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| International Association of Classics | |
|---|---|
| Name | International Association of Classics |
| Formation | 1978 |
| Type | Learned society |
| Headquarters | Rome |
| Region served | International |
| Languages | English, French, German |
| Leader title | President |
| Leader name | Dr. Maria Conti |
International Association of Classics is an international learned society dedicated to the study and promotion of classical antiquity, focusing on ancient Greece, Rome, Athens, Sparta, Alexandria, Pergamon, Carthage, Miletus, and the broader Mediterranean world. It brings together scholars connected to institutions such as the British Museum, Vatican Museums, Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution, British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and universities including University of Oxford, Harvard University, University of Cambridge, University of Bologna, University of Rome La Sapienza, University of Paris (Sorbonne), University of Berlin for collaborative research, conferences, and publications.
The association was founded in 1978 by a coalition of scholars linked to Royal Holloway, Trinity College Dublin, Princeton University, Yale University, Columbia University, University of Chicago, University of Toronto, University of Michigan, Heidelberg University, and Ecole Normale Supérieure after milestone events like the centenary commemorations of excavations at Knossos, Mycenae, Pompeii, and the reappraisal of sources such as Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Livy, Tacitus, Plutarch, and Polybius. Early leaders included directors from the British School at Athens, the American Academy in Rome, and the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, drawing attention from museums and projects at Delphi, Olympia, Ephesus, Troy, and Herculaneum.
The association's mission emphasizes interdisciplinary study connecting archaeology at sites like Samos, Delos, Selinunte, and Gortyn with philology centered on texts such as Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Metamorphoses, Oresteia, Histories (Herodotus), Annals (Tacitus), and epigraphy from inscriptions in Pergamon Altar and Ara Pacis. Objectives include fostering partnerships with archives like the Vatican Library, the Bodleian Library, the Morgan Library & Museum, curatorial programs at Uffizi Gallery and National Archaeological Museum, Naples, and research linked to excavations at Aphrodisias, Olynthus, Sardis, and Carchemish.
Membership comprises scholars affiliated with institutions such as King's College London, University College London, Trinity College Cambridge, University of Padua, University of Salamanca, University of Barcelona, University of Leiden, University of Vienna, University of Zurich, and research centers including the Institute for Advanced Study, Cambridge Classical Studies, and the National Humanities Center. Governance includes an elected board modeled on committees from the International Council on Monuments and Sites, with positions analogous to trustees at the British Academy, secretaries with ties to the Royal Society, and officers who have served at the European Research Council. Regional sections reflect networks such as the American Philological Association, the Deutsche Archäologische Institut, the Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica, and the Hellenic Society.
Annual and biennial meetings rotate between host cities like Rome, Athens, Paris, London, Berlin, New York City, Boston, Istanbul, Istanbul Archaeology Museums, Cairo, Beirut, and Athens University Museum. Major symposia have addressed themes comparable to conferences at the Getty Villa, Institute of Classical Studies, London, American Numismatic Society, Society for Classical Studies, and panels paralleling sessions of the Archaeological Institute of America, European Association of Archaeologists, World Archaeological Congress, and the International Congress of Classical Archaeology.
The association publishes proceedings, monographs, and journals in collaboration with presses and institutions including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Brill, Johns Hopkins University Press, Routledge, Peeters Publishers, E. J. Brill, De Gruyter, and university presses at Princeton University Press and Yale University Press. Research initiatives have supported projects at Oxyrhynchus, Herculaneum papyri, Vindolanda, Lepcis Magna, Leptis Magna, Palmyra, Dura-Europos, and digital humanities collaborations with the Perseus Project, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, Papyri.info, and the Digital Gordion Project.
The association grants medals and prizes honoring figures associated with classical scholarship, echoing awards like the Balzan Prize, Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America, Kenyon Medal, Haskins Medal, Runciman Award, and prizes named for scholars linked to Heinrich Schliemann, Sir Arthur Evans, Mortimer Wheeler, M. I. Finley, Edith Hall, Moses I. Finley, Sir John Boardman, Bernard Ashmole, G. E. M. de Ste. Croix, and Mary Beard. Awards recognize excavation teams at sites such as Pompeii, Herculaneum, Knossos, Mycenae, Ephesus, and philological breakthroughs related to editions of Homer, Virgil, Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Plato, and Aristotle.
Collaborative partners include the European Commission, UNESCO, Council of Europe, Getty Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, British Council, Alliance Française, Goethe-Institut, Instituto Cervantes, and national heritage agencies of Greece, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia. Outreach engages museums like the National Archaeological Museum (Athens), Museo Nazionale Romano, Ashmolean Museum, Pergamon Museum, Hermitage Museum, and education programs inspired by exhibitions at Metropolitan Museum of Art and British Museum.
Category:Classical studies organizations Category:Archaeological organizations