For teachers, college instructors, graduate and undergraduate students we have, in no particular order:
•The various programs of the Accademia Vivarium Novum;
•the SALVI Rusticationes at the Claymount Mansion in Charles Town, WV;
•the Septimanae Latinae Europaeae (two locations);
•the Conventiculum Viterbiense in Italy;
•the Conventiculum Lexingtoniense, to be followed immediately by the
•Conventus ALF (Academia Latinitati Fovendae), which is being held in the US for the first time;
•the Conventiculum Dickinsoniense; and
•the Conventiculum Bostoniense.
Specifically for our students on the high school level, there are:
•SALVI’s Academia Aestiva Latina at the Getty Villa in Malibu, CA; and
•Paideia’s high school programs in Italy and Greece.
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Could I add one to your list for next time? Dickinson Latin Workshop: Prudentius’ Psychomachia
July 12–17, 2017
The Dickinson Summer Latin Workshop is intended for teachers of Latin, as a way to refresh the mind through study of an extended Latin text, and to share experiences and ideas with Latinists and teachers. Sometimes those who are not currently engaged in teaching have participated as well, including retired teachers and those working towards teacher certification.
Moderators:
Marc Mastrangelo (Dickinson College)
Christopher Francese (Dickinson College)
The text for 2016 will be Prudentius’ Psychomachia. This miniature epic of 915 hexameter lines dramatizes the “Battle of the Soul,” pitting colorful and articulate dramatizations of the virtues and vices in mortal combat.
Prudentius (died after AD 405) was from Roman Spain. He practiced law and was twice provincial governor, perhaps in his native country, before the emperor Theodosius I summoned him to court. Towards the end of his life Prudentius retired from public life to become an ascetic, fasting until evening and abstaining entirely from animal food, and writing poems, hymns, and controversial works in defense of Catholicism.
Prudentius’ elegant and vigorous Latin has earned him the title “The Roman Vergil,” and the Psychomachia creatively uses many phrases and ideas from Vergil’s works, especially the Aeneid.
Deadline for applications is May 1, 2017. The participation fee for each participant will $300. The fee covers lodging, breakfast and lunch in the Dickinson cafeteria, the facilities fee, which allows access to the gym, fitness center, and the library, as well as wireless and wired internet access while on campus. The $300 fee does not cover the costs of books or travel, or of dinners, which are typically eaten in the various restaurants in Carlisle. Please keep in mind that the participation fee of $300, once it has been received by the seminar’s organizers, is not refundable. This is an administrative necessity.
Lodging: accommodations will be in a student residence hall near the site of the sessions. The building features suite-style configurations of two double rooms sharing a private bathroom, or one double and one single room sharing a private bathroom.