (and panels/workshops/posters) for the Annual Meeting of the CAC, to be held at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, on 5-7 May 2026, is today, 5 January 2026.
Visit www.queensu.ca/cac-conferen... for full details!
Final Reminder!
The deadline for three different Calls for Papers (and panels/workshops/posters) for the Annual Meeting of the CAC, to be held at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, on 5-7 May 2026, is today, 5 January 2026.
Visit www.queensu.ca/cac-conferen... for full details!
The deadline for submitting abstracts for our annual conference in May is coming up on Monday, January 5th! Please see the attached link for full details!
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CAC Vice-President Robert Weir is seeking to fill vacancies on our Equity Committee! Please see our full post for details and contact information.
www.cac-scec.ca/2025/12/equi...
🚨CFP for #ResDiff7 is now available!🚨
Res Difficiles 7 will take place on 13th March 2026 with Dr Samuel Agbamu as our keynote speaker.
Submit an abstract by 12th January 2026:
resdifficiles.com/cfp/
📜 The Tenth Lincoln College International Summer School in Greek Palaeography (to be held in Oxford, 27 July–1 August 2026 is accepting applications.
🗓️ Deadline is January 31st.
See our post for more information! www.cac-scec.ca/2025/12/linc...
#AncientBlueSky
Reminder! The deadline for all CFPs is coming up on January 5th, 2026!
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Excited by the new #Odyssey trailer? Submit for #AIMS' new winter virtual monthly conference series: we welcome proposals for papers, games, workshops, & more on any aspect of classical reception or media about the ancient Mediterranean! antiquityinmediastudies.wordpress.com/2026-confere...
22.12.2025 22:31 — 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
📣 Do you bring the ancient world to wider audiences?
Nominate yourself or a colleague for the Elaine Fantham Award in Public Engagement! Honouring creative, responsible public-facing Classics work.
Deadline Feb 15.
www.cac-scec.ca/2025/12/fant...
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Reminder! The deadline for nominations for the Mark Golden Book Award is today!
Rappel! Dernier jour pour soumettre des mises en candidature au Prix du Livre Mark Golden!
www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/gold...
