N.B. RSVP deadline for the MCA Spring Meeting on May 3rd is April 17th! We hope to see you there. Also happening on April 17th: the release of Emily Hauser’s Mythica: A New History of Homer’s World, Through the Women Written Out of It. To stay up-to-date with the release or even pre-order, check out Hauser’s website here. As April… Read more →
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Classics in the News: praemia thesaurusque
In local news, the Maine Classical Association Award is currently accepting applications. This award is for high school students who have shown not only excellence in their study of Classics but also devotion to the Maine Junior Classical League. The application requires a letter of recommendation from the student’s Latin teacher as well as a current high school transcript. It… Read more →
MCA Fall Meeting Recap: The Borne Identity
On November 2nd of 2024, Bates College hosted the MCA’s Fall Meeting. There were three speakers, a giant bowl of outstanding potato salad, and a seemingly endless supply of coffee. All to say, it was overall a good way to spend one’s Saturday morning. Our first speaker was Liana Brent, an Assistant Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies at Bates… Read more →
Classics in the News
Every holiday season, my mother gifts each of our family members an ornament that points back to some major moment in their year (e.g. an “I’d Smoke That” ornament for the person who started smoking meat this year). Reflecting over the 2024 year for the MCA, I think I would gift this group a Saturn planet ornament. Saturn, as in… Read more →