The Department of Classics focuses on the interpretation of the culture and society of Greco-Roman antiquity in the widest sense of those terms. Learn more about us.
Learn more about the Classics honorary society for students of Latin and/or Greek.
Meetings for the fall semester (Fall 2008) will be decided at the beginning of semester. All interested students are invited to attend.
This graduate program is joinly offered by the departments of Classics, Philosophy and History and Philosophy of Science. Learn more about the Program in Classics, Philosophy, and Ancient Science (CPAS).
Eta Sigma Phi members will be traveling to New York City the weekend of April 11. They plan on touring the new Greek Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This trip is sponsored by the Department of Classics and the Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Office of the Dean.
Congratulations to Classics Professor, Dr. Nicholas F. Jones. Dr. Jones authored "Politics and Society in Ancient Greece", recently published by Praeger Publishing. This book is one of the Preaeger Series on the Ancient World.
Congratulations to Josh Cannon who was awarded the William and Bernice McKeever Scholarship through the Nationality Room Scholarship Committee. Josh will be studying in Turkey this summer in the Gaziantep province Zincirli archaeological site. Our Best Wishes to Josh on what is certain to be an exciting summer for him!
Thank you to Latin teachers Elizabeth Potts of Baldwin High School and Scott Stickney of Hampton High who along with their classes paid a visit to the University of Pittsburgh recently. Their respective high schools are members of the College in High School Program. An enjoyable and informative afternoon was enjoyed by all.
NYU in Athens Study Abroad Program will be host this summer to Classics and History major Evan Waters. (Don't forget to send a postcard, Evan!) This program is one of several that offer summer or semester study in Greece. Learn more about the study abroad opportunities for students in Classics.
Apply online or contact Elizabeth Conforti, our department administrator, for more information.
University of Pittsburgh, Department of ClassicsSponsored by the Program in Classics, Philosophy and Ancient Science
Friday, April 25, 2008
3:30 p.m., Cathedral of Learning 244A
Alan Code, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University
Rhett Jenkins, graduate teaching fellow, presented his paper " Lingua Sed Torpet: Manifestations of Emotion in the Ancient World' at the Annual Graduate Student Colloquium at the University of Virginia held on Saturday, February 16, 2008. The abstract for his paper can be read here.