
SASA Working Group on Community Building for “Non-Traditional” Scholar Professionals
dom 17 de oct
|Zoom Meeting
Join us to connect with “Non-Traditional” Scholars in the field of Ancient Studies!


Time & Location
17 oct 2021, 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. GMT-4
Zoom Meeting
About the Event
The fields of Ancient Studies consist of a wonderful, tight-knit community of scholars. Though they are spread out across the world, scholars see each other regularly at conferences and symposia held by the various learned societies and departments. However, this ivory tower has strict boundaries, imposed by the limited number of academic positions available and by the attitude that to be a “scholar” one must be directly part of an academic institution. Though we work to expand Ancient Studies fields, this model for the self-definition of the “community of scholars” and the attendant attitude of exclusivity must change. Ancient Studies can only truly grow beyond its current bounds when there is a home within this community for scholars who earn their livings in other occupations. SASA envisions a New Ancient Studies in which all are not only welcome, but also actively incorporated into the study of the deep past of…