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 2025 Meeting will be held at the University of Cincinnati Wednesday, April 16 to Friday, April 18, 2025. The deadline to register is March 15. The preliminary program and information about accommodations is available at the conference website. |
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 andFellowships
The Classics Program at the University of California, Davis, invites applicants for two full-time lecturer appointments, one in Greek and Latin Pedagogy and the other in Ancient Mediterranean History and Culture, beginning academic year 2025-26. For both positions: Ph.D. in Classics or related field strongly preferred. Review will begin March 31, 2025. The position is open until filled. Please address any questions to the search committee chair, Carey Seal (cseal@ucdavis.edu).
Grants and Awards
The Association of Ancient Historians announces the following Grants and Awards: Meeting Subvention Grants to assist graduate students and junior faculty members in defraying the costs of Annual Meeting attendance. Eugene Borza Publication Subvention Grants to provide members with small grants (up to $500) to help with publication expenses. The Randall Howarth Prize for Excellence in Mentoring. The Distinguished Service Award: Nominations for the Distinguished Service Award are due by March 15, 2025.
Conferences and Lectures
2023-24 Badè Museum Virtual Lecture Series: Women and Gender in the Phoenician Homeland and Diaspora. This public program is cosponsored by UC Berkeley’s Archaeological Research Facility (ARF) and East Carolina University. All the lectures in this series can be watched live on the ARF YouTube channel or later on the ARF & Bade YouTube channels.
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. |
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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