The Department is proud to announce the promotion of Ella Haselswerdt to the role of Associate Professor with tenure. Professor Haselswerdt joined the department in 2020 and currently serves as the…
Read MoreCongratulations to Professor Kelly Nguyen, whose book Critical Classicality in Vietnam and the Diaspora, has just been published by Oxford University Press
Read MoreThe Department is proud to announce the promotion of Lydia Spielberg to the role of Associate Professor with tenure. Professor Spielberg joined the department in 2018 and currently serves as the…
Read MoreThe Classics Department was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Bryan Lockett from complications of Multiple Sclerosis. Bryan was a vibrant presence as a graduate student in Classics…
Read MoreWe are proud to announce that our outgoing department chair, Distinguished Professor David Blank, will be delivering the keynote address at Humanities Commencement on June 13 in Royce Hall. For…
Read MoreCongratulations to Classics PhD student Roderick Zoe, whose article “Cato’s Colonial Paradox and the Struggle over Libya’s Geography in Pharsalia 9″ has just been published in Classical Antiquity (vol. 44.2, pp. 1-27)!…
Read MoreAvalon Doherty, our own Greek and Latin major, is delivering a presentation for UCLA Undergraduate Research Week tomorrow, May 19th. She will talk about her project on recreating Lucian’s picture…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreCongratulations 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 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…
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