We recently visited the DiVE with students taking the course Principles of Archaeology (CLST 144). We discussed the virtual reconstruction of the Turkish Neolithicsite Çatalhöyük and how virtual reality is changing the way we do archaeology! read more about Principles of Archaeology visit to DiVE »
In April, graduate student Melissa Huber's abstract entitled “Claudius and the Monumentalization of Water Supply Improvements in Rome” was one of those selected by the CAMWS Program Committee for the 113th annual meeting in Kitchener, Ontario, April 5-8, 2017. Accepted abstracts and a preliminary program will be posted in the near future at https://camws.org/113thMeetingKitchener. Congratulations! read more about Graduate Student Melissa Huber's Abstract Selected By CAMWS Program Committee »
This program is designed to give freshmen and sophomores the opportunity to explore intellectual interests during spring break through seminar-style short courses. These courses will be free and ungraded so as to provide students the chance to explore new topics simply for the love of learning. We have a set of awesome courses lined up with some of Duke’s most sought after faculty. This is a great opportunity for students to gain exposure to new subjects. For more information, visit: http://springbreakthrough.duke.edu… read more about CLST Professor Dr.Sosin to teach in new Spring Breakthrough Program »
CLST Professor, Dr. Maurizio Forte, was recently awarded an Outstanding Work Award (from the top 21 pieces out of 70 nominated works) by the China International Tangible Interaction Design and Innovation Exhibition, 2015. Aimed at providing an international arena for exchanging excellent TID ideas and concept, the exhibition is one of the most important moves to promote innovation, and will also enhance international communication for research, education and industrial collaboration in China. read more about CLST Professor Maurizio Forte awarded the Outstanding Work Award at the China International Tangible Interaction Design and Innovation Exhibition, 2015 »
This October William Johnson gave an invited paper on “Ancient Magic and Ancient Literacies” as the conference respondent for Inscribing Power in Antiquity at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany. read more about CLST Professor William Johnson on “Ancient Magic and Ancient Literacies” »
On October 16th, Dr. Mary T. Boatwright presented her paper “The Imperial Family, and Families in Pannonia and Palmyra,” at Aarhus, Denmark at a conference on women and children on Palmyrene funerary reliefs, part of the Palmyrene Portrait Project. read more about CLST Professor Mary T. Boatwright Presents "The Imperial Family, and Families in Pannonia and Palmyra" »
For more information about what the Spring Breakthrough Program is, please see here. read more about CLST Professor Joshua Sosin Teaching in the Pilot Year of Spring Breakthrough Program »
On September 16th, Dr. Mary T. Boatwright presented her paper "Alma Mater? Rome and the Emperor’s Mother,” as the 2016-2017 John Charles Lecturer at Wabash College. read more about CLST Professor Mary T. Boatwright honored as the 2016-2017 John Charles Lecturer at Wabash College »
read more about Want a ride in an open-cockpit WWII plane by Duke Classics alumni Elizabeth Djinis »
Duke Graduate Student Laura Camp receives Research Travel Award from The Department of Classical Studies to support her studies in the 2017 Winter Program in Greek Palaeography at the American Academy in Rome. read more about Graduate Student Laura Camp receives Research Travel Award »
Whether they know it or not, today’s candidates use ancient rhetorical techniques. read more about Classic Communication »
We are delighted to report that our outgoing student Cord Peters has been awarded the Chester P. Middlesworth Award. read more about Cord Peters is awarded the Chester P. Middlesworth Award »
Research Travel Award Winner (Graduate): Summer 2016 Thanks in large part to a grant from Teasley Family Antiquites Fund, I was able to travel to Rome this past July to gather inscriptional evidence for my dissertation and participate in the Summer Program in Epigraphy at the American Academy in Rome, taught by Professor John Bodel (Brown University). The Summer Program in Epigraphy was an intensive, but incredibly rewarding ten days spent learning from top scholars in the field and from the other participants… read more about Melissa Huber: AAR Summer Program in Roman Epigraphy, Rome Italy »
Research Travel Award Winner (Undergraduate): Spring 2016 Elizabeth wrote her senior honors thesis on depictions of Odysseus’ death in literature, beginning with The Odyssey. She worked from the outside in, starting with Dante, retracing his steps, looking at the classical tradition around Odysseus, and then going past Dante to who he inspired. In Oxford, she learned more about Dante’s own experiences with Odysseus, combining the classical and Medieval/Renaissance knowledge. There is an illuminated manuscript at the… read more about Elizabeth Djinis: Conducted senior thesis research in Oxford, England »
Research Travel Award Winner (Graduate): Summer 2016 Thanks to a generous grant from the Teasley Family Antiquities Fund, I was able to spend my summer sharpening necessary skills at the American Academy in Rome’s summer program in Latin Epigraphy under the direction of John Bodel (Brown University), as well as beginning research on my dissertation in both Italy and Spain. For ten days, our small, but eager group of aspiring epigraphists learned how to read, interpret, and publish Latin inscriptions. Not only did we have… read more about Courtney Monahan: AAR Summer Program in Roman Epigraphy, Rome Italy »
Research Travel Award Winner (Undergraduate): Summer 2016 This summer I was in Greece thanks to a generous grant from the Teasley Family Antiquities Fund. I spent two weeks as a participant in the Paideia Institute’s “Living Greek in Greece” program. The Paideia Institute (http://www.paideiainstitute.org/) offers programs in both Ancient Greek and Latin wherein students approach them as “living,” that is, spoken languages. To that end, we read passages from numerous prose authors each morning, sections of Homer’s Odyssey… read more about Zach Heater: Attending the Living in Greece Program, Selianitika Greece »
Research Travel Award Winner (Graduate): Summer 2016 This summer was a very productive one for me. In May, I visited the British Museum in London, which had a fantastic exhibition on Sicily, which had an amazing cross-section of material from prehistory to the Norman conquest. This exhibition served as the perfect preface to a six-week field season at Morgantina in central Sicily (http://morgantina.org). The first three weeks of June, I worked as an excavator for the Contrada Agnese Project (http://themagazzino.org/) as… read more about Timothy Shea: Conduct research in Great Britain and participate in Duke's Morgantina excavation, Sicily Italy »
Research Travel Award Winner (Undergraduate): Summer 2016 This past summer, I was fortunate enough to receive a research grant from the Teasley Family Antiquities Fund to travel to Italy with George Mellgard (Duke undergraduate). In Italy, we conducted research on the way in which the Ancient Romans viewed women in life and in death. Our research centered on the epitaph Allia Potestas, which is unique in nature because of it featured personal details about the deceased, atypical of other contemporary epitaphs… read more about Jacob Weiss: Research on Latin inscriptions in Italy, Rome & Perugia »
Research Travel Award Winner (Undergraduate): Summer 2016 The Teasley Family Antiquities Fund enabled me to conduct hands-on research for my senior thesis as well as finally get to see the eternal city. My thesis focuses on the inscription of Allia Potestas, a freedwoman. The inscription is unique in its length, style, and content and gives the reader a lens into ancient idealization of freedwomen. Consequently, my research in Rome focused on exploring the inscriptions and tombs of various freedmen and freedwomen in Italy… read more about George Mellgard: Contextualize the artifacts in their original setting in Rome and Perugia, Italy »
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. »