CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT: Professor Levene

DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES: Professor Peachin

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 in both English translation and the original languages. Several majors and minors are available, some in conjunction with other departments (History, Art History, Anthropology, Italian, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and Comparative Literature) and with the Alexander S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies. Academic internships, an honors program, opportunities to participate in archaeological excavations, study abroad programs, and individualized study are also available.

Classroom instruction is supplemented by a variety of activities. In addition to film screenings, 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, opportunities for travel and study abroad are available in Greece, Italy, and other Mediterranean sites.

Faculty

Professors Emeriti:
Bonfante, Casson, Dilts, Dunmore, Mayerson

Professors:
Connelly, Cribiore, Levene, Mitsis, Peachin, Santirocco, Sider

Associate Professors:
Asper, Connolly, Lowrie

Assistant Professors:
Becker, Monson

Clinical Assistant Professor:
Meineck

Global Distinguished Professors:
Cartledge, Sorabji