Third Annual UCA GORE-FEST
The UCA held its third annual GORE-FEST on Thursday, October 26th. Attendees were treated to suspenseful and sanguine readings of passages from Lucan’s Pharsalia, Euripides’ Orestes, and Seneca’s Thyestes, all filled with gruesome imagery of disemboweling, murder, deceit, baby-eating, and all other tragic themes we know and love. The student and faculty actors gave fantastic […]
David Ferry to read from his new version of the Aeneid, 12/06/17
David Ferry, reading from his new version of the Aeneid: December 6, 6pm in the Katzenberg Center at BU College of General Studies David Ferry is an acclaimed American poet and translator. Ferry’s translations, which include some of the world’s major works of poetry including The Odes of Horace, and both The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil, are known for their fluency […]
Elizabeth Foster ’19 To Attend ICCS
The Department congratulates Elizabeth Foster for winning admission to the “Centro,” or InterCollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, Spring, 2018. While there, she will study the History and Civilization of Rome, Roman Topography and Archaeology, Advanced Latin, Intermediate Greek, and possibly Renaissance and Baroque Art History. The program was originally established by 10 universities in 1965, but […]
Five Classics Graduate Students to Present at SCS 2018
Five Classical Studies graduate students will present papers at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, to be held in Boston from January 4th to January 7th. Our warm congratulations to: Evan Armacost, “Setting Sun: Light and Darkness in Julius Caesar’s Bellum Civile.” Evan Armacost is completing a four-year BA/MA in Classical […]
Rising Senior David Murauskas ’18 Reflects On His BU Classics Experience
I attribute my interest in classics to a robust high school Latin program led by a teacher with such an infectious affinity for the antique that you couldn’t help but catch the Latin bug. Inspired by her (and originally planning to follow in her footsteps as a Latin teacher in my own right), the decision […]
Classics Students Awarded Competitive Undergraduate Research Opportunities
The Department of Classical Studies recognizes the ongoing achievements of our undergraduates in Boston University’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Four Classics undergraduates partook in UROP in the 2016-2017 academic year, adding to the Department’s long tradition of advancing Classics scholarship. Under the mentorship of Prof. Stephen Scully, Gideon Breslaw ’18, Elizabeth Higgins ’17, and […]
Prof. Nikolaev Talks ‘Game of Thrones’ And Invented Languages
BU Today spoke with Alexander Nikolaev, assistant professor of classical studies and of linguistics, on Game of Thrones, science fiction, and invented languages. Prof. Nikolaev is currently teaching his popular summer course on the origins of writing systems. He has led workshops on the fictional languages of Game of Thrones, Star Trek, and Lord of […]
Prof. Nikolaev Awarded 2017 Neu Family Award For Excellence In Teaching
The Boston University College of Arts and Sciences has awarded the 2017 Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching to Alexander Nikolaev, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, in recognition of his outstanding teaching of Greek language and culture. Prof. Nikolaev has demonstrated a broad and deep commitment to excellence over four years and seven courses […]
Peter Blandino, 2016-2017 recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award from the Graduate School
The Department of Classical Studies has selected Peter Blandino as this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award for his excellent work in two stand-alone classes in 2016/17: CL111 Beginning Latin I in Semester I and CL262 Homeric Greek in Semester II. A fifth-year student, Blandino is writing his dissertation on Music as a literary theme in […]
Prof. Samons To Host A New Show On WNTN
Professor Jay Samons and his longtime friend Professor Brendan McConville (Boston University, Dept. of History) will host a new, weekly program on WNTN 1550 AM, starting this Saturday, April 15, at 8:00 a.m. “The Historians” will feature discussions of important events or trends in ancient and modern history and their relevance for the world we […]