Society for Classical Studies

MAY 23, 2024

2025 Bernice L. For the full application guidelines, please see the 2025 Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest kskordal Thu, 05/23/2024 - 10:37 Image The Bernice L. An award of $250 will be given to the author of the best entry, which may take the form of a short story, essay, play, poem, or original literary work of any other sort.

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Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Help us double the number of teacher study groups in 2025. Not a saccharine hope that delivers neither substance nor sustenance, but a hope rooted in a set of shared commitments to learn together, analyze together, organize together, and act together for more justice in our classrooms and schools. Make a donation today.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For the past year, Teaching American Historys webinars have been about the presidential election. So lets take a step back and look back at an entirely different aspect of US history. So lets take a step back and look back at an entirely different aspect of US history. Last spring, we broke down the presidential election cycle.

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Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Every Zinn Education Project session not only impacts my teaching, but unravels the damage done by whitewashed histories. Tara Micham, social studies teacher, Kansas City, Kansas Tara Micham is one of thousands of teachers learning the history missing from their own education in our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle classes.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Credit: Nature Communications (2025). ” Implications for Archaeology and Genetics A New Era in Prehistoric Research The ability to extract DNA from sediments is revolutionizing the study of human and animal history. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). Red Lady's skeleton. Sample numbers are indicated within the dots.

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Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 13, 2025

Female Animals and Animalized Women in the Greek and Roman Worlds kskordal Mon, 01/13/2025 - 15:13 Image Domesticated? Johns, Newfoundland, Canada, June 12-14, 2025. by Feb 21, 2025. CFP: Domesticated? Female Animals and Animalized Women in the Greek and Roman Worlds or, La Belle et la Bte?

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Credit: bioRxiv (2025). A Complex, Ongoing Story The history of European pigmentation is far more intricate than previously thought. If nothing else, it reminds us that the past was not a monochrome progression toward modernity, but a kaleidoscope of changing traits shaped by history, environment, and chance. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1801948115

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

More schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lessons to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Some educators are calling for schools to adopt a curriculum that emphasizes content along with phonics. Weve all been there. Additional activities reinforced the lessons.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 18, 2025

Rather than a single lineage evolving smoothly over time, the evidence suggests a history of separation and recombination," says Cousins. This approach circumvents the need for physical fossils, offering a way to reconstruct population history even when no bones or artifacts remain. Nat Genet (2025). Reich, D., Terhorst, J.,

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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 10, 2025

2024 Forum Prize kskordal Mon, 03/10/2025 - 08:50 Image Following the unanimous recommendation of the Outreach Prizes Committee, we wish to deliver the exciting news that Max Miller of Tasting History has been awarded the 2024 Forum Prize by the SCS. With over 2.5

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Women's History Network

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

CALL FOR PAPERS Voluntary Action History Societys 8THInternational Conference:New Ways of Doing Voluntary Action History?University University of Liverpool, UK, 2-4 July 2025 The Voluntary Action History Societys 8thInternational Conference will take place at the University of Liverpool between 2 and 4 July 2025.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

But beneath its frozen surface lies a complex history of human migration, isolation, and adaptation. Their findings not only rewrite the history of Inuit migration but also challenge the Eurocentric lens of modern genetics and medicine. Credit: Nature (2025). Hanghøj, K., Seiding, I. Jørsboe, E., Stinson, S.

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Society for Classical Studies

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The 1st Lost In Time interdisciplinary intellectual history conference offers a platform for scholars from a variety of disciplines who are interested in concepts and their contexts, which have not traditionally predominated within intellectual history.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The post How the Electoral College Works—And Why It Exists appeared first on Teaching American History. Disputes over who won an election may occur in the states or at the Joint Session of Congress when the electoral vote count takes place.

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Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Help us double the number of teacher study groups in 2025. Not a saccharine hope that delivers neither substance nor sustenance, but a hope rooted in a set of shared commitments to learn together, analyze together, organize together, and act together for more justice in our classrooms and schools. Make a donation today.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 27, 2025

Yet, could these stories also encode the history of humanity’s migrations and interactions? “Our results reveal that correlations between mythemes and genetic patterns can be traced back to population movements that pre-date the Last Glacial Maximum,” the authors write, situating storytelling at the core of human history.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 18, 2025

Credit: Archaeometry (2025). Credit: Archaeometry (2025). “If naturaliths were being used extensively, then the history of tool use is likely much older than we think,” Bebber said. Details about these specimens are available in the supplementary online materials (Data S1). Image by Michelle R. Bebber, Metin I.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 14, 2025

"We see a lag between when the genetic evidence tells us language capacity was present and when symbolic artifacts appear in the record," notes Ian Tattersall, a paleoanthropologist at the American Museum of Natural History and co-author of the study. This challenges the long-held view that language and symbolism arose in tandem. Nitschke, R.,

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 4, 2025

This discovery does more than just fill a gap—it forces a reassessment of Mediterranean history itself. It forces historians to rethink the foundations of the Maghreb’s history , acknowledging the rich and complex societies that thrived there long before written records. But the site’s legacy is profound. Elqably, A.,

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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 7, 2025

We invite proposals for individual papers, panels, and workshops/roundtables on any aspect of the Greco-Roman world, including but not limited to poetry (from epic, lyric, and pastoral to elegy, satire, and the epigram), drama, history, philosophy, archaeology, religion, and social life (from family and gender roles to slavery and prostitution).

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

2025 The study, published in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 1 , examined 26 iron objects from burial sites at Częstochowa-Raków and Częstochowa-Mirów. Rethinking Early Ironworking The presence of meteoritic iron in Polish burial sites adds another layer to the complex history of early iron use in Europe.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The Footprints That Rewrite History In the shifting gypsum sands of White Sands National Park in New Mexico, a series of fossilized human footprints have surfaced, casting a striking new light on the ingenuity of Ice Age inhabitants. Related Research Bennett, M. Quaternary Science Advances. DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2025.100274 Bustos, D.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

This workshop invites applications from scholars studying the history and politics of labor, finance and corporations, racial capitalism, political ecology, economic regulation and the fiscal state. Deadline: Friday, February 14, 2025, 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Apply to a Virtual Research Group Workshop here.

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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 21, 2025

kskordal Fri, 03/21/2025 - 10:39 Image Tacitism: Ethics, Politics and Europe 16th-18th c. Warsaw 18-20 September 2025 Rooted in the works of the Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus, the Tacitist voice exerted an important influence on political discourse during the long century from the late 16th to the early 18th century.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 11, 2025

Our data show that human connections and population interactions have been fundamental in driving cultural and technological innovations throughout history," says Yossi Zaidner, an archaeologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and lead researcher on the project. Explores the complex history of modern human evolution. Yeshurun, R.,

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 21, 2025

A Milestone in Human History The Grăunceanu site opens a new window into early human history, revealing that hominins were present in Europe far earlier than previously thought. . “The preponderance of ephemeral traces for hominins in this region can no longer be ignored,” the authors emphasize. Drăgușin, V.,

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 7, 2025

The new dating study confirms their place in a world where modern humans and Neanderthals had only recently coexisted, exchanged genes, and shaped each other’s evolutionary destinies. 1 Linscott, B., Ramsey, C. Richards, M. P., & Zilhão, J. Science Advances , 11 (45), eadp5769.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

History provides ample evidence of this dynamic. Without deliberate intervention, he warns, the same forces that shaped ancient power struggles will continue to dictate the course of history. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. Empires rise and fall based on territorial expansion and resource acquisition. Pantheon Books.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 26, 2025

The early human settlement of South America stands as one of the last great migrations in human history, yet the environmental conditions that shaped this journey remain debated. The ability to inhabit regions experiencing severe cold suggests a level of resilience that may have been underestimated. 1 Becerra-Valdivia, L.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 18, 2025

It exemplifies how ancient populations balanced coexistence and diversity, paving the way for future exploration of genetic and cultural intersections in human history. Pany-Kucera, D., Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. Zlámalová, D., Gretzinger, J., Ingrová, P., Rohrlach, A. Traverso, L., Klostermann, P., Friedrich, R., Kirchengast, S.,

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 19, 2025

An Ancient Cave with Modern Questions Franchthi Cave, nestled in the Peloponnesian peninsula of Greece, has been a silent witness to 40,000 years of human history. It serves as a critical archaeological site for understanding the transition from Mesolithic hunter-gatherers to Neolithic agriculturalists. Read more 1 Martinoia, V.,

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 11, 2025

Now, a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science 1 has used ancient DNA and isotopic analysis to answer that question—and in doing so, has provided new insight into a war that shaped the history of East Asia. To clarify the history of the fortress, archaeologists turned to the remains of those who died there.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

2025 This is not just a mathematical curiosity—it reframes our understanding of the deep evolutionary relationship between humans and canines. Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs." Related Research For further reading on dog domestication and evolutionary modeling: Bergström, A. DOI: 10.1126/science.1073906

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

A decolonized retelling of this discovery must acknowledge their role in unearthing one of the most important fossils of the 20th century​ Decolonizing Paleoanthropology The Taung Child is not just a fossil—it is a symbol of the complicated history of paleoanthropology in Africa. Harvard University Press. Shipman, P. Pickering, R.,

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

The discovery of an Epigravettian layer at Grotta della Lea now provides a new chapter in this long history, capturing a time when small bands of hunter-gatherers were adapting to life at the edge of the Last Glacial Maximum. Martini, I., Terlato, G., Silvestrini, S., Romandini, M., Gruppo Speleologico Neretino, Berna, F., Calcagnile, L.,

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MARCH 26, 2025

[link] This study provides a powerful reminder that even the smallest traces—microscopic starch granules—can reshape our understanding of human history. 1 Wilks, S. Louderback, L. Simper, H. M., & Cannon, W. Starch granule evidence for biscuitroot ( Lomatium spp.) processing at upland rock art sites in Warner Valley, Oregon.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 6, 2025

Przedwojewska-Szymańska/PASI; Antiquity (2025) An Unexpected Discovery in the Highlands of El Salvador In 2022, archaeologists excavating the summit of a Preclassic structure in San Isidro unearthed an extraordinary tableau: five clay figurines carefully arranged in what appears to be a deliberate formation. Scale in centimetres.

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