Classics Students' Union

Plans for our conference and journal are coalescing!

The 2016 Undergraduate Conference on the Classical World will take place on March 11th, 2016. We will be publishing Vol II of our journal Plebeian, featuring proceedings from the conference, will be published shortly after.

Call for Papers
Any student registered in the Faculty of Arts and Science in the 2015-2016 academic year is eligible to submit a paper; the paper, however, may have been written before this current term.

The paper must have a maximum word count of 5,000 and be related in some way to the Classical world. We strongly encourage you to consider submitting papers that received A-range grades in 300- and 400-level courses and independent studies, although any and all papers we receive will be considered.
Papers can be sent to us by email, at classu.plebeian@gmail.com. The deadline for submissions is January 15th, 2016. Once the deadline has passed, we will select up to eight papers for presentation at the conference and publication in Plebeian. Authors will be notified within a week.

Submitters must be available throughout the spring term for edits, and must be available on March 11th, 2016.

Call for Editors
We are also looking for experienced writers to join our editorial board. The majority of the board’s work will be throughout January and February, and will involve review and editing accepted papers for presentation and publication. Those submitting papers may also apply to be editors. Those desiring to apply should email us their 1) name, 2) year of study, 3) student number, 4) experience in the field of Classics (e.g. a course listing), and 5) a writing sample of past work, roughly 2,000 words. The deadline for applying to the editorial board is December 4th, 2015. Applicants will be notified within a week of the deadline.

E-mail your papers or applications for our editorial board to: classu.plebeian@gmail.com
The deadline for submissions is: January 15th, 2016
The deadline for editorial board applications is: December 4th, 2016

A pdf copy of these details can be found here: CLASSU Call for Papers

See our hours here! These are in effect until 8 December 2015.

The Lounge’s hours until exams will be:
M 9-5
T 9-5
W 9-5
R 9-5
F 10-4

Please note that the Department building locks at 5:00pm

Thanks to everyone who came to the elections today! This was our highest voter turn0ut ever, and it was encouraging to see so many classicists there. We also passed a referendum on a new constitution, found here.

The Senate for 2015-2016 is thus:

Nominations forms AND a ROSI/ACORN timetable are due in to the office or cro.classu@hotmail.com by 4:30!

See you tomorrow for the Referendum and Election!

This is a new initiative that we’re trying this year, especially for first years, where we’ll have some snacks as well as a tour of important buildings within the Department. We will meet on Friday 18 Sept. in front of Northrop Frye Hall (the doors that face Old Vic at quad level) at Victoria College at 12:10 (or 12:00 on UofT time). We will finish the tour in the Undergraduate Lounge, where there will be some light refreshments. The entire event will be under an hour. We are also happy to answer questions and talk about the elections, sign nominations sheets!

The Woodsworth Innis New Drama Society is putting on a performance of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata. If you’re interested in attending, see the below press release:

Lysistrata Press Release

Rejoice! Have you heard the Good News? CLASSU is looking for more executives! Check out the new tab here for the Election and Referendum!

We at CLASSU hope that you’re enjoying the summer. Our lounge and office will be closed on a regular basis; however, if you would like to use the lounge, please contact us and we can make arrangements. There may be lounge hours during exams–we will keep you posted!

Enjoy the summer!

Drop by the Lounge on Tuesday 14 April to consult our syllabi and midterms or talk to the exec! Here’s the Facebook Event.