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Professors Kátia da Costa Bezerra and Cynthia White have been awarded grant funding from AZ Humanities for the Listening to Other Voices project, a celebration of world literature featuring multiple events over two days in…

Two professors in the Department of Religious Studies and Classics have been promoted, demonstrating excellent performance in teaching, service and research.Dr. Eleni Hasaki is promoted from tenured Associate Professor of Anthropology/Classics to…

Known among students and colleagues for the passion and enthusiasm he brings to teaching Classics, Robert Stephan is a recipient of the University of Arizona’s 2021 Gerald G. Swanson Prize for Teaching Excellence.  Stephan, an Assistant…

On Thursday, May 6, members of the department and community joined together via Zoom for our annual Classics Awards Ceremony. The ceremony kicked off with inspirational opening remarks from Dr. Alain-Philippe Durand (Dean, College of Humanities) and…

In Spring 2021, the department began offering awards for outstanding undergraduate students of Latin. Students applied for the awards with short essays about why they chose to study this ancient language. Congratulations to the winners of the…

In Spring 2021, the department began offering awards for outstanding undergraduate students of classical Greek. Students applied for the awards with short essays about why they chose to study this ancient language. Congratulations to the…

Application Deadline Extended to April 21st!   In Spring 2021, the department will be offering a variety of monetary awards for undergraduate students of classical Latin. These are in addition to the annual Richard C. Jensen Prize. …

Application Deadline Extended to April 21st!   In Spring 2021, the department will be offering a variety of monetary awards for undergraduate students of classical Greek. These are in addition to the annual Thomas D. Worthen Prize. Details…

Fulfill Degree Requirements with Classics!  All courses fully online (asynchronous) unless otherwise noted. Summer Pre-Session (05/17/2021 - 06/05/2021) CLAS 116B - Word Roots: Science and Medical Terminology CLAS 150C1 - Pyramids and…

Yunbei Xu, a double major in Classics and Anthropology at the University of Arizona, is a 2021 recipient of the SILLC Global Award and a 2021 recipient of the College of Humanities Mary Ann Farman Memorial Scholarship. The SILLC Global Award…

Eleni Hasaki (Associate Professor Anthropology/Classics) coedited a volume with Martin Bentz (University of Bonn, Germany) titled Reconstructing Scales of Production in the Ancient Greek World: Producers, Processes, Products, People (2020…

The Hellenic Cultural Foundation is delighted to announce a new scholarship in honor of James P. Sfarnas, the first president of the HCF. The first James P. Sfarnas Hellenic Studies Scholarship will be awarded in the spring of 2021 to…