Departmental News

    Patrick Hunt featured in National Geographic, Germany
    The article discusses Hunts research on Hannibal.  To see a preview of the May issue article visit http://www.nationalgeographic.de/php/magazin/redaktion/2008/05/redaktion_faszination_erde.htm

    Christian Kaesser coming to Stanford!
    Kaesser will join the faculty of the Department of Classics in 2008-2009 as an assistant professor. Click here to learn more about Kaesser...more

    Two Classics Grad Students Receive the 2008-2009 Geballe Dissertation Research Fellowship
    Congratulations to

    Rachel Ahern who will be working on her dissertation discussing The Rhetoric of Homeric Speech
    AND
    Lela Urquhart who will be working on her dissertation discussing Greek Religion and Indigenous Society in the Archaic Western Mediterranean: Impacts, Interactions, and Religious Integration

    The Geballe Dissertation Prize Fellowships, endowed by Theodore and Frances Geballe, are awarded to doctoral students whose work is of the highest distinction and promise. In addition to a fellowship stipend, the recipients of these fellowships have offices at the Center and take part, with other graduate and faculty fellows, in the Center’s programs, promoting humanistic research and education at Stanford. The Geballe Dissertation Prize Fellowships also provide additional research funding.

    Will Shearin to join Classics as a Stanford Humanities Fellow
    His intellectual interests lie largely at the intersection of philosophy and literature, particularly in the realms of (ancient) materialism and language, where he studies the political and ethical effects (and possibilities) of language and its materialities. ..more

    Stanford's Classics Club
    On Monday, February 11, 2008 Stanford Undergrads will hold the first meeting of the Stanford Classics Club. Affiliated with the National Senior Classical League and the National Junior Classical League, this new Stanford...more

    Stanford at the APA/AIA Annual Meeting
    The American Philological Association/Archaeological Institute of America's joint Annual Meeting was held on January 3-6, 2008 at the Chicago Hyatt Regency in Chicago.  See what everyone talked about!




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