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 …
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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 …
2025 CANES scholarships & prizes now open
The department is pleased to announce its annual scholarships and prizes for students of Classical & Ancient Near Eastern Studies, including translation contests and scholarship prizes for undergraduate students and composition contests and the summer …
Undergraduate students Molly Egan and Johnny Guggenmos awarded CANES scholarships
The CANES Awards Committee selected Johnny Guggenmos to receive a Ruth M. Kuhlman Scholarship Award and Molly Egan to receive the Gertrude E. Slaughter Summer Study Scholarship award. Both winners will be recognized at the …
Scan & Save: Will Bernstein (Classics ’18) preserves a critical moment in history
Content below by Aaron R. Conklin Published May 19, 2023 in College of L&S News In the summer of 2020, Will Bernstein was walking down a street in New York when he noticed it: As …
CANES graduate students present at CAMWS
Several CANES graduate students presented at 119th meeting of The Classical Association of the Middle West and South March 29 – April 1, 2023 in Provo, Utah: Kate Melberg: “Gendered Travel and Agency in the …
Jeff Beneker and Leonora Neville organize symposium to be held in May
Jeff Beneker and Leonora Neville have organized a symposium to be held at Dumbarton Oaks this May. The symposium, titled “Ancient Histories and History Writing in New Rome: Traditions, Innovations, and Uses,” explores issues …
Rebecca Moorman accepts Assistant Professor position at Boston University
CANES Ph.D. graduate Rebecca Moorman has accepted a new position as Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Boston University, which she will begin next year. Currently, Moorman is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Providence …
Alex Dressler publishes ‘Selections from the Poems of Paulinus of Nola, including the Correspondence with Ausonius: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary’
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 …