The Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) has awarded Randolph-Macon College classics professor Bartolo Natoli and his co-editors the 2023 Bolchazy Pedagogy Award for their book Ancient Women Writers of Greece and Rome.

The award recognizes a textbook or work primarily intended for the classroom in the field of classical studies that contains excellent quality, effective pedagogical practice and design, and potential for broad impact.

“I, along with my co-editors Angela Pitts and Judith Hallett, am truly honored that our work has received this recognition,” Natoli said. “This work is intended to raise up, celebrate, and make accessible women’s voices from the ancient world, which have far too often been muted by a variety of factors. It is my hope that this work’s recognition with the 2023 Bolchazy Pedagogy Award will serve to amplify the works of these incredible ancient authors even further.”

Ancient Women Writers of Greece and Rome features the extant writings of major female authors from the Greco-Roman world, brought together for the first time in a single volume, in both their original languages and translated into English with accompanying commentaries. It provides a valuable teaching tool for students interested in ancient literature, history, and gender studies.

In honoring Natoli and his co-editors, the CAMWS noted “these efforts ensure that students and future generations of students will more easily read and consider the writings of women within the ancient world. The volume has the potential to engage students in important conversations happening within our discipline (and within humanities in general) about gender, sex, and authority, across many centuries of the ancient world.”