Faculty in the News: Prof. Judith Hallett's Book Wins Award

Prof. Hallett's book wins the 2023 Bolchazy Pedagogy Award.

The Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) awarded Prof. Emerita Judith Hallett, and her co-editors Bartolo Natoli (Randolph-Macon College) and Angela Pitts (University of Mary Washington), the 2023 Bolchazy Pedagogy Award for their book Ancient Women Writers of Greece and Rome (Routledge, 2022).

This award recognizes distinguished works of pedagogy — including textbooks, handbooks, anthologies or other works primarily intended for the classroom in the field of classical studies — published by CAMWS members in the past three years.

The Book Award Subcommittee praised Prof. Hallett's book as "an excellent, affordable, and accessible sourcebook" that provides "clear, concise, and much-needed introductory commentaries for a wide selection of ancient Greek and Latin texts written by women authors in the ancient Mediterranean world." They also added that "the book incorporates more than the literary tradition by tapping into epigraphic sources, like the Vindolanda tablets, allowing the reader to learn also about marginalized segments of Greek and Roman literary society. Some of the texts and authors that this book includes are difficult to find in extant teaching resources (e.g. Moero of Byzantium), and the co-authors present all the material in a nicely edited and accessible format. These efforts ensure that students and future generations of students will more easily read and consider the writings of women within the ancient world.”

Congratulations to Prof. Hallett on her award!