Alumnus Ryan Pasco Named Publications and Undergraduate Program Coordinator at Harvard University’s Department of the Classics
Ryan Pasco graduated in Spring 2022 from Boston University’s department of Classical Studies. His research interests include imperial Greek and Latin literature, satire and epigram, freedom under tyranny, subelite perspectives on Roman literature, and digital humanities. His dissertation, titled The Shifting Meaning of the Saturnalia in Imperial Latin Literature from Domitian to Hadrian (81-138 CE), […]
Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companion to Plautus Menaechmi by Sophie Klein
Sophie Klein, who received her PhD from the Department of Classical Studies in 2013 and is now a Senior Lecturer of the Core Curriculum, has written and released a companion to Plautus’ Menaechmi, the ancient work that inspired such adaptations as The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, as part of the Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy […]
Time and Identity in Ulysses and the Odyssey by Stephanie Nelson
We are excited to announce that Stephanie Nelson, Professor of Classical Studies and Director of Undergraduate Studies here at our Department, has released a new book today, July 5th 2022, with the University Press of Florida, as part of the Florida James Joyce Series. Time and Identity in Ulysses and the Odyssey is a comparative […]
Alumni Stories: Dr. Vyvyane Loh tells us why “every medical student should have a foundation in the Classics”
We sat down with Dr. Vyvyane Loh (CAS ’89) to talk about the impact her time here at Boston University’s Department of Classical Studies had on her path. With a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Classical Languages and Literature, a Doctorate of Medicine, and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Dr. Loh has […]
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!