Prof Richlin has co-authored an SCS blog post with University of Michigan Classics colleague Prof Bruce Frier entitled “‘Deeply rooted in history’: Teaching abortion ancient and modern in a post-Roe…
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Helen Caldwell Awards
Published: June 23, 2022Warm congratulations to Nicholas Guymon, Cindy Liu, and Dido Wang, all winners of the 2022 Helen Caldwell Award for Outstanding Major. This is the highest honor the Department of Classics…
Read MoreCongratulations, Class of 2022!
Published: June 23, 2022Congratulations to the Class of 2022 on behalf of the Classics Department! You did it! On behalf of the entire Department of Classics, we want to congratulate you on all…
Read MoreWelcome Hannah Čulík-Baird!
Published: May 12, 2022UCLA Classics is thrilled to welcome a new professor to our faculty: Dr Hannah Čulík-Baird will join the department this Fall as Associate Professor of Classics. Hannah received her PhD…
Read MoreWelcome to CPFP Fellow Julio Cesar Vega-Payne
Published: May 1, 2022We are delighted to announce that Julio Cesar Vega-Payne will be joining our Department as one of five new UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellows in 2022-23. Julio earned his PhD in…
Read MoreAndres Matlock awarded position as Assistant Professor of Classics at University of Georgia
Published: April 26, 2022We are delighted to announce that Classics PhD student Andres Matlock has accepted a tenure track position as Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Georgia. Andres received his…
Read MoreGraduate Student Conference Call for Abstracts
Published: March 17, 2022The graduate students of the Department of Classics at UCLA are happy to share a call for papers for the forthcoming graduate conference, “Knowing & Knowing Nothing: Learning, Teaching, and Apprenticeship…
Read MoreCollin Moat wins prestigious ASCSA Fellowship
Published: March 11, 2022We are delighted to announce that PhD student Collin Moat has been awarded the Thomas Day Seymour Fellowship to study at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens for…
Read MoreUCLA Classics Student textbook fund
Published: February 8, 2022With the money received from the Society for Classical Studies for Richard Ellis’ Teaching award, the Classics Department has instituted a new Textbook fund. This fund will assist students in…
Read MoreThe Classics Department Welcomes Baby Julian!
Published: August 31, 2021The department is pleased to announce that parents, Prof. Sarah Beckmann and Prof. Sam Beckelhymer, welcomed baby Julian David Beckelhymer on August 20th, 2021! Julian, who also goes by Jude,…
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