The Department of Classics engages in teaching and researching the civilization of the ancient Greek and Roman world in its broadest sense, from the Bronze Age Aegean to the transmission of classical literature in the Middle Ages and beyond. Our primary focus is the language, literature, art, and archaeology of the ancient Greeks and Romans, but our reach extends to all aspects of their culture as well as to related civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean world.
Our field is inherently interdisciplinary, and we draw on a range of approaches in order to understand the diversity of these civilizations and to explore the varied ways in which people in later periods, including our own, have found them meaningful. Some of our graduates pursue advanced study in classics and related academic fields, while others go on to professional schools as well as a variety of careers in the public and private sectors.
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Graduate Students of Fall 2022
Welcome back everyone! We look forward to having a great semester with all of you.
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Classics majors Emily Rose Bratt, Jenna Rae D’Amico, and Arjun Charles Guidroz to be initiated into the Alpha of North Carolina Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Emily is a junior majoring in Classics, concentrating in Greek and Latin. Her academic interests include Augustan poetry and gender, sexuality, and class in antiquity. She is currently the president of Eta Sigma Phi. Jenna is … Continued
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Faculty Tea Talk Series: Emily Baragwanath, “Supplanting Pandora: Xenophon on Mothers” (Monday, April 11, 1:20 pm)
Monday, April 11, 1:20 pm (MU 104 with Zoom feed, link below) Professor Emily Baragwanath will present as part of our Faculty Tea Talk Series: “Supplanting Pandora: Xenophon on Mothers” This paper addresses Xenophon’s strategies for disarming the negative emotions … Continued