Corinth Excavations concluded a fourth season in the Byzantine levels of Nezi Field. Three separate training sessions were held and each session comprised three weeks of excavation followed by a week of study and clean up. Area supervisors once again consisted of student members of the ASCSA.
Application for Regular Membership
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 fellowships are available for the School’s Regular Members. 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 Fowler Merle-Smith, the Martin Ostwald, the James and Mary Ottaway, Jr., and the James Rignall Wheeler. 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. Regular Member fellowships are awarded for the entire nine-month program.
Application for Regular Membership:
Pre-doctoral student applying for Regular Membership for full academic year.
Application Process:
Admission for Regular Membership 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.
Download the sample application form (PDF).
Checklist
• Submit the application form online by January 15, 2011.
• Fulbright applicants, submit the application form online by October 18, 2010.
• Order official transcripts for undergraduate and graduate study and send to:
American School for Classical Studies at Athens
6-8 Charlton Street
Princeton, NJ 08540-5232
• Names and contact information for three individuals who would be willing to write recommendation letters.
• Fulbright applicants must include the Project Description (saved as a pdf or doc) from the Fulbright application.
• Recommendation forms will automatically appear after submitting the application. Fill out and send to three recommenders.
• Prepare to sit for the qualifying examinations on the first Saturday of February.
Please understand that the application form you will be completing CANNOT BE SAVED while you are filling it out. In other words, you cannot begin a form and return to it at a later time. We would advise you to prepare the items on the checklist before beginning the application process. The sample application form has been provided for you to review the questions and procedures involved for attaching additional application material. By preparing this ahead of time, you can complete your online application in one sitting. At the end of the application you will be prompted to print or save a copy of it for your file.
The link below will direct you to a “Gateway” form. By filling out this form, you will be indicating the type of ASCSA membership for which you are applying. After submitting this form, you will be directed to the appropriate application.
Qualifying Examinations:
The exams are scheduled for the first Saturday in February. The ASCSA will arrange for a proctor at your home institution.
Applicants to the Regular Program take three examinations. All candidates take the examinations in ancient Greek Translation (one and one-half hours) and Greek History (two hours); applicants choose an exam in either Greek Art and Archaeology (two hours) or Greek Literature (two hours).
On the Greek Translation exam, candidates translate two of four passages approximately 20 lines long. The passages are a mixture of poetry and prose from all periods. The passages do not come from any fixed reading list and, in fact, tend not to be passages students will have read. The purpose of the Greek exam is not to see whether students have read a given text before, but to evaluate reading proficiency. No dictionaries or other aids may be used, but unusual words or constructions are glossed.
The other three exams have two sections. Part I (value, 25 points) asks candidates to identify, in a sentence or two, seven of eleven items. Part II (value, 75 points) requires candidates to choose three of eight essay topics. The exams are administered at the candidate’s home institution by a faculty member appointed by the Chair of the Committee on Admissions and Fellowships.
The exams are graded anonymously by the five members of the Committee on Admissions and Fellowships, and admissions and fellowship awards are announced by March 15. Sample exams may be obtained from the U.S. office.