News

2020-08-20 - All undergraduate students in Classics courses (Civilization, Greek, Latin, Modern Greek) are welcome to use resources made available by the Department such as tutoring and advising. For advising, please contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies. For available tutoring, please consult...

2020-07-30 - Prof. John Kevin Newman, Professor Emeritus of Classics at Illinois, died on Sunday, July 26, 2020, at the age of 91. Prof. Newman taught at Illinois from 1969 for 31 years until his retirement. He served as Chair and Editor of Illinois Classical Studies. He published many books and articles on Latin and Greek literature as well as the reception of classical authors.

2020-06-04 -   The Department of the Classics once again condemns the virulent anti-black racism that continues to plague our country and our world. We endorse the messages published by the Society for Classical Studies, AIA, and many...

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!