The Department of Classics is now searching to fill two positions for Lecturers, one to teach mainly in Greco-Roman Material Culture, the other in Ancient Greek Language and Culture. These…
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Two Classics PhDs awarded tenure track jobs
Published: April 8, 2026Congratulations to Rachel Morrison (PhD 2025), who has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Latin at the University of Chicago, and Zak Gram (PhD 2026), who has accepted…
Read MoreThe Department of Classics announces the Palevsky Scholarship in the Post-Baccalaureate Program in Classics for 2026-2027
Published: March 18, 2026The Department of Classics at UCLA is pleased to announce the Palevsky Scholarship in the Post-Baccalaureate Program in Classics for 2026-2027. We are offering a one-year tuition scholarship for our…
Read MoreRobert Gurval presented with UCLA’s Carole E. Goldberg Award, which recognizes “extraordinary service by an emeritus/a professor
Published: November 3, 2025
On October 21, at a ceremony hosted by the Emeriti Faculty Association at their fall dinner, Robert Gurval was presented with UCLA’s Carole E. Goldberg Award, which recognizes “extraordinary service…
Read MoreWelcome to the reception: UCLA professors bring new voices, viewpoints to study of classics
Published: October 7, 2025
Adriana Vazquez, Kelly Nguyen to host a conference on classical reception Oct. 9 and 10 Ashna Madni | October 7, 2025 To spark more abundant and expansive engagement with classical studies, some…
Read MoreSarah P. Morris’ two upcoming lectures for the Archaeological Institute of America
Published: October 6, 2025Sarah P. Morris will be giving two lectures for the Archaeological Institute of America, as the Homer and Dorothy Thompson lecturer, at Yale University and at Princeton University, as follows:…
Read MoreThe Department of Classics Newsletter – Summer ’25 is now live!
Published: September 12, 2025
The Department of Classics’ latest newsletter is now live and available. Check it out on our newsletter page here to find out the latest information on the department!
Read MoreProfessor Robert Gurval Receives Emeriti Service Award
Published: May 12, 2025
Sean Brenner | May 12, 2025 Robert Gurval retired from active teaching in 2019, intending to teach in China and travel more. When the COVID-19 pandemic threw a wrench into those…
Read MoreProfessor Kathryn Morgan to present “Plato and the Carnival of Genre” on April 25
Published: April 17, 2025On April 25, 2025, Professor Kathryn Morgan will be giving the keynote address at Annual Conference of the Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies at the University of South Florida. She…
Read MoreFrancesca Martelli | Latest book featured in Times Literary Supplement
Published: April 7, 2025Professor Francesca K. A. Martelli’s latest book Souvenirs of Cicero: Shaping Memory in the Epistulae ad familiares was featured in the March 28, 2025 Times Literary Supplement. To view the full…
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