Jeff Beneker has co-edited a newly published volume titled, Plutarch’s Unexpected Silences: Suppression and Selection in the Lives and Moralia. Description: The act of recording anything is at the same time an act of silencing. Choices are …
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CANES Majors Earn Scholarships
Three undergraduates with majors in the department have been awarded scholarships made available to Letters & Science students for the 2022-23 academic year. There were 680 applicants for 175 scholarships. Each of the CANES students …
Alumnus Joe Goodkin Serenades Students
Joe Goodkin captivated Classical Mythology students with a series of beautiful ballads called, “The Blues of Achilles” – a 35 minute performance of original songs with lyrics inspired by Homer’s epic poem, “The Iliad”. Read …
Marina Grochocki Selected as L&S Teaching Mentor
PhD student Marina Grochocki has been selected by the College of Letters & Science to serve as one of this year’s Teaching Mentors. Her role will involve working with the L&S TA Training Team to …
Kate Melberg Earns Language Institute Award
PhD student Kate Melberg has been awarded a Language Institute Grant to participate in University of Michigan’s Online Certificate in Disability Inclusion and Accessible Design program.
Graduate Students and Alumni Present at CAMWS
PhD students Amie Goblirsch, Kate Melberg, and Marina Grochocki, along with alumni Ximing Lu and Mason Wheelock-Johnson, presented at the most recent Classical Association of the Middle West and South meeting which took place March …
Jeff Beneker on Short-List for Award
The book The Byzantine Sinbad, translated by Jeff Beneker and Craig A. Gibson, has been short-listed for the Runciman Award. The award, given by The Anglo-Hellenic League annually, is for the best book published for …
Alum Lawrence Andrea Concludes Pulitzer Center Assignment
Lawrence Andrea, a 2020 graduate, earned a spot as an international reporting fellow for the Pulitzer Center that same year. Recently, Andrea concluded his work exploring and documenting post-asylum life for refugees in Greece. His …
Chontel Syfox Publishes in Metatron
Chontel Syfox has published, “A Response to David Lambert’s ‘What is Scripture?’” in the journal Metatron. Syfox joined CANES in fall of 2020 and will teach Introduction to Biblical Literature and a graduate seminar titled, …
Alumnus Ximing Lu: Persephone’s Pomegranate Seed and My 5-Year Visa
Alumnus Ximing Lu (PhD, 2021) has recently written a blogpost for the Society for Classical Studies. Dr. Lu is currently teaching at Bucknell University. Read his work: Persephone’s Pomegranate Seed and My 5-Year Visa