ORIGINS
FUTURE
Ancient History Fellow
An ISLAND as CLASSROOM
The island of Hvar has been inhabited for at least ten thousand years. Illyrian hill forts crown its ridges. The ancient Greek colony of Pharos — founded in 385 BC — sits at the heart of the island in Stari Grad, its agricultural plain farmed today along the same grid that colonists laid down two and a half millennia ago. Older still, Mesolithic and Neolithic people have left hints of their world in caves above the sea.
This many-layered canvas is where our learners, ages two through fifteen, will explore the story of European civilization through site visits, stories, and hands-on activities. Our chronological focus in the upcoming year is the ancient world - from the deep past to the fall of the Western Roman empire.
In the fall of 2026, we are looking for a historian who is excited to explore the urgency and wonder of the distant past with children.
The Fellowship
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Role
Field Fellows join our community as a participant — enrolling your own children in the program alongside other Field School families — and as a contributing expert, mentoring our faculty on ancient history. You will be expected to contribute about one day each week of active organizing, problem-solving, and direct instruction. In addition you will want to spend time in general research and exploration of Hvar.
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Reciprocity
In return, we offer a full scholarship covering your children's tuition for the term. We aren't able to cover travel or accommodation, so this works best for families who have the flexibility — whether that's a homeschooling lifestyle, a sabbatical year, or simply the appetite for an unconventional fall.
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Storytelling
We'd love to be part of your story if this experience moves you, and we ask for one long-form piece (a podcast episode, Substack essay, or video) within 90 days of your residency, provided that it feels like a natural fit.
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Dates
The fall session runs September 7 through November 28, 2026. The spring session runs from March 13 through June 5, 2027.
THE PROJECT
Field School's 2026–27 curriculum integrates the ancient world across all of our academic subjects: Aristotle’s invention of natural science on Lesbos, the luminous reasoning of Euclid in math, the Odyssey and rhapsodic art in language, and the material anthropology of ancient clothing in our social studies class. We may even attempt to recreate ancient singing and seafaring experiences.
This Fellow will be asked to provide some limited guidance on all of these topics, helping our academic dean and teachers cut through the wealth of publications that exist across these many fields, and verifying the accuracy of the concepts that we develop.
WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
The right fellow is an affable historian — someone with expertise in the ancient Mediterranean world and a gift for making it accessible to children and curious adults. Formal academic training in Classics, archaeology, Mediterranean history, or historical anthropology is a plus, but we are also very interested in meeting independent scholars, classical homeschoolers, and social studies teachers.
An important part of this project is translating deep knowledge into hands-on experience for beginners — some as young as five — so warmth, patience, and flexibility are essential.
Learning designers in the Charlotte Mason and classical homeschool traditions, authors and storytellers working with Greek and Roman mythology, and practitioners with living history or museum education backgrounds are warmly encouraged to apply.
NOMINATE
If someone comes to mind when you read this, please share this page or send us their name and a line about why you think they'd be a good fit. If this sounds like your kind of project, we'd love to hear from you directly.
There's no formal application — just reach out to Field School Director Carolyn or book a call.
Interested in a full-time role? We are also hiring faculty.
