As members of the Department of Classics, we pride ourselves on bringing the ancient world to life. We invite you to join our lively learning community!
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Yesterday we had a wonderful time welcoming our newest Classics professor, Dr. Nathan Levine, into the fold! Professor Levine’s research explores Homer and Homeric receptions, Hellenistic Judaism, and the history of books and textual scholarship. We are so happy to have him!
Please join us next Thursday, Sept. 24th, as Profs. Lillian Doherty and Jennifer Ballengee discuss Prof. Doherty's new edited volume, "Approaches to Teaching Homer's Odyssey" (MLA 2026). The event will take place at 4 PM in Tydings Hall 0111. We hope to see you there!
What happens when two Classicists go to see Christopher Nolan's Odyssey together? Check out this conversation between UMD Classics' Katherine Wasdin and Chiara Graf to find out! today.umd.edu/a-seriously-ep…
Congratulations to our Class of 2026 graduating Classics majors, Classics MAs, and Modern Greek minors! We are so proud of you, and we can't wait to see where your degrees take you!
Please join us on Friday, May 1st for what promises to be a fantastic a talk by Dr. Alexandra Leewon Schultz, entitled "Apollonius the Bookworm and the Libraries of Alexandria." Her talk will take place at 4 PM in Key Hall, Room 0117.
Tomorrow!! We hope to see you there.
Please join us on Friday, April 17th for an exciting lecture by Dr. Daniel Kapust entitled "Lucretius and Rousseau on Compassion." This lecture is co-sponsored with @UMDGVPT and open to the public.
Please join us on Friday, April 17th for an exciting lecture by Dr. Daniel Kapust entitled "Lucretius and Rousseau on Compassion." This lecture is co-sponsored with @UMDGVPT and open to the public.
Today is Giving Day at UMD! Every year, the donations we receive on Giving Day help provide students with formative experiences, from language instruction to study abroad. If you have the means to support out small but scrappy department, check out the links below!
To donate to Classics: givingday.umd.edu/campaigns/…
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Please join us next Thursday, 11/13 for a talk by Prof. Jennifer Ramsay on "Petra's Forgotten Past: Uncovering the Iron Age Foundations of Nabataean Society"! The talk is hybrid; register for the Zoom link here: umd.zoom.us/webinar/register…
Please join us on October 16th for the inaugural William and Sylvia Gerber Latin Pedagogy Fund Lecture! We are honored to host Prof. Brett Mulligan, who will be discussing "What Digital Humanities Can Offer the Humanist: Data-Informed Approaches to the New AP Latin Curriculum."
Many congratulations to our 2025 Classics graduates! We are so proud of everything they have achieved, and we look forward to watching them rise to the challenge of this new phase of life. In the words of our chair @ProfEricAdler , si valetis, valemus!
Check out this article spotlighting our graduating senior, Lylah Messinger! After spending a year restoring a 2500 yr old Etruscan hydra, she is off to University College London to study conservation. Congratulations, Lylah! We are so proud. arhu.umd.edu/news/future-con…
The Classics department invites you all to attend our yearly Modern Greek Studies conference! This fabulous event includes student and faculty presentations, a musical performance, and more.
Many congratulations to Shandi Li, Will Roberts, and Leonid West (pictured here with their proud advisors, Katherine Wasdin and Peter Osorio) for defending their MA theses today!
Please join us next Thursday, April 24th at 5 PM for a talk by Dr. Andrés Carrete entitled “A Monumental Approach to Reception: The Shifting Heritage Discourse of Antigone in Mexico."
Please join us tomorrow at 7 PM for a lecture by Prof. Dimitris Plantzos on "Eldorado on the Nile: The Art of Luxury in Ptolemaic Alexandria"! In-person attendees are invited to a reception before the talk, starting at 6:15 PM.
The talk itself will take place both in person and via Zoom. For a Zoom link, please register in advance using the following link: umd.zoom.us/.../register/WN_…