Classical Studies
Research Travel Award Winner (Graduate): Summer 2016 During the summer of 2016, I was able to accomplish all of my goals with the support from the classics department’s Summer Research Travel Grant. The objectives for my summer research were threefold. First, we were to begin excavation in a 15 by 20 meter area near the western forum, which would support or disprove my GPR (ground penetrating radar) interpretations. Next, I aimed to assess the overall site as a viable area on which to concentrate my research surrounding… read more about Katherine McCusker: Duke's Vulci Excavation, Vulci Italy »
Research Travel Award Winner (Undergraduate): Summer 2016 Receiving funding to go to Italy allowed me to pursue a remarkable opportunity. Italy is a land of fantastic ruins and still-undiscovered treasures. Seeing sites at first hand, being able to walk through the ruins of Pompeii or wander the corridors of the Coliseum, I marveled at the expertise and scale of ambition of the Ancients. I was able to reconcile everything that my textbooks taught me but could not fully convey the reality. One of the most memorable things… read more about Benedict Parfit: Duke's Vulci Excavation, Vulci Italy »
Congrats to Robert Dudley for successfully defending his dissertation last week on "Rhetoric, Roman Values, and the Fall of the Republic in Cicero's Reception of Plato". Well done Dr. Dudley! read more about Duke graduate student Robert Dudley successfully defends his dissertation »
CLST Professor José González was recently recognized by the Dean for Academic Affairs for his contribution to teaching excellence at Duke University. Teaching excellence is at the core of Duke’s mission, and each semester, the Trinity College Office of Assessment administers course evaluations to document this component of the students’ experience. During the Spring 2016 semester, in the categories of Quality of Course and/or Intellectual Stimulation, Professor González’s course evaluations were among the top 5% of all… read more about CLST Professor José González Recognized for Teaching Excellence »
Across this spring and summer, eight Duke students invested a combined 1,200 hours diving into topics surrounding diversity and inclusivity throughout the university’s history, from women empowerment movements to the relationship between Duke and Durham and the place of Asian-American students on campus. Click here to read more read more about CLST Professor Josh Sosin helped teach the Duke History Revisited program this summer. »
In June William Johnson presented a multi-media paper, “Imperial Pantomime and Satoshi Miyagi’s Medea,” for a conference called Music in the Time of Vergil at the Villa Vergiliana in Cuma, Italy. For more info, visit http://www.vergiliansociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Music-in-the… read more about CLST Professor William Johnson presents at the Music in the Time of Vergil »
Classical Civilizations – Majors Nolan Russell – Cum Laude David Stringer Classical Languages – Majors Elizabeth Djinis Edwin Holt Cord Peters Repton Salisbury Alex Serebransky – Cum Laude Ali Wells – Cum Laude Classical Civilization – Minors Rebekah Ausbrook Amber Oliver – Cum Laude Anne Talkington – Magna Cum Laude William Thompson Stephen Yates Greek - Minors Meredith King – Summa Cum Laude Latin - Minors Walter Moczygemba… read more about Congratulations to our graduating Class of 2016! »
National Geographic Society / Waitt Grants Program has awarded support to Professor Maurizio Forte for his project "Vulci 3000 - the City-State: Formation, Development and Transformation", which will include archaeological excavations in Italy and the experimentation of new digital sensors and technology during the archaeological digging (drones, micro-robots, polisensing devices, geophysical applications, virtual reality). NG will also guarantee full media coverage and a dedicated story… read more about National Geographic Sponsors CLST Professor Forte's Vulci 3000 Project »
Prof. A. Jiménez of Duke’s Department of Classical Studies has recently set up an excavation project in Renieblas (Soria, Spain), where at least five Roman camps roughly dated to the 2nd-1st centuries BCE were found in the early 20th century. The camps were involved in the Roman conquest of the province of Hispania and the siege of the native settlement at Numantia, which resulted in Rome’s annexation of much of the Iberian Peninsula in 133 BCE. Many basic and important questions about Renieblas, including the chronology of… read more about CLST Professor Alicia Jiménez wins Loeb Classical Library Foundation award to excavate Roman camps near Numantia, Spain »
Congratulations to the Classical Studies 2016 Research Travel Awards GradsMelissa Huber will attend the AAR Summer Program in Roman Epigraphy and stay in Rome for dissertation research.Katherine McCusker will participate in Duke's Vulci excavation.Courtney Monahan will attend the AAR Summer Program in Roman Epigraphy.Timothy Shea will conduct research in Great Britain and participate in Duke's… read more about Classical Studies 2016 Research Travel Awards »
Congrats to Tripp Young for successfully defending his dissertation yesterday on "Plato's Cretan Colony: Theology and Religion in the Political Philosophy of the Laws". Well done Dr. Young! read more about Duke Graduate Student Tripp Young successfully defends his dissertation »
Duke Classics Professor, Alicia Jiménez has recently been invited to act as a discussant of the session "REPLICATION AND STANDARDIZATION IN THE ROMAN WORLD" organized by Professor Greg Woolf at the Roman Archaeology Conference (RAC/TRAC). The conferences is taking place at the Sapienza – Università di Roma, between March 16 and 20, 2016. For more info, click here. read more about Classics Professor, Alicia Jiménez invited to Roman Archaeology Conference »
In this election cycle, there has been a resurgence of populism, a political ideology that emphasizes the needs of the general public above those of the elite, on both the right and the left. Two presidential candidates in particular, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, have embraced populism and achieved extraordinary success, astounding political observers and the establishment wings of their respective parties. While it can be tempting for non-populists to dismiss such movements as ephemeral and extremist factions that… read more about The Perils of Populism by Matthew Raskob, currently in Roman History and Latin. »
For the 12th straight year, Duke University is one of the top producers of U.S. Fulbright Scholars, with 12 students awarded the latest scholarships, the U.S. Department of State announced Monday.The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program. The success of the top-producing institutions is highlighted in The Chronicle of Higher Education. "We are delighted to see Duke named as a top producer of Fulbright Scholars for the 12th year in a row, which is really a… read more about 12 Duke Graduates Named Fulbright Scholars »
Working with the Duke Collaboratory for Classics Computing, Josh Sosin, John P. Aldrup-MacDonald, Mackenzie Zalin (PhD), Matthew Farmer (Asst. Prof. Classics, U. Missouri), and members of the ’crowd,’ have finished a draft of the first complete translation of Harpocration’s Lexicon of the Ten Orators. They hope now to start in on Photius’ Lexicon, perhaps Stephanus of Byzantium’s Ethnica. [more…] read more about Team completes collaborative, open-licensed translation of ancient lexicon »
Please join us in congratulations: the Provost has accepted the recommendation that José González be promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure in our department, effective July 1, 2016. read more about Congratulations, Professor José González »
Congrats to Mack Zalin for successfully defending his dissertation yesterday on “Studies in Aetiology and Historical Methodology in Herodotus”. Well done Dr. Zalin! read more about Duke Graduate Student Mack Zalin successfully defends his dissertation »
Congratulations to Duke graduate students Melissa Huber, Courtney Monahan, David Stifler, and Robert Dudley, who have all received Summer Research Fellowships for Summer 2016! read more about Duke Graduate School Fellowship Award Winners »
The latest edition of Duke's Department of Classical Studies annual newsletter, PHEME is available now. read more about 2014-15 Annual Newsletter PHEME »
Professor Alicia Jimenez was featured in an interview on Spanish National Public Television. read more about Fieldwork at the Roman Camps at Renieblas (Soria, Spain) »