BU Classics Alumnus on the Impact of the Loeb Classical Library
The CAS Core Curriculum recently published a blog post about BU Classical Studies alumnus John Talbot. Talbot wrote a feature for The New Criterion titled “ The Bright Ghosts of Antiquity” about the impact of Loeb Classical Library translations on the study of Greek and Latin. He explores the baffling nature of these translations which […]
BU Classics at the SCS!
BU Classics faculty, graduate students, and alumni participated in this year’s Society for Classical Studies Annual Meeting, which took place virtually due to COVID-19. The panels can be streamed if you register for the conference. Below is a schedule of talks and panels by BU faculty, graduate students, and alumni. The full program can be […]
Dr. Fauci has a Classics Degree!
Spencer Alexander McDaniel, a student at Indiana University Bloomington, wrote a post highlighting Dr. Anthony Fauci’s appreciation of the Humanities, specifically Classics. Dr. Fauci, who received a BA in Classics from the College of the Holy Cross, often speaks about the importance of his humanities background in the medical field. “My entire training is steeped […]
New Course Spotlight: CL237
Fayum mummy portraits from Roman Egypt In Spring 2021, Professor Jones will be teaching another of our new courses for next semester, ‘Race and Ethnicity in Ancient Greece and Rome’. The class plunges students into a field of current debate about race in the ancient world. Students will explore the transformation of racial identities over […]
Ambassador of Greece to the US and Consul General of Greece in Boston Guest Lecture in Modern Greek Course
Our Modern Greek Program participated for the second consecutive year in BU Global Programs’ International Education Week. On October 30, 2020 Her Excellence the Ambassador of Greece to the United States Mrs. Alexandra Papadopoulou and the Consul General of Greece in Boston Mr. Efstratios Efthymiou were guests of honor in the course CG350 “Narratives of Resistance from Greece: […]
Seth Schein
Friday, November 13, 2020 Seth Schein, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature from University of California Davis, led a discussion-based lecture on Zoom to about 25 classicists last Friday. The discussion focused on Schein’s commentary of Homer’s Iliad, specifically lines 1.188 to 1.253. This event was part of the lecture series on Myth & Religion in […]
New Course Spotlight: CG101
Photo above by Jorge Gaitis, from the 2014 Summer Study in Greece program. Get a taste of Greece! In Spring 2021, Classical Studies will be running a new course, CG 101 (Modern Greek Language, Culture, and Literature), which immerses students in a vibrant and exciting world culture. If you have ever been curious about Greece, […]
BU Alumnus, Steven Smith, wins 2020 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit
Steven Smith, Professor of Comparative Literature at Hofstra University and alumnus of the PhD program at Boston University (2004), has won the Society of Classical Studies’ highest award for publication, the Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit. His winning title is Greek Epigram and Byzantine Culture: Gender, Desire and Denial in the Age of Justinian (Cambridge University […]
Gorefest!
Friday, October 30, 2020 The Undergraduate Classics Association (UCA) and the Department of Classical Studies hosted the 5th annual Gorefest! – A reading of Greek and Roman tragedy, but this year it was held virtually! More than 60 professors and students gathered on Zoom to celebrate Halloween, and read tragic stories from The Odyssey, Metamorphoses, […]
Emily Greenwood
Monday, October 26, 2020 Emily Greenwood, a Professor of Classics and (by courtesy) of African American Studies at Yale University gave a lecture titled “Black Classical Philology: Writing back to a deadly metaphor in Aristotle’s Politics I.” This lecture was the second event in our 2020 lecture series, Black Classicism – Moving Forward, presented by […]