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Call for tour directors, 2015
The Vergilian Society invites applications for the direction of classical summer programs for 2015 and beyond. We are particularly interested in innovative and exploratory programs at different levels, wholly or partially held at the Villa Vergiliana at Cumae. Tours involving Campania are particularly sought after for 2015, as well as those with an emphasis on…
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Symposium Cumanum 2014: Vergil’s Translators June 26-28 The Vergilian Society invites papers for the Symposium Cumanum, which will take place June 26-28 (arrival 25th, departure 29th), 2014 at the Villa Vergiliana in Cumae. In the recent years translation theory has become a prominent branch of classical reception studies. While Vergil’s poems, especially the Aeneid, have…
Read MoreRequest for proposals–Exchange Program Grant
Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Harry Wilks, the Vergilian Society is pleased to be able to offer one or two seed grants for summer of 2014, to bring a group of secondary students to the Harry Wilks Study Center at the Villa Vergiliana in Cuma, Italy. The grants will cover room and board at…
Read MoreMcKay Book Prize, 2015, Call for nominations
McKay Book Prize Announcement The Vergilian Society is pleased to announce the opening of the next competition for the Alexander G. McKay Prize for the best book in Vergilian studies. The prize, which is accompanied by a cash award of $500 or a life membership in the Vergilian Society (valued at $750), will be awarded…
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Sortes – Spring 2013
Read MoreVilla Updates
VILLA REPAIRS Beginning of project in Feburary 2012 Click any image to start the slideshow. [ngg_images gallery_ids=”1″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails”]
Read MoreCelebrate Vergil Week
Celebrate National Poetry Month and the ancient Roman poet Vergil with Case Western Reserve http://classics.case.edu/news-and-events/vergil-week/
Read MoreCall for Papers, APA 2014
Virgil Commentaries: La Cerda to Horsfall Organizer: Richard Thomas Sponsored by the Vergilian Society In his 2012 commentary on Aeneid 12 Richard Tarrant notes that La Cerda’s 1642 Virgil commentary has, particularly since it has become available online, been recognized “as a work of an engaged and often acute interpreter.” If La Cerda’s work may…
Read MoreMcKay Book Prize, 2013
McKay Book Prize The Vergilian Society is pleased to announce that the 2012 McKay Book Prize has been won by David Scott Wilson-Okamura, for his Virgil in the Renaissance (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010). For many years, people have noted that Virgil played a fundamental role in the development of Renaissance culture, but that…
Read MoreSortes Fall 2012 available
Sortes – Fall 2012
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