The UCLA Department of Classics presents a talk by Alex Dressler (University of Wisconsin-Madison) on Thursday, April 4 at 4:00 PM. The lecture entitled “The Way and Its Poor: Bareness of…
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Richard Hunter | “Plutarch and the History of Greek Poetry”
Published: February 26, 2024Please join us for a talk by Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge) entitled “Plutarch and the History of Greek Poetry” on Monday, March 4 at 5 PM in Dodd 248. Reception to follow. All…
Read MoreAnthony Kaldellis | Who Invented the “Modern Greeks,” and Why?
Published: February 20, 2024The UCLA Department of Classics and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture present a Reception of Hellenic Culture Lecture Series featuring Anthony Kaldellis (University of Chicago) on Tuesday, March 12…
Read MoreAndreas Schachner | “A New Look at an Ancient City: An Outline of the Development of Hattusha during the 2nd Millennium BC”
Published: February 16, 2024Please join us on Monday, February 26 at 5 PM for Prof. Dr. Andreas Schachner (German Archaeological Institute, Istanbul, and University of Würzburg, Germany) for his talk entitled “A New Look at an Ancient…
Read MoreInternational Conference on “Plato and Lyric Poetry”
Published: February 2, 2024The Department of Classics will hold an International Conference on “Plato and Lyric Poetry” on Friday and Saturday, May 10-11, 2024 in Royce 306. Featured Speakers are: David Blank Michael…
Read MoreHannah Čulík-Baird publishes new article “The Image of the Slave in Cicero’s Catilinarians.”
Published: December 20, 2023Professor Hannah Čulík-Baird has a new published article “The Image of the Slave in Cicero’s Catilinarians.” Rhetorica 41.4, pp385-411. Abstract: “Are we not condemned to live in our exposure to…
Read MoreUCLA Dept of Classics alumna Irene Han has published her book, Plato and the metaphysical feminine: one hundred and one night
Published: December 15, 2023Our own Irene Han (PhD UCLA 2017, now teaching at NYU-Gallatin) has published her book, the fruit of lengthy contemplation: Congratulations, Irene! Entitled Plato and the metaphysical feminine: one hundred…
Read MoreRubina Raja | Urban Culture in the Syrian Desert: New research on Palmyra
Published: December 14, 2023Kelly Nguyen to give lecture entitled “Lý Thu Hô’s Printemps Inachevé: Classical Traditions and Feminist Epistemologies” at Ho Chi Minh City University of Education
Published: December 14, 2023Professor Kelly Nguyen will be giving a lecture entitled “Lý Thu Hô’s Printemps Inachevé: Classical Traditions and Feminist Epistemologies” at Ho Chi Minh City University of Education in Vietnam on January…
Read MoreGraduate Student Rachel Morrison awarded the 2023 Erich S. Gruen Prize
Published: December 13, 2023Department of Classics graduate student Rachel Morrison is the winner of the 2023 Erich S. Gruen Prize for her paper: “‘Was Terence a Gentleman?’ Terence the Freedman, An American Comedy.”…
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