Professor Shane Butler has been appointed as the new General Editor of the I Tatti Renaissance Library as of November 1st. For more than two decades, the series has brought […]
News & Announcements Archive
Prof. Emily Anderson Assumes Directorship of the Archaeological Museum
On July 1, Emily Anderson assumed the directorship of the JHU Archaeological Museum. This is a particularly exciting time for the museum, as it officially reopened its doors on October […]
Roman Oratory Conference
On Sept. 19-20, 2025, the Classics Department hosted an international conference / workshop entitled “Oratory and Rhetoric in the Generation before Cicero,” organized by Matthew Roller. Department Chair Karen ni Mheallaigh […]
Prof. Shane Butler Awarded Visiting Professorship
Professor Shane Butler, who is currently on sabbatical, has received a prestigious appointment as the Francesco De Dombrowski Visiting Professor at Villa I Tatti (the Harvard University Center for Italian […]
PhD Success for Yanneck Wiegers!
On June 9th, Yanneck Wiegers defended his PhD thesis titled The Organic and the Synthetic. Creativity and Rome (abstract below). Yanneck wrote his thesis with Prof. Shane Butler as advisor, Nandini […]
Classics BA/MA Grad: Marie Wei
Classics BA/MA graduate, Marie Wei was featured in the Spring 2025 JHU Arts & Sciences Magazine. Although Marie will be starting her PhD in Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, she […]
Noodles on Delos!
Professor Karen ní Mheallaigh – and departmental mascot Noodles – were on Delos to participate in the World Human Forum’s summer meeting ‘Alpha Mission Δelos’, May 26-27. World-experts in the field of […]
Spring 2025 PhD Hooding Ceremony
On May 21, the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences celebrated recent PhD recipients at the Doctoral Hooding Ceremony. The ceremony marks a major milestone in the lives of the […]
Medea on Trial
Professor Maria Gerolemou led the fantastic production of Medea on Trial, which was featured in the Johns Hopkins News-Letter. Read the News-Letter article about the production here. Congratulations to all […]
Crossing Diasporic Borders and Fragmented Memories from Troy to Vietnam
Travis Thai H. Pham (’28), a prospective double major in Moral & Political Economy and Classics, has been awarded the distinguished Chloe Center Summer Research Grant for his project, “Crossing […]