• Jessica Wells, Classics Graduate Student
    Jessica Wells, Classics Graduate Student, Attends 2013 ASCA Summer Program
    2013-07-01 - "The ASCA Summer Program is undoubtedly one of the greatest experiences of my life thus far. The program has affected my life and studies in a number of ways and as a result, it has become very important to me. I feel as though I have a much better handle on certain aspects of my studies. I can...
  • Newly published books by Antony Augoustakis and Ariana Traill
    2013-06-01 - Ritual and Religion in Flavian Epic Edited by Antony Augoustakis This edited collection addresses the role of ritual representations and religion in the epic poems of the Flavian period (69-96 CE): Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica, Silius...
  • Classics Major gives valuable skills for Grad School and beyond
    2013-05-13 - After becoming bored with the biology involved in pre-medicine, uninterested in organic chemistry and apathetic toward accounting, Julia Henninger, senior in LAS, began pursuing her fourth and final major: classics. See more...
  • Kirk Sanders receives Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award
    Kirk Sanders receives Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award
    2013-01-01 - Professor Kirk Sanders of the Department of the Classics has been named a recipient of the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. He will be recognized at the Celebration of Teaching Excellence scheduled for April 23 at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. The peer-nominated award...
  • Sebastian Anderson representing the UIUC
    Classics Graduate Student in the News
    2012-01-01 - "Sebastian Anderson's Classics MA thesis on Archilochus was selected to represent the University of Illinois at the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Distinguished Master's Thesis Award. This is a very competitive process, and we are thrilled that Sebastian's thesis will represent...
  • Professor Brian Walters
    New Classics Faculty
    2012-01-01 - It is our great pleasure to announce that Professor Brian Walters, currently visiting, will be joining us permanently. He has just accepted our offer of a tenure-track position. Professor Walters, PhD University of California at Los Angeles (2011), is a specialist in Latin Prose Literature (...
  • Angeliki Tzanetou - City of Suppliants
    Angeliki Tzanetou - City of Suppliants: Tragedy and the Athenian Empire, University of Texas Press, 2012.
    2012-01-01 - After fending off Persia in the fifth century BCE, Athens assumed a leadership position in the Aegean world. Initially it led the Delian League, a military alliance against the Persians, but eventually the league evolved into an empire with Athens in control and exacting tribute from its former...