Translation in a Golden Age
A Gathering of Recent Translators of Ancient Greek Poetry

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Date: Friday, November 7, 2025
Time: 9:30am – 5:30pm EST
Format: Hybrid (Zoom and in-person)
Location: Center for Hellenic Studies
3100 Whitehaven St. NW, Washington, DC 20008

Over one full day at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC, this event will gather together several translators, scholars, performers and producers of ancient Greek poetry for contemporary audiences.

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Classics and Classical Studies Teaching, Learning and Assessment Indaba
The Classical Association of South Africa
&
The University of the Free State

The 2^nd Classics Teaching and Learning Indaba.
17-19 September 2025
University of the Free State, Bloemfontein

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Jo-Marie Claassen remembers Alta Schoeman:

Alta Roos-Schoeman was a member of CASA for many years. I met her at a CASA Conference in Pretoria in about 1990. She was originally from Namibia, I think; she taught Latin there, at Kroonstad and in Pretoria, and later at UWC. When UWC in 1998 reduced the number of Classics faculty after the demise of Latin for Law, she had to go.

She then worked at Stellenbosch University in the Division for Academic Support, helping first generation students, where her care for disadvantaged students was tangible and generous-hearted.

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Responsive Governance and Population Well-Being in Later Antiquity
Winelands Classics Conference at STIAS (Stellenbosch), 13 – 15 November 2025

We are inviting abstracts for papers on government involvement and concern for population well-being in later antiquity (3rd-6th century AD). Selected papers from the conference will be collected in an edited volume on the conference theme.

Confirmed speakers: Clifford Ando (Chicago), Philip Bosman (Stellenbosch), Ernst Conradie (Western Cape), Elsemieke Daalder (Muenster), Carlos Machado (St-Andrews), Nadia Marais (Stellenbosch), Bronwen Neil (Macquarie), Alan Ross (Ohio State), Chiara Thumiger (Kiel), Lieve Van Hoof (Ghent), Ursula Westwood (Stellenbosch), Matthijs Zoeter (Ghent)

Conference brief
Pagan as well as Christian authors in Antiquity recognised the important role of the government in ensuring the well-being of its population.

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The Department of Philosophy & Classics at the University of the Free State invites applications from well-qualified students to study towards a PhD in Classics and Classical Studies.

The UFS is offering a fully-funded PhD scholarship in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Classical Studies with a focus on:

• Animals in antiquity
• Graeco-Roman religion and magic
• Greek and Latin elegy and epic
• Greek drama

Duration: 3 years

Funding: Full tuition fees, a comprehensive stipend and research expenses.

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