As we approach the end of Spring 2021, the Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies would like to recognize our graduating seniors. We are incredibly proud of this group. Despite the many challenges …
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Alumna Catherine Bonesho Earns Frankel Fellowship
Catherine Bonesho, Assistant Professor of Early Judaism at UCLA, has received one of the fellowships from the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan related to the study of Diversity in Second …
Nandini Pandey Discusses Diversifying Classics
Nandini Pandey is featured in the podcast Beyond the Lecture: Who is Classics For? The episode addresses how the field should be approached now and in the future. Pandey also created a blog post, Diversifying Classics …
Hanna Golab Earns Support for Book Project
Hanna Golab has received a yearlong American Council of Learned Societies fellowship and National Endowment for Humanities grant at the American School for Classical Studies at Athens for her book project Songs and Stones: Postclassical …
Nathaniel Greene Hired by University of Aberdeen
Nathaniel Greene has been hired as a Lecturer in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at the University of Aberdeen. Greene earned his PhD from Madison in 2018. Read all the details!
Marina Grochocki Awarded Language Institute Grant
MA candidate Marina Cavichiolo Grochocki has earned a Language Institute grant to participate in the International Baccalaureate online workshop, Classical Languages for the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
Alum Rebecca Moorman Accepts Tenure Track Position with Providence College
Rebecca Moorman has accepted a tenure track position as Assistant Professor of Classics at Providence College in Rhode Island. The position begins in August. Currently, Moorman is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto …
Kate Melberg and Marina Grochocki Earn Kramer Fellowships
PhD student Kate Melberg and MA candidate Marina Grochocki have both been awarded a Frank R. Kramer Summer Fellowship. Melberg intends to participate in UW-Madison’s intensive Arabic language summer course and Grochocki has devised a …
Jeff Beneker’s “How to Be a Leader” Featured on Podcast
The podcast The Daily Stoic features excerpts from Jeff Beneker’s book How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership. Enjoy parts 1 and 2 below: Plutarch on How To Be A Leader …
Vanessa Schmitz-Siebertz Earns Language Institute Grant
Vanessa Schmitz-Siebertz has been selected to receive an Academic Staff Professional Development Grant awarded by the Language Institute. Schmitz-Siebertz will participate in the 2021 online American Classical League 74th Annual Institute Summer Workshop.