SASA is delighted to announce that we will be continuing our Summer Reading Groups into the Summer of 2024, with a number of new features. Our Reading Groups are free to anyone interested in the topic and provide a forum to engage with ancient texts in English translation in the context of a discussion group with like-minded individuals from around the world. Thanks to the generous grant from the Delmas Foundation, SASA presents a wide range of excellent groups this summer, all for free!
We are joined by a team of fantastic leaders who will facilitate 19 reading groups across a breadth of fascinating subjects in the Ancient World, offering students of all levels, backgrounds, and support networks an opportunity to dive into the study of the past with a subject expert.
Topics are from many locales in the ancient world, from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Through discussion of texts and ancient history, topical issues of antiquity and today, participants will engage with the past in rich and vibrant ways that apply to modern contexts.
This summer, our Reading Groups will be of three types:
one-time Master Classes
3-Week Reading Groups
5-Week Continuing Education Reading Groups
The new format of Continuing Education Groups is specially designed for teachers to count toward their continuing education units (CEUs) required for licensure renewal in all states of the US. For more information about the CE Groups, please see our event listings, and feel free to contact our Continuing Education Team Leader, Kara Brown.
Groups are spread out over the course of the summer, falling between June 11 and August 27, 2024. All groups are free to attend.
Master Classes
Dr. Irina Manea (Verdandi Skuld)
Tuesday, June 25 @ 2pm EDT
Dr. Lillian Céspedes González
Friday, July 19 @ 12pm
Dalida Agri
Wednesday, July 24 @ 11am
Dr. Kate Minniti
Sunday, August 11 @ 2pm
James Dean Parnau
Tuesday, August 27 @ 3pm
3-Week Reading Groups
Alistair Robertson
Tuesdays @ 11 am, June 11 - 25
Aitor Boada-Benito
Wednesdays @ 1 pm, June 12 - 26
Tuhin Bhattacharjee
Tuesdays @ 11am, July 2 - 16
Raquel Robbins
Fridays @ 1 pm, July 12 - 26
Alice Clinch
Wednesdays @ 11am, July 17 - 31
Bethany Abelseth
Tuesdays @ 4 pm, July 23 - August 6th
Edward A. S. Ross
Thursdays @ 11 am, July 25th - August 8th
Kenneth Connally
Thursdays @ 2 pm, August 8 - 22
5-Week Continuing Education Reading Groups
Catherine Nuckols (Mesoamerican Studies Online)
Thursdays @ 3 pm, June 13 - July 11
Louise O'Brien
Saturdays @ 11 am, June 15 - July 13
John Hayden
Saturdays @ 5pm, June 15 - July 13
Yentl Love
Mondays @ 11 am, June 17 - July 15
Habiba Hussein El-Tayeb
Thursday @ 10 am, June 27 - July 25
Paige Brevick
Fridays @ 9 am, July 12 - August 9