ACTING CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT: Professor Mitsis
DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES: Professor Ratté

The Department of Classics explores all aspects of the Greek and Roman worlds, including their languages and literatures, art and archaeology, history, philosophy, religion, politics, economics, and law. This broad interdisciplinary approach to these cultures that have had a major role in shaping Western values and thought provides an excellent undergraduate education, and classics students go on to careers in education, law, medicine, business, and the media.

The department offers courses both in the original languages and in English translation. Several majors and minors are available, some in conjunction with other departments (history, fine arts, anthropology, Italian, medieval and Renaissance studies, and comparative literature) and with the Alexander S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies. Academic internships, an honors program, and individualized study are also available.

Classroom instruction is supplemented by a variety of activities. In addition to lectures and field trips sponsored by a lively Classics Club, students have access to the superb collections of antiquities at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the American Numismatic Society, and the Pierpont Morgan Library, as well as access to the department’s own collection of antiquities. Finally, various opportunities for travel and study abroad are available in Greece,Italy, and other Mediterranean sites.

Faculty

Professors Emeriti:
Casson, Dilts, Mayerson, Sifakis

Professors:
Bonfante, Levene, Mitsis, Peachin, Santirocco, Sider

Associate Professors:
Lowrie, Ratté

Assistant Professors:
Becker, Connolly

Clinical Assistant Professor:
Meineck