What's worse, I found this letter by filtering by "⭐️ First English Translations," suggesting (with pride!) that this letter had never been translated into English before. But it has! By J.R.C. Martyn, "Letters of Gregory the Great" (2004)!
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So, um... this is bad. Really bad. I looked at the letters that were translated by the AI, and the very first one I found was almost entirely hallucination. Thread:
Hi friends. As I previously noted, the U. of Iowa is planning to get rid of African American studies; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, & the Classical Languages major—along with others. If you wish, please sign the classics petition: www.change.org/p/keep-the-c.... I will add more as I find out.
This year's judges are Elizabeth Vandiver, Deborah Roberts, and A.M. Juster.
Attention, Greek and Latin translators! Nominations are open for the Society for Classical Studies' Raffaella Cribiore Award for Outstanding Literary Translation. For information about eligibility and for nomination instructions, click the link. And please share! classicalstudies.org/awards-and-f...
NVR's winter issue is available! Featuring @katiedozier.bsky.social, @janezwart.bsky.social, @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social, @sethwieck.bsky.social, @kdawn999.bsky.social, @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social, @poetjs.bsky.social, and more!
I wanted the focus to be on Catullus himself (NOT on Lesbia) and his incessant ambivalence -- about love, gender, friendship, everything! I love how he's split in two and how he turns his face away into the art. And the pink! A friend points out it also gestures toward it being a bilingual edition.
I'm not on here much, but I am so excited to share the cover of my forthcoming Catullus translation, featuring an amazing painting by Eduardo Mata Icasa (called "Nature of Emptiness"). As soon as I saw the painting, I knew no other work of art could more perfectly capture how I think about Catullus.
I am not surprised! He is a delight to work with.
Attention, classics and translation people! Scott McGill and I are organizing a panel for SCS 2027 called "The Indirect Method: Translations as Sources." Please read, share, and/or submit!
www.classicalstudies.org/annual-meeti...
Thank you, Daniel!! I hope it leads to productive discussion!
Having taught both intermediate and advanced Greek at St. Olaf (and having been paid for it!), this hurts my heart. Anne was one of the best colleagues I've ever had and has given so much to the department. She deserves to retire knowing its future is assured.
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin
Thank you!!
A must-read about the cuts to the NEH and their impact on the study of the ancient world. open.substack.com/pub/pastsimp...
Thank you so much, Lauren!!
Thank you!!!
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I am also aware that this good fortune comes even as many are having their federal grants and fellowships revoked, which makes me doubly determined to earn this honor and to show why studying the humanities is more urgent now than ever. (3/3)
I am so thankful to those who have encouraged me in this, and I am beyond grateful to the Guggenheim Foundation for supporting scholarly endeavors. (2/3)
I received the amazing news this morning that I have been named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow. I am still in disbelief, since it felt like even applying was an act of unwarranted audacity. (1/3)
#guggfellows2025
KEY PASSAGES TALK: TRANSLATING OVID’S METAMORPHOSES
Join us for a talk by Stephanie McCarter about her tactics for interpreting and rendering Ovid’s themes of sexual violence, gender, sexuality, and the body into English verse.
4/17, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB
Learn more: bit.ly/McCarter-IHC
They have a lot, but you do sometimes have to wait a while. Between Hoopla and Libby, I can usually find what I want (or at least something that appeals to me).
I use Libby all the time! It's free, and you can perhaps sign up through your public library. (I also use Hoopla, which I get through my university library.)
She did such a fabulous job!!
Pour one out tonight not only for the thousands of fantastic scholars whose NEH grants were wrongly terminated, but also for all of the junior scholars who have never—and now may never in their lifetimes—receive federal support for their research
I absolutely loved my visit to Pomona College the past couple of days, and I am so happy to see this article. In one of these quotes I am myself quoting Patricia Salzman-Mitchell’s wonderful book “A Web of Fantasies.” I am really indebted to her formulation of the female gaze in Ovid.
Thank you, Sarah!! You are totally the rock star, so I was thrilled to have you there!
Thank you for sharing! :)
