Welcome to the electronic home of the Texas Classical Association. TCA is an organization for teachers and future teachers of the classics in Texas at all levels, from the elementary school through the university. For more information, please visit our What is TCA? page.
2012 Spring Scholarships
Applications for our spring scholarships are due May 4th. These are the TSJCL Lourania Miller & Gareth Morgan Scholarship Application, the TCA Professional Scholarship, and the Doris Kays Professional Development Scholarship for Future and New Teachers. You can find out more and download the applications on the scholarships page. Please apply!
2012 Fall Conference and Call for Papers
The annual meeting of the Texas Classical Association will be held in Austin at the AT&T Conference Center adjoining the University of Texas campus the weekend of November 2-3, 2012. We are very pleased to announce that our keynote speaker for the conference will be Dr. Gregory Bucher, Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at Creighton University and former Andrew W. Mellon Professor in Charge and Managing Committee member of the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome. His presentation on Saturday is entitled "The Anecdotal Caesar" and he will also be giving a talk entitled "A Complex Oedipus: The Tragedy of Edward Morbius" on Friday afternoon.
We welcome proposals for papers and presentations to be given at the TCA annual conference. Papers are typically about 20-25 minutes long. Topics from all areas of Classical scholarship and pedagogy are sought. Please send an abstract of no more than one page to Professor Patricia Rawlins, TCA President, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750236, Dallas TX 75275-0236 by Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Additionally, please include a list of any equipment you will need with your proposal and your contact information. Submissions may be made by mail or email (prawlins@smu.edu). Presenters will be notified by mid June; presenters will have their conference fee waived.