Society for Classical Learning Summer Conference June 24-26, 2010

Tuition: $295 for SCL Members ($350 for non-members)
Includes Breakfast & Lunch all 3 days plus 1/2-day pass to Colonial Williamsburg (a $20 value).

Pre-Conference with Ken Myers - June 23
$150 - Includes Lunch.

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Featured Speakers

Christian Kopff

E. Christian Kopff (Ph. D., Classics, UNC Chapel Hill) is Associate Director of the Honors Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he has taught since 1973. His publications include a critical edition of Euripides’ Bacchae (Teubner, 1982) and over 100 articles and reviews. He is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome and has twice been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. His book, The Devil Knows Latin: Why America Needs the Classical Tradition (ISIBooks, 1999; third [paperback] edition 2002) is widely cited in the Classical Education movement. In 2004 he was named Director of CU-Boulder’s Center for Western Civilization.

Susan Wise Bauer

Susan’s most recent book for Norton, The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome (2007) is the first in a four-volume series providing a narrative world history. Her previous book, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had (2003), is a guide to reading the classic works of fiction, poetry, history, autobiography, and drama. Norton also published The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (with co-author Jessie Wise); originally published in 1999, this bestselling guide to education in the classical tradition was revised and updated in 2004. Susan has also written a four-volume world history series for children, is a contributing editor to Books & Culture, and frequently contributes to Christianity Today.

Tracy Lee Simmons

Tracy Lee Simmons is the director of the Dow Journalism School at Hillsdale College, a program he founded. He describes himself as a literary and cultural journalist. He writes regularly for The New York Times, Washington Post, The Weekly Standard, National Review, The New Criterion, and others. He spent part of his childhood in England where he was taught Latin and Greek by reading classical texts in their original languages. He went on to receive his masters degree from Oxford. Mr. Simmons is the author of Climbing Parnassus, A New Apologia for Greek and Latin, which arose out of a challenge given to him by the late William F. Buckley, and he is currently working on two books about Thomas Jefferson.

Richard M. Gamble, PhD

Richard M. Gamble is the Anna Margaret Ross Alexander Professor of History and Political Science and Associate Professor of History at Hillsdale College. He is the author of The War for Righteousness: Progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic Nation (ISI Books, 2003) and the editor of The Great Tradition: Classical Readings on What It Means of Be an Educated Human Being (ISI Books, 2007).

Ken Myers

Ken Myers is the host and producer of the Mars Hill Audio Journal, a bimonthly audio magazine that explores the significance of major cultural trends for Christians who are striving to be in the world but not of it. He was formerly editor of The World: A Journal of Religion and Public Life, a quarterly journal whose editor-in-chief was Richard John Neuhaus and of Eternity, the Evangelical monthly magazine. For eight year, Mr. Myers was a producer and editor for National Public Radio, working much of that time as arts and humanities editor for the two news programs, Morning Edition and All Things Considered. A graduate of the University of Maryland and of Westminster Theological Seminary, Mr. Myers serves as a contributing editor for Christianity Today and has served on the Arts on Radio and Television Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts. Learn more about Mr. Myers at www.marshill.org.

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The Journal

The Journal of the Society for Classical Learning is a quarterly publication which features articles by experienced educators committed to Christ-centered classical education. It offers an opportunity for members to exchange opinions, expertise and the experiences of their schools and classrooms. Every issue includes articles focused on different areas of classical education including administration, grammar school, middle and upper school, pedagogy & philosophy, law, and real world war stories. The first three editions of The Journal are available on this website for your review under “Membership”.

Subscription to The Journal is one of the benefits of an annual membership in SCL. Join today and don’t miss our upcoming Spring 2008 edition focused on summer reading. It includes articles by Dr. Robert Littlejohn on writing and reading, Andrew Kern on teaching grammar, Christine Perrin on teaching poetry, Linda Dey on teaching literature to middle school students, and many summer reading recommendations from your fellow educators.

The Journal also welcomes submissions of 1,000 words or less on topics of interest to classical educators. Contact us for more information.

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