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Classics PhD candidate Ronnie Shi has been awarded the Geballe Dissertation Prize Fellowship from Stanford's Humanities Center.  These awards go to Stanford doctoral students whose work is "of the highest distinction and promise."  Recipients have…
Classics faculty Josiah Ober and Giovanna Ceserani are members of research teams which have been awarded Stanford's first Cultivating Humanities Grants. The Changing Human Experience (CHE), part of Stanford’s Long-Range Planning, seeks to advance…
The Department of Classics wishes a warm congratulations to our very own Justin Leidwanger upon his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure.  Following recent approval by the university's provost and the Academic Council Advisory Board,…
Professor Walter Scheidel featured prominently in a recent edition of the New York Times with an opinion piece entitled "Why the Wealthy Fear Pandemics."  In this article, Professor Scheidel looks back to the Black Death, discussing how this…
The Archaeological Institute of America has awarded Ph.D. candidate Grace Erny its prestigious Ann C. and Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship for the 2020-21 academic year.  This fellowship will support Grace's research for her dissertation, entitled …