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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Buckle up, y'all, it's time for some WCC AWARDS! 🎉🥳🥂 The Women’s Classical Caucus is proud to announce the 2026 award recipients. Please join us in congratulating them for their outstanding scholarship, leadership, mentorship, and outreach.

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The deadline is coming up for year-long cohort mentoring -- sign up today!

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We invite you to participate as a mentor and/or mentee for the 2026-2027 academic year in our Mentorship Program, which features a year-long, cohort “growth and support” mentorship program & a short-term, on-demand “just-in-time” mentorship opportunities. Sign up now! www.wccclassics.org/mentorship

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

ANNOUNCING Pedagogy Workshop: Teaching Idea Exchange @apistone.bsky.social & @ellenleephd.bsky.social 1 pm ET, Aug. 7th Join a community of pedagogy practitioners for a teaching idea exchange workshop as we refresh and prepare for the new school year! Register now! www.wccclassics.org/events

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WCC Pedagogy Workshop: Teaching Idea Exchange
Friday August 7, 10am PT / 1:00 pm ET
Do you have an in-class activity that always works to get students talking? A tried-and-true strategy for helping students learn vocabulary? An assignment that you actually look forward to grading? Or do you want to learn about others’ excellent pedagogical ideas?

Join a community of pedagogy practitioners for a teaching idea exchange workshop, as we prepare to refresh our teaching for the new school year!

Facilitated by Dr. Ellen Cole Lee and Dr. Amy Pistone
Register now!
https://www.wccclassics.org/events

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Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

"So what did you do when it was too hot to think, Liz?" "Well, obviously I went and read Kassandra Miller's article Intentional Menstrual Suppression in Imperial Rome in the Journal of Roman Studies, because that was clearly the right way forward."

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Intentional Menstrual Suppression in Imperial Rome | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core

Intentional Menstrual Suppression in Imperial Rome - Volume 114

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Summer writing not going well? Or going so well you want to keep it up? Either way, please join us for our no-pressure writing groups! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

If you aren't a WCC member, there's no better time to join! And if you are, don't let your membership lapse! Join or renew here by July 1 for the best rates! www.wccclassics.org/membership

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Quick announcement before Feminism and Classics kicks off -- join us and the Lambda Classical Caucus for the WCC/LCC Prize Winners Reading Group! We're so excited to celebrate & engage with the great work of Kassandra Miller & Melissa Mueller! women39sclassicalcaucus.wildapricot.org/event-6686631

EVENT DETAILS:

The Women’s Classical Caucus and Lambda Classical Caucus invite you to participate in a jointly hosted Reading Group featuring the 2025-26 paper prize winners. We will meet virtually to discuss these two articles on Thursday June, 4 from 4:00-5:00 PM ET.

The Barbara McManus Award for Best Article (awarded by the WCC):

Kassandra Miller, "Intentional Menstrual Suppression in Imperial Rome," JRS 114 (2024): 27– 59.

The Paul Rehak Award (awarded by the LCC):

Melissa Mueller, "Plaiting and Poikilia: The Materialities of Sappho's Craft," in Sappho and Homer: A Reparative Reading, Cambridge University Press (2023), pp. 59-88.

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Join us for Making Your Conference Presentation More Accessible: A Workshop The WCC & the Feminism & Classics Program Committee invite you to join facilitators @archaeadne.bsky.social and Clara Bosak-Schroeder, on Friday April 24 at noon Eastern, via Zoom. www.wccclassics.org/events/makin...

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A WCC+FemClas event Making Your Conference Presentation More Accessible: A Workshop facilitated by Zoé Elise Thomas and Clara Bosak-Schroeder Friday April 24, noon-1:30pm EDT via Zoom

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Nomination period ends TODAY! Get those nominations in!

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Elections for new members of the WCC Steering Committee are on the horizon! The nomination period is open until Monday, March 16. We're looking to add four members to the Steering Committee this election cycle: 1) Events Coordinator 2) Prizes Coordinator 3) Website Coordinator 4) Graduate Liaison

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

New event alert! Conferencing 201: From Abstract to Presentation Tuesday, Feb. 24 on Zoom, 3:00 - 4:15 PM (ET) Congratulations on having your abstract accepted for a conference! Now what? www.wccclassics.org/events

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Call for applications for Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age, an NEH funded institute for higher education faculty (May–October 2026; wp.wwu.edu/tada/) This exciting institute aims to expand data and digital literacy among educators in the fields of ancient Mediterranean studies!

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TADA – TEACHING ANCIENT IN A DIGITAL AGE

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Reupping this because it's almost #AIASCS time! We hope to see you at all our great events!

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Join us at the AIA/SCS for the opening night reception, co-sponsored with COGSIP and the LCC! Costume theme: The Writing’s on the Wall: Street Art from Pompeii to the Mission District Full listing of the WCC events at the SCS/AIA is available here! www.wccclassics.org/scs-annual-m...

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Wednesday, January 7

COGSIP/LCC/WCC Joint Reception
When: 8:30-10:30 PM PST

Where: Imperial B

Costume theme: The Writing’s on the Wall: Street Art from Pompeii to the Mission District

Come connect with old friends, make some new acquaintances, and build some community at the SCS San Francisco opening night reception as we thank our volunteers, celebrate our award winners, and kick off the 2026 annual meeting.

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Just in time for the AIA/SCS, please join the WCC Mentorship Community for Conferencing 101! The WCC Mentorship Team invites you to a pop-up session to address your concerns and questions about how to get the most out of attending academic conferences. www.wccclassics.org/events/pop-u...

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Pop-Up Event: Conferencing 101 — THE WOMEN'S CLASSICAL CAUCUS (WCC)

Are you going to a conference soon and want a refresher on best practices? Do you have questions or want to demystify the conference experience? If so, the WCC Mentorship Team invites you to a pop-up ...

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

WCC Call for Abstracts for the 2027 SCS/AIA Meeting!! Abstracts due by Feb. 15, 2026

As feminist art historians and activists have long demonstrated, women are exponentially more likely
to be the subject of traditional art than the creators of it (htt{2s:,,(/www.g1Jerrillagirls.com/). Specific
references to female artists from Greco-Roman antiquity are rare. Pliny catalogues five women
painters (HN 35.147-148; Kampen 1975; Linderski 2003), including Iaia of Cyzicus who painted other
women and self-portraits (Micheli 2024). The Classical Athenian 'Caputi hydria' may depict a woman
decorating a vessel and a tiny number of Campanian frescoes survive showing women painting (e.g.,
PPM 5.414= MNN 9017, Naples). Women's artistry may be recorded but obliquely: Pliny notes that the
potter Butades first discovered ceramic portraiture by tracing the silhouette that his unnamed
daughter had drawn of her lover on a rock-wall (Pliny HN 35.152).
Moving beyond a narrative that centres the named artist allows for a more expansive understanding of
art-making in the ancient world (Squire 2015). As Murray suggests when discussing early Greece, many
more women in the ancient world must have made art (Murray et al, 2020). How were women and girls
part of creative artistic and artisanal working practices, conceived broadly across any medium as the
expressive use of shape, gesture, color, or materials? Can we find women participating in ateliers, in
material sourcing, in design? As sponsors, as owners, as assistants, as accidental creators or
destroyers? Can a focus on gender make us re-think the history of art, craft, and design in the ancient
world?
This panel invites papers that explore any aspect of women as art-makers in antiquity. We also
welcome papers on the reception of ancient women art-makers in later times and places. We
particularly welcome innovative theoretical, methodological, or arts-based approaches.
If you have questions about the panel topic or proposals, contact Sarah Blake (sblake@yorku.ca). Please
send abstracts that follow the guidelines for individ…

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Happening in a few hours, don't miss out!

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Applying to grad school is a stressful thing for students to do—now more than ever. The WCC is bringing together three representatives from schools with different types of graduate programs to help guide faculty on how to best advise students. www.wccclassics.org/events/advis...

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Advising Students Aiming for Grad School — THE WOMEN'S CLASSICAL CAUCUS (WCC)

Advising Students Aiming for Grad School Applying to grad school is a stressful thing for students to do—now more than ever. The WCC is bringing together three representatives from schools with diffe...

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Applying for postdocs and confused about what they are? Not sure how to craft a strong postdoc proposal or how a postdoc application differs from other sorts of applications? Join us for this panel -- all are welcome! September 15 2:30-3:30pm ET Register now! www.wccclassics.org/events/apply...

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Applying to Postdocs — THE WOMEN'S CLASSICAL CAUCUS (WCC)

Applying for postdocs (postdoctoral fellowships) and confused about what they are? Not sure how to craft a strong postdoc proposal or how a postdoc application differs from other sorts of applications...

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The award for Outstanding Pre-PhD Paper Presentation goes to Jenny Weigel @jmweigel.bsky.social, a graduate student at Florida State, for her presentation “Breaking the Binary: Mirrors and Spears in Etruscan Tombs,” at the Annual Meeting of the AIA in January 2025.

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The Barbara McManus Award for Outstanding Scholarship is awarded to Kassandra Miller, Assistant Professor at Colby College for her article, "Intentional Menstrual Suppression in Imperial Rome,” JRS 114 (2024): 27– 59. Massive congratulations for this prestigious award, Kassi!

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The WCC Leadership Award goes to Claire Catenaccio, Assistant Professor, Georgetown University.

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The WCC Public Scholarship Award is given to Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Professor Emerita, Hamilton College. See thread for award details!

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The WCC Sharon L. James Mentorship Award goes to Alison Keith, University Professor and Director of the Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto. Read on for details of the award!

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Pop-up Workshop: Writing and Revising Abstracts Are you planning to submit an abstract to the conference Feminism & Classics IX (due 9/12), CAMWS, the SCS, or another conference? If so, we have a great workshop for you! www.wccclassics.org/events/pop-u...

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Dr. Ellen Lee @ellenleephd.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Teaching beginning language students this year? Join me and @apistone.bsky.social for a conversation about how *hard* it is to teach ancient languages right now and what we can do about it.

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Amy Pistone @apistone.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Come hang out with us for this upcoming workshop (August 12)! It's led by the brilliant @ellenleephd.bsky.social (with me as her trusty sidekick) who is so smart and thoughtful about language pedagogy and I am so excited to learn from her! Register here! www.wccclassics.org/events/wcc-p...

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Want to network with people in our field? Want to make the most of the upcoming academic year and beyond? Looking for community or guidance? www.wccclassics.org/mentorship

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The WCC invites you to the workshop, An AI Workshop for People Who Hate AI, facilitated by @ellenleephd.bsky.social and @apistone.bsky.social Thursday, August 7, 2025 - 1-3 PM ET Register here! www.wccclassics.org/events/wcc-p...

An AI Workshop for People Who Hate AI
A Women’s Classical Caucus pedagogy workshop

Have you been reluctant to learn much about AI? Do you find it to be an unethical tool with catastrophic environmental impacts, a plagiarism machine with a disregard for intellectual property, and an active hindrance to deep learning? Same!

Join Dr. Amy Pistone and Dr. Ellen Lee for a workshop about managing the role of AI in the classroom and facilitating meaningful learning in a world of ChatGPT and other AI tools that are often seen as ways to avoid the challenging and time-consuming process of engaging with difficult material.

Thursday, August 7, 2025, 1pm ET
(on Zoom)
Register now! www.wccclassics.org/events

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The WCC invites you to the workshop, Why Are You Taking This Class? Student-Centered Strategies for First-Year Language Instruction, facilitated by @ellenleephd.bsky.social and @apistone.bsky.social Register now! www.wccclassics.org/events/wcc-p...

WCC Pedagogy Series: Why Are You Taking This Class? Student-Centered Strategies for First-Year Language Instruction

A Women's Classical Caucus pedagogy workshop
Register now! https://www.wccclassics.org/events

In our current educational and technological environment, teaching language classes is hard. Join Dr. Ellen Lee and Dr. Amy Pistone to explore strategies for meeting our students where they are and helping them develop as self-motivated learners.

Tuesday, August 12, 2025
1pm ET (on Zoom)

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

WCC paper prize nominations are due JULY 1!!! Don't forget to get your nominations in for the Barbara McManus Award for Outstanding Scholarship and the Pre-PhD Paper Presentation docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The Women’s Classical Caucus and Trans in Classics invite you to participate in a jointly hosted Reading Group, The Third Sex in Antiquity: Intersections of Trans Studies and Classics, on Wednesday, July 16, 4:00-5:00 PM ET. Register here: www.wccclassics.org/events/wccti...

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Thinking about applying to Feminism and Classics (you should be!!) and want some tips and advice on how to write a great abstract? Join us on July 7th for an Abstracts 101 workshop -- 3:30-5pm ET, register now! women39sclassicalcaucus.wildapricot.org/event-6237977

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The Women’s Classical Caucus and Lambda Classical Caucus invite you to participate in a jointly hosted Reading Group featuring the 2024-25 paper prize winners. We will meet virtually to discuss these two articles on Thursday 12 June 4:00-5:00 PM ET. Register here: www.wccclassics.org/events

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

WCC Virtual Conference: Embodying Women’s Colonial Experiences February 28, 2025 Full conference info available here! www.wccclassics.org/wcc-virtual-...

WCC Virtual Conference: Embodying Women's Colonial Experiences

Date: Friday 28 February 2025, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Eastern

Organizers: Savannah Sather Marquardt and Maddelena Scarperi

Keynote Speaker: Giulia Saltini Semerari, University of Michigan

Description: This virtual conference seeks investigations of the woman’s body (broadly defined) and embodied experiences of womanhood in ancient Mediterranean colonial, middle ground, and hybrid spaces where what it meant to be ‘woman,’ ‘man’, ‘Greek,’ 'Roman,' or 'barbarian' was subject to constant, creative negotiation and redefinition.

How did ancient (“indigenous”) women challenge naturalized Greco-Roman notions of the feminine body and re-shape the articulations of womanhood? How has the role of women in colonial contexts been represented, silenced, erased or marginalized in the extant evidence and in modern scholarship? How and under which conditions can the bod(il)y (of) experiences of these women be recovered, reassembled, or re-membered?

Conference website: registration, program and abstracts: https://www.wccclassics.org/wcc-virtual-conference-2025

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Heading to the AIA/SCS? Are you a grad student? Drink some water and get some electrolytes in you so you can recover from New Year's Eve and join us for the LCC/WCC grad student happy hour -- Friday 1/3- 9-10pm -- one free drink for attendees while supplies last!

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

WCC Mentorship presents Conferencing 101! Thursday, December 12, 2024, 12-1:30 PM ET Are you going to a conference soon and want a refresher on best practices? Do you have questions or want to demystify the conference experience? Register here: www.wccclassics.org/events

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Important time change!! Due to a little time zone confusion, this was set up for the wrong time. Our Negotiating a Job Offer event will be taking place at *7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific*! We hope you can join us (it's not too late to register!) but also the event will be recorded!

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Please cast your votes for the WCC panel topic for the SCS Annual Meeting, January 7-10, 2026, in San Francisco! Check your email for the link to review the topics and vote for your top choice by Thursday 31 October 2024!

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Please join us for a new event in the WCC Job Market Series! In Negotiating a Job Offer, we tackle your questions about what to do after you have an offer -- Register here! women39sclassicalcaucus.wildapricot.org/event-5913859

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