Professor Ruck announces Gaia Project
The Gaia Project for a new museum complex at the archaeological site of the ancient Greek Eleusinian Mysteries, to become the International Center for the Study of Mankind’s Relationship to our Planet Earth. The project envisages the renewal of our testament or covenant with our planet and seeks to restore the Rarian plain to fertility, […]
Becky Wysocki, graduate student, receives GRS Summer Research Fellowship
Congratulations to graduate student Becky Wysocki who has received a 2014 Summer Research Fellowship from GRS. The Fellowship is a non-service stipend to allow advanced PhD students spend the summer pursuing research.
Dustin Dixon, graduate student, wins Dissertation Fellowship
Congratulations to graduate student Dustin Dixon, who has won one of the first-ever Graduate Dissertation Fellowships from the BU Center for the Humanities!
Colin Pang, graduate student, wins Humanities Award
A big congratulations to our graduate student Colin Pang, who won the Humanities Award at Scholars Day, a celebration of graduate research at BU! http://www.bu.edu/provost/scholars-day-2014/
Undergraduate Conference Announced
The Boston University Classics Department is proud to announce a research symposium in which speakers will examine the editorial decisions that shape Homeric epic. We welcome two guest speakers, Professors Neel Smith (College of the Holy Cross) and Michael Haslam (University of California, Los Angeles), as well as six BU undergraduates who will speak to […]
‘Modern Philhellenism’ Event Announced
On the occasion of the National Day of Greece, the Consul General, Mrs. Ifigenia Kanara, the Department of Classical Studies and the Boston University Philhellenes invite you to a discussion of MODERN PHILHELLENISM on Friday March 28th at 6:00pm. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A PHILHELLENE? Stop and ask yourself this question. Is it an appreciation of Hellenic […]
‘Aristophanes’ Play Announced!
Announcing the Department of Classical Studies and the Core Curriculum’s annual “Aristophanes” production: Plautus’ Mostellaria (“The Haunted House”). That’s right, for the first time ever, the annual “Aristophanes” play will actually be a Roman Comedy! There will be clever slaves, foolish young men, and prostitutes with complicated backstories! They will get mixed up in hair-brained schemes involving […]
Graduate Students at CANE
Four of our graduate students will present papers at CANE (Classical Association of New England) Annual Meeting, St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire March 7-8, 2014 March 7 Paper Session II (10:10-11:25) Amanda Jarvis, “Visual Perception and the Graspable Image in Ovid” Karen Mower, “Circe’s Understanding of Rape Victims in Ovid” March 8 Paper Session […]
Workshop with Alice Oswald
The English poet Alice Oswald will conduct a workshop on her book-length poem, “Memorial: A Version of Homer’s Iliad”, Thursday, Feb. 20 from 3:00-4:30 p.m. in Mugar Library 424 (771 Commonwealth Ave). All are most welcome.
Graduate Student Conference Announced
The sixth annual Graduate Student Conference of Classical Studies at Boston University is scheduled for Saturday, March 8, 2014 in the Colloquium Room (RM 906) of the Photonics Building. We are very excited to have Professor Maria Liston of the University of Waterloo deliver the keynote at the conference. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. For more information, […]