The Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) is an international organisation which aims to promote the advancement of the study of ancient Greece and Rome, and their related fields.[1] The organisation was established in 1966.[2] The current senior executive team includes Associate Professors Anne Mackay (President), Kathryn Welch (Secretary) and Tom Stevenson (Vice-President), and Dr Alison Griffith (Vice-President), and Mr William Dolley (Treasurer).[3]
ASCS has published the peer-reviewed academic journal, Antichthon, annually since 1967.[4] The current editors are professors Han Baltussen and Arthur Pomeroy.[5] The journal focuses on Greece and Rome, but also accepts research on the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean from the beginnings of civilisation to the Early Middle Ages.[6] Antichthon offers articles on topics relating to the languages, literature, thought, history and archaeology of the ancient world.[6]
ASCS holds an annual conference for both academics and postgraduate students in Classical Studies, Ancient History, Latin and Greek.[7] The 2017 conference is the thirty-eighth conference held by ASCS.[8] In the past, the conference has attracted as many as 160 attendees and 140 presenters.[9]