Julia Horn, Assistant Professor of Classical and Integrated Liberal Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been awarded the Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellowship and selected for the UW–Madison First Book Workshop program, recognitions that …
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Katie Dennis Awarded 2026 Rome Prize Fellowship
Katie Dennis, assistant professor in the Department of Classical & Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been awarded a Rome Prize fellowship from the American Academy in Rome, recognizing her as …
Tara Mulder Awarded 2026 ACLS Fellowship
Award Recognizes Excellence in Humanities and Social Sciences Research The Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies is proud to announce that Tara Mulder has been awarded a 2026 ACLS Fellowship by the American Council …
Graduate Student Julia Perroni Wins CAC Women’s Network Pre-PhD Paper Prize for Innovative Reading of Homer’s Odyssey
Julia Perroni, a graduate student in the Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has received the CAC Women’s Network’s Pre-PhD Paper Presentation Prize for outstanding research presented at …
CANES Undergraduate Carl Knaack Gains Hands-On Archaeology Experience at Cahokia
With support from the Ruth Miller Kuhlman Scholarship Fund, Carl Knaack, a Classical Humanities undergraduate in CANES, spent the summer of 2025 gaining hands-on training in archaeology. Carl participated in the Institute for Field Research’s …
Alum Joe Goodkin Brings Homer to Life Through Blues Music
Jeff Beneker’s Classics 320 class recently welcomed CANES undergraduate alum Joe Goodkin for a live performance of his own “Blues of Achilles.” His modern take on Homer’s Iliad through blues music brought the epic to …
Professor Jeremy Hutton Named Editor-in-Chief of Vetus Testamentum and Publishes New Essay
The Department of Classical & Ancient Near Eastern Studies is pleased to share two recent accomplishments of Professor Jeremy M. Hutton, whose scholarship continues to shape the field of biblical studies and reach audiences well …
Introducing Our New Graduate Students
📣 We’re excited to welcome two new graduate students to the department this year! 🎉 Nicholas Canham (BA, Classical Humanities, UW-Madison CANES ’22) has continued his studies in Ancient Greek and Latin through UW-Madison’s Continuing …
UW Scholars at the Heart of Sardis Excavations as Site Joins UNESCO World Heritage List
UW-Madison faculty Nick Cahill is spending the summer at the archaeological excavations at Sardis in Türkiye, which he has directed since 2010. At the UNESCO meetings in Paris last week, Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli …
Samson Olanrewaju successfully defends dissertation
Congratulations to Samson Olanrewaju, who successfully defended his dissertation on Friday, April 11. The dissertation, entitled “The Compositional History of the Book of Kings: An Analysis of the Evaluative Frameworks in 1 Kings 14–2 Kings …