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Find the latest news and information from the Department of Classics, including student experiences, faculty research and awards and alumni updates.

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UMD Modern Greek Hosts 10th Modern Greek Studies Undergraduate Conference

The theme was "Byzantium, Hellenism, and the Shaping of Modernity."

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May 19, 2026 Classics

Congratulations to Our Graduates!

Graduating Class of 2026
April 23, 2026 Classics

MA Research Conference 2026: Charis Addai and Natalie Dean

Charis Addai and Natalie Dean presented their work in our yearly MA Research Conference
April 09, 2026 Classics

Prof. Lillian Doherty publishes edited volume on Homer

Her volume brings together new approaches to teaching the Odyssey in today’s classroom.
January 20, 2026 Classics

In the News: Alumni at the 2026 AIA/SCS Meeting

Alumni from the Departments of Classics, Anthropology, and Art History present at meeting in San Francisco
November 25, 2025 Classics

Dr. Polyvia Parara Presents at 11th MGSA Biennial Pedagogy Workshop

Dr. Parara speaks on emerging pedagogies.
April 25, 2025 Classics

MA Research Conference: Shandi Li, Will Roberts, and Leonid West

Shandi Li, Will Roberts, and Leonid West presented their work in the 2025 MA Research Conference
April 03, 2025 Classics

Prof. Bucher Wins Provost's Excellence Award for Teaching

Prof. Gregory Bucher wins the Provost's Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty
March 17, 2025 Classics

Professor Doherty Contributes to the Oxford Critical Guides Series

Professor Emerita Doherty Contributes Chapter
February 18, 2025 Classics

Prof. Graf's Article Wins the American Journal of Philology's Best Article Prize!

“The Pleasures of Flattery and the Hermeneutics of Suspicion in Seneca’s Natural Questions (4a. Praef.)”

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News from recent MA grad Rachel Mullervy

July 11, 2014 Classics

Travels abroad and GRID presentation

Inna Kunz creates a commentary on Lucretius

July 11, 2014 Classics

For her Masters thesis in Latin at UMCP, Inna Kunz has created a commentary for high school students on Lucretius' De rerum natura.

News from Lauri Dabbieri

July 11, 2014 Classics

Travels abroad for current M.A. student Lauri Dabbieri and her colleague, Kate Tiffany M.A. '08

Greetings from Greece!

June 02, 2014 Classics

Professor Jorge Bravo's students send greetings from Kenchreai in the Peloponnese.

New Scholarships and Research Opportunities!

May 18, 2014 Classics

The Department of Classics is excited to announce new annual scholarship and research awards for students beginning in Fall 2014 as part of the new NIAF Pellegri Program on Roman Antiquity and Its Legacy in America.  The Program is funded by a ge

2014-2015 Graduate Student And Faculty Fellowships And Awards

May 15, 2014 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French, German Studies, Second Language Acquisition, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU graduate students and faculty members receive fellowships and awards.

2014-2015 Graduate Student And Faculty Fellowships And Awards

May 15, 2014 Art, American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French, German Studies, Second Language Acquisition, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU graduate students and faculty members receive fellowships and awards.

2014-2015 Research And Scholarship Summer Award Recipients

May 15, 2014 History, American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, English, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music

ARHU faculty members receive prestigious Research and Scholarship Summer Award.