Department News Archive


Karen ní Mheallaigh wins JHU Discovery Award

Karen ní Mheallaigh wins JHU Discovery Award
Congratulations to Prof. Karen ní Mheallaigh who has won a prestigious JHU Discovery Award (along with William Egginton (MLL), Yulia Frumer (HoST), Jeremy Greene (Medicine), Earle Havens (MSEL), and Marc […]


Laura Evans wins Evangelia Davos Prize second time

Congratulations to Laura Evans, recipient of the 2022 Evangelia Davos Prize in Classics. Laura is a two-time winner of the prize, having also won in 2021. She graduated with honors […]


Michele Asuni successfully defends dissertation

Michele Asuni, a PhD student in Classics, successfully defended his dissertation, entitled Pathos Visible: Color, Emotion and Affect in Ancient Greece from Homer to Heliodorus, on February 11, 2022. The […]


Melissa Toomey successfully defends dissertation

Melissa Toomey successfully defends dissertation
Melissa Toomey, a PhD student in Classics, successfully defended her doctoral thesis, entitled The Poet and the Bee in Classical Literature, on October 15, 2021. The thesis was directed by […]


What’s Old is New Again

What’s Old is New Again
What do replicas of ancient Greek sculptures and Minoan frescoes have in common with Baltimore culture? It turns out quite a bit, according to Emily Anderson, assistant professor of classics. She […]


Laura Evans wins Evangelia Davos Prize

Congratulations to Laura Evans, recipient of the 2021 Evangelia Davos Prize in Classics. Laura is a junior with a triple major in Molecular and Cellular Biology; Classics; and Medicine, Science, […]


Past Meets Present Among the Antioch Mosaic Tiles

Past Meets Present Among the Antioch Mosaic Tiles
Assistant professor Jennifer Stager first held the course the Antioch Recovery Project in spring 2020, focusing on mosaic tiles from the ancient city of Antioch. The course is featured in the March 2021 Arts […]