Spring 2024 Class Photo (not all students present in the photograph) In Spring 2024, Prof. Kelly Nguyen designed and taught the first course ever to focus specifically on Asian and Asian…
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CANCELLED: Alex Walthall | A City in Transition: Reflections on Recent Investigations at Morgantina (Sicily)
Published: April 19, 2024![](https://classics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Alex-Walthall-flyer-640x430.png)
This lecture planned for Monday, May 13th has been cancelled. A City in Transition: Reflections on Recent Investigations at Morgantina (Sicily) This talk highlights the results of recent excavations carried…
Read MoreNandini Pandey | “The Colorblindness Gap: From Roman Diversity Beyond Affirmative Action?”
Published: April 4, 2024![](https://classics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-Palevsky-Nandini-Pandey-640x430.png)
Annual UCLA Joan Palevsky Lecture Professor Nandini Pandey, Johns Hopkins University “The Colorblindness Gap: From Roman Diversity Beyond Affirmative Action?“
Read MoreAlex Dressler | The Way and Its Poor: Bareness of Life in Roman Aesthetic Theory
Published: March 14, 2024![](https://classics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/848CCC99-8546-456E-A6DF-A5393F80132F-628x430.jpeg)
The UCLA Department of Classics presents a talk by Alex Dressler (University of Wisconsin-Madison) on Thursday, April 4 at 4:00 PM. The lecture entitled “The Way and Its Poor: Bareness of…
Read MoreRichard Hunter | “Plutarch and the History of Greek Poetry”
Published: February 26, 2024![](https://classics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Richard-Hunter-flyer-1-640x430.png)
Please join us for a talk by Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge) entitled “Plutarch and the History of Greek Poetry” on Monday, March 4 at 5 PM in Dodd 248. Reception to follow. All…
Read MoreAnthony Kaldellis | Who Invented the “Modern Greeks,” and Why?
Published: February 20, 2024![](https://classics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/329053B2-80FF-4247-B814-55614169A235-555x430.jpeg)
The UCLA Department of Classics and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture present a Reception of Hellenic Culture Lecture Series featuring Anthony Kaldellis (University of Chicago) on Tuesday, March 12…
Read MoreAndreas Schachner | “A New Look at an Ancient City: An Outline of the Development of Hattusha during the 2nd Millennium BC”
Published: February 16, 2024![](https://classics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/8853AABD-7ED0-4E1E-AB0C-E6ABA48E1938-556x430.jpeg)
Please join us on Monday, February 26 at 5 PM for Prof. Dr. Andreas Schachner (German Archaeological Institute, Istanbul, and University of Würzburg, Germany) for his talk entitled “A New Look at an Ancient…
Read MoreCANCELLED: International Conference on “Plato and Lyric Poetry” Change of venue: May 10 – May 11 Dodd Hall 248
Published: February 2, 2024At the urging of the faculty of the UCLA Classics department, and in light of the situation on campus, the conference on Plato and Lyric has been cancelled. Conference Schedule:…
Read MoreHannah Čulík-Baird publishes new article “The Image of the Slave in Cicero’s Catilinarians.”
Published: December 20, 2023Professor Hannah Čulík-Baird has a new published article “The Image of the Slave in Cicero’s Catilinarians.” Rhetorica 41.4, pp385-411. Abstract: “Are we not condemned to live in our exposure to…
Read MoreUCLA Dept of Classics alumna Irene Han has published her book, Plato and the metaphysical feminine: one hundred and one night
Published: December 15, 2023![](https://classics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/36F1D828-85D9-4584-B39D-B1A477D03CE4_4_5005_c-339x430.jpeg)
Our own Irene Han (PhD UCLA 2017, now teaching at NYU-Gallatin) has published her book, the fruit of lengthy contemplation: Congratulations, Irene! Entitled Plato and the metaphysical feminine: one hundred…
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