Summer 2007 Study/Research/Travel Opportunities

• The University of Heidelberg – First International Summer Seminar in Ancient Studies: Life on the Fringes of Civilization  (7/23–8/2; application deadline: 5/15). Study how archaeology helps reveal the lives of those living in the ancient world on the fringes of the Roman Empire.  Language of instruction is English.
• Vergilian Society Summer Tours – Registration ongoing.  For a complete listing of the many excellent guided tours of classical sites offered, please see the website
• Reception Studies Summer School – Institute of Classical Studies, London  (6/18–22)
  • Summer seminar designed to introduce students to the growing field of reception studies of the Classics.  Methodological approaches along with reception theory will be covered.  Course fee of �80.  Registration ongoing.  For info, contact: Anastasia.Bakogianni@sas.ac.uk
• 54th Graduate Summer Seminar in Numismatics - American Numismatic Society, New York City  (6/4–7/27)  (*deadline has passed) Learn about ancient coins and the potential of numismatic evidence in your own research.  Accepted students receive stipend and travel expenses.
  • http://www.numismatics.org/seminar/
  • http://www.numismatics.org/about/gradsem.html
• “The Middle East Between Rome and Persia: Early Christianity on the Path to Islam�? – NEH Summer Seminar at U of Notre Dame  (6/19–7/26)  (*deadline has passed) 6-week NEH seminar focusing on the developing character of the Middle East from the early Christian period to its transition under the spread of Islam in the 7^th century
• Center for Hellenic Studies – Graduate Student Summer Seminar: The Iliad in the Second Millennium B.C.E.; Washington, DC  (7/23–8/11)  (*deadline has passed) This seminar presents a chance to study the oral tradition and society that informs the Homeric epics while learning how to apply that knowledge to web publishing for the Homer Multitext Project.  Intended for 1^st or 2^nd year graduate students with solid Greek ability. **Note:  The NEH Summer Seminar “Homer's Readers, Ancient and Modern�? at U-Michigan has been postponed until 2008.  Application materials should appear by December 2007.
• Summer Course in Epigraphy – Ohio State University  (7/30–8/10)  (*deadline has passed) Taught by Fritz Graf, this intensive course serves as an introduction to the discipline for those who are competent in Latin and Ancient Greek but not yet familiar with epigraphy.
• American Academy in Rome – The AAR offers a number of programs every summer, foremost of which is the venerable Classical Summer School.  (*deadline for 2007 has passed)
• American School of Classical Studies at Athens – The ASCSA offers its summer school every year.  (*deadline for 2007 has passed)
• Of interest also is the volunteer program managed by ASCSA for the ongoing excavations in the Athenian agora. (*deadline for 2007 has passed)

Latin-speaking Summer Workshops:

• Conventiculum Latinum 2007 – University of Kentucky  (7/26–8/2)
• Conventiculum Latinum Vasintoniense 2007 – University of Washington  (6/19–27)
• SALVI Workshops (http://www.latin.org/latin/events/index.html): Registration ongoing
  • Rusticatio Virginia  (7/2–8)  Charlestown, WV
  • Rusticatio Californiana  (8/2 – 9)  Ben Lomond, CA (in the Redwoods)