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30 March Announcements

CANE

BEYOND CANE

Conferences/Meetings

    • ”The spring meeting of CAM has been tentatively scheduled for Saturday, May 3, 2014 and will be held at Westwood High School (200 Nahatan St, Westwood, MA). The theme of the meeting will be “All Things Augustus” — appropriate for the year in which we celebrate (sive commemorate) the 2000th anniversary of his death.”

Meetups

      • CLIPEUS is running several Latin speaking meetups in Boston. Check the link for more information.

Summer Opportunities

      • Registration for this summer’s American Classical League Summer Institute in Williamsburg, VA is now open.
      • SALVI’s Rusticatio Latin July 2014 immersion weeks and pedagogy seminars are filling up fast. Act now if you’re interested in attending!
      • McGill is offering a summer course in Classical Studies in June and July. Check out their flyer.
      • The American Institute for Roman Culture (AIRC) has a 2014 schedule for its Summer and Fall study abroad programs, and include Media Studies, Art History, and Field School Excavations.
      • ”Do you have a passion for Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Latin? Would you like to improve the speed and fluency with which you read Latin? Then join the immersion program at the Conventiculum Bostoniense, taught by experts in Classical and Neo-Latin from both Europe and the United States. You can also earn graduate credit, by taking one of our two week-length courses. Find more information and application materials here:https://sites.google.com/site/conventiculumbostoniense

Jobs

  • Latin Instructor: Hopkins School, an independent, college-preparatory day school in New Haven, is seeking a part-time Latin instructor for the grade 7 introductory course. Instructor would work in close collaboration with other teachers of the same course, using Ecce Romani, 4th edition. Qualifications: A BA, grades 7-12 teaching experience and excellent Latin language skills are strongly preferred. Post-
    secondary teaching experience will be considered. Master’s For more information about Hopkins School, please visit our website www.hopkins.edu. If you would like to apply for this position, please contact: 203.397.1001 x118 or academicopening@hopkins.edu

Announcements for 2 March

CANE

  • It’s not too late to register for the Annual Meeting! It will be held March 6-8 at St. Anselm’s in Manchester, NH.
  • The theme for the 2014 CANE Summer Institute is “ “On the Shoulders of Giants”: Greco-Roman Giants and their Modern Emulators.”  Registration is forthcoming!

BEYOND CANE

    • Registration for this summer’s American Classical League Summer Institute is open!!  It’s in Williamsburg, VA!  Not to be missed!!
    • CLIPEUS is running several Latin speaking meetups in Boston. Check the link for upcoming events.
    • The New England Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Language (NECTFL) is at the Copley Place hotel in Boston March 27-30th, and promises a full schedule of Latin seminars, talks, and workshops. Sign up through the NECTFL website.
    • The American Philological Association (APA) is accepting applications for three fellowship programs that may be of interest to CANE members. APA membership is not required to submit an application for any of these programs, two of which are named for long-time participants in CANE.
    • 2014 Pedagogy Awards. Fellowships to support professional development by both collegiate and precollegiate teachers. Application deadline: March 3.
    • 2014 Zeph Stewart Latin Teacher Training Award. Support for individuals seeking to obtain Latin teacher certification. Application deadline: March 3.
  • ”The spring meeting of CAM has been tentatively scheduled for Saturday, May 3, 2014 and will be held at Westwood High School (200 Nahatan St, Westwood, MA). The theme of the meeting will be “All Things Augustus” — appropriate for the year in which we celebrate (sive commemorate) the 2000th anniversary of his death.”
  • SALVI’s Rusticatio Latin July 2014 immersion weeks and pedagogy seminars are now open for registration.
  • The Vergilian Society is holding its first annual Vergil translation contest for students in K-12. To register, sign up here by 18 February. The contest will be the week of 24-28 February.
  • McGill is offering a summer course in Classical Studies in June and July. Check out their flyer.

CANEPress discount, CAM meeting, and more: Announcements for 3 November

CANE

  • For a 10% discount at CANEPress, use the discount code COLT2013 until 12 November.

  • Check out our Annual Meeting Flyer. Show it to your administrator if you need to secure funding for the conference sooner rather than later.

New England

  • From the Classical Association of Massachusetts: “Diem Reserva!  The spring meeting of CAM has been tentatively scheduled for Saturday, May 3, 2014 and will be held at Westwood High School (200 Nahatan St, Westwood, MA).  The theme of the meeting will be “All things Augustus” — appropriate for the year in which we celebrate (sive commemorate) the 2000th anniversary of his death.  More to follow.”  

Beyond New England

  • Ascanius is offering LATINSUMMER ROME, a program for middle schoolers and their parents to learn Latin in Rome.

  • NYU “announces the Robert Foster Cherry Award Lecture The Dynamics of Discovery: Unearthing Lost Histories of the Ancient World by Joan Breton Connelly, at New York University Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 5:00 pm, reception to follow.”