Application to the Regular (Academic Year) Program

Those Eligible:
Regular Membership is open to students at colleges or universities in the U.S. or Canada who have completed a B.A. but not a Ph.D., and who are preparing for an advanced degree in classical and ancient Mediterranean studies or a related field.  Although preference is given to those who have completed at least one year of graduate study, well-qualified students who have received a B.A. will be considered for admission and fellowships.  Applicants are expected to read French and German, in addition to ancient Greek; they will find a reading knowledge of Latin, modern Greek, and Italian helpful as well.

The Program:
Requires participation in the School’s trips during the autumn, covering most of the Greek mainland.  During the winter quarter, topography sessions, museum visits, and seminars in Athens are required, with some additional trips. In the spring quarter members normally participate in the School’s excavations at Corinth and have time for independent research and some optional trips. Additional information on the Regular Program.

Fellowships:
Up to thirteen Advanced Fellowships are available for the School’s Regular Program.  All awards are made on the recommendation of the Committee on Admissions and Fellowships and are based on the results of the qualifying examinations and materials submitted with the application.  Fellowships include the Heinrich Schliemann and the John Williams White Fellowships in archaeology, the Thomas Day Seymour Fellowship in history and literature, and ten Fellowships unrestricted as to field — the Virginia Grace, the Michael Jameson, the Philip Lockhart, the Lucy Shoe Meritt, the Martin Ostwald, the James and Mary Ottaway, Jr., the James Rignall Wheeler, and one School Fellow. The Bert Hodge Hill is unrestricted, but with a preference for a student in art history, and the Emily Townsend Vermeule is unrestricted, but with a preference for Bronze Age archaeology. Fellowships provide a stipend of $11,500 plus room and board at Loring Hall on the School grounds and waiver of School fees.

Application:
Admission to the Regular Program is granted on the basis of transcripts, letters of recommendation and performance on qualifying examinations in ancient Greek, Greek history, and Greek archaeology or literature. The application below serves as both the application for admission and for School Fellowships. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader version 7 or later to complete these forms and send via email to application@ascsa.org. (If you do not have the free Reader software, download it here.)

Download the Bulletin (PDF).
Download the application form (PDF).
Download the recommendation form (PDF).
Qualifying examinations

Checklist for completion of application:

• Fill in the Regular member application and save the file with your last name, first initial + the name of the application. e.g., SMITH_M_Regular_Member_Application. Email the application to application@ascsa.org. (Note: For speed of processing, you are encouraged to submit electronically, but if you are having difficulty doing this, you may print out the PDF file and send by regular mail at the address below.)
• Order official transcripts for undergraduate and graduate study and send to:

  Professor Catherine M. Keesling, Chair, Committee on Admissions and Fellowships
  American School of Classical Studies at Athens
  6-8 Charlton Street
  Princeton, NJ 08540-5232

• Fill out the the top half of the recommender form and send this PDF to 3 recommenders. Instruct recommenders to fill out bottom portion of recommender form, attach their written letters, and email to application@ascsa.org.
• Take three qualifying examinations on the first Saturday of February as explained in Qualifying Examinations above.

POSTMARK, FAX, E-MAIL TRANSMISSION DEADLINE:  JANUARY 15, 2009.
DEADLINE FOR FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP APPLICANTS IS OCTOBER 20, 2008.