Justin Hadad ’21, who was a double major in Applied Physics & Economics, and a Latin minor who co-founded a website on the Latin poet Propertius and did a summer research project that involved the American Academy in Rome, has … Read more
The Department mourns the passing of our dear friend and colleague Kenneth J. Reckford, Kenan Professor of Classics Emeritus, at the age of 88. Kenneth taught at UNC-Chapel Hill from 1960-2003 and left an indelible mark on the Department and … Read more
Kenneth J. Reckford offers a feast for mind and spirit By Philip Stadter in the Fall 2002 Department newsletter Tabulae. In forty-three years of teaching at Chapel Hill, Prof. Kenneth Reckford has always delighted students and friends with his endless … Read more
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Classics Undergraduate Prizes and Awards Spring 2022 PRIZE COMPETITIONS IN LATIN AND GREEK THE HERINGTON PRIZE IN GREEK & LATIN— The Herington Greek and Latin Poetry Prizes, established in 1999 by … Read more
DATE CHANGE: Joe Goodkin, “Blues of Achilles” Wednesday, October 20th An Adaptation of the Iliad in Song. Join us for a live performance of Joe Goodkin’s original composition, a retelling of Homer’s Iliad in seventeen songs: “The Blues of Achilles.” … Read more
The Classics department is pleased to announce a virtual workshop, organized as part of Professor Jen Gates-Foster’s collaboration with the ERC-funded Desert Networks Project. The purpose of this workshop is to create an analytical framework for understanding the complex and … Read more
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) … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more