Of the twenty-four faculty members and teaching assistants selected for University teaching awards this spring, three find their home in the Department of Classics.  Professor Jennifer Gates-Foster received a Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching; Professor-emeritus William Race won … Read more

Assistant Professor Jennifer Gates-Foster is the co-director and ceramicist for the Omrit Settlement Excavation Project at Horvat Omrit.  Her work at the project in summer 2016 was supported by a Harris Grant from the American Schools of Oriental Research.  Read … Read more

Congratulations to Mary Sturgeon, Professor Emerita, Department of Art, affiliated faculty in Classics and the Curriculum of Archaeology, on being named one of 2017’s two recipients of the Aristeia Award for Distinguished Almuni/ae of the American School of Classical Studies … Read more

Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 Annual Herington Competition! Jessica Carter – Herington Prize in Greek Evan Colby – Herington Prize in Latin The Herington Greek and Latin Poetry Prizes, established in 1999 by Maynard and Florence Mack in … Read more

Cicek Beeby, graduate student in Classical Archaeology, is highlighted in the Fall 2016 edition of the Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine.  The article, “A teacher digs deeper” can be found on the magazine’s website here.  The piece spotlights Cicek’s role … Read more

The Department of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been authorized to search for a distinguished colleague to join the Department as George L. Paddison Professor of Classics, with a specialization in Greek poetry.  This … Read more

The Azoria Project is conducting its final full-scale excavation season in May-July 2017, and seeks student volunteers to participate as trench assistants.  The program trains students in problems, methods, and research practices in Mediterranean and Aegean archaeology by providing them … Read more

2015-16 brought a bumper crop of new PhDs, and we are very pleased to report that many of them have done well in a very difficult job market: Erika Weiberg will be starting as tenure-track Assistant Professor at Florida State … Read more

On Saturday, May 28th, former students gathered in Murphey Hall to honor Peter M. Smith, Associate Professor Emeritus.  The colloquium celebrated the publication of a Festschrift for Professor Smith, edited by Arum Park and entitled Resemblance and Reality in Greek … Read more

The Department of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host a colloquium titled “Resemblance and Reality in Greek Thought” to celebrate the teaching and scholarship of Associate Professor Emeritus Peter M. Smith, and the publication of … Read more