Sophie Klein’s translation of Medea Now BU Theater Production
Professor Sophie Klein’s translation of Medea has been made into a theater production by the BU College of Fine Arts School of Theatre. The play will be preceded by a talk on April 3rd given by Prof. Klein speaking on the translation. Tickets are on sale now!
Alexander & Iskandar Symposium
On March 19th through the 20th the World Languages and Literatures department will be hosting a symposium on Alexander the Great and Iskandar. Check more on their website here and the description below. Alexander the Great and Iskandar: Dialogues on Medieval Reception Recent scholarship has challenged long-standing attempts to organize the Alexander material into neat, […]
Prof. Emerita Kathryn Bard to Speak at Walter Rodney Seminar Series
Next Monday, March 2nd Professor Emerita Kathryn Bard will be speaking at the Walter Rodney Seminar Series in BU’s Pardee School of Global Studies. The seminar will take place at the African Studies center (232 Bay State, Rm 505) from 12:30-2:00 PM. She will be presenting on her excavations at Bieta Giyorgis, Aksum, from 1993 […]
Prof. Russell Stone to Hold Proseminar this Spring
This semester, Professor Russell Stone will be presenting a pair of proseminars revolving around Medieval Latin and Alexander. The two spring proseminars will introduce students to the Medieval Latin Alexander material, a foundational component of the largest textual corpus circulating in the Middle Ages. Classical histories and late classical legend (the so-called Pseudo-Callisthenes) long defined […]
Prof. Moorman Publishes Chapter in New Edited Volume, “The Senses on Edge?”
The department would like to congratulate Professor Rebecca Moorman on the publication of her chapter “Beyond imperium sine fine: Affective Subjectivities in of Violation in the Aeneid”! The chapter can be found in the latest volume of Palingenesia titled “The Senses on Edge?”. If you would like to read a sample of the chapter please follow […]
Tori Lee Wins Women’s Classical Caucus Leadership Award
Congratulations to Classical Studies Postdoctoral Fellow Tori Lee, who has won this year’s Leadership Award from the Women’s Classical Caucus (WCC). The award recognizes a classicist who has made an ‘outstanding contribution in encouraging and supporting scholars from underrepresented groups, particularly women, to enter and remain in our field’. Well done, Tori! Read the official […]
Interview with Maya Chakravorty
Last month, Maya Chakravorty defended her dissertation and received the honor of Ph.D. from the Boston University Classical Studies department. Maya also recently received the Consortium for Faculty Diversity Fellowship (CFD) at Bowdoin College. We were lucky enough to sit down with her and ask her a few questions about her new position and what […]
Graduate Students Presenting at the Society for Classical Studies 2024
This year the department of Classical Studies is happy to announce that 10 of our graduate students will be presenting papers at Society for Classical Studies’ annual meeting! This year’s meeting will be held in Chicago from January 4th till the 7th. For more information on this year’s SCS meeting please visit: https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/2024-annual-meeting. Graduate student […]
Interview with Sofia Podgorski (CAS ’24) Interning at the Edward Worth Library
This past summer was quite exciting for everyone in the BU Classical Studies, but we would love to highlight a particular student who has been using what she has learned from her time at BU to do some exciting work. Sofia Podgorski, (CAS ’24) majoring in Classical Civilizations, has interned at Edward Worth Library in […]
Joshua Paul Receives Postdoctoral Fellowship!
Joshua Paul, who successfully defended his dissertation in March 2023, has won a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Latin language, literature, and culture at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. At Queen’s University, Josh will teach two courses next year (‘Greek & Roman Drama’ and ‘Latin Poetry’), while also revising his dissertation into his first book. Josh’s […]