To submit a nomination: send an email to wccelectionsofficer@gmail.com with the name(s) and email address(es) of your nominee(s). (You are welcome to self-nominate, and/or to nominate multiple people!)
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Elections for new members of the WCC Steering Committee are on the horizon!
The nomination period is open until Monday, March 16.
We're looking to add four members to the Steering Committee this election cycle:
1) Events Coordinator
2) Prizes Coordinator
3) Website Coordinator
4) Graduate Liaison
New event alert! Conferencing 201: From Abstract to Presentation
Tuesday, Feb. 24 on Zoom, 3:00 - 4:15 PM (ET)
Congratulations on having your abstract accepted for a conference! Now what?
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You can find more details on the institute curriculum here: wp.wwu.edu/tada/curricu...
Applications close March 6th, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.
Call for applications for Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age, an NEH funded institute for higher education faculty (May–October 2026; wp.wwu.edu/tada/)
This exciting institute aims to expand data and digital literacy among educators in the fields of ancient Mediterranean studies!
Further such scenes from the opening night reception!
Scenes from the opening night reception!
Reupping this because it's almost #AIASCS time! We hope to see you at all our great events!
Text against a background image of the Golden Gate Bridge: Wednesday, January 7 COGSIP/LCC/WCC Joint Reception When: 8:30-10:30 PM PST Where: Imperial B Costume theme: The Writing’s on the Wall: Street Art from Pompeii to the Mission District Come connect with old friends, make some new acquaintances, and build some community at the SCS San Francisco opening night reception as we thank our volunteers, celebrate our award winners, and kick off the 2026 annual meeting.
Join us at the AIA/SCS for the opening night reception, co-sponsored with COGSIP and the LCC!
Costume theme: The Writing’s on the Wall: Street Art from Pompeii to the Mission District
Full listing of the WCC events at the SCS/AIA is available here! www.wccclassics.org/scs-annual-m...
In advance of the annual #AIASCS meetings, our latest episode of Cloelia is available!
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Just in time for the AIA/SCS, please join the WCC Mentorship Community for Conferencing 101!
The WCC Mentorship Team invites you to a pop-up session to address your concerns and questions about how to get the most out of attending academic conferences.
www.wccclassics.org/events/pop-u...
As feminist art historians and activists have long demonstrated, women are exponentially more likely to be the subject of traditional art than the creators of it (htt{2s:,,(/www.g1Jerrillagirls.com/). Specific references to female artists from Greco-Roman antiquity are rare. Pliny catalogues five women painters (HN 35.147-148; Kampen 1975; Linderski 2003), including Iaia of Cyzicus who painted other women and self-portraits (Micheli 2024). The Classical Athenian 'Caputi hydria' may depict a woman decorating a vessel and a tiny number of Campanian frescoes survive showing women painting (e.g., PPM 5.414= MNN 9017, Naples). Women's artistry may be recorded but obliquely: Pliny notes that the potter Butades first discovered ceramic portraiture by tracing the silhouette that his unnamed daughter had drawn of her lover on a rock-wall (Pliny HN 35.152). Moving beyond a narrative that centres the named artist allows for a more expansive understanding of art-making in the ancient world (Squire 2015). As Murray suggests when discussing early Greece, many more women in the ancient world must have made art (Murray et al, 2020). How were women and girls part of creative artistic and artisanal working practices, conceived broadly across any medium as the expressive use of shape, gesture, color, or materials? Can we find women participating in ateliers, in material sourcing, in design? As sponsors, as owners, as assistants, as accidental creators or destroyers? Can a focus on gender make us re-think the history of art, craft, and design in the ancient world? This panel invites papers that explore any aspect of women as art-makers in antiquity. We also welcome papers on the reception of ancient women art-makers in later times and places. We particularly welcome innovative theoretical, methodological, or arts-based approaches. If you have questions about the panel topic or proposals, contact Sarah Blake (sblake@yorku.ca). Please send abstracts that follow the guidelines for individ…
WCC Call for Abstracts for the 2027 SCS/AIA Meeting!!
Abstracts due by Feb. 15, 2026
THIS TUESDAY, we're holding a Pop-up Event on Impostor Syndrome and How to Handle It with Suzanne Lye!
October 7, 2025 - 1:30pm ET over Zoom
Register today for this important event!
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Happening in a few hours, don't miss out!
Applying to grad school is a stressful thing for students to do—now more than ever. The WCC is bringing together three representatives from schools with different types of graduate programs to help guide faculty on how to best advise students.
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Applying for postdocs and confused about what they are? Not sure how to craft a strong postdoc proposal or how a postdoc application differs from other sorts of applications?
Join us for this panel -- all are welcome!
September 15
2:30-3:30pm ET
Register now!
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Welcome to the Summer 2025 edition of #Cloelia, the WCC’s quarterly newsletter devoted to keeping our membership up-to-date on our latest activities and initiatives!
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“Receiving this Pre-PhD Paper Presentation award is a huge honor that confirms my reevaluation of Etruscan gender constructions is worthwhile. This award encourages me to persevere in confronting presentist interpretations of gender in Etruscology and beyond” - @jmweigel.bsky.social
Well deserved!
The award for Outstanding Pre-PhD Paper Presentation goes to Jenny Weigel @jmweigel.bsky.social, a graduate student at Florida State, for her presentation “Breaking the Binary: Mirrors and Spears in Etruscan Tombs,” at the Annual Meeting of the AIA in January 2025.
The Barbara McManus Award for Outstanding Scholarship is awarded to Kassandra Miller, Assistant Professor at Colby College for her article, "Intentional Menstrual Suppression in Imperial Rome,” JRS 114 (2024): 27– 59.
Massive congratulations for this prestigious award, Kassi!
One nominator writes, “Professor Catenaccio’s persistence for the sake of her students is incredibly inspiring. I can only hope to emulate her as an aspiring educator myself.”
Though early in her career, Professor Catenaccio has established herself as an exceptional teacher and mentor to her students. She goes out of her way to support and encourage her students, whether for a senior thesis or to continue their studies in Classics.
The WCC Leadership Award goes to Claire Catenaccio, Assistant Professor, Georgetown University.
“I am so pleased to have my work recognized by the WCC, which has been an essential part of my career as a feminist classicist. I am especially re-invigorated for my work with the Medea Project & Queering the Past(s), both of which are very important in today's political climate.” Dr. Rabinowitz
To sum up, a nominator wrote, “She has spent much of her career making connections between Classics and contemporary concerns, has taught many people who are not connected to Classics about the importance of what she has tried to accomplish, and stands nearly alone in her ability to connect.”
Additionally, Nancy has been involved for many years in weekly teaching at a medium security prison and has worked with the Medea Project: Theatre for Incarcerated Women and HIV Circle.
Professor Rabinowitz has contributed tirelessly to many areas of public scholarship over her career and now into retirement. She founded the SCS affiliated group Classics and Social Justice and continues to serve as an advisor.
The WCC Public Scholarship Award is given to Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Professor Emerita, Hamilton College.
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As one writer expressed, “Alison shows unparalleled dedication to fostering an inclusive and positive culture. At every academic conference, she creates opportunities for her students and colleagues to come together…carrying on the tradition that she established with Sharon James.”
Other nominators underscored Professor Keith’s long-lasting mentorship that “has no expiration date” and her comprehensive approach to community.
