Great news for PhD student Kathryn Stutz, who was awarded the Best Graduate Paper at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the CAAS for her presentation titled: Nobler Than Thetis’s Son? […]
News & Announcements Archive
Ancient World meets the Future in JHU’s Next Conversations Series
Classics professor Karen ní Mheallaigh joined renowned physicist Sean Carroll, philosopher of physics Jenann Ismael, and Nobel-winning astrophysicist Adam Riess for a discussion titled “What the Expanding Universe Demands of […]
Congratulations to Jessica Lamont!
Our heartiest congratulations to Professor Jessica Lamont, who has been awarded tenure at Yale University! Professor Lamont earned her PhD at Hopkins in 2016, working with Professor Alan Shapiro as […]
ITRL New General Editor Announcement
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 […]
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 […]