Announcing the 2016 Dwyer Translation Prize Winners!

June 14, 2016

Congratulations to the 2016 Dwyer Translation Prize Winnners! This year's Dwyer Latin Translation Prize Winner is Susan Niederhoff, Astrophysics major and Classics minor. Susan won the prize for her translation of lines 390-405 of Book 9 of Vergil's Aeneid . This year's Dwyer Greek Translation Prize Winner is Classics major...

Dimitri Nakassis Elected to ASCSA Committee

May 19, 2016

Dimitri Nakassis Elected to ASCSA Committee Dimitri Nakassis, Associate Professor of Classics, has been elected to the Information Technology Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens for the 2016-2021 term. Congratulations Dimitri!

roman bust

2016 Fountain Symposium

March 5, 2016

Rome and the Hellenistic World

Gardens of Adonis by Weguelin

The Adonis Festival in Context

Book by CU Classics scholar finds gendered subversion in Athenian festival of Adonis.

Jackie Elliott - Winner of the 2015 Goodwin Award

Dec. 10, 2015

Jackie Elliott's book, *Ennius and the Architecture of the Annales* (Cambridge 2013), is being recognized by a Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit! Three Goodwin Awards are granted annually for an outstanding contribution to classical scholarship published by a member of the Society for Classical Studies during the three years before the current calendar year. This is a magnificent achievement -- many congratulations, Jackie!

Provost's Faculty Achievement Award to Professor Cain

Oct. 19, 2015

Professor Andy Cain has been granted the Provost's Faculty Achievement Award! Beautifully framed, and with embossed gold decoration on the certificate! This is a very prestigious award granted by our Provost to a select few faculty each year to recognize outstanding contributions to research. Professor Cain won it for his...

Now accepting applications for field school in Greece!

Oct. 19, 2015

Professor Sarah James is now accepting applications to join her archaeological field school in Greece! The Western Argolid Regional Project provides an amazing opportunity to do archaeological fieldwork in Greece and get six upper-division credits. See the brochure for the Study Abroad Program and description of this Global Seminar Also...

Dimitri Nakassis selected as MacArthur Fellow!

Oct. 19, 2015

It is with great excitement that we announce that Classics' Visiting Scholar, Dimitri Nakassis, has been selected as a MacArthur Fellow! Widely known as the "Genius" grants, the MacArthur fellowships are awarded to only a very select few people chosen for their extraordinary creativity and achievements, talent and dedication, and...

Now Hiring Assistant Professor in Roman History

Oct. 19, 2015

Assistant Professor in Roman History, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER The Department of Classics at the University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. by August 19, 2016, will have strong research interests within the field...

Greek Frieze

2015 Fountain Symposium

April 4, 2015

Power and Politics in the Greek World

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