Call for Papers: "Class before Capitalism?: Social Structure and the Ancient World"

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Keynote speaker: Johanna Hanink (Brown University)

The graduate students at Harvard University’s department of the Classics invite abstract submissions for the upcoming graduate student conference, "Class before Capitalism?: Social Structure and the Ancient World."

Socio-economic status and the intergenerational structures which maintain it have...

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The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning has announced the receipients of their Spring 2019 teaching awards. The Harvard Certificate of Distinction in Teaching is awarded to outstanding Teaching Fellows and Teaching Assistants, and the Harvard Certificate of Teaching Excellence goes to outstanding Lecturers, College Fellows, and Preceptors. Below are the recipients from Classics. Congratulations to all!

Teaching Fellow...

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Genre in Archaic and Classical Greek Poetry: Theories and Models, edited by Margaret Foster, Leslie Kurke, and Naomi Weiss, has just been published by Brill. Covering a wide variety of media, from Sappho’s songs to elegiac inscriptions to classical tragedy, this exciting volume presents new theoretical approaches to the question of genre—both what it means and how to think about it for ancient Greek poetry...

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Ben Roy, Classics concentrator (Class of 2020), is one of two seniors in the College to be awarded the Aloian Memorial Scholarship for demonstrating thoughtful leadership and improving the quality of life in... Read more about Ben Roy, Senior Concentrator, awarded Aloian Memorial Scholarship

Emma Dench, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, has spoken in depth to the ... Read more about Emma Dench reflects on her first year as Dean of GSAS

Naomi Weiss has received the distinct honor of being named the Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of the Humanities by Claudine Gay, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Tiziana D’Angelo (PhD Harvard 2013), Assistant Professor in Ancient Greek and Roman Art in the University of Nottingham, is to receive the Ghislieri Award from the Associazione Alunni del Collegio Ghislieri on October 3, 2019, at a ceremony in Pavia, Italy.

The Harvard Gazette has published an in-depth profile of Dr. Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, who has just retired as Damarete Curator of Ancient Coins in the Harvard Art Museums. Read more about Carmen Arnold-Biucchi under the spotlight

The Classics Department has advertised a tenure-track position in Classical Archaeology, i.e., at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor. Applicants are encouraged to apply by Thursday, August 29, if possible, but the final deadline is not until Thursday, September 5: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/9144 Read more about Tenure-track position in Classical Archaeology