Welcome to the Association of Ancient Historians
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--especially among those who study the Greeks and Romans--and secondly, to do so in a manner that emphasizes collegiality and social interaction.
Over its lifetime, and that of its informal forerunner, the AAH has organized annual meetings at more than two dozen different universities in the United States and Canada, and its membership has grown to nearly 800, including most of the ancient historians in these two countries. The AAH is the largest organization in North America that is devoted exclusively to promoting teaching and scholarship in ancient history.
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; it sponsors the publication of a series of monographs and has published two volumes of collected essays. And it has organized summer institutes for college teachers under the sponsorship of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Association also sponsors an annual meeting in the Spring, usually in early May. These meetings are hosted by individual members with the support of their home institutions and shift venue every year. Nearly all panels and papers are presented in plenary session. Participants tend to take meals together to engage in informal conversations and there is a reception and banquet.
Calls for Papers
AAH Sponsored Panel at the American Historical Assocation 2013 meeting, Jan. 3-6, New Orleans. This panel seeks to address the issues concerning women and the laws of the ancient world. Deadline for abstracts is June 15, 2012. Contact Rachael Goldman at rgoldman@gc.cuny.edu
CAMWS 2013 Panel on Geography, Ethnicity, and Medicine. There is a wealth of information addressing the way ancients viewed the nature of race and ethnicity through emerging sciences like geography and medicine in the diverse cultures of the ancient Mediterranean. This panel seeks to provide scholars working in this area with a forum to explore the exciting possibilities of this new direction in ancient ethnicity studies, especially with papers that show the interac-tions between one or more of the fields. Deadline for abstracts is July 6, 2012.
Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal invites essays on topics related to any and all aspects of human values, including aesthetic, moral, political, economic, scientific, or religious values.
Conferences and Lectures
Ancients and Moderns. 81st Anglo-American Conference of Historians, Senate House, London, July 5-6. The Institute's 81st Anglo-American conference seeks to represent the full extent of work on classical receptions, welcoming not only those scholars who work on Roman, Greek and Judaeo-Christian legacies and influences, but also historians of the ancient kingdoms and empires of Asia and pre-Colombian America.
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
Accelerated Latin, San Diego State University. June 11-August 3, 2012. Intensive beginning classical Latin. Basic grammar, vocabulary and syntax. Covers the first two semesters of a traditional Latin course (8 semester units).
2012 Summer Courses at the University of Texas at Austin. Each summer the Department of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin offers its renowned course in Summer Intensive Greek: the equivalent of three semesters of Greek in ten weeks. The department also offers Latin at the beginning through advanced levels; and various courses in Classical Civilization. See also the Department's website.
Balkan Heritage Field School has just opened the application session for eight projects (in 2012) in the following areas: Archaeology, Art History, Restoration and Conservation of Artifacts, Monuments and Christian Art and Culture. Thanks to the partnership with New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria 6-9 academic credits are available.
8-Week Intensive Greek and Latin Summer School, University College Cork, Ireland. June 25th – August 16th 2012.The Department of Classics at UCC offers an intensive 8-week summer school for beginners with parallel courses in Latin and Ancient Greek. The courses are primarily aimed at postgraduate students in diverse disciplines who need to acquire a knowledge of either of the languages for further study and research, and at teachers whose schools would like to reintroduce Latin and Greek into their curriculum. Undergraduate students are more than welcome to apply as well.
University of Bologna Greek and Latin Summer School. 25 June-13 July. Classes in both languages supplemented by visits to museums and archaeological sites. Open to students at all levels and non-students. Registration deadline: May 15, 2012.
The Department of Classical Studies of Loyola University Chicago now 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. |
Employment, Grants and Fellowships
University of Wisconsin, Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek History. The Department of History invites applications for a full-time, tenure- track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Ancient Greek history beginning in August 2013. Applicants should hold a doctorate or anticipate its completion by the time of the appointment. Candidates should demonstrate evidence of creativity and excellence in any subfield of or approach to ancient Greek history. The successful candidate will be the first holder of the John and Jeanne Rowe Chair of Ancient Greek History. For full consideration, complete applications must be received by August 14, 2012.
The Oriental Institute and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations of the University of Chicago invites applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in Ancient Near Eastern History with a starting date in Fall of 2013. Applicants must have the Ph.D. in hand before the appointment begins. The candidate should be a scholar of the pre-Islamic Near East who has synthetic research interests that address problems in ancient history. Demonstrated expertise in Aramaic language and texts is highly desirable. Review of applications will begin after September 1, 2012.
Request for Proposals: The Scott R. Jacobs Fund supports Studies on Alexander the Great in North America. Subjects of the proposals must concentrate on Alexander, his context (Macedonia or the Fourth Century B.C.E) or his legacy in the Ancient World. Grants will be made to support research, research travel, as well as travel for the presentation of papers at recognized scholarly conferences or occasionally whole sessions at recognized scholarly conferences. Annual deadlines: April 1 and November 1. |
To submit an item for any of these categories, please contact the Secretary-Treasurer