Professor Patricia Rosenmeyer will present a lecture on Latin epistolography for the Mahindra Center Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome at Harvard University on September 29, 2021. This talk explores how Roman letter writers (Cicero, Seneca, Ovid) … Continued

Abstract: In 2020, during excavations in the Wadi al-Ghozza in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, archaeologists from the French Archaeological Mission to the Eastern Desert of Egypt discovered a well-preserved Flavian praesidium. This small and unusually shaped fort, identified in … Continued

20 June 2021 The Board of Trustees The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Dear Members of the Board of Trustees: The Classics Department adds its voice to the faculty consensus rising in protest of recent actions and failure … Continued

The Classics Department congratulates all 2020 and 2021 department graduates! To recognize and celebrate the students’ achievements, the department hosted a virtual graduation ceremony on May 16. We wish you well on your journey after graduation. Read more about the … Continued

Congratulations to our 2020-2021 departmental award winners! You can view the prize recipients for the following awards on the Undergraduate Prize Winners page and the Graduate Prize Winners page. The department offers two scholarships in Ancient Greek. The Epps Prize in Greek Studies awards … Continued

Grace Miller, graduating senior, class of 2021 (Combined Latin and Greek Classics major with a Latin Emphasis), is interested in ancient drama, more specifically Greek tragedy and Roman Comedy, and in the portrayal of subaltern life in antiquity. Grace’s interest … Continued

In collaboration with Professor Vered Lev Kenaan (Comparative Literature, Haifa University), Professor Patricia Rosenmeyer has organized an international workshop on “Modern Jewish Receptions of Classical Antiquity” on May 18-20, 2021. The 14 presentations cover a wide range of texts within … Continued

Suzanne Lye has received a Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellowship for 2021-22 to support a leave to work on the monograph, To Starve and To Curse: Women’s Anger in Ancient Greek Literature and Magic, an exploration of ways in which … Continued

Professor James was one of 17 outstanding University faculty members selected from across the UNC System by the UNC Board of Governors, to receive the 2021 Awards for Excellence in Teaching. The recipients, who represent all 16 of North Carolina’s … Continued

Suzanne Lye has received a Fellowship in Hellenic Studies from the Center for Hellenic Studies (Harvard University), to be used in support of work on her second book project, To Starve and To Curse: Women’s Anger in Ancient Greek Literature … Continued