Dear colleagues,

A colleague involved with the Teaching Antiquity Symposium asked me to share the following announcement, with the note that the organizers are trying to involve more scholars of antiquity from outside of those disciplines and areas traditionally associated with "classical studies." I hope some of you may find it to be of interest.

Best regards,

Tyler Williams

University of Chicago


April 18th 2026, Northwestern University Campus, Evanston IL. 


Global Antiquities Northwestern invites abstracts for papers to be delivered at its second “Teaching Antiquity Symposium” this spring. We hope again to bring together instructors and curators of diverse regional and disciplinary specializations to discuss contemporary developments in the teaching of ancient cultures, to share ideas and challenges with a broad range of college and museum based scholars. We invite submissions that help us reflect on how we can learn from each other to enhance how we teach and display the ancient cultures that we study. 


Topics may include but are not limited to: 

● teaching the past beyond the Mediterranean 

● teaching the past in global perspective 

● teaching antiquity across disciplines 

● teaching ancient languages (any ancient language) 

● teaching with objects 

● digital approaches to the study of antiquity in teaching 


In addition to thematically organized panels, the symposium will include a keynote address by Professor Clara Bosak-Shroeder of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 


Open to all scholars with college or museum affiliation. Graduate student submissions are welcome. 


Abstracts should be no more than 300 words and should be emailed to yannicklambert2028@u.northwestern.edu with the subject "TEACHING ANTIQUITY 

SUBMISSION" by December 1, 2025. Please include the following: 


A cover sheet with the presenter's details 

● Full name(s) 

● Affiliation details: department, institution 

● Email address 


In a separate sheet, without identifying information: 

● Abstract title – limited to 20 words in UPPER CASE 

● Abstract text – limited to 300 words 


More information on Global Antiquities Northwestern can be found here: https://sites.northwestern.edu/globalantiquitiesnu/ 


For reference, the program of the first Teaching Antiquity Symposium can be found here: 

https://sites.northwestern.edu/globalantiquitiesnu/news-events/teaching-antiquity-symposium/