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 …

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 …