Professor Kathryn Morgan will deliver a lecture entitled “Plato and the Historical Imagination,” on Friday, April 28 at the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. The lecture…
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Professor David Blank delivers lecture for the UC Cooperation in Ancient Philosophy
Published: April 18, 2023The inaugural lecture series of the UC Cooperation in Ancient Philosophy (UC-CAP) continues with a talk by Professor David Blank (UCLA). The topic of his lecture is Philodemus’ critique of…
Read MoreAdriana Vazquez delivers a talk at UC Davis on April 13
Published: April 12, 2023Professor Adriana Vazquez will deliver a lecture entitled De Bello Brasilico: Lusophone Epic and Poetic Potentialities on Thursday, April 13 at UC Davis’ Department of Classics. Abstract: The neoclassical poetic…
Read MoreBryant Kirkland is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
Published: April 11, 2023We are delighted to announce that Professor Bryant Kirkland has received tenure at UCLA and wish him many congratulations!
Read MoreProfessor Alex Purves receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Published: April 7, 2023We are happy and excited to announce that Professor and Chair of the Department Alex Purves has been named a Guggenheim Fellow for 2023! Alex Purves studies ancient Greek poetry…
Read MoreProfessors Sarah Morris and John Papadopoulos deliver seminars at the Scuola Normale in Pisa
Published: April 7, 2023On April 13-14 John Papadopoulous and Sarah Morris will deliver seminars at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa on the topics of, respectively, Framing Victory: Salamis, the Athenian Acropolis…
Read MoreDr. Kelly Nguyen joins UCLA Classics
Published: April 5, 2023We are delighted to report that Kelly Nguyen has recently accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Classics at UCLA, beginning July 1, 2023. Dr. Nguyen is currently an IDEAL…
Read MoreKathryn Morgan responds to recent book on Plato’s Charmides
Published: April 5, 2023Professor Kathryn Morgan will be speaking on April 8 at a Book Symposium Panel at the 2023 American Philosophical Association Pacific Division meeting in San Francisco, offering a reaction to…
Read MoreProf Zenios co-curates exhibition on Greek poet Dionysios Solomos in Athens
Published: March 28, 2023Dr. Simos Zenios has co-curated the exhibition “Dionysios Solomos… two flames… Manolis Charos,” which is opening on March 28th at the Gennadius Library at the American School of Classical Studies…
Read MoreSarah Morris | The North Aegean from Homer to Philip II: Migration and Relocation at Methone from Prehistory to 1923
Published: March 27, 2023Join Professor Sarah Morris as she examines the archaeological record for the diachronic history of an ancient site in “The North Aegean from Homer to Philip II: Migration and Relocation…
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