2023-01-23
- In partnership with Radboud University and Anchoring Innovation (Netherlands), Newcastle University (UK), and St. Andrews University (UK), Prof. Augoustakis represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign co-organizing an international conference in Rome “The Damned Despot: Rethinking Domitian and the...
- 2022-12-13 - Ky Merkley receives 2022 Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Award Link to story on SLCL website, including video: https://slcl.illinois.edu/news/2022-12-15/classics-graduate-student-recognized-dedication-diversity-equity-and-inclusion "Trans in...
- 2022-12-13 - The most recent issue of Illinois Classical Studies, an international peer-reviewed journal housed in the department since 1976, has been published: Volume 47.1 (Spring 2022), edited by Angeliki Tzanetou. Link to journal website: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/?id=ics
- 2022-12-13 - Prof. Augoustakis was recently interviewed by Dania de la Hoyas, Communication Coordinator for SLCL. Here is the interview: https://slcl.illinois.edu/news/2022-12-12/classics-professor-balances-leadership-role-teaching-and-publication-four-new-books
2022-10-14 - New Book by Prof. Augoustakis- 2022-09-14 - Professor Brett Kaufman receives Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professor (LEAP) award
2022-09-07 - Professor Williams publishes article on Native American writers and the Latin language
2022-09-01 - New book by Professor Antony Augoustakis
2022-05-09 - New Book By Professor Antony Augoustakis- 2022-04-22 - Classics graduate student Ky Merkley has been selected as a 2022 recipient of the Xiaohui Zhang Diversity and Community Engagement Award given by the School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics. The award recognizes Ky’s creation of “Trans in Classics,” a community organization dedicated to supporting and foregrounding trans scholars and scholarship in the field of Classics. ...
2022-04-04 - George Reveliotis, BA LAS 96, donor of the Classics $1.5 million Endowment in Hellenic Studies (2019) and recipient of the LAS Quadrangle Award (2020) received the 2020 Special Service award from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South at the association’s annual meeting held this year in person at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. Prof. Augoustakis from Classics read...
2022-04-04 - The Blues of Achilles: An Adaptation of the Iliad in Song will be performed by Joe Goodkin on Saturday, April 9 at 11:00AM in the Lucy Ellis Lounge.
2022-04-01 - High school is a time for learning, making friends, and discovering passions and hobbies, but for many students, it’s overshadowed by something no teenager should have to worry about: gun violence in their hallways and in their community. It’s not an easy thing to talk about, whether you’re 16-years-old or past your teenage years, but classics professor Angeliki Tzanetou was determined to make...
- 2022-03-07 - Professor Antony Augoustakis walks around the Main Quad and talks about Classics at UIUC.