The Gustav Preller Prize for Literature and Literary Criticism has been awarded to Bill Henderson (University of Johannesburg).

Prof. Bill Henderson is a prolific intellectual whose career has spanned the past six decades; he works both on the literature of ancient Greece and Rome and on the promotion of Classics in South Africa. His passion is shown not only by his role as an inspirational lecturer and supervisor, but also by his various management positions within academia; Prof.

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† Cornelia Johanna Schumann (Née: de Waal): January 8, 1941 – 16 March 2022

It is with great sadness that we announce to you the passing of Corrie Schumann on 16 March 2022.

Corrie Schumann was born in Pretoria where she matriculated at the Afrikaans Hoër Meisieskool. She received her further education at the University of Stellenbosch where she obtained the BA degree and SOD with Latin and Afrikaans as majors. Serving as primaria of her residence, Huis Monica, she already as a student exhibited exceptional leadership qualities.

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In memoriam John Edward Atkinson (20 October 1938 – 11 April 2022)

South African Classics in particular but also scholars of Alexander the Great will be deeply saddened by the sudden death of John Atkinson after a short illness.

John was a proud “Northerner”, who enjoyed an itinerant childhood, living and being educated in various parts of England as his father, a Methodist minister, was moved from church to church. After A levels he studied at the University of Durham, from which he graduated in 1961 with a BA (Hons) in Classical and General Literature.

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Polemic in ancient Historiography, Literature, and Culture

Supplementum XI of Acta Classica: Proceedings of the Classical Association of South Africa
Edited by Tom Stevenson

Available from:
aclass.treasurer@casa-kvsa.org.za

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The first comprehensive discussion of polemic in ancient historiography, literature, and culture by 17 prominent scholars from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, Europe, the UK, and the USA.

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Call for Papers

Project Overview

The volume aims to explore perceptions and aspects of (im)migration during the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, with a special (but not exclusive) focus on the role democracies played in the lives of (im)migrants and how (im)migrants affected host communities. We welcome contributions that examine individuals or groups of peopleexiting and entering communities governed by any form of democratic or participatory constitution within the Greek world and its periphery.

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