2020-05-29 - Professor Hadjipolycarpou's proposal for a Provost's Faculty Retreat Grant was selected out of 31 proposals evaluated by a subcommittee of the Teaching Advancement Board. The grant Professor Hadjipolycarpou receives will be used to help implement her proposal within her course 'Storytelling and Transformation: Narratives of Self from Homer to Arianna Huffington', CLCV 120.

2020-05-19 - Professor Brian Walters was featured on Illinois News for the Campus Award for Excellence in Instruction. You can find the full story here.

2020-05-18 - We celebrated our students' and faculty's achievements on Zoom on Friday, May 15! Here is a pdf of the presentations.

2020-05-06 - Professor Clara Bosak-Schroeder's new book is featured on Illinois News. Clara's book examines how ancient Greek writing helps us understand today’s environmental crises. Click here to see the full story.

2020-03-27 - A message to Classics majors and minors from Prof. Brian Walters, Director of Undergraduate Studies:   First of all, I hope that you and all your loved ones are well. As we continue to get used to this new lifestyle of keeping our distance and meeting remotely, I wanted to let you know that I am still available for advising on courses and registration for Summer and Fall 2020,...

2020-03-17 - Apply here by June 30, 2020 (11:59 pm). For more information, see go the Awards website.

2020-03-12 - As per the University's mandate, the Department of the Classics will cancel all face-to-face courses by March 13, 2020. After spring break, on March 23, courses will be taught via alternative, online delivery approaches. Our summer study abroad programs in Athens and China are cancelled. Our remaining colloquium talks for Spring 2020 are also cancelled.

2020-03-02 - Brian Walters' new book "The Deaths of the Republic: Imagery of the Body Politic in Ciceronian Rome" was just published by Oxford University Press. More information can be found here.  

2020-02-07 - The Department of Classics has received an estate gift of $750,000 from alumna Barbara Wallach (MA, ’70; PhD, ’74, classics) an emerita associate professor of classical studies at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Wallach catalyzed the gift, the Barbara and Luitpold Wallach endowment, in honor of her late husband, Luitpold, who was professor of classics and medieval...

2020-02-07 - Congratulations to Professor Brian Walters who will receive both the distinguished and highly competitive 2019-20 LAS Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching! The full story can be found here.

2020-01-30 - The News Gazette published a tribute to Professor Scanlan's Mythology class, taught for generations of students at Illinois. The full story is found here.

2020-01-27 - Check out this great opportunity to study Archaeology in China this coming summer!

2020-01-21 - Professor Clara Bosak Schroeder is co-curating a new exhibition at Krannert Art Museum called “Hive,” combining two 18-foot-tall inflatable sculptures and an immersive sound installation. The project involves two artists collaborating for the first time by making an installation specifically for the space at KAM. Nancy Davidson’s sculptures in shades of pink are soft, bulbous and lit...

2020-01-10 - Using plants found on campus, students in the Intermediate Ancient Greek class taught by Professor Dan Leon take a hands-on approach to learning about ancient society! The story can be found here.

2019-12-19 -  Professor Angeliki Tzanetou and her students explored issues of war and trauma through Greek tragedies and learned how the themes presented in the ancient dramas are connected to present-day crises. Full story can be found here.