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

The WCC Public Scholarship Award: Aôthen @aothenmagazine.bsky.social, a literary magazine on classical themes that publishes creative and non-fiction writing with an emphasis on increasing accessibility and embracing new perspectives in classics.

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The WCC Public Scholarship Award: Aôthen

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

The WCC Sharon L. James Mentorship Award: Stephanie Kimmey, Weber State University Professor Kimmey is highly valued as a mentor at her own institution and in various professional networks including the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the Asian and Asian American Classical Caucus

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The WCC Sharon L. James Mentorship Award: Stephanie Kimmey, Weber State University

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

The WCC Leadership Award: Caitlin Hines, University of Cincinnati, for her leadership in the organization of the very successful and truly hybrid conference Feminism & Classics IX: Communities (2026).

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WCC Leadership Award, Caitlin Hines, University of Cincinnati

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

Honorable Mention Outstanding Pre-PhD Paper Presentation: Claire Mieher, "Re-evaluating Laura Cereta’s Latinity: Stylistics and Questions of Reception in the Epistolae Familiares (c. 1488).”

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

Fritzell's paper argues that “Although the Dionysiaca is often characterized as 'pagan,' Nonnos’ own Christianity and deep theological knowledge... would have shaped his engagement with the broad themes of his narrative, which include war, metamorphosis, reincarnation, birth, love, death, and rape."

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

Outstanding Pre-PhD Paper Presentation: Stella Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social, "‘Bad’ Virginity in the Story of Aura (Nonnos, Dion. 48.238-978).”

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

Honorable Mention for the The Barbara McManus Award for Outstanding Scholarship: Lylaah Bhalerao, "Black Feminisms in Roman Archaeology? Approaches Beyond Critical Fabulation, from Pompeii to Hadrian’s Wall," Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal 9.1, 1-31.

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

More from “A Dwarf Maiden on the Athenian Acropolis: Disability and Dedication in the Archaic Polis”: "With it, we confront the modern notion of the ancient Greek ideal—and idealized—human body and tell a story of gender, disability, and dedication in Late Archaic Athens.”

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

This article argues kore figure Acropolis Kore 683 “was intended as a realistic representation of an elite maiden with dwarfism, likely a historical individual, the daughter of a ... couple who dedicated statues of their 2 daughters to the goddess Athena in her most important sanctuary in Athens"1/2

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

The Barbara McManus Award for Outstanding Scholarship The Barbara McManus Award for Outstanding Scholarship: Debby Sneed @debscavator.bsky.social and Erin Lawrence-Roseman, “A Dwarf Maiden on the Athenian Acropolis: Disability and Dedication in the Archaic Polis”

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The Barbara McManus Award for Outstanding Scholarship: Debby Sneed and Erin Lawrence-Roseman, “A Dwarf Maiden on the Athenian Acropolis: Disability and Dedication in the Archaic Polis”

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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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Mentorship Program — THE WOMEN'S CLASSICAL CAUCUS (WCC)

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Part two of our back to school pedagogy offerings, Beyond the Basics: Integrating Universal Design for Learning into your Pedagogy on August 11 at 1pm ET. Join @apistone.bsky.social and @ellenleephd.bsky.social for more advanced conversations around accessibility & UDL www.wccclassics.org/events

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WCC Pedagogy Workshop: Beyond the Basics: Integrating Universal Design for Learning into your Pedagogy
Tuesday August 11, 10am PT / 1:00 pm ET

You may be familiar with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework, a set of principles designed to give all students an equal opportunity to learn and develop learner agency.

This workshop offers participants an opportunity to review the basic UDL framework with other educators, but it also aims to go beyond an introductory level and provide a space for participants to have more advanced conversations about accessibility and learner agency.

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

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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

Unfortunately, the program that would be best for you is the year-long program, which starts in the fall every year, but definitely keep an eye out for signups next fall because it's a great program! www.wccclassics.org/mentorship

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Mentorship Program — THE WOMEN'S CLASSICAL CAUCUS (WCC)

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

Following a brief presentation of best practices for accessible conference presentations, attendees can ask questions about their own presentations! The opening presentation will be recorded (but the workshop portion will not).

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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

To submit a nomination: send an email to wccelectionsofficer@gmail.com with the name(s) and email address(es) of your nominee(s). (You are welcome to self-nominate, and/or to nominate multiple people!)

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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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Events — THE WOMEN'S CLASSICAL CAUCUS (WCC)

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

You can find more details on the institute curriculum here: wp.wwu.edu/tada/curricu... Applications close March 6th, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.

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Curriculum – TADA

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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 · 08/01/2026

Further such scenes from the opening night reception!

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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

“Receiving this Pre-PhD Paper Presentation award is a huge honor that confirms my reevaluation of Etruscan gender constructions is worthwhile. This award encourages me to persevere in confronting presentist interpretations of gender in Etruscology and beyond” - @jmweigel.bsky.social Well deserved!

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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

One nominator writes, “Professor Catenaccio’s persistence for the sake of her students is incredibly inspiring. I can only hope to emulate her as an aspiring educator myself.”

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

Though early in her career, Professor Catenaccio has established herself as an exceptional teacher and mentor to her students. She goes out of her way to support and encourage her students, whether for a senior thesis or to continue their studies in Classics.

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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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