Alex Dressler’s new book, Selections from the Poems of Paulinus of Nola, including the Correspondence with Ausonius: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, will be available for order on March 1st. See the flyer below for a …
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Faculty & Students Attend SCS
The Society for Classical Studies held their annual meeting in January and several faculty, alumni, and current graduate students attended. Alum Ximing Lu (PhD ’21) and current graduate students Marina Grochocki and Julia Perroni presented. …
CANES back-to-school photos
The CANES department wishes you the best in the semester ahead. In honor of the first day of fall classes, please enjoy these CANES faculty & staff “back-to-school” photos: William Brockliss Bradshaw Knight Professor of …
What have our students been up to this summer?
See what our CANES students have been doing during summer 2022.
Alumna Andrea Samz-Pustol Named Assistant Director for Constellations Program
Andrea Samz-Pustol has accepted the Assistant Director position for the Constellations Program at UW-Madison. She graduated from UW with a BA in 2010, earning majors in Classics and Art History. She continued her education at …
Laura McClure Awarded Halls-Bascom Professorship
Laura McClure has been appointed Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Literature Studies. This honor recognizes McClure’s many contributions to the University and includes five years of academic research funding. McClure is also a Senior Fellow with the …
Jeff Beneker Co-Edits New Volume
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 …
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 …