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The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Association of Ancient Historians (AAH) will be hosted by the University of Cincinnati from 16-18 April, 2025. The AAH is the premier organization for the study of ancient history in the United States and Canada, and we are excited for the opportunity to host and to showcase our programs. More information on the conference, including panel topics and instructions for abstract submissions, can be found here: classics.uc.edu/aah-2025. We look forward to welcoming everyone to Cincinnati next spring!

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Please join us on Wednesday September 25th at 6 PM in Blegen 308 for the AIA lecture by Prof. Gretchen Meyers (Franklin and Mashall College), "A day in the life of an Etruscan Sanctuary: Gender, comnunity and ritual at the Etruscan site of Poggio Colla."

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Childbirth and Communities of Care in Ancient Rome”. Please join us to listen to Dr. Anna Bonnell Freidin (UMich, History) on Thursday, September 19 at 5:30 PM in Blegen 308.

The international Semple Symposium organized by Susan Prince and Christopher Moore at UC Classics on the anthology of John Stobaeus is about to begin! "The Anthologist’s Workshop: Insights on the Principles, Materials, and Techniques behind the Anthology of John Stobaeus", 2-4 May 2024.

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The Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati is pleased to announce the winners of the Tytus Fellowships and Residencies for 2024-25. The Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program offers two types of residential fellowship for the study of archaeology, ancient history, and philology. Three Tytus Fellowships are offered both for the Spring and Winter semesters; another three Tytus Residencies are offered for the summer. As a prestigious residential fellowship, and one that offers the full range of resources and services of the Burnam Classics Library, the 'Tytus' attracts a large number of international and national scholars.

Tytus Summer Residencies 2024:
Giuseppina Azzarello (Udine): Scribes and notaries in Byzantine Oxyrhynchus
Anastasia Dakouri-Hild (Virginia): The Kotroni Archaeological Survey Project
Fabian Reiter (Bologna): Edition of Bologna Papyri

Fall 2024:
Stefano Floris (Tübingen): Phoenician and Punic Cult Images in (Roman-Age) Context: the Case of Sardinia
Eugenia Gorogianni (Akron): Keos XIII: Ayia Irini. Northern Sector
Amy Koenig (Hamilton Coll.): Romans Writing Greek: The Romanitas of Imperial Greek Literature

Spring 2025:
Thomas Clements (Manchester): Sparta's Territories: Power and Place in the Ancient Peloponnese, c.800-371 BC
Parrish Wright (South Carolina): Mythology, Identity, and Diplomacy in Pre-Roman Italy
Paolo Vitti (Notre Dame): The Mausoleum of Hadrian: The Bridge, the Tomb and its Afterlife

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Congratulations to Jack Davis, who has been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Class III- Social and behavioral Sciences - Section 5: Antropology and Archaeology)! "The American Academy of Arts & Sciences was founded in 1780 to help a young nation face its challenges through shared purpose, knowledge, and ideas. (...) The 250 members elected in 2024 are being recognized for their excellence and invited to uphold the Academy’s mission of engaging across disciplines and divides." “We honor these artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders in the public, non-profit, and private sectors for their accomplishments and for the curiosity, creativity, and courage required to reach new heights,” said David Oxtoby, President of the Academy. “We invite these exceptional individuals to join in the Academy’s work to address serious challenges and advance the common good.”