Emeriti

Professor King received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University in 1978 after first earning an M.A. in Greek from Columbia University. She holds a joint appointment in the…

As UCLA Distinguished Research Professor, Sander Goldberg continues to explore the relationship of Roman literature to Roman life. A new edition of the pioneering Republican poet Ennius for the Loeb…

Professor Lattimore’s teaching assignments reflected his research interests in Greek literature, history, and material culture. His courses covered literature, art and iconography, and Greek and Roman athletics. He has published…

Professor Haslam specializes in ancient Greek literature. He is a papyrologist, and publishes new literary and paraliterary papyri in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri series. He makes available new accessions to the…

A bit of phrasing from pre-retirement web bios that has acquired some notoriety is the assertion “I hate syntax!”. That was meant as a humorous exaggeration; but it’s not off…

Since my undergraduate days I have been interested in outgroups and muted groups in the Roman empire: women, slaves, sexual minorities, indigenous peoples in the provinces. All my work has…

Robert Gurval is Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Classics. He was Chair of the Department for six years (2000-05; 2013-14). He is most proud of his university service…