Founded at Chicago1905
The Classical Association of the Middle West and South is an organization for Classics (Latin and Greek) teachers at all levels, undergraduate and graduate students, and anyone else who enjoys learning about the world of classical antiquity.
Membership 2026–27
Dues run July 1 to June 30 and include The Classical Journal and the Loeb Classical Library online.
Cursus anni
Nothing is due in the next two months. Upcoming opportunities are listed here.
123rd Annual Meeting
Teachers (K-12, college, university) and independent scholars, as well as graduate and undergraduate students, are encouraged to submit proposals.
Where to start
CAMWS funds promotional activities in the schools, helps Latin and Greek programs in crisis, and sends teachers to Greece and Italy.
Present a poster, win a paper prize, fund a dig, and travel to the meeting.
Individual membership in CAMWS makes one eligible to submit an abstract for a CAMWS meeting and to apply for various CAMWS awards and scholarships.
32 states · 3 provinces · 11 regions
Each state and province has a CAMWS vice president or an open seat; the role address is the state or province followed by @camws.org.
Mountain Brook Middle School
Kraft Award · Secondary teaching
UNC Greensboro
Excellence in College Teaching
Publications
CJ contains a mix of academic articles and notes on Graeco-Roman antiquity, generally with a literary, historical or cultural focus; paedagogical articles and notes, many having to do with the challenges of teaching Latin and Greek in modern high schools, colleges and universities; book reviews; and a list of books received.
TCL is the peer-reviewed, online journal dedicated to exploring how we teach (and how we learn) Greek and Latin.
AJCR publishes original, substantive, peer-reviewed scholarship on the reception and afterlife of Classical antiquity in all its forms.
The CAMWS Newsletter is published three times a year: in the Fall (late Oct-early Nov.), Winter (Feb), and Spring/Summer (June-July)
From the members
Susann Lusnia, an associate professor of classical studies at Tulane University, quickly identified and authenticated the tablet after Dr. Santoro emailed her a picture of it.
“It was clear to me that it was an ancient Roman inscription,” Professor Lusnia said.
CAMWSCorps
Under the guidance of the History Committee, we have conducted 106 interviews and thereby compiled an oral history of our association, a unique living legacy of testimony that will be of great value to future historians of the field and the association.
Our immediate need is for volunteers who are willing to edit the interviews which have been electronically transcribed to a 90% degree of accuracy. (The program has trouble detecting “CAMWS”, for instance: one finds “cameras,” “campus,” and even "Kanye West.”).
