News Articles
Dylan Sailor Awarded Tenure
June 24, 2008 - Department news
Dylan Sailor has been promoted to Associate Professor effective July 1, 2008.
Changes to Sather Lectures Schedule
May 28, 2008 - Department news
With the upcoming Fall 2008 Sather Lecture series of Mary Beard, the Department will try out a new day for the lectures (Thursday) and an earlier hour for the second through sixth lectures.
Frank Bezner Joins Faculty
May 14, 2008 - Department news
Dr. Frank Bezner, an expert in Medieval Latin and medieval hermeneutics, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature.
Kim Shelton Joins Regular Faculty
April 17, 2008 - Department news
Kim Shelton becomes a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Classics on July 1, and the future of Nemea Excavations and the Nemea Center is put on a firmer basis.
John Ferrari Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
April 11, 2008 - Department news
Professor G. R. (John) Ferrari is one of six Berkeley Faculty Members awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2008-2009.
Susan Pulliam to Retire
March 19, 2008 - Department news
CASMA Management Services Officer Susan Pulliam has announced her plan to retire in June.
Good Placement News
March 6, 2008 - Department news
New and recent PhDs are obtaining academic positions.
Faculty News 2007
December 31, 2007 - Department news
An update on the activities of the faculty since the previous report in a departmental newsletter.
Greek Composition Prize Renamed for Tom Rosenmeyer
November 9, 2007 - Department news
Digs and Doings: Summer research update
October 16, 2007 - Research news
Reports from on-going research projects and archaeological excavation of our faculty and students in summer 2007.
New Faces in the Classroom
October 15, 2007 - Department news
The academic year begins for the Classics Department with new faces in the classroom. Nikolaos Papazarkadas joins the department as its newest faculty member while the familiar face of Lauri Reitzammer (Ph.D. 2006) teaches a course for the department this fall.
Updated: New Fellowship and Scholarship Funds Honors Corinne Crawford
October 8, 2007 - Department news
To honor the memory of graduate student Corinne S. Crawford (1980-2007), the Department has estalished an endowment fund to assist the research of Classics graduate students, especially those in areas that were especially important to her. A second fund, to establish an undergraduate scholarship, has also been created.
Emeriti Gallery Updated
September 17, 2007 - Department news
The gallery of portrait photographs of retired professors that adorns the south wall of the seminar classroom has been expanded to accommodate the retirements of the past few years.
Classical Archaeology and Medieval Latin Recruitments Begin
September 7, 2007 - Department news
In Fall 2007 the Department of Classics begins the recruitment process for two possible positions, one in Medieval Latin and one in Classical Archaeology.
Death of Former Sather Professor Michael Frede
August 12, 2007 - Department news
Michael Frede, Sather Professor in 1997-98 and earlier in his career a member of the Berkeley faculty, has died while attending a Hellenistic philosophy colloquium in Greece.
Corinne Crawford (1980-2007)
June 27, 2007 - Department news
Classics graduate student Corinne Crawford died June 26, 2007, from injuries sustained in an accident.
W. Kendrick Pritchett, distinguished historian and epigraphist, passes away
May 30, 2007 - Department news
Emeritus Professor of Greek Kendrick Pritchett died at his home in Berkeley on May 29, 2007, at the age of 98.
Erich Gruen receives Berkeley Citation
May 12, 2007 - Department news
At the Commencement ceremony for Classics and AHMA, May 11, 2007, Erich Gruen was presented with the Berkeley Citation.
Mark Griffith and Leslie Kurke honored with named chairs
May 11, 2007 - Department news
Andrew Stewart named to Petris Chair
April 30, 2007 - Department news
Andrew F. Stewart, Professor of Art History and Classics, has been honored with an endowed distinguished professorship, the Nicholas C. Petris Chair in Greek Studies.
Dylan Sailor wins Rome Prize Fellowship
April 20, 2007 - Department news
Kathleen McCarthy wins a Distinguished Teaching Award
April 3, 2007 - Department news
Thomas G. Rosenmeyer: Distinguished colleague passes away
February 8, 2007 - Department news
Emeritus Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature Thomas G. Rosenmeyer died at home in Oakland on Tuesday, February 6, 2007.
Hearst Egyptian Papyri Finally Arrive in Berkeley
November 1, 2006 - Research news
The Center for the Tebtunis Papyri and The Bancroft Library celebrated the arrival of important Egyptian Middle Kingdom papyri. Excavated for UC over 100 years ago, the pieces were hidden in Germany during World War II and spent 40 years in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Digital edition of Bundy's Studia Pindarica now available
October 15, 2006 - Department news
The influential 1962 monographs of the late Professor Elroy Bundy, Studia Pindarica I and II, have been converted to modern text-based PDF files and made available to all at the open-access eScholarship Repository of the California Digital Library.
Ron Stroud receives Berkeley Citation
May 12, 2006 - Department news
At the Classics/AHMA Commencement ceremony in May 2006, Emeritus Professor Ronald Stroud received the Berkeley Citation.