Courses
Fall 2023
CLASSIC 250 – Topics in Greek and Roman Culture and Literature: Queer Classics
Instructor(s): Ella Haselswerdt. Whether taken as descriptive of set of methodologies or as imperative rallying cry, topic of queer classics has asserted itself as significant force in field over past several years. Tension between two terms–former a broad rubric for non-normativity typically, though not exclusively, inflected through sexuality, desire, and body; latter referring to (traditionally) backwards-looking, valorizing, strictly defined discipline–has generated new ways of thinking and feeling with and through (dis)junctures between antiquity, present, and future. Study interrogates history of current inflection point while it simultaneously attempts to chart new ways forward. Objects of study drawn from primary textual sources in Greek and Latin, material evidence, reception (broadly construed) from antiquity to present in any medium, recent scholarship, queer theory, and other methodologies that are found to be generative. Participants collaborate in setting agenda.
CLASSIC 252 – Topography and Monuments of Athens
Instructor(s): John Papadopoulos. Detailed studies in topography and monuments of Athens, combining evidence of literature, inscriptions, and actual remains.
LATIN 200C – History of Latin Literature
Instructor(s): Francesca Martelli. Lectures on history of Latin literature, supplemented by reading of Latin texts in original language. May be taken independently for credit.
GREEK 226 – Imperial Greek Literature
Instructor(s): David Blank. Seminar, three hours. Study of Greek literature of Roman Empire with attention to various authors, genres, and themes.
GREEK 229 – Strengthening Greek
Instructor(s): Bryant Kirkland. Seminar, three hours. Grammar review, vocabulary development, and translation skills practice in reading ancient Greek texts across variety of genres and periods.
CLASSICS 375 – Teaching Practicum
Instructor(s): Zachary Borst, John Papadopoulos, Tassos Boulmetis, Sam Beckelhymer. Teaching apprenticeship under active guidance and supervision of regular faculty member responsible for curriculum and instruction at UCLA.
Spring 2023
CLASSIC 220A – Transmission of Roman Literature
Instructor(s): Hannah Čulik-Baird
Examination of transmission of Latin classical literature in late antiquity, Middle Ages, and Renaissance to understand processes by which Latin literature has been preserved.
CLASSIC 375 – Teaching Practicum
Instructor(s): Adriana Vazquez, Chris Johanson, Richard Ellis, Bryant Kirkland.
Teaching apprenticeship under active guidance and supervision of regular faculty member responsible for curriculum and instruction at UCLA.
CLASSIC 495 – Teaching Classics
Instructor(s): Jasmine Akiyama-Kim, Bryant Kirkland
Seminar/workshop in various pedagogical issues and strategies in preparation for teaching classical civilization, Greek, and/or Latin undergraduate courses. Readings and group discussions in topics related to teaching in field of classics.
GREEK 200A – History of Greek Literature
Instructor(s): Kathryn Morgan
Lectures on history of Greek literature, supplemented by reading of Greek texts in original language.
GREEK 240A – History of Greek Literature
Instructor(s): Brent Vine
Linguistic history of classical Greek.
LATIN 210 – Advanced Prose Composition
Instructor(s): Lydia Spielberg