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Professor Richard Fletcher awarded funds from the Barbara and Sheldon Pinchuk Arts Community Outreach Grant
Professor Richard Fletcher has been awarded funds from the Barbara and Sheldon Pinchuk Arts Community Outreach Grant to work with K-12 children and bring them in for…

The Ancient World wins Big in recent Discovery Theme Competition
Members of the Department of Classics and scholars of the ancient world more generally have won ample support for four projects in the most recent round of the University's…

Katie Caliva, winner of the 2016 Robert L. and Phyllis J. Iles Award for Graduate Study of Myth
Katie Caliva, winner of the Robert L. and Phyllis J. Iles Award for Graduate Study of Myth, was awarded $2300 to conduct research on her project, "Speech Acts and Embedded…

Congratulations, Dr. Chris Erlinger!
Chris Erlinger successfully defended his dissertation, "How Eunuchs Work: Eunuchs as a Narrative Device in Greek and Roman Literature" on Thursday, July 14. Benjamin Acosta-Hughes and…

William Little receives Nicholas G. Howe Grant
Congratulations to Classics graduate student William Little who received a Nicholas Howe Grant from the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies to fund his enrollment in the Greek…

Recipients of the 2016 Department of Classics Scholarships and Awards
Congratulations to this year's winners of the Department of Classics Scholarships and Awards!
Undergraduate Award of ExcellenceGrace Rhodes for her paper, "Theseus and Heracles: Their…

Congratulations, Dr. Quinn Griffin!
Quinn Griffin successfully defended her dissertation, "Embodying Diotima: Classical Exempla and the Learned Lady” on Tuesday, April 12. Frank Coulson served as her advisor and Richard…

Congratulations, Dr. Aaron Palmore!
Aaron Palmore successfully defended his dissertation, "Desire Interrupted: Erotics, Politics, and Poetics in Horace, Odes 4” on Monday, April 11. William Batstone served as his…

Alumna Carol U. Merriam appointed to a five year term as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University
Carol U. Merriam, PhD ’93, has been appointed to a five year term as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Carol defended her…