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Barbara and Sheldon Pinchuk Arts Community Outreach Grant

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…

Shroud showing the deceased between Osiris and Anubis. Painting on Linen. Ptolemaic Egypt, 180 BCE. Aegyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany

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…

Kathryn Caliva

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…

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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…

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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…

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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 Excellence

Grace Rhodes for her paper, "Theseus and Heracles: Their…

Quinn Griffin

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…

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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…

Carol Merriam

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…