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Professor Tzanetou's course uses Greek tragedies to provide war insights
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...
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Undergraduate Classics Major Alexander Augustynski Featured in LAS News
Alex Augustynski makes the most of a prestigious student summer program in Greece! Full story is found here.
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Greek Civilization Students at Spurlock Museum
Students in Professor Bosak-Schroeder's CLCV 114: Introduction to Greek Culture visit the Spurlock Museum every few weeks to discover a "mystery" object from the collection. For example, they studied a reproduction of the famous Mask of Agamemnon after reading selections from Homer's ...
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Antony Augoustakis Named University Scholar
Professor Antony Augoustakis is one of the five professors named University Scholars for Urbana-Champaign campus. A professor and head of Classics, Augoustakis researches the cultural poetics and the sociopolitics of Flavian poetry. His...
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Professor Augoustakis featured in Illinois Alumni Magazine
Professor Antony Augoustakis was interviewed for the Illinois Alumni Magazine Fall 2019 and talks about the Classics and beyond. You can find the interview here.
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LAS Magazine Features W. A. Oldfather
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fall 2019 magazine features article on Professor William Abbot Oldfather and his legacy for the Department and the Classics Library at Illinois.
Classics summer camps extended to June 24- 28
"Meet the Romans” and “Meet the Greeks” summer camps for children 9-12 will be offered one extra week, June 24-28, 2019. Camps run five days a week, mornings (8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.), afternoons (1-5 p.m.), or full-day sessions (8:30 a.m.-5 p.m). For info & registration, click...
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George N. Reveliotis Family Hellenic Studies Endowment of $1.5 million
The Department of the Classics announces the establishment of the George N. Reveliotis Family Hellenic Studies Endowment of $1.5 million.
Thanks to the generosity of alumnus George Reveliotis, this endowment will support Classics and Hellenic studies through scholarships and fellowships, in...
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PhD student Christopher Gipson wins scholarship to study in Greece
Christopher Gipson received the Fowler-Merle-Smith Fellowship from the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) to support a full year of study in Greece for 2019-20. Read the full story...
Houston Papademetriou Awards
The 2018-19 competition and application for the Houston Papademetriou awards are available here with a deadline of May 17, 2019.