Over the summer, third-year graduate student Amelia Lamis completed a research internship with the Gardens of the Roman Empire Project, a digital humanities initiative that aims to bring knowledge of Roman garden archaeology...
Associate/Full ProfessorDepartment of ClassicsCollege of Liberal Arts & SciencesUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThe Classics Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a full-...
Classics professor Eduardo García-Molina discusses how “The Odyssey” film compares with Homer’s epic poem and the story’s relevance today.Read the Story
A group of scholars and professionals from across the University of Illinois campus has come together to create a new digital humanities project: Parthenon at Illinois. The team includes two Library...
Classics PhD student Amy Vandervelde has been selected as a recipient of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ prestigious Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Graduate Teaching Assistants Award, the college has announced. Venetria K. Patton, the Harry E. Preble Dean of the College of...
In this wide-ranging and deeply reflective discussion, Professor Kaufman explores what archaeology really is—not treasure hunting, but the study of the human experience under pressure. He explains how civilizations collapse, how political systems and environmental instability interact, and why...
To close out the semester, the University of Illinois Classics Department hosted a mini-conference organized by Dr. Dan Leon at which graduate students in Greek 520: The Persian Wars shared their original research. Students practiced every stage of the conference process, from initial research and...
