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Today is Giving Day at UMD! Every year, the donations we receive on Giving Day help provide students with formative experiences, from language instruction to study abroad. If you have the means to support out small but scrappy department, check out the links below!

Please join us next Thursday, 11/13 for a talk by Prof. Jennifer Ramsay on "Petra's Forgotten Past: Uncovering the Iron Age Foundations of Nabataean Society"! The talk is hybrid; register for the Zoom link here: umd.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Please join us on October 16th for the inaugural William and Sylvia Gerber Latin Pedagogy Fund Lecture! We are honored to host Prof. Brett Mulligan, who will be discussing "What Digital Humanities Can Offer the Humanist: Data-Informed Approaches to the New AP Latin Curriculum."

Many congratulations to our 2025 Classics graduates! We are so proud of everything they have achieved, and we look forward to watching them rise to the challenge of this new phase of life. In the words of our chair @ProfEricAdler , si valetis, valemus!

Check out this article spotlighting our graduating senior, Lylah Messinger! After spending a year restoring a 2500 yr old Etruscan hydra, she is off to University College London to study conservation. Congratulations, Lylah! We are so proud. arhu.umd.edu/news/future-co…

The Classics department invites you all to attend our yearly Modern Greek Studies conference! This fabulous event includes student and faculty presentations, a musical performance, and more.

Many congratulations to Shandi Li, Will Roberts, and Leonid West (pictured here with their proud advisors, Katherine Wasdin and Peter Osorio) for defending their MA theses today!

This talk will trace the history of Antigone in Mexico as it transforms from a cultural imposition to a veritable site of Mexican heritage – one capable of challenging projects of national mythmaking, social and gender roles, as well as societal failings and cultural apathies.

Please join us next Thursday, April 24th at 5 PM for a talk by Dr. Andrés Carrete entitled “A Monumental Approach to Reception: The Shifting Heritage Discourse of Antigone in Mexico."

The talk itself will take place both in person and via Zoom. For a Zoom link, please register in advance using the following link: umd.zoom.us/.../register/W…

Please join us tomorrow at 7 PM for a lecture by Prof. Dimitris Plantzos on "Eldorado on the Nile: The Art of Luxury in Ptolemaic Alexandria"! In-person attendees are invited to a reception before the talk, starting at 6:15 PM.

Listen to our illustrious chair and support the Classics Department on #GivingDay!

It's #GivingDay @UofMaryland! Please consider donating to the Classics Department today. Your donation would help support scholarships for study abroad, making this transformative cultural experience available to more students. givingday.umd.edu/campaigns/clas…

Please join us tomorrow for this fascinating lecture by Justin Walsh on the archaeology of the International Space Station! 7 PM in F.S. Key Hall 0106, with a virtual option.

This exciting talk will take place later today! Come one, come all!

Please join us next Thursday, February 13th for a talk by Dr. Christopher Celenza, entitled "Prolegomena for a New History of Western Thought"! 5 PM in the Maryland Room of Marie Mount Hall. classics.umd.edu/events/dr-chri…

Craft night with the grad students! MA students and faculty flexed their watercolor skills at the Made in MD store last Friday!

Please join us next Thursday, 10/10, for the Department of Classics' inaugural Stehle-Johnson Lecture! We are thrilled to host Prof. Melissa Mueller for a talk on "Sappho's Poetry In/As Performance." To attend online, RSVP here: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Tomorrow!