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Classics Club goes to the Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies
The Classics Club recently visited to the Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies, and everyone had a great time! Wendy Watkins had a great selection of squeezes out for us to…

Congratulations, Dr. Craig Jendza!
Craig Jendza successfully defended his dissertation, "Euripidean Paracomedy" on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. Professor Tom Hawkins served as his advisor and Professors Fritz Graf and Dana…

Spring-Autumn 2013: Graduate Student Accomplishments
Kelly Dugan gave a paper on “A Generative Approach to Homeric Enjambment: Benefits and Drawbacks” at the 10th Annual MLK Day Linguistics Symposium at OSU (January 20, 2013).
Hanne Eisenfeld…

Dissertations completed during Summer 2013
During Summer 2013, the following students graduated with a Ph.D. from our Department:
Gabriel Fuchs on "Renaissance receptions of Ovid's Tristia" (Advisor: Frank Coulson)
Samuel…

Michael Jean has been awarded a Mellon Fellowship at the Vatican Film Library in St. Louis
Michael Jean has been awarded a Mellon Fellowship at the Vatican Film Library in St. Louis to research Vatican manuscripts of Pomponio Leto's commentary on Ovid's Fasti. Leto was an…

2013 Scholarships and Awards
The Department of Classics is thrilled to announce this year’s scholarships and awards made available by its generous supporters.
Undergraduate StudentsThe Undergraduate Award of Excellence…

Denman Undergrad Research Forum
Two of our Classics majors participated in the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum on March 28, 2013.
The Denman Undergraduate Research Forum was created in 1996 and is a cooperative…

IN MEMORIAM: Emeritus Professor Charles Luther Babcock
Professor Charles Babcock came to Ohio State in 1966; serving as chair of the Department of Classics and first dean of the College of Humanities. He received numerous awards from Ohio State,…

New Professor of Greek
The Department of Classics extends a warm welcome to J. Albert ‘Bert’ Harrill, who joins our ranks as our new full professor of Greek and Latin this Autumn Semester. Professor Harrill is the…