Events
N.B. All event times are in Eastern Time (ET) unless otherwise indicated
Negotiating a Job Offer
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: what are reasonable asks in response to an offer, what you can negotiate, and how much time you have to make a decision.
Publishing a Journal Article: Advice for Peer Reviewers and Editors
The Women’s Classical Caucus invites you to participate in the WCC Publishing Series Event: Publishing a Journal Article: Advice for Peer Reviewers and Editors. This is a follow-up event to our Publishing a Journal Article event based on questions collected from participants and is targeted towards early and mid-career scholars.
(Over)Connected World? Digital Technologies and their Mental Health Impacts
Current students and young people are widely reported to be more distracted, anxious, and depressed than any generation to enter high school and college. How should we as educators, teachers, advisors, and parents respond?
We invite you to a discussion about the impacts of digital technologies (smart phones, social media, and AI) on how we work, teach, and live. The organizers have curated a selection of readings as a starting point to discuss the intersections of digital life with mental health, learning, and parenting – and different approaches and practices that teachers, parents, and legislators have pursued in relation to these.
Teaching with/as a TA
This workshop will provide space for collaborative conversation about strategies for fostering positive working relationships between faculty instructors of record and graduate student teachers.
To Grade or Not to Grade?: Alternative Grading Approaches
This workshop will provide an introduction to a variety of alternative grading methods, including gamification, ungrading, and other non-traditional methods of assessing student learning. Participants will engage in group discussion to share successful strategies and brainstorm ideas for their own classes.
WCC/LCC Prize Winners Reading Group
The Women’s Classical Caucus and Lambda Classical Caucus invite you to read and discuss this year’s prize-winning essays.
WCC Publishing Series: Publishing a Journal Article
The Women’s Classical Caucus invites you to participate in the WCC Publishing Series Event on Publishing a Journal Article. Editors of Classics journals will give an overview of publishing journal articles.
WCC Mentorship End-of-Year Party
Members of the AY 2023-24 Cohort Mentorship Program are invited to attend this end-of-year party to close out this mentorship cycle..
Rupture and Return Joint WCC/TAPA Reading Group Roundtable Discussion
The WCC and TAPA invite you to participate in a jointly-hosted Reading Group featuring the Paragraphoi essays from TAPA’s Fall 2023 issue.
These brief and passionate essays were written under the rubric of “Rupture and Return.” For these essays, editor Catherine Conybeare invited colleagues to reflect on the impact of the pandemic on their professional lives and their personal and institutional commitments. The authors are scholars at different phases of their careers and from a variety of institutions, both in the U.S. and international. The goal of this project was to sustain the impetus for change that emerged during the lockdowns.
Participating in the Reading Group are authors Amy Pistone, Mar Astrid Rodda, Suzanne Lye, Lylaah Bhalerao, Deborah Beck, and Olivia Hopewell.
Facilitator: Catherine Conybeare
Please note that the event time is 2-3:30pm EDT.
Conferencing 101
We invite you to attend a panel discussion and conversation addressing the unique challenges faced by academic parents and caregivers in the post-pandemic world.
AcaParenting and the Post-pandemic Normal
We invite you to attend a panel discussion and conversation addressing the unique challenges faced by academic parents and caregivers in the post-pandemic world.
Here is an initial list of of topics, compiled by the WCC Team and collected from attendees at our previous AcaParenting events:
Transitioning back to in-person events/teaching for self and kids
The daily grind of trying to balance family and professional life
Childcare challenges (i.e., why are there so many half days and vacation days at kids’ schools?)
Self care and service
Setting "smart boundaries" in life and work
Mental health (self, family, students), burnout, and the utter exhaustion of caregiving
Managing deadlines - the costs of pandemic delays and extensions (for promotion, publications, etc)
What departments can do (and are doing) to support parents/caregivers
Being part of a "sandwich generation": the challenges of caring for children and elderly parents at the same time
We welcome you to submit questions, tips, and advice in advance of this discussion in the following form: https://forms.gle/m9tZQ64D16qrgwJp9
We plan to gather notes from the discussion and information from the form to create a new resource page, so we welcome your submissions to the form, even if you cannot attend the event. Click here for a recent article from NCFDD about this topic.
Facilitators: Suzanne Lye, Erin Moodie
June Reading Group
The Women’s Classical Caucus and Lambda Classical Caucus invite you to participate in a jointly hosted Reading Group featuring the 2022-23 paper prize winners.
What can we expect to discuss?
The Barbara McManus Award for Best Article (awarded by the WCC):
Francesca Bellei, "Omnibus umbra locis adero: Elena Ferrante and the Poetics of Absence," in T. Geue and E. Giusti (eds.), Unspoken Rome: absence in Latin literature and its reception, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021, pp. 270-288.
The Paul Rehak Award (awarded by the LCC):
Tom Sapsford, "The Drumming of a Deviant Beat," in Performing the Kinaidos: Unmanly Men in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, pp. 135-162.
The readings can be found in the folder at the link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14OQ7ZerRJEJFr5YFSN6nCvL5DFn7QOWj?usp=sharing
Thank you for joining us as we celebrate our award winners!
#EOTalks Panel: Harassment X Academia (co-hosted by Everyday Orientalism, WCC, and the American Society of Papyrologists)
This panel discussion will offer some thoughts on the topic of sexual, identity-based, & professional harassment.
This event is being organized by Everyday Orientalism and co-sponsored by The Women’s Classical Caucus and the American Society of Papyrologists.
AIA/SCS 2023 WCC Open Business Meeting
Come to hear from the current WCC Steering Committee as we review the activities and developments of the last year and look ahead to the future. Members will have the opportunity to give their feedback, ask questions, and express any concerns.
The meeting is open to all to attend, regardless of membership.
WCC Mentorship Pop-up Event: Conferencing 101
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 session to address your concerns and questions about how to get the most out of attending academic conferences.
Participants are asked to review the materials available on the WCC Conferencing 101 resources page in anticipation of the meeting and come ready to ask questions or share advice.
The Future of Feminism & Classics
Who will host the next FemClas conference? Join FemClas 2022 co-organizer T. H. M. Gellar-Goad (Wake Forest University) for a roundtable discussion about the ninth iteration of Feminism & Classics — and if you & your institution might want to host, be sure to come!
Job Market Session 5: Interviewing
Please join us for the fifth session in the WCC Job Market Series!
In Job Market Session 5: Interviewing, we tackle all of your questions about interview logistics, how to prepare, and tips and tricks for how best to represent your research, teaching, and service in Zoom interviews and campus visits.
The format for this workshop will be a roundtable discussion with the panelists led by the organizers, followed by an open discussion for participants to ask questions and share tips about interviewing and the academic job market.
WCC Archaeology Series, Session 2: Community-Engaged Archaeology
Join us for the second installment of the WCC Archaeology Series! Our panelists all have experience with community engaged archaeology in the Mediterranean. During this event, they will share their insights on actively building relationships with local communities and giving them voices in the planning and execution of archaeological projects at sites across the Mediterranean.
WCC Publishing Series, Session 2: Publishing Your Book: From Proposal Submission to Publication
Stefan Vranka of Oxford University Press will discuss what happens in the publishing process after you submit your book proposal through to the publication of your book. During the session, you will have time to ask Stefan questions about the publishing process.
This session is targeted towards first-time authors who want to publish with an academic press.
Overview of K-12 Teaching: A Panel Discussion
As part of its “Careers” Initiative, the WCC is partnering with the Classical Association of New England (CANE) for a series of events related to K-12 teaching. We will kick off the “All About K-12 Teaching” Series with our first event: “Overview of K-12 Teaching: A Panel Discussion.” This session will feature K-12 teachers from various types of schools and institutions who will share their experiences as Classicists teaching on the K-12 level.
Job Market Session 4: September Reading Group (Joy Connolly’s Guide to Going on the Market)
Please join us for the WCC’s September Reading Group where we invite the organizers of the WCC Job Market Series to host a discussion about readings related to the job market. We will be reading “Going on the Market…and What Comes Before” by Joy Connolly (updated in 2021).
WCC Gathering In Solidarity: SCOTUS Decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
The WCC invites you to a “Gathering In Solidarity” event in response to the June 24th Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
This event is intended to offer a virtual gathering space to support members of our Classics community who would like to discuss, reflect together, and share thoughts with each other as we process the decision and its implications.
June Reading Group: WCC/LCC/Winkler Prize Papers
The Women’s Classical Caucus, Lambda Classical Caucus, and Winkler Paper Prize committees invite you to participate in a jointly hosted Reading Group featuring the 2021-22 paper prize winners from the WCC, LCC, and Winkler Paper Prizes.
WCC Job Market Series, Session 3: Statements (Teaching, Research, and Diversity)
Please join us for the third session in the WCC Job Market Series!
In Job Market Session 3: Statements (Teaching, Research, and Diversity), we take a deep dive into the types of statements that many departments request as part of your job application. In this session, our speakers will break down these genres and provide tips, tricks and lessons learned in this aspect of preparing materials for the academic job market.
WCC Job Market Series, Session 2: CV/Cover Letters
Please join us for the second session in the WCC Job Market Series!
In Job Market Session 2: CV/Cover Letters, we take a deep dive into two of the most important documents in your application: the curriculum vitae (CV) and cover letter. In this session, our speakers will break down these genres and provide tips, tricks and lessons learned in this aspect of preparing materials for the academic job market.
WCC Job Market Series, Session 1: Kick-off and Overview!
Have you ever wondered what acronyms like VAP or SLAC or TT mean? Curious about the timeline for applying to academic jobs? Wondering how to pitch your research and teaching to different types of institutions or departments?
The WCC invites you to the launch of the new WCC Job Market Series. The goal of the series is to try to demystify the academic job market in Classics (and related fields) for new and returning applicants.
Session 1 gives an overview of the academic job market. For this kick-off event, we will discuss the overall process as well as specific tips from people who have recent experience as applicants or on selection committees.
FemClas2022: WCC Virtual Reception
Come celebrate the WCC at 50 at the 8th quadrennial meeting of the Feminism & Classics conference! We look forward to the opportunity to mix and mingle with friends, old and new, as we celebrate this milestone for the organization.
All registrants of FemClas2022 and WCC members are welcome to attend.
Feminism Beyond the Binary: A Roundtable Discussion at FemClas2022, hosted by the WCC and Trans in Classics
WCC invites members of the Classics community to a roundtable discussion co-hosted by Trans in Classics on the topic of “Feminism Beyond the Binary.” This event will feature a roundtable discussion on feminism as it intersects with different categories of identity. This discussion will take place as part of the Feminism & Classics 2022 virtual conference and as another entry in the “WCC at 50” anniversary-year series exploring what feminism looks like today.
WCC Conversation on Feminist Masculinity
The WCC invites men from the Classics community to participate in a discussion on the topic of “Feminist Masculinity” as part of the “WCC at 50” anniversary-year exploration of what feminism looks like today.
This event will feature a discussion on feminism as practiced by men, towards a definition of “feminist masculinity.” The event will offer an opportunity for registrants to reflect on what feminism means to them and the ways in which they can engage with feminist ideals in their everyday lives from the male experience and perspective.
116th Annual Meeting of CANE: Affiliate Groups Reception
Come see us at the Affiliate Groups Reception.
Our own WCC co-Chair, Suzanne Lye, will present the Plenary Session on Saturday, April 9th, 4:30-5:30 p.m..