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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Anthropology.net

APRIL 4, 2025

link] — Explores cultural phylogenetics through folk narratives, analogous to the methods applied to knot histories. The ties that bind: Computational, cross-cultural analyses of knots reveal their cultural evolutionary history and significance. The phylogeny of Little Red Riding Hood. PLOS ONE , 8(11), e78871. 1 Kaaronen, R.

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Zinn Education Project

APRIL 11, 2025

Join the 2025 Day of Action Educators and allies are planning creative Teach Truth Day of Action events all over the country. Learn more about May Day 2025 and how to organize your own May Day event at an information session on April 17. The post Teach Truth Day of Action 2025 Events appeared first on Zinn Education Project.

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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

MAY 1, 2025

In this landscape stands Picuris Pueblo—a small, sovereign tribal nation whose history has long been narrated in stories passed down through generations. Published in Nature 1 on April 30, 2025, the research represents the first time a U.S. Picuris Pueblo oral history and genomics reveal continuity in US Southwest.

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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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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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Anthropology.net

APRIL 3, 2025

Credit: PLOS ONE (2025). Credit: PLOS ONE (2025). These studies highlight the importance of interdisciplinary approaches in understanding the complex relationship between environmental factors and human history.​ DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310942 Site distribution and modeled Core Areas for GS-1. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310942

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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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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

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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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

APRIL 10, 2025

For instance, genetic studies have shown that early farming populations from the Eastern Mediterranean colonized islands like Sicily and Sardinia before 2500 BC, suggesting a history of maritime interaction in the region. Maritime migrations: Anthropologist sheds light on the genetic history of ancient populations in Mediterranean islands.

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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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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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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

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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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

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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Anthropology.net

APRIL 30, 2025

2025 In a new study published in Australian Archaeology 1 , Ana Paula Motta and colleagues, in partnership with the Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation, have proposed that these figures represent a distinct rock art style they call the Linear Naturalistic Figures (LNF). Birth of the Rainbow Serpent in Arnhem Land Rock Art and Oral History.

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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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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

APRIL 16, 2025

But Earth’s own history tells a more nuanced story. 11 ,eadq7275(2025).DOI: .” The research may also inform the search for life on exoplanets. Planets lacking strong magnetic fields are often dismissed as poor candidates for life. ” Further Reading & Related Research Cooper, A. PNAS , 115(20), 5111–5116.

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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

APRIL 26, 2025

By examining over 300 genomes from yeast living quietly on the bark of oak and other trees, the team found that these seemingly wild populations are anything but untouched by human history. “We are seeing distinct subpopulations within continents,” notes Jacqueline Peña, lead author of the study. 2009 ; Marsit et al.

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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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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

APRIL 14, 2025

“Although history has shown us that technology and population growth can raise the potential for inequality,” Kohler says, “people have implemented systems that mute that potential.” The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century. link] Kohler, T.

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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

MAY 1, 2025

The Bone Archive of Human History If genes are blueprints, skulls are blueprints weathered by time. Yet the ancient record, preserved in bone, reminds us that the human face has always been a product of history—a moving target shaped by who we are, what we eat, and where we go. A paleogenomic history of southeastern Europe.

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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

APRIL 2, 2025

Implications for North African Prehistory This discovery reshapes the understanding of early human history in North Africa, emphasizing the complexity of ancient population dynamics in the Sahara. Ancient DNA allows us to reconstruct human history in unprecedented ways," said David Caramelli of the University of Florence. Turjman, M.,

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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 365

APRIL 7, 2025

On the May 12th, 2025 cover of Time Magazine , you will see a picture of a white wolf below the bold word Extinct slashed through with a red block. Below it reads “This is Remus. He’s a dire wolf. The first to exist in over 10,000 years. Endangered species could be changed forever.” Talk about a bait and switch!

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 30, 2025

“It suggests that grammatical complexity, like genetic variation, can reflect the demographic history of a population,” the study concludes. They also controlled for genealogical relationships between languages to prevent redundancy. What remained was a clear, statistically robust trend. link] Reich, D.

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