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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

In collaboration with Professor Anna Peterson (Penn State University), Professor Janet Downie presents Greek Literary Topographies in the Roman Imperial World, an international workshop on the relationship between lived space, society, and power and its depiction in literature. The meeting … Read more

Kim Miles, Student Services Manager in the Department of Classics, has received the Excellence in Graduate Student Services Manager Award from the Graduate School and the Graduate and Professional Student Federation (GPSF). This award is given to recognize noteworthy support … Read more

Danise Wu has been awarded the Manson A. Stewart Undergraduate Award from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) for 2021. This highly competitive prize recognizes significant academic achievement and potential in fields of Classical Studies. Annually, … Read more

Professor Suzanne Lye presents “Hidden Women and Authorial Commentary: The Poetics of the Pause in Ancient Underworld Scenes” at the Columbia University Department of Classics, Classics Colloquium. Hidden Women and Authorial Commentary: The Poetics of the Pause in Ancient Underworld … Read more

Jen Gates-Foster will present “Dispatches from B’ir Samut: Blemmyes, Trogodytes and the new textual and archaeological evidence for the indigenous peoples of the Egyptian Eastern Desert in the third century BCE,” at the Archaeology Center at Stanford University, Wednesday, March … Read more