Please save the date for the 2027 Palevsky Lecture with guest speaker Julia Kindt (The University of Sydney). More details to follow.
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Verity Platt | ‘The Garland in Greco-Roman Art: An Exercise in Anthocriticism’.
Published: August 18, 2026Verity Platt will be giving a talk entitled,‘The Garland in Greco-Roman Art: An Exercise in Anthocriticism’. Location and details to come so stay tuned.
Read MoreThe Odyssey Files #1: “ ‘A complicated man’ … and complicated myths”
Published: August 6, 2026By Professor Kathryn Morgan Watching the reaction to and discussion of Christopher Nolan’s film version of the Odyssey has been fascinating. As someone who teaches classical mythology on a…
Read MoreOdyssey Book Club | July 30, 5-6 PM
Published: July 16, 2026
Join us for an online disscusion of Nolan’s film and Homer’s epic. All are welcome but an advance RSVP is required. RSVP by July 27th here.
Read MoreUndergrad Avalon Doherty presenting at UCLA Undergraduate Research Week, May 19th
Published: May 18, 2026Avalon 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 MoreSasha-Mae Eccleston | “Book Discussion – Epic Events: Classics and the Politics of Time in the United States Since 9/11”
Published: May 15, 2026
Please join us on Friday, May 22, 2026 for a talk by Sasha-Mae Eccleston entitled “Book Discussion – Epic Events: Classics and the Politics of Time in the United States…
Read MoreThe Department of Classics is now hiring two Lecturer positions
Published: April 14, 2026The 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 MoreTwo Classics PhDs awarded tenure track jobs
Published: April 8, 2026Congratulations 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 MoreJennifer Trimble | “Monuments and meanings: ancient Roman damnatio memoriae and statue destructions today”
Published: April 1, 2026
Annual UCLA Joan Palevsky Lecture Associate Professor of Classics, Standford University “Monuments and meanings: ancient Roman damnatio memoriae and statue destructions today”
Read MoreEmily Greenwood | “Audre Lorde and Plato’s Menexenus: The Master’s House and the House of Difference”
Published: April 1, 2026
The UCLA Department of Classics is pleased to present a lecture by Professor Emily Greenwood, Harvard University entitled “Audre Lorde and Plato’s Menexenus: The Master’s House and the House of…
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