Professors Alex Purves (Classics) and Gina Konstantopoulos (NELC) recently delivered papers at the “What is Life? Ancient Answers to Modern Questions” Conference, hosted by the UC Santa Cruz Humanities Institute in…
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New “Black Classicism” Course Approved for UCLA’s Diversity Requirement
Published: February 15, 2023We’re pleased to announce that Bryant Kirkland’s new course “Black Classicism: African-American Receptions of Classical Antiquity” (CL 171), which he will teach this Spring, has been approved for UCLA’s Diversity…
Read MoreA Cultural History of Ideas wins Association of American Publishers Prose Award 2023
Published: February 15, 2023Congratulations to Giulia Sissa, co-editor with Clifford Ando of volume I “Antiquity” in the Cultural History of Ideas series (Bloomsbury), which has been selected as the winner in the category…
Read MoreWelcome Hannah Čulík-Baird!
Published: May 12, 2022UCLA Classics is thrilled to welcome a new professor to our faculty: Dr Hannah Čulík-Baird will join the department this Fall as Associate Professor of Classics. Hannah received her PhD…
Read MoreDistinguished Professor Amy Richlin wins Goodwin Award
Published: September 28, 2018The Department of Classics is delighted to announce that the Society for Classical Studies has awarded Distinguished Professor Amy Richlin a C.J. Goodwin Award of Merit for her book Slave…
Read MoreWelcome, Assistant Professor Sarah Beckmann
Published: September 26, 2018The Department of Classics is delighted to announce that Dr. Sarah Beckmann has joined the department this Fall as Assistant Professor of Classics.
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