Duke Research Blog published an article by Anna Gotskind regarding her experience working on the Vulci 3000 Bass Connections team. Read full article read more about Vulci 3000: A High-Tech Excavation »
Research Travel Award Winner (Graduate): Summer 2019 For insights into the Roman military, what better places to visit than the legionary fortress Carnuntum (Austria) and the Roman forts along Hadrian’s Wall (Britain)? This summer, equipped with funding from the Research Travel Award, I was able to visit these two superlative Roman military sites and several others in Austria and Britain. Inspecting inscriptions at the archaeological depot of Carnuntum My first goal was to inspect… read more about Adrian Linden-High: Slavery in the Roman Army, Austria & Britain »
Last week, William Johnson presented an invited paper, "The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Classicist's View" at a conference entitled "The Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Media Culture" at St Mary's University, Twickenham, London. On his way to London, Johnson spent time at Vindolanda with Alex Meyer (PhD Duke 2012) and Elizabeth Greene (PhD UNC 2011). read more about William Johnson presents paper at Dead Sea Scrolls conference »
Congratulations to the CLST class of 2019. This year we had 6 graduates; Evangeline Marecki (AB), Elizabeth Needham (AB), Makaila Christensen (MA), Alex Fowler (MA), Melissa Huber (PhD), and David Stifler (PhD). To see more pictures please visit our Facebook page. From left to right); David Stifler (PhD), Elizabeth Needham (AB), William Johnson (CLST Department Chair), Evangeline Marecki (AB), and Melissa Huber (PhD) (not pictured Makaila Christensen (MA), Alex Fowler (MA))… read more about Congratulations to the Class of 2019 »
Prof. A. Jiménez worked last December on a photogrammetric study and a LiDAR map of the Roman camps near Numantia (Renieblas, Spain 2nd-1st c. BCE) with Profs. J. Bermejo (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), D. Hernández and M. A. Moreno (Universidad de Castilla La Mancha). She has just been awarded two generous grants from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung and Duke’s Arts & Sciences Council to go back to the field with her team this summer and complete the field survey using terrestrial scanners in selected areas of the site.… read more about Prof. Alicia Jiménez receives grants from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung and Duke’s Arts & Sciences Council »
Duke University awarded 21 distinguished professorships to members of its faculty May 2 at the annual University Distinguished Professors dinner. They are: -- Atila Abdulkadiroğlu, Garonzik Family Professor of Economics -- Jeremy S. Begbie, Thomas A. Langford Research Professor of Theology -- Emily S. Bernhardt, James B. Duke Professor of Biology -- L. Ebony Boulware, Eleanor Easley Professor of Medicine -- L. Catherine Brinson, Sharon… read more about Duke Adds 21 Faculty to Distinguished Faculty Rank »
Prof. Alicia Jiménez gave a paper at this year's Theoretical Archaeology Group conference at the University of Syracuse, NY (May 3-5, 2019). Alicia's presentation, in a session organized by Profs. Christopher Watts (University of Waterloo) and Carl Knappett (University of Toronto) on "Entangling Ancient Art", addressed questions of replication and invisibility of female bodies, using ancient Roman honorific statues as a case study. http://tag2019.maxwell.syr.edu … read more about Prof. Alicia Jiménez gives a paper at the Theoretical Archaeology Group conference »
Dr. Jazwa's "Ancient Athletics" course hosted an Ancient Olympics-inspired event on Wednesday. Champions were crowned (literally - with olive wreaths!) in the Stade (1-lap race), Diaulos (2-lap race), Hoplitodromos (armed race), Long jump, Javelin throw, Discus throw, and Pentathlon. All 80 students helped make the event a success. Each had a duty to build equipment, serve as "priests/priestesses," advertise the event, or take care of the logistics. The students all exceeded expectations! https://www.facebook.com/… read more about Duke's 1st Olympiad was a success! »
Students taking the course Roman Spectacles (CLST 354) with Prof. Alicia Jiménez look at the bright side of (Roman) life during the re-release of Monty Python's Life of Brian at the Carolina Theater. For pictures of this event please visit our Facebook Page. read more about CLST 354 visits Monty Python's Life of Brian at the Carolina Theater »
On April 14, faculty and students from Duke and UNC got together at William Johnson's house to read in performance a first finished draft of the new adaptation of Aristophanes' Birds by Peter Burian (professor emeritus, Duke). Feathers supplied by Shirley Werner (Scholar in Residence @ Duke). Cast: Al Duncan (UNC, Protagonist): Trustworth Emily Baragwanath (UNC, Deuteragonist): Goodhope; Poet; First Messenger; Herald; Prometheus; Heracles; Herald Claire Catenaccio (Duke, Tritagonist): Tereus; Priest;… read more about Birdland! by Peter Burian »
Duke's "Ancient Athletics" class will hold an Olympic competition in two weeks. Join us on Wednesday April 24 at Jack Katz Stadium, 1:30-2:30 PM and see students compete in the stade, long jump, discus, hoplitodromos, and more! read more about Join the "Ancient Athletics" class at an "Olympic" Competition »
Michael Steed, graduating senior at the NC School of Science and Math, after presenting his Senior Research project, "Biography and Epigraphy in Imperial Rome." His seems to have been the only humanistic project of more than 100 this year! Michael and Prof. Boatwright, his 2018-19 Research Project Mentor read more about CLST mentors NCSSM »
Professor Claire Catenaccio and the students of Greek 332 hang with our favorite flawed hero Heracles at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Heracles and the class of Greek 332 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC read more about Heracles! »
During Spring Break, Dr. Kyle Jazwa began an Experimental Archaeology collaboration with Dr. Caroline Jeffra, a Postdoctoral Research for the “Tracing the Potter’s Wheel” project at the University Amsterdam. Our project will reconstruct Mycenaean (ca. 1600-1050 BCE) ceramic roofing tiles to better understand production methods, cross-craft interaction in the Late Bronze Age, the identities of the producers, and the scales of production. In March, we made miniature examples to serve as models for our upcoming, scale… read more about Dr. Kyle Jazwa reconstructs Bronze Age roofing tiles with Dr. Caroline Jeffra of Tracing the Potter's Wheel »
David Stifler successfully defended his dissertation yesterday on “Lucian and the Atticists: A Barbarian at the Gates”. Congrats Dr. Stifler! read more about David Stifler defends his dissertation! »
William Johnson has been awarded a Franklin Humanities Institution grant under their “Innovative Major Publications” program to fund the first of an exciting triplet of events that experiments with a new model for collaborative publication. The project has been organized under the leadership of New Testament scholar Chris Keith (St Mary’s University, Twickenham UK), Johnson himself, and Jewish Studies scholar Rebecca Scharbach Wollenberg (University of Michigan), using the working title, "The Cultures of Reading in the… read more about Johnson receives FHI grant to support a collaborative project on "The Cultures of Reading in the Ancient Mediterranean" »
Melissa Huber successfully defended her dissertation yesterday on “Monumentalizing Infrastructure: Claudius and the City and People of Rome”. Congrats Dr. Huber! read more about Melissa Huber defends her dissertation! »
Only 9 more days until Duke University's Fall 2019 registration begins! Tomorrow begins our Featured Course of the Day posts on our Facebook and Twitter pages. We'll be featuring one course each (business) day until registration begins. As a preview here's our entire course offering for FA19: read more about Check out our Featured Courses of the Day on Social Media »
The first issue of Visible Thinking, Duke's new journal that showcases "signature undergraduate research," has the senior thesis of Gabi Stewart ('18) among its first articles. Check it out: https://dukevisiblethinking.pubpub.org/issue1-1 read more about Gabi Stewart '18 highlighted in Visible Thinking,. Duke's new UG journal »
Francis Newton will receive an honorary degree in “Lettere" from the Università di Cassino e del Lazio meridionale, "for his well known merits as a scholar of Southern Italian Benedictine culture and Beneventan manuscripts.” The ceremony will take place in Cassino this April. read more about Università di Cassino e del Lazio meridionale confers honorary degree on Francis Newton »
On Saturday, Duke Sophomore, Christian Burke, presented his paper, "The Influence of Cult on the Ritual and Funerary Assemblages of 'Submycenaean' and Protogeometric Pottery," at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Undergraduate Classics Conference. The topic was the subject of his research paper in Duke's "Early Greek Archaeology" course. read more about Duke Undergraduate Presents Paper at Undergraduate Classics Conference »
Professor Sosin hosts a Duke Conversation--a super cool student-run series of informal dinners that nominated faculty members host in their homes with undergraduates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNkkqpDpAts&feature=youtu.be (see our own Melisa Castillo in the video!) read more about Duke Conversations »
At its annual open house on Thursday, February 21st in Bostock 127, Duke University Libraries’ Digital Scholarship Services department showcases some of its work over the past year. This year’s slate of speakers and projects offers a view into the lifecycle of digital scholarship – from organizing files and creating digital workflows for underlying research, to engaging audiences for the resulting scholarship – and the often highly collaborative nature of that work. Whether you are looking to learn more about digital… read more about Hannah Jacobs will present her work creating Digital Humanities tools for the classroom, including collaboration with Alicia Jiménez (CLST 354 Roman Spectacles), at the DSS open house »
Some photos from the Latin Hack-a-thon on Feb. 15, when brave middle-school Latinists translated Latin inscriptions! Cohors GREENSBORO, with organizers Margot Ambruster & Samya Sao Cohors DURHAM, from Montessori Lakewood read more about Duke Certamen, 15-16 Feb. 2019 »
The Duke-UNC Classics Graduate Symposium was a fantastic success! On Sat., 9 Feb., Tar Heels and Blue Devils congregated in Chapel Hill for nine lightning talks and then continued deliberations on a lighter note at Linda's Bar & Grill. Thank you all for coming! Tar Heels and Blue Devils at Linda's Tar Heels and Blue Devils at Linda's read more about Duke-UNC Classics Graduate Symposium, »
Homer for lunch and for fun! That's how we do it here. Also, a typewriter, microfiche, and tissues. But mostly Homer. From Left - Clockwise: Professor Claire Catenaccio, Graduate Students Alex Karsten, Makaila Christensen, Mason Barto, David Stifler, Tori Lee, & Clinton Kinkade read more about Homer for lunch and for fun »
Professors Claire Catenaccio and Josh Sosin take a break from conference papers at the SCS to monkey around at the San Diego Zoo! Spotted in the Wild read more about Spotted in the Wild »
At the end of the Fall 2018 semester, Kyle Jazwa's 'Ancient Science and Technology' class hosted an "Ancient Science Fair" to present the students' reconstructions of ancient technologies. Individuals and groups researched and built scale models of inventions such as a Roman onager, Egyptian cosmetics and perfumes, Greek fishing poles, and Roman paved roads! Lauren Collier presents her reconstructed shaduf - a device for lifting water. Ken Koch and… read more about Kyle Jazwa's 'Ancient Science and Technology' class hosts an "Ancient Science Fair." »
Profs. J. Bermejo (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), D. Hernández (Universidad de Castilla La Mancha) and A. Jiménez (Duke) will create a new LiDAR-based map to study the walls and internal layout of the Roman camps near Numantia (Renieblas, Spain). The new map has been generously funded by the Provincial Government of Soria (Diputación de Soria). Part of the team traveled to the site on December 11 to begin the data collection process. This remote sensing method… read more about Team working with Prof. Alicia Jiménez creates a new LiDAR-based map of the Roman camps near Numantia (Renieblas, Spain, 2nd – 1st c. BCE). »