The Department of Classical Studies offers students the opportunity to study the languages, cultures, and histories of ancient Greece and Rome.
Faculty Highlights
- Baughan Published
Elizabeth Baughan, associate professor of classics and archaeology and art history, published the article "Forms and Functions of Beds and Couches in Etruscan and Anatolian Tombs" in a book she co-edited, Etruria and Anatolia: Material Connections and Artistic Exchange.
- Gunkel Published
Dieter Gunkel, assistant professor of historical linguistics, published, “The First Person Singular of the Athematic Middle Optative in Vedic and Indo-Iranian” in the Journal of the American Oriental Society.
- Gunkel Published
Dieter Gunkel, assistant professor of historical linguistics, was invited to two lectures this spring. At the University of Vienna he presented, “Evidence for and Against Stress Regulation in Tocharian Meter.” He presented, “Rigvedic *aśiya, *ī́śiya, *rāsiya and the Development of PIE *-ih1-h2e into Indo-Iranian” at Cornell University.
- Baughan Awarded
Elizabeth Baughan, associate professor of classics and archaeology and art history, was awarded a Samuel H. Kress Grant for Research And Publication in Classical Art And Architecture by the Archaeological Institute of America, for the co-edited book (with Lisa C. Pieraccini, UC Berkeley), Etruria and Anatolia: Material Connections and Artistic Exchange forthcoming with Cambridge University Press.
- Stevenson Published
Walter Stevenson, associate professor of Classical Studies, published the book, The Origins of Roman Christian Diplomacy.
- Gunkel Published
Dieter Gunkel, assistant professor of historical linguistics, and coauthor Kevin M. Ryan published “Vedic Sanskrit vocatives in -an: The case for restoring two endings” in Ha! Linguistic Studies in Honor of Mark R. Hale.
- Zimmermann Damer Published
In the Flesh: Embodied Identities in Roman Elegy by Erika Zimmermann Damer, associate professor of classical studies and women, gender, and sexuality studies, is now available in paperback edition.
- Zimmermann Damer Published
Erika Zimmermann Damer, associate professor of classical studies and women, gender, and sexuality studies, published a new chapter, “What’s in a Name? Mapping Women’s Names from the Graffiti of Pompeii and Herculaneum" in Women’s Lives, Women’s Voices: Roman Material Culture and Female Agency in the Bay of Naples.
- Zimmermann Damer Published
Erika Zimmermann Damer, associate professor of classical studies and WGSS, published Travel, Geography, and Empire in Latin Poetry with Routledge.
- Baughan published Elizabeth Baughan, associate professor of classics and archaeology, co-published "Hacimusalar Höyük in the Early Bronze Age" in the American Journal of Archaeology.
Feature Stories
Latin majors participate in summer field school to learn Roman epigraphy
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Mailing Address:
Department of Classical Studies
University of Richmond
Humanities Building
106 UR Drive
Richmond, Virginia 23173
Phone: (804) 289-8736
Fax: (804) 287-6053
Department Chair: Dr. Walter Stevenson
Academic Administrative Coordinator: Shelby DeWalle