We are proud to announce that our outgoing department chair, Distinguished Professor David Blank, will be delivering the keynote address at Humanities Commencement on June 13 in Royce Hall. For…
Read MoreCongratulations to Classics PhD student Roderick Zoe, whose article “Cato’s Colonial Paradox and the Struggle over Libya’s Geography in Pharsalia 9″ has just been published in Classical Antiquity (vol. 44.2, pp. 1-27)!…
Read MoreAvalon Doherty, our own Greek and Latin major, is delivering a presentation for UCLA Undergraduate Research Week tomorrow, May 19th. She will talk about her project on recreating Lucian’s picture…
Read MoreThe Department of Classics is now searching to fill two positions for Lecturers, one to teach mainly in Greco-Roman Material Culture, the other in Ancient Greek Language and Culture. These…
Read MoreCongratulations to Rachel Morrison (PhD 2025), who has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Latin at the University of Chicago, and Zak Gram (PhD 2026), who has accepted…
Read MoreThe Department of Classics at UCLA is pleased to announce the Palevsky Scholarship in the Post-Baccalaureate Program in Classics for 2026-2027. We are offering a one-year tuition scholarship for our…
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On October 21, at a ceremony hosted by the Emeriti Faculty Association at their fall dinner, Robert Gurval was presented with UCLA’s Carole E. Goldberg Award, which recognizes “extraordinary service…
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Adriana Vazquez, Kelly Nguyen to host a conference on classical reception Oct. 9 and 10 Ashna Madni | October 7, 2025 To spark more abundant and expansive engagement with classical studies, some…
Read MoreSarah P. Morris will be giving two lectures for the Archaeological Institute of America, as the Homer and Dorothy Thompson lecturer, at Yale University and at Princeton University, as follows:…
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