The Classics Department is offering two travel awards to be used between June 2024 & June 2025. The award amount of up to $2,000 may be used for any program that focuses on the Greek or Latin language, including pedagogy and/or oral Greek/Latin; Greek or Roman literature, history or culture; or Greek or Roman art, architecture and archaeology, including participation in excavations.
Donors
This award is made possible through the generous support of alumni & friends of the Classics Department
Eligibility
All full-time students are eligible to apply for this award. Priority will be given to Classics majors and minors.
Application
Please submit the following items collected into a single PDF to Ariana Traill, Chair, Committee on Honors and Awards (traill@illinois.edu) by the deadlines of February 15, 2024 (1st Round) & April 1, 2024 (2nd Round). The winners will be notified on or before March 1, 2024 (1st Round) & April 15, 2024 (2nd Round). The award will be announced formally at the Classics Awards Ceremony at the Spurlock Museum on Friday, May 10, 2024 from 4:00-6:00PM.
- Identify your proposed program with links to relevant information.
- Briefly describe yourself and your academic interests and the benefits you expect to gain from participating in this program (300-500 words).
- Please submit a budget for this program, including estimates for essential expenses such as tuition, travel, lodging and meals.
- Please submit a current resume, including work experience, campus and community activities, high/school/university honors and awards. A phone number can be helpful but is not required.
- Please submit a PDF of your academic transcript.
- Do you qualify for financial aid or a Pell grant? Please provide documentation, as special consideration will be given to students who qualify for financial aid.
Awards will be made on the basis of the merits of the plan of study, academic performance in Classics courses, and financial need. All funds will be paid in the form of reimbursements, via your student account.
Sample Classics Study Abroad Opportunities 2024-2025
American School of Classical Studies at Athens:
Summer Seminar on Warrior Sailors, Traders, and Pirates: Aegean Islands Through the Ages (June 17 to July 5, 2024), $2,750.
Summer Seminar on Alexander to Actium: The Archaeology of Hellenistic Greece (July 11 to July 29, 2024), $2,750.
Agora Excavation Volunteers program
Wiener Lab Field School (June 1-8, 2024)
Ancient DNA Course (May 20-24, 2024)
Bioarchaeology Course (June 10 – 14, 2024)
Micromorphology Course (June 17 - 21, 2024)
Balkan Heritage Fields School, Workshop for Interventive and Preventive Conservation of Paper, Zakinthos, Greece (three sessions, between 26 May and 8 June, 2024), approx. 1499 USD
College Year in Athens (CYA)
The Strangeness of Ancient Greece: Diversity, Difference and Regionality among the Greek States (Athens, Delphi, Peloponnese, Naxos) (May 20 – June 15, 2024), $4340.00
Excavating in the Aegean: The Despotiko Field School (Paros, Antiparos) (May 20 – June 15, 2024), $4340.00
Excavating Forgotten Attica: the Case of Aixonidai Halai (Voula Field School) (May 20 – June 15, 2024), $4340.00
Excavating Prehistory on an Aegean Island: The Gourimadi Archaeological Project (June 2-29, 2024), $4340.00
Health and Healing in the Ancient Greek World (Athens, Korinth/Epidaurus, Kos) (May 20 – June 15, 2024) $4,980
The Geography of Faith: Paul and the Emergence of Christianity in Greece (Athens, Philippi, Thessaloniki, Meteora, Delphi, Corinth) (May 20 – June 15, 2024), $4340.00
Greek Studies on Site (TBA)
Hellenic Education Research Center (HERC):
Ancient Thouria Excavation, Greece (June 30-July 13), Program Fee: 2,500 Euros (includes tuition, accommodation and field trips)
The Epigraphy of the Aegean Islands: Studying Greek Inscriptions on Paros, Greece (June 23 – July 6, 2024), Program Fee: 2,500 Euros (includes tuition, accommodation and field trips)
Amyklaion Excavation, Greece (July 14-July 27 AND July 14-August 3, 2024), Program Fee: 2,500 Euros (two weeks) 3,500 Euros (three weeks) (both include tuition, accommodation, transportation from Sparta to the excavation site, and field trips)
Jews and Early Christians in the Graeco-Roman World: The Cases of Athens, Corinth and Delos, Greece (June 9-22, 2024), 2,350 Euros (includes tuition, accommodation and field trips)
The Paideia Institute: Living Greek in Greece (July 28 – August 9, 2024)
The American University of Rome
ARC 101: Roman Archaeology on Site (May 23 – June 19, 2024)
CLS 101 Greek and Roman Mythology (May 23 – June 19, 2024)
Balkan Heritage Field Schools:
Underwater Archaeology Field School in the Black Sea: Antiquity, Medieval Period, Bulgaria (25 May - 15 June, 2024) approx. $4399.00
Archaeology and Bioarchaeology of Apollonia Pontica: Classical and Hellenistic Period, Bulgaria (1 - 29 June, 2024), approx. 3399 USD
Workshop for Conservation of Roman and Late Roman Mosaics, Roman and Late Roman Period, North Macedonia (1 - 21 June, 2024) approx. 2499 USD
Workshops for Conservation of Roman & Late Roman Pottery and Glass, Roman and Late Roman Period, North Macedonia (1 - 21 June, 2024), approx. 2349 USD
Workshop for Conservation of Ancient Greek Pottery, Ancient Greek and Hellenistic Period, Bulgaria (23 June - 6 July, 2024), approx. 1949 USD
Ancient Greeks in the Land of Dionysos - Excavation of Emporion Pistiros, Classical Greek and Hellenistic Period, Bulgaria (21 July - 18 August, 2024) approx. 3599 USD
Conventicula: Conventiculum Dickinsoniense 2024 (July 15-21, 2024), Spoken Latin Workshop, Carlisle, PA $600.
Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome Classical Studies at the “Centro” (August 28, 2024 – December 15, 2024 (fall)
Lorenzo de’ Medici, The Italian International Institute
Summer Programs (4 weeks, June, July 2024), a number include the ancient world, e.g., Archaeology Workshop ANC 193 F, June)
The Paideia Institute: Living Latin in Rome: Vergil and the Epic Tradition (June 30 – July 12, 2024), Tuition $2500
The Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project: 2024 Field School, Portugal, $5350
San Gemini Programs:
Program B : Restoration and Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics, Italy (June 3 – June 28, 2024)
University of Bologna: Summer School in Classical Languages, Italy (17 June – 5 July 2024), Single course € 900, double course: € 1450.