Antiquity

History of the Near East and the Mediterranean world, including Egypt, prior to the concept of Europe as distinct from Africa and Asia (which arose in the fourth or fifth century AD).

Resources in this category:

The Association for Ancient Historians
http://www.trentu.ca/ahc/aah/welcome.shtml

'The AAH is the largest organization in North America that is devoted exclusively to promoting teaching and scholarship in ancient history...AAH works with individual universities to organize annual meetings that provide an opportunity to present and discussresearch in the field. The AAH informs its members through a regular newsletter, sponsors the publication of a series of monographs , has published a volume of collected essays, and has organized summer institutes for college teachers under the sponsorship of the National Endowment for the Humanities." This site contains information on membership, annual meetings, a directory of US ancient historians, and electronic resources.

The Society of Ancient Military Historians
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rrice/samh.html

"The Society of Ancient Military Historians is an organization dedicated to the promotion of the study of warfare in the Ancient World. Members sponsor and contribute to the publication of our newsletter, Res Militares. Our leadership works with and within the American Philological Association to arrange contact between our members and within the larger academic community." This Web site includes contact information and links to related sites of interest.

The Women's Classical Caucus
http://www.wccaucus.org/

This organization, founded in 1972, seeks to foster feminist and gender-informed perspectives in the study and teaching of all aspects of ancient Mediterranean cultures, particularly the study of women in classical antiquity."