News and Events
Talk by Greta HawesTracking Heracles through Pausanias: local myth and panhellenic knowledgeMonday, September 25 5:00 PM HUMN 250 Heracles is everywhere in Pausanias’ Description of Greece. He was the ‘panhellenic hero par
On September 21 at 3:30pm in Old Main Chapel, professors of Art and Art History, Classics, Geography and Linguistics will give public lectures on their areas of expertise. From left to right, America, Palmer, Serreze, and
CU Classics professor, Tyler Lansford, is transforming the death of Julius Caesar into new life for Roman rhetoric.
The Latin Summer Enrichment Program is a week-long day camp that introduces elementary and middle school students to the language and culture of ancient Rome. Rising 5th through 8th graders will communicate in Latin and engage in exciting activities, from performing plays to competing in a mini-Olympics, on the campus of CU Boulder. June 18-22, 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
The winner of this year’s Kayden Book Award is Andy Cain, for his book, The Greek Historia Monachorum in Aegypto: Monastic Hagiography in the Late Fourth Century (Oxford UP, 2016). The book revisits one of the- King-Hill Fellow in the Teaching of Latin:The King-Hill award was established o commemorate the work of Joy King, professor emerita and former chair of our department, and Barbara Hill, who for may years served as Latin program coordinator.
The Department of Classics celebrates Sarah James’ first co-authored book, available in digital and print editions.This book represents the culmination of Dr. James’ twelve years working at Corinth.
THE DESTRUCTION OF MEMORYFilm ScreeningWednesday, April 26 at 5:30pm in HUMN 1B50 Over the past century, cultural destruction has wrought catastrophic results for humanity, and has been steadily increasing. The Destruction of
Jackie Elliott is extremely grateful to be the recipient of a Humboldt fellowship for experienced researchers, which will take her to Berlin for the 2017-18 academic year. During that time, she will work on a relatively
We are delighted to announce that Yvona Trnka-Amrhein will be joining the faculty in fall 2017. Yvona Trnka-Amrhein (Ph.D. Harvard 2013) studies Greek literature of the Hellenistic and Imperial periods, especially