Congratulations to Jasmine Akiyama-Kim, who has been awarded the Classics Department Citation for Teaching Excellence 2023! Jasmine has been an outstanding teacher for the department and an invaluable co-teacher of…
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Classics Department Commencement Celebration
Published: May 3, 2023Please join us in celebrating our graduating majors and minors! This event precedes the Hum II commencement ceremony in Royce. More details to follow.
Read MoreRoundtable organized by Giulia Sissa | Aristotle: Forever After?
Published: April 26, 2023Professor Giulia Sissa’s roundtable entitled: Aristotle: Forever After? will be held on Monday, May 1st from 12:00 PM to 3: 00 PM. This event will be in-person and online. All…
Read MoreBryant Kirkland is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
Published: April 11, 2023We are delighted to announce that Professor Bryant Kirkland has received tenure at UCLA and wish him many congratulations!
Read MoreBook Sale
Published: April 8, 2023
Please join us for our Annual Classics Book Sale on the second floor of Dodd, Monday April 17th!
Read MoreProfessor Alex Purves receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Published: April 7, 2023We are happy and excited to announce that Professor and Chair of the Department Alex Purves has been named a Guggenheim Fellow for 2023! Alex Purves studies ancient Greek poetry…
Read MoreProfessors Sarah Morris and John Papadopoulos deliver seminars at the Scuola Normale in Pisa
Published: April 7, 2023On April 13-14 John Papadopoulous and Sarah Morris will deliver seminars at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa on the topics of, respectively, Framing Victory: Salamis, the Athenian Acropolis…
Read MoreDr. Kelly Nguyen joins UCLA Classics
Published: April 5, 2023We are delighted to report that Kelly Nguyen has recently accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Classics at UCLA, beginning July 1, 2023. Dr. Nguyen is currently an IDEAL…
Read MoreKathryn Morgan responds to recent book on Plato’s Charmides
Published: April 5, 2023Professor Kathryn Morgan will be speaking on April 8 at a Book Symposium Panel at the 2023 American Philosophical Association Pacific Division meeting in San Francisco, offering a reaction to…
Read MoreProf Zenios co-curates exhibition on Greek poet Dionysios Solomos in Athens
Published: March 28, 2023Dr. Simos Zenios has co-curated the exhibition “Dionysios Solomos… two flames… Manolis Charos,” which is opening on March 28th at the Gennadius Library at the American School of Classical Studies…
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