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Learn to Speak Latin Among Rome's Ruins (1/29/12)
The Italy of Caesar and Vergil: A Workshop for Teacher (1/29/12)
SALVI to Offer Rustication Again in Summer 2012 (11/10/11)
The American School of Classical Studies in Athens Announces its Summer Sessions for 2012,
and a Host of Scholarship Opportunities (9/25/11)
Blackfriars Playhouse to Present Marlowe's Dido, Queen of Carthage (9/18/11)
VMFA Announces New Exhibit: Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb (8/2/11)

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Learn to Speak Latin Among Rome's Ruins

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You and/or your students could spend two weeks this summer learning to speak Latin among Rome's ruins!

Founded in 2010 by Princeton graduate students, the Paideia Institute is a not for profit organization dedicated to promoting the classics and humanities through educational programs. Its Living Latin summer programs combine famous passages from Latin literature, Rome's most famous sites, and a dynamic pedagogical style that teaches participants to SPEAK LATIN AS A LIVING LANGUAGE. The Living Latin in Rome adult Program first ran in 2011, drawing college students from across the country. The program was a huge success and was featured in a front page article on Slate.com. Read the article here.

Do to the great success of the adult program, this summer we are opening a second program specifically designed for High School students. Students will spend two weeks living in a bucolic monastery only footsteps away from the Colosseum, reading Latin literature, visiting Rome's most famous places, and participating in interactive exercises that teach them to express their thoughts and ideas in the cornerstone language of western civilization. Former participants in our Living Latin programs have found that by learning to speak Latin, they gain a new familiarity with the language that helps the master grammar, vocabulary and syntax and makes them better and faster sight-readers. For more information visit the Living High School Latin in Rome page on the Paideia Institute's website, here.

I urge you to forward this e-mail to any of your students who might be interested in applying and consider joining them in Rome yourself for an unforgettable experience. (There is an option for teachers to attend). You also might be interested in participating in the adult program, a much more intensive, five-week experience. Also, check out the Padeia Institute's Website (www.paideia-institute.org) for more programs sponsored by the Institute that might interested you in the future.

For more information or to request an application for any program, please don't hesitate to contact me by e-mail or phone.

Vale,

Jason Pedicone
Executive Director of U.S. Operations
The Paideia Institute
pedicone@paideia-institute.org
(609) 429-0734

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The Italy of Caesar and Vergil:
A Workshop for Teachers
July 12-23, 2012

This Italy-based workshop for high school Latin teachers will combine classroom sessions in successful pedagogical practices with fascinating and relevant site visits that illuminate the lives and works of Caesar and Vergil. Morning study sessions will provide ideas and skills to enrich both beginning and advanced courses, with a focus on the readings and abilities required by the revised Advanced Placement syllabus. Afternoon site and museum visits will contextualize the writings of our authors elucidating the common themes of Caesar's commentarii and Vergil's Aeneid. All teachers will acquire interpretive insights and instructional strategies for teaching these essential authors.

Sites include: Rome (Forum, Palatine, Ara Pacis), Temple of Apollo and Atrium of the Sibyl at Cumae, Lake Avernus, Tomb of Vergil, Sperlonga, Pompeii, Lavinium, Herculaneum, Vesuvius and more!

The workshop will be co-directed by two award-winning teachers: a veteran high school teacher and an archaeologist: Amy Leonard, The Walker School & Steven Tuck, Miami University

Cost: $2595 and includes all room and board, all transportation during the program, site and museum admissions, a packet with classroom materials, site plans, maps, readings and selections from ancient texts, and attendance certificate. For further information, applications, pictures of last year’s trip, and detailed itinerary, see the Vergilian Society website http://vergil.clarku.edu/cumae2.htm or email Steven Tuck at tucksl@muohio.edu.

Scholarships are available. http://vergil.clarku.edu/scholar2.htm.

Vergilian Society Scholarship deadline is March 1, 2012. Application deadline is April 1, 2012.

Feedback from previous participants:

“The combination of Steve’s penetrating surveys of the material and historical legacies of sites and Amy’s hands-on, practical-minded workshops in our class sessions provided the rare combination of an inspiring and useful experience that I cannot wait to apply in all my classes.”

“Our directors were incredibly informative and personable. I owe my amazing experience to them”

“This was an all around terrific experience. I got more out of it than I would have ever imagined.”

“Absolutely fabulous experience! I’ve learned so much on this trip … I will definitely recommend it.”

Graduate Credits and Continuing Education Units are available through Miami University. Ohio residents qualify for a 50% discount on graduate tuition.

Steven L. Tuck
Associate Professor of Classics
Miami University

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Rusticatio
July 12-19, 2012, in Charles Town, West Virginia

Rusticatio is a full-immersion Latin workshop offering high-energy conversation exercises and readings from Latin literature. In a supportive, intimidation-free environment, Rusticatio participants live together for seven days while they speak, read, write, cook and relax—all while communicating entirely in Latin. Through a variety of exchanges, including instructional sessions, a common kitchen, daily shared tasks, down-time, and excellent food and wine (which are abundant and included in the price), Rusticatio participants enjoy a feeling of camaraderie while they experience first-hand various teaching methods that are directly applicable to teaching Latin in the classroom.

For more information and applications, please visit the "Programs" section of our web site at www.latin.org.

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2012 ASCSA Summer Sessions

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens announces its Summer Sessions for 2012. The two six-week sessions are designed for those who wish to become acquainted with Greece and its antiquities, and to improve their understanding of the relationship among the monuments, landscape, and climate of the country and its history, literature, and culture.

Enrollment is open to North American graduate and advanced undergraduate students and to high school and college instructors of classics and related subjects. Each session is limited to twenty participants.

Roughly half of each session is spent in travel throughout Greece. Three trips of varying duration give the participant an introduction to the major archaeological sites and museum collections in North and Central Greece, the Peloponnese, and Crete. The remainder of the session is devoted to study of the museums and monuments of Athens and the surrounding area with day trips to such sites as Marathon, Sounion, and Eleusis. Each participant will usually present two “on-site” oral reports on assigned topics. The program is demanding, both physically and intellectually.

Fees for the 2012 program are $4,250. This includes tuition, room for the entire six-week period, partial board in Athens, travel within Greece, and museum and site fees. International airfare, some meals, and incidental expenses are the participant's responsibility. Financial aid is available in the form of scholarships through the School. They are awarded on the basis of academic merit. Consult the ASCSA website for a list of scholarships funded by the School and other agencies.

The Directors for the 2012 Summer Sessions are Session I (June 11 through July 25): Professor Bella Vivante, University of Arizona; Session II (June 18 through August 1): Professor Timothy F. Winters, Austin Peay State University.

More information and online application forms are available through the web site: www.ascsa.edu.gr. Applicants will complete an online application, and arrange for the online submission of three letters of recommendation. Application fee: $25.

Mail official copies of all academic transcripts to:

Professor Christina A. Salowey, Chair of the Committee on the Summer Sessions
Hollins University
Department of Classical Studies
P.O. Box 9733
Roanoke, VA 24020-1733
Web site: www.ascsa.edu.gr
E-mail: ssapplication@ascsa.org

DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2012.

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, ethnic origin, or disability when considering admission to any form of membership or application for employment.

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Scholarships for 2012 Summer Sessions

Scholarships Awarded Through ASCSA

To apply for ASCSA scholarships, indicate your preferences by checking the appropriate box on the ASCSA Summer Sessions Application. No additional forms are required.

Open Scholarships

The American School awards approximately five open scholarships, normally to graduate students enrolled in programs that focus on Greek and/or Latin languages and literature, ancient history, ancient philosophy or Classical art and archaeology. Funding is restricted to graduate students, who at the time of application, are enrolled at Cooperating Institutions of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Amount: ALL FEES

The Charles M. Edwards Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded to an outstanding applicant, normally an exceptional undergraduate.

Amount: $500

Rea Silvia Borza Scholarship

The Borza fellowship is reserved for a high school teacher in history, art, literature or some other field whose career would be enhanced by a summer’s study at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Preference will be given to teachers in public high schools.

Amount: $1,500

Katherine Keene Scholarship

This scholarship is endowed by Katherine Keene, a retired teacher and ASCSA Summer Sessions alumna. It is awarded to a public high school teacher who teaches Social Studies or has shown interest in aspects of the Classics, and has been able to include that material in his/her offerings.

Amount: ALL FEES

ASCSA Alumni/ae Association Scholarship

Amount: ALL FEES

Antony and Isabelle Raubitschek Scholarship

Scholarship, endowed by an alumnus of the School and friends, in honor of the late Professor Antony Raubitschek of Stanford University and Isabelle Raubitschek.

Amount: $2,000

Scholarships Awarded Through Other Organizations

Please apply to BOTH the ASCSA and the sponsoring organization. N.B.: An ASCSA Summer Session Scholarship may not be held in conjunction with any other full scholarship.

Semple Award of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South

Members of CAMWS who are either secondary school Greek or Latin teachers in the CAMWS territory or graduate students in a degree-granting program in Classics in the CAMWS territory are eligible to apply for this scholarship.

Amount: $3,500.

Deadline: January 31, 2012.

Applications are submitted via email as a .pdf file attachment. (Please put "Semple award" and the applicant's name in the subject line of the email.) Three letters of recommendation may be mailed or emailed as .pdf files. (Please have recommenders who email also put "Semple award" and the applicant's name in the subject line of the email.) All materials must be received no later than January 31, 2012.

The application form is available at http://www.camws.org/awards/sgb.html.

Application materials should be emailed to: randall.childree@furman.edu

Materials sent by mail should be sent to:

Professor Randall Childree
Furman University
Department of Classics
3300 Poinsett Highway
Greenville, SC 29613
www.camws.org

Arthur Patch McKinlay Scholarships of the American Classical League

The applicant must have been a member of the ACL for the preceding three years, plus current academic year, and must be planning to teach Classics at the elementary or secondary school level during the 2012/2013 school year. College/university teachers are not eligible. Amount: up to $1,500. Deadline: January 15, 2012.

Write for application to:

American Classical League, McKinlay Scholarship Awards
Miami University
422 Wells Mill Road
Oxford, OH 45056
Tel (513) 529-7741
www.aclclassics.org

Eta Sigma Phi Summer Scholarship for the ASCSA Summer Sessions

Members and alumni of Eta Sigma Phi who have received a Bachelor’s degree within eight years prior to application (or shall have received it by June 1st of the current year) and who have not received a doctoral degree are eligible to apply for this scholarship. In selecting the winner, the Committee will give attention to the quality of the applicant’s work in Greek and Latin, intention to teach at the secondary school or college level, and contribution to the activities of Eta Sigma Phi at the local and national levels. Amount: $2,125 for ASCSA fees and an additional stipend of $875 toward travel expenses (ASCSA pays half of all fees, $2,125). Deadline: February 1, 2012.

Applications and information are available on the Eta Sigma Phi website at http://department.monm.edu/classics/esp/Scholarships.html.

Questions may be directed to:

Dr. Molly Pasco-Pranger
Department of Classics
101 Bryant Hall
University of Mississippi
University, MS 28677
mpranger@olemiss.edu
Tel (662) 915-7097
Fax (662) 915-5654

New York Classical Club ASCSA Summer Session Scholarship

This is a special opportunity for NYCC Club members to win a scholarship of $4,500 toward the cost of study in the summer session of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. All members in the third consecutive year of paid membership in the Club are eligible to apply for the award, although preference will be given to secondary school teachers and graduate students. Deadline: January 15, 2012.

Interested individuals should obtain applications from the School, complete them, and send three copies of all application materials by January 15, 2012 to:

Professor Matthew McGowan
Department of Classics
Fordham University
Bronx, NY 10458

For information contact mamcgowan@fordham.edu or check the NYCC website:
www.nyclassicalclub.org

CANE Endowment Scholarship

Members of the Classical Association of New England and have been members in good standing for two years or more are eligible. Public and private pre-collegiate teachers are eligible. Preference, however, is given to secondary school teachers and residents of New England. Amount: $5,100. Please note that $4,250 of the award goes to the ASCSA for tuition, partial room and board, and travel within Greece required for the program. Deadline: February 1, 2012.

For more information or to apply for this scholarship contact:

Ms. Katy Ganino Reddick, Chair
CANE Scholarship Committee
Strong Middle School
191 Main Street
Durham, CT 06422
www.caneweb.org

E. Adelaide Hahn Scholarships of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States

In honor of E. Adelaide Hahn, two awards of up to $6,000 each will be made in the spring toward the cost of study in the ASCSA summer session. Applicants must have been CAAS members in good standing for two consecutive years prior to the year in which they apply. Preference will be given to pre-college teachers, graduate students, and those who have not previously received this award. Applicants who receive the Fulbright cannot receive the Hahn; applicants can receive up to $4,000 if they have been given another award. Scholarship winners are expected to report on their summer study at the CAAS annual meeting in October. Deadline: February 10, 2012.

To apply for this scholarship, send the following materials to Dr. Raymond Capra at the address below, postmarked by February 10, 2012:

• copy of your completed application and letters of recommendation

• proof of CAAS membership for the current year and the past two consecutive years

• cover letter that includes a list of all sources from which you are seeking funding and a commitment to an oral and written report at the October 2012 CAAS meeting

For further information, contact:

Dr. Raymond L. Capra
Chair of the Hahn Scholarship Committee
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Seton Hall University
400 South Orange Avenue
South Orange, NJ 07079
raymond.capra@shu.edu
(973) 275-5822.

Educational Seminars: 2012 Greece Classics Summer Seminar

Awards are available through the Educational Seminars Program, funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foundation of Greece and implemented by American Councils for International Education. Eligible candidates must be U.S. citizens and full-time high school or college teachers with at least 3 years of experience who are currently teaching Greek, Latin, Ancient Studies or the Classics.

The grant includes: international airfare; the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) tuition including room and board and travel within Greece; a pre-program virtual orientation online; a post-program debrief in Washington, DC; a stipend to defray the cost of local transportation, meals and other incidental expenses not covered by the ASCSA fees; and funds to purchase and ship classroom materials. Grantees are responsible for any additional personal expenses. Deadline: Friday, January 6, 2012.

If you are applying for funding through Educational Seminars, you must complete TWO applications: one for the grant funding through Educational Seminars and one for the program through ASCSA.

For application and information visit www.americancouncils.org/program/42/GCP/ or contact the Educational Seminars staff at edseminars@americancouncils.org or 202-833-7522.

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Dido, Queen of Carthage
by Christopher Marlowe
Blackfriars Playhouse, Staunton, Virginia
March 14-April 7, 2012

His lips an alter, where I'll offer up,
as many kisses as the sea hath sands. -- III.i

Blackfriars Premiere. Arriving in Carthage after the fall of his beloved city, the trojan hero Aeneas begins a passionate and dangerous love affair with Queen Dido. Unknown to the lovers, the gods are pulling their strings - with disastrous results. Part Antony and Cleopatra, part A Midsummer Night's Dream, and part The Tempest - Dido, Queen of Carthage is Marlowe's ravishing take on Virgil's Aeneid.

Blackfriars Theater | Reserve your tickets

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The VMFA Announces New Exhibit:
Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb

November 19, 2011 - March 11, 2012
NewMarket, Center, and Altria Galleries
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, Virginia

Drawing on the world-famous Egyptian collections of the British Museum in London, this exhibition explores the secrets of the Mummy and the rituals of death.

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