The AAH is the premier organization of Ancient History professionals in the United States and Canada. Membership is open to all persons with an interest in ancient history. The Association of Ancient Historians was founded with two essential objectives. The first of these is to foster a regular forum for scholarly interaction among historians of the Ancient Mediterranean, and secondly, to do so in a manner that emphasizes collegiality and social interaction.
NEXT MEETING
The 2026 Meeting will be held at the University of Iowa, April 16-18, 2026. The Call for Papers is now available. The deadline for submission is December 1, 2025. |
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
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SYLLABUS COLLECTION
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In addition to communicating matters of common interest, the AAH works with individual universities to organize annual meetings that provide an opportunity to present and discuss research in the field. The AAH informs its members through a regular newsletter and also sponsors the publication of a series of monographs (Publications of the Association of Ancient Historians). Members receive a free copy of each title as it is published. Apart from the monograph series, AAH has published two volumes of collected essays.
AAH is a volunteer organization; there are no paid staff. The participation of our members is crucial to our success. If you are interested in participating on any of our committees, please fill out this interest form.
Announcements
Positions and Fellowships
The Department of History at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) invites applications for a full-time, substantiation-track post at the rank of assistant professor in the field of Ancient World History, beginning August 1, 2026. We welcome applicants with specialisations in areas including (but not limited to) ancient Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean world in the period c. 1000 BCE-500 CE. Chronological and thematic specialisations are open. Experience in Digital Humanities (DH) research and teaching methods is desirable but not required. The post is open to all qualified candidates, both local and international. Deadline for applications is December 15, 2025.
Calls for Papers
Rutgers University invites proposals for papers for its conference on AI and the study of antiquity, 12-13 March 2026. We are interested in short (15-20 minute) contributions that assess contemporary and potential contributions of AI to the study of the Old World (including Asia and Africa) through the end of the first millennium CE. Within those parameters, we welcome papers on any aspect of the reconstruction, preservation, classification, and analysis of the past through AI. We are especially glad to receive abstracts that focus on human—AI collaborations, where the aim is primarily to reshape the division of labor, freeing specialists for higher-order interpretation of the past. Conversely, we also welcome contributions that address the limits of machine predictions in exploring the history, languages, literature, and archaeology of the ancient Old World. Deadline for abstracts: November 21, 2025.
Study Opportunities
The Institute for Latin Studies' Graduate Certificate curriculum at the University of Kentucky, in which Latin is the exclusive language of spoken interaction in class sessions and group projects, all assignments are written in Latin, and participants engage in close reading of Latin texts, is now entirely available in three online courses, the first of which (MCL 591) offers an intensive and a quite unique 3 month immersion introduction to communicative Latin. Meeting sessions are scheduled for late afternoon / early evening, in order to make accommodation, as far as possible, for people’s working schedules. Deadline for applications aiming at a beginning date of January 2026 is December 12, 2025. For more details write to Professor Terence Tunberg.
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. |
Conferences and Lectures
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.
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. Fortunatae, Revista Canaria de Filología, Cultura y Humanidades Clásicas invites submissions of articles and reviews (in English). Its scope is ample, focusing on diverse literary manifestations, new perspectives, subjects and theories originated in the field of classical studies and its continuity in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
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.
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