Classical Studies
If you are still looking for a summer course, CLST is offering CLST 262 Ancient Athletics with Dr. Carl E. Young M-F 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM. Course Synopsis: From their origins shrouded in mystery and ritual to the international fanfare of their modern descendants, the Olympic Games have maintained a firm grip on the public imagination for over twenty-five centuries. Then as now, athletic competition o¿ered opportunities to celebrate civic and individual achievements, and they promised —and sometimes even… read more about Still looking for a summer course? »
Archaeology deals with the study and interpretation of human activity through the excavation of sites and the analysis of material culture, the paleo-environment and cultural landscapes. In the last few decades, digital technologies, radiocarbon dating and the study of paleo-environments have revolutionized archaeology, which can be entirely considered a science. At Duke and UNC Universities there are several programs, classes and labs involving archaeology and the study of the past from multiple perspectives. This first… read more about Duke and UNC recently held an Archaeology Open House led by CLST Professor Maurizio Forte »
On March 31st and April 1st, Duke graduate students hosted the Annual Classics Graduate Colloquium. Together with invited guests Jacques Bromberg (University of Pittsburgh) and Jeanne Neumann (Davidson College), the event included panels and workshops focusing on modern pedagogy in Classics. To see more photos, go to the Duke CLST Facebook page: here. read more about CLST Graduate Students Hosted the Annual Classics Graduate Colloquium »
Congratulations to Katie Langenfeld, who successfully defended her dissertation, entitled “Forging a History: the Inventions and Intellectual Community of the Historia Augusta," on March 29th. read more about Dr. Katie Langenfeld Successfully Defends Dissertation »
From "Educating Rome" to "Ancient Science and Technology," the CLST classes for Fall '17 are sure to guarantee an interesting and productive semester for both professors and students! read more about Featured Courses for Fall 2017 »
Congrats to Professor Carla Antonaccio on her upcoming retirement at the end of the academic year. To see photos from the celebration of Professor Antonaccio, please visit the CLST Facebook page: here. read more about Congratulations to CLST Professor Carla Antonaccio on Upcoming Retirement »
Research Travel Award Winner (Graduate): Spring 2017 My experiences at the 2017 Winter School in Greek Paleography and Codicology at the American Academy in Rome are impossible to encapsulate in language, but the following is my halting attempt to do so. I had the good fortune to travel to the Eternal City nearly a week before the program began in the company of my friend and fellow Duke colleague, Laura Camp, so that we might enjoy a preemptive taste of la dolce vita. One of our most memorable experiences was a… read more about Alexander Fowler: AAR-BAV Winter Program in Greek Palaeography, Rome Italy »
Professor Alicia Jiménez will participate this week, on March 25th, in the conference "New perspectives on Roman material culture" at Cornell University. Her talk will be titled, "Standard Time: Typologies in Roman Antiquity." For more information on time, location, and the other speakers, please visit: here. read more about CLST Professor Alicia Jiménez Participated in Cornell Conference »
Duke graduate student, Tim Shea has been participating in the Archaeology of Athens course with Duke and Deree students. In a joint effort a number of faculty members have lecured on topics like the Cave of Demeter at Eleusis, the Tumulus of Athenian dead at Marathon, Athenian topography above the Odeion of Herodes Atticus, the Roman Agora in Athens, and much more. To see some exciting photo's from Tim's experience please visit our Facebook photo album: here. read more about Graduate Student Tim Shea Participated in Archaeology of Athens Course »
Josh Sosin spent spring break teaching an experimental Spring Breakthrough course on the trial of Socrates. Students read and discussed a number of speeches from Athenian trials, on issues of speech, religion, civic duty, generational conflict, and more, … all culminating in a rigorous discussion of Socrates’ defense against impiety charges. This was a magical opportunity to engage in rigorous, thoughtful, discussion and debate in a casual, social setting. Everyone ate a lot, talked a lot, laughed a lot, and learned from… read more about CLST Professor Josh Sosin's Spring Breakthrough »
Three professors at Duke Law School (James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins and the late Keith Aoki ) have released a graphic novel laying out a 2000 year long history of musical borrowing from Plato to rap, using as a primary source for ancient music the work of Classical Studies professor William Johnson. For their narrative of ancient musical notation, they made extensive use of his article "Musical Evenings in the Early Empire: New Evidence from a Greek Papyrus with Musical Notation" and his ancient music website, and use an… read more about A graphic novel, "Theft! A History of Music" released partly based on Duke Professor William Johnson's work »
Research Travel Award Winner (Graduate): Spring 2017 Thanks to a grant from the department I was able to participate in a two-week intensive program in Greek palaeography, hosted by the American Academy in Rome and the Vatican Library. Alex Fowler and I arrived in Rome a few days early to visit the Vatican Museums and the monastery at Monte Cassino, and to get my Italian back into working condition before the program started. From the 9th to the 20th of January, we stayed at the American Academy, studying under the… read more about Laura Camp: AAR-BAV Winter Program in Greek Palaeography, Rome Italy »
Tom Cole, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Duke's Classical Studies, attended Living Latin in New York from February 18-19, where participants speak Latin and attend talks in Latin. He got a chance to talk with Claire Catenaccio, who is heavily involved with the parent organization (Paideia Institute) and who gave a talk at Duke just the week before. For more information on Living Latin in New York, please visit: here. read more about Thomas Cole Attended Living Latin in New York »
Jessica Lee won first place in the undergraduate division of the Nadell Prize for Book Collecting Contest at Duke Libraries. On February 28, she had a display of her collection, "Hamilton to Homer: A Mythoholic's Journey to Becoming a Classicist," at Rubenstein Library. Congratulations, Jessica! read more about Jessica Lee wins at Duke Libraries' Book Collecting Contest! »
Classical Studies is delighted to announce that Claire Catenaccio (Ph.D. Columbia 2017) will be joining the faculty this summer in a tenure-track position. Claire specializes in the study and performance of Greek drama. read more about Claire Catenaccio to join Duke's CLST faculty! »
Congratulations to CLST's Professor Maurizio Forte, and coauthor Stefano Campana, on the publication of their book Digital Methods and Remote Sensing in Archaeology: Archaeology in the Age of Sensing! For more information on the book, see here. read more about CLST Professor Maurizio Forte Publishes New Book! »
Congratulations to Tori Lee, who has published an article in Eidolon ("an online journal for scholarly writing about Classics that isn’t formal scholarship”). The piece came out just today, and is entitled "To Me, You Are Creepy: Excluded Lovers from Rome to Rom-Com." read more about Tori Lee gets published in the online journal Eidolon! »
Charlie Muntz (Duke Ph.D., 2008), has just published Diodorus Siculus and the World of the Late Roman Republic (Oxford UP). The book, which he developed from his dissertation, is dedicated to the memory of our esteemed and lamented faculty Diskin Clay and Lawrence Richardson, Jr. read more about Duke Alum Dr. Charlie Muntz Publishes Book »
Congratulations are in order for Professor Maurizio Forte and his team for winning the 3rd place award for their poster "Rediscovering a hidden city: Exploring Vulci through remote sensing" at the 2017 Duke Research Computing Symposium on Data Visualization and Computing. The victory was the first and the only one in the Humanities. The team included CLST's Dr. Forte and Graduate Student Katherine McCusker, as well as David Johnston, Everette Newton, and Nevio Danelon, Special congratulations to… read more about CLST Professor Maurizo Forte, Graduate Student Katherine McCusker, and team win at the 2017 Duke Research Computing Symposium! »
The CLST department congratulates Graduate Student David Stifler, whose paper, "Cutting Both Ways: Culture, grammar, and usage in Lucian’s dialogues on language,” has been accepted at this year's CAMWS in Kitchener, Ontario, next April. read more about Graduate Student David Stifler's Paper Selected for CAMWS Conference »
A warm congratulations to Graduate Student Tom Cole, whose paper, "Cicero's Influence on the United States Constitution” has been accepted for the New England Political Science Association Conference in Providence next April. read more about Graduate Student Tom Cole's Paper Selected for the New England Political Science Association Conference »
Congratulations to Graduate Student Erickson Bridges, who has had his paper, "Rituals in the Dark: Christians, Foreigners, and Religious Reaction to the Other in Classical Rome” accepted for the Boston University Graduate Classics Conference, Foreign Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean World. (His very first!) read more about Graduate Student Erickson Bridges' Paper Selected for Boston University Graduate Classics Conference, Foreign Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean World »
On December 2, Professor William Johnson presented “From Bookroll to Codex” to an interdisciplinary group of students and faculty at the year-long Mellon-Sawyer seminar, Cultural and Textual Exchanges: The Manuscript across pre-modern Eurasia, at the University of Iowa. The seminar included top scholars getting deep into the technical aspects of medium and book for early books in both the Western and Eastern traditions, including books on papyrus and the earlier paper scrolls from central Asia (such as those found… read more about CLST Professor William Johnson Presents “From Bookroll to Codex” »
From January 5th to the 8th, the Joint Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and the Society for Classical Studies (SCS) (formerly known as the American Philological Association) took place in Toronto, Ontario. Sessions explored artifacts, art, social systems, fashion, cooking vessels, trade networks, shipwrecks, architecture, inscriptions, and archaeological research methods of the classical and New World. A few of Duke CLST's Professors presented at the meeting. On January 6th,… read more about SCS and AIA Joint Annual Meeting in Toronto »
A big congratulations to Ted Graham for successfully completing his dissertation today! Well done, Dr. Graham! read more about Dr. Ted Graham Successfully Defends Dissertation »