Positions and Fellowships

The Department of Classics at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor specializing in Roman History or Latin Poetry, to begin on July 1, 2026. We welcome applications from candidates who will complement existing departmental strengths, contribute to the intellectual life of the Department and the University, and exhibit interdisciplinary interests broadly conceived. For more information, please visit our advertisement on the SCS Placement Service (https://www.classicalstudies.org/placement-service/2025- 2026/39119/assistant-professor-classics) or apply here: https://apply.interfolio.com/171246. Please direct any preliminary inquiries concerning the position to the chair of the search committee, Professor J. Bert Lott (jlott2@nd.edu).The deadline to apply is November 1, 2025.

College Year in Athens (CYA) invites applications for the Brian D. Joseph Chair in Classics, an endowed visiting professorship based in Athens, Greece, beginning September 1, 2026, for a term of up to three years. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. and a permanent university position and should demonstrate an active research agenda, a strong record of publication, and substantial experience in undergraduate teaching. To apply, candidates should complete the online application form and upload a cover letter, CV, research proposal, teaching statement, and contact information for three referees. For more information, visit: https://cyathens.org/chairinclassics/. Inquiries: classicschair@cyathens.org. Deadline for applications: October 17, 2025.

Calls for Papers

The Classical Association of the Canadian West (CACW) invites proposals for papers for its 2026 conference, to be jointly hosted by the Classics programs at the University of Alberta and MacEwan University and held at MacEwan University, Edmonton AB on 20-21 February 2026. We welcome papers on any topic within Classics, Classical Archaeology, Ancient History, Classical Reception, and Classics pedagogy. Papers from students and scholars in any country will be considered, including papers from undergraduate students. Abstracts of 250-300 words for 20-minute papers should be submitted to Jessica Romney and Kelly MacFarlane at: cacwoffice@gmail.com . The deadline for papers is 15 October 2025, with acceptances to be sent out in early November.

Call for Papers: Thalassocracy and the Power of the Sea, CUNY Graduate Center Date: April 24, 2026. The Classics Department at the CUNY Graduate Center invites papers that explore the nature of thalassocracy and the power of the sea in the history, rhetoric, poetry, and mythology of the Greek and Roman world. Please submit abstracts of no more than 300 words (plus a select bibliography) in PDF format to cunyclassicsconference@gmail.com no later than Monday, December 8th. Decisions will be made anonymously. Kindly include your full name and affiliation in the body of your email. For questions, please contact the co-organizers: Andrew Hagerty (ghagerty@gradcenter.cuny.edu) and John Griffin (jgriffin1@gradcenter.cuny.edu)

Conferences and Lectures

The AAH - Mommsen Series annouces its 2025 Lectures: “Mors pro patria: Murder, Suicide, and Sacrifice in Ancient Rome” (Celia E. Schultz, University of Michigan) and “Romana mors? Female Suicide in Roman Funerary Culture” (PD Dr. Burkhard Emme, University of Rostock). The conference will be held via Zoom on October 10. To register send an e-mail to Lukas Reimann: reimann@uni-trier.de.

Female Roles in Ancient Foundation Legends Workshop, hosted by the Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies in cooperation with the Waterloo Department of Classical Studies and the DRAGEN Lab at St Jerome’s University. Monday, October 6, 2025. At this workshop, we shall collect, compare, and analyze diverse stories featuring legendary women like the Semiramis, Amazons, Medeia, Sheerah, Dido, or Gyptis/Petta and aim for developing a typology. The ultimate aim of this workshop, and of the international and interdisciplinary collaboration that it forms part of, is to help us better understand the inclusive and exclusive dynamics of storytelling and identity construction in societies of the past as well as of the world we still live in. Participation at this hybrid event is free and open to all interested, although seating capacity for in-person attendance is limited. Whether you wish to attend in person or remotely, please, register with Altay Coskun at uwaterloo.ca no later than 29 September 2025.

Seleukid Study Days VIII: The Afterlife of the Seleukids Receptions and Reinterpretations from Antiquity to the Present.12-15 November 2025.Already in Antiquity, civic communities and successor dynasties such as the Orontids of Kommagene and the Persian Sasanians actively engaged with the Seleukid legacy. Yet the impact and reception of Seleukid history and imperial culture have received very little attention in modern scholarship, and unlike the Achaemenids and Arsakids, the Seleukids still do not hold a place of their own in current reception studies. The aim of this conference is to change this and to open a new research field of Seleukid reception studies that does justice to the empire’s historical geopolitical significance. Participation is free and open to everyone interested, but registration is required at SSD8Utrecht25@gmail.com.

The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, presents a series of public lectures on a variety of topics. Please consult the ISAW website for upcoming topics and dates.

Study Opportunities

Greek Studies on Site, a center for the study of Greek literature, philosophy, and culture, located in Athens, Greece, offers three-week summer programs, as well as a spring semester program of studies organized in collaboration with the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

The Department of Classical Studies of Loyola University Chicago offers a Post-Baccalaureate program in Latin and Greek so that students who have completed bachelor’s degrees may build the proficiency in the languages.

The Department of Classical Studies at William & Mary offers a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate program. This program features a flexible course of study for students who have earned a bachelor's degree and who want to pursue further coursework in Classical languages and cultures as preparation for graduate studies, teaching, or personal enrichment.

Publication Opportunities

The Ancient History Bulletin is a peer-reviewed digital journal that promotes scholarly discussion in Ancient History and ancillary fields (such as epigraphy, papyrology, and numismatics). For over 30 years AHB has combined high standards with a timely review and editorial process, publishing articles and notes on the history of the ancient world from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. Although contributors are encouraged to submit articles in English, submissions in French, German, Italian, and Spanish are welcome. 

The Journal of Ancient History aims to provide a forum for scholarship covering all aspects of ancient history and culture from the Archaic period to Late Antiquity The journal publishes peer-reviewed articles concerning the history and historiography (ancient and modern) of the ancient Mediterranean world and of neighboring civilizations in their relations with it. The journal is open to submissions in disciplines closely related to ancient history, including epigraphy, numismatics, religion and law.

The Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History is an international, double-blind peer reviewed journal that seeks to encourage and stimulate the study of the history of the ancient Near East, which is broadly defined to include areas from Iran to the western Anatolian coast and the Black Sea to Southern Arabia from its prehistoric foundations to the Late Antique period. The journal is also interested in interactions with other regions and cultures, such as Ancient Egypt, the Mediterranean World, the Indian Ocean and Central Asia. Articles may focus on any aspect of history (political, social, economic, cultural, intellectual, etc.) and of modern historiography. The journal seeks to integrate the study of the ancient Near East firmly in the historical discipline in general and encourages its authors to take into account current methodological debates and approaches.

Mediterranean Studies is an international, peer-reviewed journal focusing on the Mediterranean region in all aspects and disciplines. The journal’s interdisciplinary approach is particularly concerned with the ideas and ideals of Mediterranean cultures from antiquity to the present and the influence of these ideas beyond the region’s geographical boundaries.