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Villa Restoration
The restored front face of the Harry Wilks Study Center at the Villa Vergiliana.
Read MoreSpring 2014 Sortes
Please note the election announcement in the Sortes Spring 2014.
Read MoreVergil Week at CWRU
Now announcing Vergil Week 2014 at Case Western Reserve University. Please click below for the really wonderful schedule of events. The program will take place April 19-25th: http://classics.case.edu/vergil-week-2014-2/
Read MoreIn Memoriam Notice
Harry T. Wilks In Memoriam It is with a mixture of tremendous sadness and deep admiration that we must share the news of the death of Harry Wilks on March 11, 2014 on his 89th birthday. Members of the Vergilian Society will be most familiar with Harry from his generous gift leading to complete renovation…
Read MoreCall for Papers, APA 2015
Virgil, Elegy, and Epigram Sponsored by the Vergilian Society Richard Thomas, Organizer The Vergilian Society would like to sponsor a panel devoted to papers exploring any aspect of this topic. Proposals may focus on generic and other continuities and discontinuities between Virgil’s works and the early Greek elegists; connections with Hellenistic and Catullan epigram; Virgilian…
Read MoreFall 2013 Sortes
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Read MoreStudent Exchange Grant Competition 2013
The Vergilian Society congratulates three teachers who will be bringing secondary school students through the Harry Wilks Study Center at the Villa Vergiliana in the year to come. Two teachers, Mary Jo Behrensmeyer (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) and Valerie Gemskie (Chicago, Illinois) are leading public school groups, and many of these students qualify as disadvantaged. Harry…
Read MoreVergilian Society Translation Contest
Registration for the first Vergilian Society Translation Contest is now open. Top contestants can expect a small cash prize and bookplates in the late Spring 2014, prior to school award ceremonies. Please pass the word on to fellow teachers of Vergil who would like to make this opportunity available to their students. Translation Contest Registration…
Read MoreSymposium 2013
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Read MoreRequest for Proposals: 2015 Symposium Cumanum
The Vergilian Society is soliciting proposals for the Twenty-First Annual Symposium Cumanum, to take place at the Villa Vergiliana in Cuma at the end of June, 2015. We will consider a proposal on any theme pertaining to Virgil and his times, although preference may be given to a subject that has not been treated recently. …
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