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…
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CANCELLED: 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, 2023Our 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…
Read MoreRubina Raja | Urban Culture in the Syrian Desert: New research on Palmyra
Published: December 14, 2023Kelly Nguyen to give lecture entitled “Lý Thu Hô’s Printemps Inachevé: Classical Traditions and Feminist Epistemologies” at Ho Chi Minh City University of Education
Published: December 14, 2023Professor Kelly Nguyen will be giving a lecture entitled “Lý Thu Hô’s Printemps Inachevé: Classical Traditions and Feminist Epistemologies” at Ho Chi Minh City University of Education in Vietnam on January…
Read MoreGraduate Student Rachel Morrison awarded the 2023 Erich S. Gruen Prize
Published: December 13, 2023Department of Classics graduate student Rachel Morrison is the winner of the 2023 Erich S. Gruen Prize for her paper: “‘Was Terence a Gentleman?’ Terence the Freedman, An American Comedy.”…
Read MoreProfessor Emeritus Robert Gurval featured video highlights stories from the early years of Westwood
Published: December 7, 2023Since 2018, Robert Gurval, associate professor emeritus in the UCLA Department of Classics, has taught a course and led walking tours on UCLA’s early history and architecture. As we celebrate the…
Read MoreProf. Kirkland wins Goodwin Award of Merit
Published: November 13, 2023The UCLA Dept. of Classics heartily congratulates Dr. Bryant Kirkland, Associate Professor of Classics, on the news that his book Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature is one of this year’s three…
Read MoreVinzenz Brinkmann and Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann | Filling The Gap: New Considerations of the East Pediment of the Athenian Parthenon
Published: October 10, 2023Filling The Gap: New Considerations of the East Pediment of the Athenian Parthenon From the ancient writer Pausanias, we learn that the east pediment of the Athenian Parthenon depicted the…
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