The Daily Tar Heel reports on The Greek Tragedy in the Community project, being spear-headed by Michael Vazques (Philosophy/Parr Center) and artistically directed by Kari Lindquist (PhD candidate in Music). A collaboration with Maynard Adams Fellow Kari Lindquist, Department of Music, … Read more

Al Duncan discusses his work on the ancient theater with UNC College of Arts and Sciences. Unpacking the nuances of ancient Greek and Roman theater – College of Arts and Sciences (unc.edu)    

Emily Baragwanath gave a paper entitled ‘Clio’s challenge to Melpomene: Female Agency and Family (Dys)function in Herodotus’ at Clio and her Elder Sisters, a symposium in honour of Richard Rutherford, organized by Anna Clark and Bruno Currie. The colloquium took … Read more

Suzanne Lye was awarded a Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders award, funded by the Mellon Foundation through the Institute for Citizens and Scholars. The Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders (MEFL) supports early-career scholars by providing resources that encourage the development of academic … Read more

In Fall 2022, Professor Hérica Valladares will be the Esther Van Deman Scholar in Residence at the American Academy in Rome. Each year the American Academy in Rome, one of the oldest US overseas centers for independent work in the … Read more

Philip A. Stadter November 29, 1936 – February 11, 2021 In Memoriam Philip A. Stadter, a leading figure in the study of Greek historiography and biography whose scholarship, influence and friendships extended around the world during his over forty years … Read more

Jim O’Hara, George L. Paddison Professor of Latin at UNC, has been named President-elect of the Vergilian Society, and will serve in that position for a year before taking over as President for 2017-2019. The Vergilian Society, founded in 1937 … Read more

Donald Haggis was appointed Elizabeth A. Whitehead Visiting Professor at the American School of Classical Studies  in Athens (ASCSA), for the academic year 2015-2016, by vote of the Managing Committee of the School in January at the Annual Meetings of … Read more

Harvard’s Center for Helenic Studies has published William C. West’s study of Greek public monuments on its open-access portal. Greek Public Monuments of the Persian Wars is a catalog of the public monuments fifth-century Greeks erected to commemorate the wars. Prof. West originally … Read more

In August, former students and colleagues gathered at the Sienna Hotel to celebrate the 80th birthday of Jerzy Linderski, Paddison Professor of Latin Emeritus. The event was organized by three of Prof. Linderki’s dissertation advisees, Tim Moore, PhD ’86; Hans … Read more