In Memory of Sharon James by T. H. M. Gellar-Goad (Ph.D. ’12), Christopher B. Polt (Ph.D. ’10), and Serena S. Witzke (Ph.D. ’14) Sharon L. James, Professor of Classics at UNC-Chapel Hill, passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2023. To … Read more
Sharon Lynn James January 2, 1960 – December 28, 2023 In Memoriam The Department of Classics at UNC-Chapel Hill announces with the utmost sadness that our colleague Sharon James died Thursday, December 28. She passed away peacefully at home with her husband Corry … Read more
PhD student Kelly McArdle has a new column published in online journal Eidolon. Eidolon describes itself as “making the classics political and personal, feminist and fun.” It publishes pieces about the ancient and modern world, pedagogy, pop culture, culture only classicists care … Read more
The Herington Greek and Latin Poetry Prizes, established in 1999 by Maynard and Florence Mack in memory of John Herington, are awarded for the best oral performance of assigned passages of Greek and Latin poetry. There are two cash … Read more
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