Classics

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host the 2022 Walter A. Strauss Lecture Series featuring Angelos Chaniotis, professor of ancient history and classics at the Institute for Advanced Study, Nov. 14–17. Theatrical behavior has been recorded in Greek public life since the Archaic period. F...

Timothy Wutrich, senior instructor in the Department of Classics at the College of Arts and Sciences, will preside over the Ohio Classical Conference in October. This meeting, held at Columbus Academy in Gahanna, Ohio, will be the 100th annual Ohio Classical Conference, bringing together teachers a...

Evelyn Adkins, assistant professor of classics at Case Western Reserve University, recently wrote a book titled Discourse, Knowledge, and Power in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, published by the University of Michigan Press. Adkins’ book has been described as the “first in-depth examination of speech and...

Rachel Sternberg, associate professor in the Department of Classics at the College of Arts and Sciences, recently was named a finalist for the Association of American Publishers’ 46th annual PROSE Awards. Sternberg’s The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights (University of Texas Press) was selected a...

Major: ClassicsMinor: Bioethics For many high school students and adult learners, figuring out how to attend college can be a daunting task. Case Western Reserve student Colin Hawkinson understands this—and is helping students and their families in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District navigat...

Nam Vo, a third-year undergraduate studying classics and physics, won the Manson A. Steward Award from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS). Given to sophomore- or junior-level undergraduate students, recipients of the award have shown achievement and potential in classical...

By John Garcia With summer just around the corner, students are looking forward to the sunshine and an exciting lineup of summer classes. Undergraduate registration for the summer semester starts today (April 12), depending on the school (graduate program registration may already have started or ma...

Receiving a prestigious fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Maddalena Rumor will work on a manuscript for a book currently titled Dreckapotheke in Ancient Mesopotamia and the Graeco-Roman World. Rumor is the only scholar associ...

Meghan Strong The Case Western Reserve University Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will offer a variety of remote courses and lectures including “How to Build a Pyramid: Analyzing the Great Pyramid Builders of Egypt” with Meghan Strong, adjunct assistant professor of classics at CWRU and research a...

The Department of Classics will host a lecture by Amy R. Cohen, professor of classics and theater at Randolph College, Thursday, Sept. 26, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. In her lecture, titled “Masks and Reality in Ancient Athenian Drama,” Cohen will look at both historical and contempor...