classics

The 22nd Breathitt Lecture to Explore Evolution of Pandora, and Woman, in Literature

By Whitney Hale

trra223 Tue, 01/19/2016 - 09:55 am
Chellgren Center Names 36 New Fellows, Five Endowed Professorships

The University of Kentucky Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence honored its newest class of Chellgren Fellows Sunday, Aug. 23. Five Chellgren Endowed Professorships were also announced. 

trra223 Wed, 08/26/2015 - 01:27 pm
'Suda On Line' Database is Complete
UK faculty members, Ross Scaife and Raphael Finkel, contributed to the English translation of the Suda lexicon, a massive 10th century Byzantine encyclopedia.
mngr222 Wed, 09/24/2014 - 12:48 pm
Languages and the Arts: The Perfect Love Story
The relationship has never been made official, but everyone knows that Languages and the Arts are an item. As the story goes, the two got together sometime around the fall of Babel, and they’ve been inseparable ever since.
brconn2 Mon, 10/28/2013 - 04:52 pm
Celebrate A&S: 2012 Hall of Fame Inductee Louis J. Swift

Lou Swift graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1963 and joined UK’s faculty as the chair of the newly reformed Department of Classics in 1970. His research interests focus on the study of early Christianity, including the issue of war and peace in late antiquity, and the relationship between religion and politics in America. Though he officially retired in 2001, he continues to teach an undergraduate course on the connection between religion and politics in America.

Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 10/29/2012 - 04:32 pm
UK Latin Seminar, Internationally Recognized and Celebrated
This past summer marked the 16th anniversary of one of the world's most unique events held on UK's campus.
omro222 Wed, 08/29/2012 - 01:09 pm
Classics Alum Casey Carmichael Receives Prestigious Doctoral Fellowship in Germany

 

By Guy Spriggs

casey genevaCasey Carmichael, who earned his masters degree in Classics at the University in Kentucky in 2010, has been awarded six-month doctoral fellowship from the Leibniz Institute for European History in Mainz, Germany.

jlbeam4 Fri, 06/08/2012 - 09:34 am
Leighanne Root
A professor can impact a student during and after their college career in a plethora of ways. Leighanne Root has been able to learn, utilize and grow with her professors throughout her time at the University of Kentucky.
nkzakh0 Fri, 06/01/2012 - 08:50 am
CLA 261: Masterpieces of Greek and Roman Literature with Ted Higgs
A survey of major Greek and Roman literary works. Attention will be focused on the various genres of Classical literature, and the course will include comparative analysis of Greek and Latin literary pieces.
Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 04/10/2012 - 03:14 pm
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