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 […]
Zsuzsa Várhelyi Named Distinguished Teaching Professor by National Endowment for the Humanities
Associate Professor of Classical Studies Zsuzsanna Várhelyi has been announced as the next National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Teaching Professor in the College of Arts & Sciences! The position is awarded to a CAS faculty member who demonstrates excellence in teaching and research, and can help to support innovative programs in the Humanities. As part of the […]
Professor Curtis Runnels Honored by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Curtis Runnels, Professor of Archaeology, Anthropology, and Classical Studies, was honored by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens on May 6, 2021 for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge of post-antique Greece. Professor Runnels was awarded the Gennadius Prize by the Board of Overseers for his donation of rare Greek books and documents to […]
James Uden receives Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Associate Professor James Uden recently received the Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching, presented by Dean Ann Cudd of the College of Arts & Sciences. Professor Uden has brought infectious passion and invigorating course design to the Classical Studies department, widening the department’s reach and growing student interest. His emphasis on relating the lived experiences of […]
Classics Department BU Today Articles
Recently, BU Today has written two articles about the Department of Classical Studies. In one, they profile Chair Stephen Scully’s CL 305 Topics in Myth course, which focuses on various origin stories both mythical and scientific. We are very proud of this advanced mythology course and of Professor Scully’s interdisciplinary approach. Read the article here. […]
BU Professor Uden Hosts ‘Literary Interactions’ Conference
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies James Uden hosted a conference entitled “Literary Interactions under Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian 3: ‘Literary Interactions across Linguistic, Cultural and Religious Boundaries.’” “The third conference in the international research project ‘Literary Interactions under Nerva, Trajan, and Hadrian’ was held at Boston University, organized by James Uden and funded through the generous assistance […]
Loeb receives the PROSE award
The Digital Loeb Classical Library has won the PROSE Award (American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence) in the category “eProduct/Best in Humanities. See the announcement here.
Prof. Samons on the Radio
Hear an interview (here) with our own Professor Jay Samons on the recent discovery of the Tomb of Amphipolis!
International Society for Late Antique Literary Studies (ISLALS) Conference Announced
The second annual conference of the International Society for Late Antique Literary Studies (ISLALS) will convene on the campus of Boston University on November 14-15, 2014. The theme of the conference is High and Low Literature in Late Antiquity. Can and should we separate the two categories? What areas of late antique literature confirm or […]
BU in Athens Recap
The BU Philhellenes have returned from their studies and travels in Greece.