American Philological Association

American Philological Association

The American Philological Association (APA), founded in 1869, is a non-profit North American scholarly organization devoted to all aspects of Greek and Roman civilization. Originally its members studied a great variety of texts and languages, but as disciplines such as linguistics and modern languages have created their own societies, the APA has come to be concerned with classical antiquity and fields closely related to the study of antiquity, while the definition of "philology" has broadened to include many approaches to understanding the ancient world. It is the preeminent association in the field, and publishes a journal, "Transactions of the American Philological Association" (TAPA).

The Association holds its annual convention in January, meeting jointly with the Archaeological Institute of America. About 400 scholarly papers are delivered at the APA meeting, which is also the site for interviewing for college and university positions and for the meetings of the many committees and affiliated groups. It is also the occasion for the presentation of APA awards [http://www.apaclassics.org/Administration/awards.html] for teaching at both pre-collegiate and collegiate level, for projects that bring classics to a wider public (outreach), and of the Goodwin Award of Merit, which recognizes a recently published book.

At every meeting, the Outreach Division conducts two events that are open to the general public. One is a special panel that is of interest to non-specialists. Topics have included the movie "Troy", Classics and Contemporary Fiction and the HBO series "Rome" and Classics and Comics. The second is the staged reading of a classical or classically-themed play, by the Committee on Ancient and Modern Performance. The productions have been: "The Invention of Love" (Tom Stoppard, directed by Mary-Kay Gamel, produced by Judith Hallett), "The Heavensgate Depositoion" (based on "Apocolocyntosis" by Seneca the Younger, directed by Amy Cohen, produced by Thomas Jenkins), "The Golden Age" (by Thomas Heywood, directed by C. W. Marshall), "Iran Man" (based on "Persa" by Plautus, directed by Mary-Kay Gamel, "Thespis" (by W. S. Gilbert and A. S. Sullivan, with new music by Alan Riley Jones, directed by John Starks, produced by John Given), "The Birds" (by Aristophanes, directed by Thomas Talboy) and "Cyclops" (by Euripides, directed by Laura Lippman and Mike Lippman).

Through its divisions of Research, Education, Publications, Professional Matters, and Program, the APA conducts a variety of activities to support and disseminate knowledge of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. For example, it operates a Placement Service, gathers statistical information about the demographics of classicists, hears complaints of violations of professional ethics, provides advice and funding for major research projects (such as the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World), and publishes monographs, textbooks and software. The Outreach Division produces a newsletter, "Amphora," [http://www.apaclassics.org/outreach/amphora/TOCAmphora.html] , for non-specialists, and the electronic newsletter "The Dionysiac" [http://www.apaclassics.org/Classics/PublicClassics.html] , which gives information about performances of classical plays and other events related to ancient performance.

Many notable scholars have served as executives of the APA, including Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, William Watson Goodwin, Herbert Weir Smyth, Paul Shorey, Lily Ross Taylor, Berthold Ullman, Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton, Gerald Else, Helen North, Bernard Knox, Charles Segal, and Emily Vermeule. Adam Blistein is the present Executive Director of the APA.

The APA is currently based at the University of Pennsylvania.

External links

* [http://www.apaclassics.org/ American Philological Association. Official site.]
* [http://www.comixology.com/articles/21/Conventional-Comics-or-Conference-Calling Comics at the APA Conference Comic Books at the APA Conference] - article by Columbia University's Karen Green at [http://www.comixology.com ComiXology]


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