Harvard Classics

Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Latin, Greek, ancient history, archaeology, philosophy, literature.

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Congratulations to Assistant Professor of the Classics Margaret Andrews on the publication of her monograph, "The Subura of Rome: Landscape and Ideology from the Iron Age to the Early Middle Ages" (Cambridge University Press)! ✨📚

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Check out the panels and events featuring scholars currently affiliated with Harvard at the 2026 AIA/CSC Annual Meeting! #AIASCS2026

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Itching to study classics this summer? Browse our department's offerings at the Harvard Summer School, including beginning Greek/Latin (online or in person), intro to the Roman World (in person), and Ovid's Metamorphoses (online).

See info on our website: https://t.co/4aXLczeHYl

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To honor International Greek Language Day on February 9, the CHS, @DumbartonOaks, and @librarycongress have joined together to offer a brief history of the language from antiquity to the present. https://t.co/J2Fsf4lIvF

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Read this interview with Richard Thomas, author of "Why Bob Dylan Matters," in the Harvard Gazette: https://t.co/udHorBr8kr

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We are excited to welcome our new Chief Librarian, Rebecka Lindau, to the CHS! https://t.co/ovW6l2MrLK

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The Goodwin Award is awarded by the Society for Classical Studies (SCS) in recognition of “outstanding contributions to classical scholarship.” A full list of winners and details on Naomi's monograph are available on the SCS’s website: https://t.co/eF8Cy8Nbvc

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Naomi Weiss, Department Chair and Professor of the Classics, has received a 2024 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit for her outstanding recent monograph, Seeing Theater: The Phenomenology of Classical Greek Drama (Oakland: University of California Press, 2023).

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Suzanne Marchand will speak tonight at Harvard on Herodotus in the 19th Century. Marchand, who has contributed to Arion in the past, discusses Daniel Orrells’ Antiquity in Print in our forthcoming fall issue. Subscribe here to be among its first readers: https://t.co/23q1VTzgHw

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In this interview for the Harvard Gazette, Naomi Weiss discusses the discovery of a papyrus containing scenes from two Euripidean tragedies. Take a look!
https://t.co/QjVYy1M2gb

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The application cycle is now open for fellowships in the 2025-26 Academic Year! https://t.co/5JbHvUWBIK

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Tomorrow at Harvard! 6pm - 8pm at the Mahindra Humanities Center, all are welcome. https://t.co/wFgmVSqt7a

[Sólveig H. Hilmarsdóttir @solveighronn]

Very grateful to the BFWG (https://t.co/FRMDgxj4UH) for this award which helps support my research stay at @harvardclassics this semester! 🏺

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He also appears on the LRB podcast here: https://t.co/nQXGpAheWl

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Robert Cioffi (Bard College; alum of Harvard Classics) on a papyrus containing lines from two lost plays by Euripides. Take a look! https://t.co/rd87pfD7PG

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Meet our Fall 2024 Residential Fellows! https://t.co/mcKJfpEBph

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On June 13 and 14, 2024, the Center for Hellenic Studies hosted 15 scholars from across the globe to compare their research on one of the most significant discoveries in Greek tragedy in nearly 60 years. https://t.co/1Mi8fu1rBi

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Welcome to campus, everyone! It was great to see so many new faces—and familiar ones—in the dept. today!

Interested in studying Classics? We encourage all first-years to reach out and learn more! Browse our fall and spring courses on our website: https://t.co/gUf0vZrNWp

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And with that, the 2024 season at Falerii Novi is done! 👏🎉

It’s been an incredible month with some of our best material yet – all thanks to the hard work of our students, supervisors, specialists and directors! Much more soon on some fantastic new finds 🏛️

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Week 3 wrap-up! Several new features revealed in the macellum, helping us piece together earlier phases. Trenches were extended in the forum taberna and domus to explore new spatial relationships.