November 9, 2023: Classical Speaker Series
Thomas Strunk, Xavier University, "The Lives of Cato Uticensis: Philosopher, Traitor, Republican."
News Archive (2018-2023)
October 19, 2023: Classical Studies Speaker Series
Lisa Nevett, University of Michigan, "Towards a Study of Identity: Late Classical Olynthos (Greece) and Beyond."
September 28, 2023: Classical Speaker Series
Nancy Worman, Barnard College and Columbia University, "Tempo and Form in Sappho, Swinburne, and Thom Gunn."
Classical Studies Speaker Series 2023-2024
Classical Studies Speaker Series 2023-2024
Classical Studies Awards Ceremony
Congratulations to our recent graduates and award winners!
Congratulations to Professor Kenny Draper for winning the 2023 Trustees Teaching Award!
Congratulations to Professor Kenny Draper, who has won a 2023 Trustees Teaching Award in the competition among faculty in small departments at the College.
April 20, 2023: Classical Speaker Series
Dr. Rachel Kousser, City University of New York, "Cultural Heritage in Wartime: Alexander the Great as a Creator, Destroyer, and Rebuilder of Monuments."
March 30, 2023: Classical Speaker Series
Dr. Dean Hammer, Franklin and Marshall, "Citizen Bodies: Gladiators, Bare-Knuckle Boxers, and the Fight for Identity."
Lindsey Mazurek awarded the Collaborative Research Award
Congratulations to Linni Mazurek, who has won a Collaborative Research Award from Indiana University’s Institute for Advanced Study!
March 23, 2023: Classical Studies Speaker Series
March 23, 2023: Classical Studies Speaker SeriesDr. Pauline LeVen, Yale University"The Matter of Tragedy: Reading with Water"Time: 4:30pmLocation: ZoomContact Bill Beck (rb14@iu.edu) for more info!
February 23, 2023: Classical Studies Speaker Series
Dr. Will Brockliss, University of Wisconsin-Madison"Horror in Statius' Thebaid"Time: 4:30pmLocation: Swain Hall East, Room 140Contact Bill Beck (rb14@iu.edu) for more info!
November 3, 2022: Classical Studies Speaker Series
Dr. Hunter Gardner, University of South Carolina, "What puellae Are Made of: Latin Poetry's Blason and Contemporary Horror Cinema."
October 27, 2022: Ancient Studies Distinguished Lecturer
Dr. Verity Platt, Cornell University, "The Mediterranean Sponge: Between Natural History, Art History, and Philosophy."
September 30, 2022: Classical Studies Speaker Series
Dr. Carlo De Cristofaro; Sapienza University of Rome; “Legal perspectives on same-sex relationships in ancient Rome”
September 22, 2022: Classical Studies Speaker Series
Dr. Tom Tartaron; University of Pennsylvania; "Kalamianos: The Brief but Brilliant Life of a Mycenaean Harbor."
Classical Studies Speaker Series 2022-2023
Classical Studies Speaker Series 2022-23
IU Alumni Release New Edition of Latin for Dummies! You can find the new edition on Amazon.
IU Alumni Release New Edition of Latin for Dummies! You can find the new edition on Amazon.
March 8, 2022: Classical Studies Virtual Speaker Series
Dr. Sarah Morris; University of California, Los Angeles; "The Kingdom of Philoktetes: Echoes of the Trojan War in Northern Greece."
Alyson Melzer to join Classics faculty in Fall 2022
Alyson Melzer (Stanford Ph.D. 2020), a specialist in Attic tragedy and comedy as well as ancient literary criticism, will join us as Assistant Professor in Fall 2022.
New book by Dr. Lindsey A. Mazurek: Isis in a Global Empire: Greek Identity Through Egyptian Religion in Roman Greece
Dr. Lindsey A. Mazurek's new book is available for Pre-order on Amazon
February 24, 2022: Classical Studies Virtual Speaker Series
Prof. Jonathan Burgess, University of Toronto
November 9th, 2021: Classical Studies '21-'22 Speaker Series
Dr. Cailtlín E. Barrett, Cornell University
Passing of Christina Illias
Retired IUB Professor, Christina Illias, passed away on 10/15/2021
L540 Readings in Medieval Latin: Women Writing Latin — Spring 2022
Poets, letter-writers, playwrights and prophets from the first century BC through late antiquity and the middle ages
Matt Christ’s Xenophon and the Athenian Democracy (Cambridge University Press 2020) has now been published in a paperback edition.
Matt Christ’s Xenophon and the Athenian Democracy (Cambridge University Press 2020) has now been published in a paperback edition.
September 14, 2021: Classical Studies '21-'22 Speaker Series
Prof. Clara Bosak-Schroeder, University of Illinois
Andrew Ward, Schrader Visiting Assistant Professor, is part of a team excavating at Selinunte in Sicily
Andrew Ward, Schrader Visiting Assistant Professor, is part of a team excavating at Selinunte in Sicily.
Classical Studies Lecture Series 2021-22
Classical Studies Lecture Series 2021-22
Classics Professor Michael Lundell Earns Mumford Excellence in Extraordinary Teaching Award
Classics Professor earns Mumford Excellence in Extraordinary Teaching Award
April 20, 2021: Classical Studies Virtual Speaker Series
Prof. Donald Haggis (University of North Carolina)
March 25, 2021: Classical Studies Virtual Speaker Series
Prof. John F. Miller, University of Virginia
March 4, 2021: Classical Studies Virtual Speaker Series
Dr. Lauren Ginsberg, Duke University
November 5, 2020: Classical Studies Virtual Speaker Series
Dr. Jeremy Hartnett, Wabash College
New book by Dr. Matthew R. Christ: Xenophon and the Athenian Democracy: The Education of an Elite Citizenry
Dr. Matthew R. Christ's new book is avalable on Amazon
October 8, 2020: Classical Studies Virtual Speaker Series
Dr. Francesca Schironi, University of Michigan
February 13, 2020, Classical Studies Lecture Series
Dr. Barbara Graziosi, Princeton University
February 5, 2020, Ancient Studies Lecture Series
Dr. Maren Niehoff, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
November 21, 2019, Classical Studies Lecture Series
Dr. Matthew Roller, Johns Hopkins University
New book by Dr. Margaret Foster: Genre in Archaic and Classical Greek Poetry
Dr. Margaret Foster's new book was published through Brill.
October 24, 2019, Classical Studies Lecture Series
Dr. Alison Keith, University of Toronto
Classical Studies Lecture Series 2019-20
Classical Studies Lecture Series 2019-20
October 30, 2019 Ancient Studies Lecture Series
Dr. Carl Knappett, University of Toronto
2019-20 Scholarship Winners in Classical Studies
View the scholarship winners.
Kenny Draper to join Classics faculty in Fall 2019
Kenny Draper (Indiana University Ph.D. 2015), a specialist in Latin poetry, will join us as Assistant Professor in Fall 2019.
Troy Samuels and Bill Beck to join Classics visiting faculty in Fall 2019
The department will welcome two new Visiting Assistant Professors in Fall 2019, Troy Samuels and Bill Beck.
Ph.D. Candidate Sean Tandy wins 2018-2019 Rome Prize
Ph.D. candidate Sean Tandy was awarded a 2018-2019 Rome Prize for his project entitled "Carmina Qui Quondam: Poetry, Identity, and Ideology in Ostrogothic Italy."
The Seer in the City: Religion, Politics, and Colonial Ideology in Ancient Greece by Dr. Margaret Foster out now!
Dr. Margaret Foster’s new book about the relationship between colonial politics and independent seers, is now available through the University of California Press.
New book by Jonathan L. Ready: The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives: Oral Traditions from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia
Dr. Jonathan L. Ready’s new book was published through Oxford University Press in the U.S.
Julie Mebane to join Classics faculty in Fall 2018
New Assistant Professor Julie Mebane will join the department.
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