Inspiring Greek Women Writers and the Importance of Their Translation
Friday, October 28th, 2022 Photonics Auditorium (PHO 206), 8 St. Mary’s Street, Boston, MA 5:30 to 7:30pm. Reception to follow. Join us for an afternoon discussion of the life and works of two prominent Greek authors, Amanda Michalopoulou and Kallia Papadaki, and a celebration of the importance of women writers to contemporary cultural life in […]
Joshua Paul, fifth-year graduate student, wins prestigious BUCH Dissertation Fellowship
The Classical Studies department congratulates fifth-year graduate student, Joshua Paul, who has won a prestigious Dissertation Fellowship from the Boston University Center for the Humanities (BUCH)! Josh’s PhD dissertation focuses on visions of the afterlife in Latin love elegy. As Josh shows, the Augustan elegists developed their own vision of life after death, as part […]
Announcing the annual Antonis Fragoudakis Memorial Award
The Department of Classical Studies is delighted to announce a new award in the department, the Antonis Fragoudakis Memorial Award (established 2022). This award, which has been funded by a generous gift from Prof. Roselita Fragoudakis in memory of her father, will be given out annually to a student who demonstrates outstanding achievement in the […]
Alumnus named to prestigious new position
Alumnus Daniel Libatique (PhD 2018) will begin a new tenutre-track position in September 2022 at Fairfield University in Connecticut. The Vincent J. Rosivach Professorship in Classics was established in 2018 to ensure the continuity of classics education at Fairfield. Daniel Libatique will be the inaugural holder of that position. He has taught at the College […]
Professor James Uden wins “Best Article Prize”
Professor and Department Chair James Uden has won the American Journal of Philology’s coveted “Best Article Prize” for “The Margins of Satire: Suetonius, Satura, and Scholarly Outsiders in Ancient Rome,” AJP 141.4 (Winter 2020): 575–601. In this article, Professor Uden provides an innovative reading of the figure of the grammaticus (the socially marginalized teacher-scholar of ancient Rome) and his relationship to the […]
New ‘Alumni Stories’ Webpage
We launched a new section of the Classics webpage called Alumni Stories, in which we check in with alums from the department about their lives and careers after BU. The first profile features Michael Howard (BA Ancient Greek & Latin, ’14) who is now a teacher at Boston Latin School. Read his profile here!
Prof. Uden featured in BU Today for Humanities Summer Program for High School Students
Associate Professor and Department Chair James Uden was featured in BU Today for co-teaching a three-week summer program hosted by the Boston University Center for the Humanities (BUCH) and The Teagle Foundation. The program introduced local Boston area students to the college experience and the humanities while strengthening their writing, analytical, and public speaking skills. […]
Run the 2021 Boston Marathon with BUPH Sponsor, the Alpha Omega Council
The Alpha Omega Council, a supporter of the Boston University Philhellenes, in collaboration with the 26.2 Foundation, is proud to present an opportunity to run in the 2021 Boston Marathon on October 11, 2021. Click here to learn more information and apply.
Recap: 26th Annual Boston Area Roman Studies Conference
The 26th annual meeting of the Boston Area Roman Studies Conference was held on Friday, April 23, 2021 over zoom and featured presentations from: Diana Spencer (Professor and Dean of Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences, University of Birmingham), ‘Strategies of Quotation in Varro’s De Lingua Latina’ Hannah Čulík-Baird (Assistant Professor, Boston University), ‘Cicero on Fiction’ […]
Professor Stephen Scully Selected as a 2021 Recipient of the Susan K. Jackson Award
Chair and Professor Stephen Scully was selected as a 2021 faculty recipient of the Susan K. Jackson Award, which honors those who create and nurture community in the College of Arts & Sciences. He was one of two faculty awardees selected this year. Susan K. Jackson was a longtime faculty member and senior associate dean […]