Our undergraduate and graduate programs are among the top in the country, and Classics faculty teach courses at all levels in the languages, literatures, and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome, ranging from the beginning through the medieval and Byzantine periods, as well as in Sanskrit and Modern Greek.
Classics
Department of Classics
Like the discipline itself, which lies at the foundation of the humanities, Brown University’s Department of Classics has a long and distinguished history, stretching from the founding of the University to Brown’s latest initiatives for academic enrichment.
Department of Classics
Like the discipline itself, which lies at the foundation of the humanities, Brown University’s Department of Classics has a long and distinguished history, stretching from the founding of the University to Brown’s latest initiatives for academic enrichment.
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News from Classics@Brown
Position Announcement: Assistant Professor in Byzantine Greek Studies
News from Classics@Brown
Amy Russell Wins Fellowship from the Loeb Classical Library Foundation
Brown University Graduate School
Candace Rice Wins Award for Advising and Mentoring from the Graduate School
Please join the Department of Classics in congratulating Prof. Candace Rice, who has won the 2023-2024 Graduate School Faculty Award for Advising and Mentoring. The award recognizes faculty members who have made significant contributions as advisers or mentors to our graduate students. Needless to say, there were many nominations, but Candace's dedication, hard-work, and care, easily allowed her candidacy to rise to the top. All in our community send hearty congratulations to Candace for this much-deserved award.
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News from Classics@Brown
Prof. David Buchta wins the Karen T. Romer Award for Excellence in Advising
The Department of Classics is proud to announce that Prof. David Buchta, Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit, has won the Karen T. Romer Award for Excellence in Advising.
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The Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS)
Itamar Levin Wins Camws Award
At the most recent meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Itamar Levin, a fifth-year student in our graduate program, delivered a paper, "'Bring Him Home': Iliad 7.334–5 and the Commemoration of the War Dead in Archaic Greece," for which Itamar has won CAMWS' Presidential Award for Outstanding Graduate Paper. Congratulations, Itamar!
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The Department of Classics is one of Brown’s original academic departments, established when Brown was founded in 1764. The department offers advanced work in Ancient Greek, Latin, Sanskrit and Modern Greek languages, literatures, history and philosophy.
The Department of Classics provides instruction in Ancient Greek, Latin, Sanskrit and Modern Greek languages, literatures, history, culture and philosophy. Our department offers an undergraduate degree in Classics that includes several optional “tracks,” as well as a graduate degrees in Classics.
Each year, the Classics Department welcomes a number of international scholars to present lectures and host colloquia, contributing to the lively program of intellectual exchange.
Classics and Modern Greek Studies
Modern Greek Studies is housed in the Department of Classics, fostering an intellectual exchange of reception studies.