The UCLA Department of Classics is pleased to announce the Summer 2023 Edition of the Newsletter. In it you’ll get the latest news on faculty and graduate student research, publications,…
Read MoreCongratulations to Professor Francesca Martelli and Professor Giulia Sissa on the publication of their new book entitled Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the Environmental Imagination. This book positions Ovid’s Metamorphoses as a foundational text…
Read MoreGraduate students in the Department of Classics had a very busy year, traveling to near and far to present their research papers. Here are each of the students’ details on…
Read MoreThis is a longer version of Prof Sarah Beckmann’s entry in the Summer 2023 Classics Department Newsletter. Greetings from Rome! It is late July, and the heat wave in southern…
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Professor John Papadopoulos and Professor Sarah Morris have edited a volume of 2 books on Ancient Methone entitled: Ancient Methone, 2003-2013: Excavations by Matthaios Besseios, Athena Athanassiadou, and Konstantinou Noulas…
Read MoreIn this interview Professor Purves discusses some of the ways she has benefited as a participant in UCLA’s Excellence in Pedagogy in the Classroom’s initiatives. Click here for more.
Read MoreWe could not be more proud of our brilliant majors, minors, and post baccalaureate students and wish them the best as they continue to pursue their individual passions and goals! …
Read MoreCongratulations to Caroline Lunt on her honors thesis, “A Cult of Their Own: Space and Identity in Literary Description of Nymph Worship,” which was selected for presentation at UCLA’s Undergraduate…
Read MoreCongratulations to the following graduate students! Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Awards (2023) Mary Anastasi, “Food for Thought: The Parasite as Intellectual in Imperial Greek Literature” (mentor: David Blank) Nicolette D’Angelo,…
Read MoreProfessor David Blank will be presenting a paper at the “Plato & Roman Philosophy” conference at the University of Toronto on Saturday June 3rd. His paper is “Philodemus on Plato…
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