Department of Classical Studies - School of Arts and Sciences

The Department of Classical Studies offers students the opportunity to study the languages, cultures, and histories of ancient Greece and Rome.

Classical Studies Open HouseJoin us for an open house on Friday, November 16, 3-4:30 p.m.

Feature Stories

2018 Student Symposium Awards
Recognizing excellence in scholarship and creativity

2017 A&S Student Symposium
A celebration of student research

Exposing students to etymology
Community-based learning helps middle school students learn etymology

Sugandh and Surabhi Gupta, '16
A change in major opens a world of possibilities

Hannah Maddy, '16
Senior spends a summer looking for poetry in the ruins of ancient Pompeii

Herculaneum Graffiti Project
Latin majors participate in summer field school to learn Roman epigraphy

Kara Jonas, '15
Senior learns how speaking Latin can help one absorb the language

Alex Duncan, '16 and Ben Strawsburg, '16
Student research aims to understand inter-male communication

Nils Niemeier, '13
Classics major follows his interests to opportunity

Samantha Frandsen, '13
Recent graduate's interdisciplinary education and fascination with antiquity inspired her to create a 2-D model of ancient Rome.

Ancient Greek and Roman Banquet
Students experience a celebration similar to those held in ancient Greece and Rome

Elizabeth Baughan
Classical studies professor combines theory and practice with students in Turkey

Caroline Cobert, '12
Senior presents the life of Ti-Ameny-Net, UR's mummy-in-residence

Ryan Smout, '11
Recent grad combines psychology and math to improve how people teach algebra

Scott Erwin, '05
Rhodes Scholar looks back at the road from Richmond

Caroline Cobert, '12
Classics and biology student unlocks secrets of university mummy

Dr. Carole Newlands
NEH Distinguished Visting Professor examines modern day influence of Roman poet

Ti Ameny Net
Mummy calls Department of Classical Studies home

Photo Library
Classical studies majors stock photo library while abroad

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Scholarship Repository Readership

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Upcoming Events

Feb
24
Stories across Space and Time: Does Helen of Troy have a Cousin in India?
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Stephanie Jamison (UCLA), an internationally renowned philologist and linguist, will deliver a lecture on comparative... Continue reading
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Mar
29
"A Pound of Whatever Silvers He Pleases" History and Economy in the Late Medieval Eastern Mediterranean
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mike Laposata, '20, history and Arabic studies double major, and 2019-2020 collections assistant in the University... Continue reading
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Recitation of Homer's "Iliad" by Walter Beers, '13

Mummy Restoration

Janelle consolidating loose linen with 3% methyl cellulose.

Resources

Lecture Series

Photo Library

Library Research Guide

Ancient World Gallery

Department of Art & Art History

Office of Sustainability

Contact Us

Mailing Address: 
Department of Classical Studies 
University of Richmond 
421 Westhampton Way 
North Court (Educational Wing), 2nd Floor 
Richmond, Virginia 23173

Phone: (804) 289-8736 
Fax: (804) 287-6053

Chair: Julie Laskaris
Administrative Coordinator: Shelby DeWalle