The faculty and staff of the Classical Studies department have issued a statement in response to recent racist incidents across the country.
Classical Studies News
On Saturday, May 16th, the Classical Studies class of 2020 was sent off with a on-line ceremony.
Former W&M provost Michael Halleran will return to teaching this fall as NEH Professor of Classical Studies.
Students in W&M's intermediate and advanced Latin classes won 13 awards in the most recent National Latin Translation Exam.
W&M undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students found extraordinary success this year in winning admission to graduate school.
A persistent mystery surrounding one of William & Mary’s most treasured possessions apparently has been solved, by a 19-year-old sophomore.
William & Mary Classical Studies Lecturer Andrew Ward and Assistant Professor Jess Paga took three students to excavate the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the Greek island of Samothrace from June 23 through Aug. 11.
On September 21 the department hosted the first W&M Archaeology Day, at which students and faculty of several departments shared news of their research and excavations.
18 W&M students went to Greece for the 2019 Athens-Nafplio summer study-abroad program.
Students in the Department of Classical Studies will be organizing and presenting the first Classical Studies Colloquium designed to showcase student research in the department.
This semester Prof. Jessica Stephens of the Department of Classical Studies at W&M is offering a new course comparing ancient slavery to slavery in other places and times up to and including the current day. The course is one of the COLL 300 courses being offered on campus under the banner of the theme "Bodies that Matter".
A trip to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, arranged by Professors Andrew Ward and Zackary Wainer, gave W&M students a close encounter with many examples of the ancient artworks artifacts that they have been studying.
Senior Classical Studies major Nicholas Rudman tells us all about his exciting senior thesis research!
Our next spotlight shines a light on Prof. Stephens!
Students in Prof. Jessica Paga's Archaeology and Ritual Class get hands-on practice with artifacts
We're back with a brand new faculty spotlight on Professor John Oakley!
Check out what our adventurous students were up to this past summer!
Congrats to the 2017 grads!
Follow us here for the next installment in our Faculty Spotlight series, shining a light on our tremendous faculty!
Here's the next installment of "Faculty Spotlight" - showcasing our amazing faculty!
The first installment of a new monthly feature, "Faculty Spotlight," which focuses on the fabulous faculty of Classical Studies!
Congratulations to the Classical Studies Class of 2016!
Students in CLCV 425 practiced their skills by drawing monuments in Williamsburg!
Students in CLCV 425 practiced their skills by drawing monuments in Williamsburg!
On April 11, a number of students were inducted into the Honor Society for Classical Studies
Professors Swetnam-Burland, Gondek, and Nichols took students to see the Power and Pathos show at the National Gallery of Art.
Isaac Alty a senior double-major in Chemistry and Ancient Greek, has won the Jefferson Prize for Natural Philosophy.
Barbette Spaeth was one of three W&M faculty members to be awarded an innovation grant from the Center for the Liberal Arts
Marc Sher, Matt Allar and Barbette Spaeth are embracing significant changes to their physics, theatre and classical studies classes.
Prof. Molly Swetnam-Burland honored by the Alumni Association with 2015 Alumni Fellowship Award
Professor Panoussi has been awarded the prestigious Plumeri Award.
William & Mary student Mary McCulla ’16 spent the summer interning at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
William & Mary student Mary McCulla ’16 spent the summer interning at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
John Oakley is touring Australia as the Visiting Professor of the Australian Archaeological Institute in Athens
Professors Donahue, Irby, and Swetnam-Burland have published books in 2015.
The Department celebrated the graduates of 2015!
Prof. Lily Panoussi and two W&M students participated in a symposium on Women in Antiquity at Randoph-Macon College
Four senior Classical Studies students presented papers on their research at the latest meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South - Southern Section
