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The UCLA Department of Classics is one of three Humanities departments at UCLA ranked in the top ten nationally in the last National Research Council report. Classics forms the foundation for the Humanities. Philology, philosophy, government (including democracy), the theater, linguistics, archaeology, literary theory and many other fields have their origins in the Classics. The UCLA Department of Classics has a robust undergraduate and graduate program. Each year we teach an average of 2,000 undergraduate students various aspects of Greek and Roman culture, literature, philology, archaeology, and history. We have a dedicated and diverse faculty of scholars and teachers,...
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Faculty Bookshelf
Congratulations to Professor Kelly Nguyen, whose book Critical Classicality in Vietnam and the Diaspora, has just been published by Oxford University Press
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Lydia Spielberg is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
The Department is proud to announce the promotion of Lydia Spielberg to the role of Associate Professor with tenure. Professor Spielberg joined the department in 2018 and...
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Bryan William Lockett (1974–2025)
The Classics Department was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Bryan Lockett from complications of Multiple Sclerosis. Bryan was a vibrant presence as a graduate...
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