President Jennie Luongo, the Board of Governors and our hosts from the College of William and Mary’s Department of Classical Studies warmly invite you to Williamsburg, Virginia, for the 79th Annual American Classical League Institute. A variety of sessions and all plenaries available live will also be part of a virtual program for those that cannot attend in person. Along with the varied program offerings, attendees may enjoy what colonial Williamsburg has to offer.
The Program Committee of Dennis Dickerson, Ellen Lee, Amy Rosevear, Lindsay Sears, Shonda Tohm, Nicole Wellington, and Bryan Whitchurch welcomes proposals appealing to all levels of instruction on a wide variety of topics (listed below).
We welcome proposals for Pre-Institute workshops lasting either three or six hours through Monday, December 15, 2025. Proposals for presentations at the Institute proper, including panels, posters, workshops, round table discussions, special interest groups and affinity groups are welcome through January 11, 2026. We hope to see you all next June in Williamsburg!
The links for submitting is on the webpage:
https://www.aclclassics.org/ACL-Institute/ACL-Institute-2026
Sincerely, Mark Pearsall
Vice President for Programming and Impact American Classical League
General Topics for Institute Proposals
● Assessment and Feedback: describes formative or summative, unit level or program level assessments to provide feedback to improve performance, to measure learner progress, or to revise instruction.
● Content and Reception: emphasizes the dynamic cultural products, practices, and perspectives that underpin language learning and intercultural communication and how Latin and Greek, classical literature, and the classical world more broadly has been translated, adapted, and appropriated in eras after antiquity.
● Instructional Design: curriculum design, instruction and pedagogy including methodology, classroom practices, and innovative use of technology.
● Outreach, Equity, and Advocacy: addresses topics such as student and teacher recruitment, broadening the appeal of classics to a more diverse population, striving for equity in the classroom, developing relationships with key stakeholders, and public relations for your program as well as teacher preparation, professional development, and mentoring.