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 …
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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 …
Classics Enthusiasts Needed
Seeking Assistance Fellow classmate and President of the Wisconsin Senior Classical League (WSCL), Theodore Stavropoulos, is looking for volunteers! The WSCL is a community of collegiate Classics enthusiasts and closely associated with the Wisconsin Junior …