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Professor Francis Newton receives honorary degree from the Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale. Students taking the course Roman Spectacles (CLST 354) with Prof. Alicia Jiménez look at the bright side of (Roman) life during the re-release of Monty Python's Life of Brian at the Carolina Theater. CLST 262 Ancient Athletics Olympics Heracles and the class of Greek 332 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC Duke Sophomore, Christian Burke, presented his paper, "The Influence of Cult on the Ritual and Funerary Assemblages of 'Submycenaean' and Protogeometric Pottery," at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Undergraduate Classics Conference. The topic was the subject of his research paper in Duke's "Early Greek Archaeology" course. Team working with Prof. Alicia Jiménez creates a new LiDAR-based map of the Roman camps near Numantia (Renieblas, Spain, 2nd – 1st c. BCE). Students in Alicia Jiménez's seminar Principles of Roman Archaeology visit the Nasher Museum to study Roman coins Students in William Johnson's Papyrology class studied the practicalities of writing on papyrus sheets, papyrus rolls, and wax tablets in a special practicum session at the professor's house and workshop. Graduate student, Antonio LoPiano preparing to be lowered into the Etruscan era cistern discovered underneath a Roman era building in the forum of Vulci Duke undergraduate, Katherine Owensby conducting field work in a second century Roman bath site in Cifali, located in the province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy. A Team of Duke Archaeologists Studies Late Bronze Age Architecture in Cyprus (L-R: Antonio LoPiano, Kimberley van den Berg, & Kyle Jazwa) Duke undergrads learn the foundations of archaeological drawing. Professor Alicia Jiménez fieldwork project at the Roman camps near Numantia (Renieblas, Spain) Professor Forte's Fieldwork Team in Vulci, Italy Duke Students Recreate Ancient Technologies: A functional onager/catapult Duke Students Recreate Ancient Technologies: A Roman overshot watermill Professor Maurizio Forte's archaeological excavation of the Etruscan city of Vulci uses drone technology. The students of Claire Catenaccio's Greek tragedy seminar (Greek 528) took an adventure-filled field trip to Paperhand Puppet Intervention in Saxapahaw to investigate the techniques of masked performance. About Us The Department of Classical Studies explores the languages (ancient Greek and Latin) and literatures, archaeology, art history, and histories of Greco-Roman antiquity, from 3000 BCE to 900 CE, from the Nile to the North Sea, from Britain to Bactria. Our students have the opportunity to work with renowned scholars, discussing big ideas in small classes. Our many resources include papyri and manuscripts in the Rubenstein Library, as well as the rich antiquities collection of the Nasher Museum. The Department enjoys close ties with AAHVS, History, Medieval/Renaissance Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, and Women’s Studies, as well as with UNC Chapel Hill, especially through the Consortium for Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology. Read more about our department Tweets by @DukeCLST Undergraduate As a Classical Studies major, you will read some of the most fascinating and intellectually searching texts ever written; and you will explore the history and material cultures of ancient Greece and Rome in all of their enticing richness. Faced with the achievements and failures of our cultural forebears, you will gain a deeper understanding of yourself and your place in the world. The inter-disciplinary study of Greco-Roman antiquity will cultivate your cross-cultural fluency, hone your analytical skills, and impart critical research competencies. The requirements of the two majors will give you an understanding of the discipline as a whole, while allowing you the flexibility to develop your own interests. Explore majors & minors in Classical Studies Why study the Classics at Duke? Graduate Our Ph.D. program is dedicated to training students in the broad and integrated field of Classical Studies, which includes Greek and Latin languages and literatures, and the history, art, and archaeology of the ancient Greek and Roman world. We seek to provide students with a broad understanding of Greco-Roman antiquity as a whole; a working knowledge of the specialized tools and techniques needed for research in the field; and familiarity with methodologies developed in other disciplines that are relevant to Classical Studies. Duke is particularly fortunate in faculty and resources that allow direct contact with the textual and material foundations of our knowledge of antiquity. A flexible program of courses can thus be arranged. After course work is completed, an integral part of the training is teaching experience, in courses in Classical Studies and in Greek and Latin. Explore the Ph.D. Program Graduate students Laura Camp and Alex Fowler with UNC graduate student Ana Wagner enjoying a beautiful day on the quad. Graduate student Adrian High working hard on a papyrology project for Professor William A Johnson's GREEK 586S Papyrology: Literary Papyrology. Graduate student Clinton Kinkade enjoying a nice getaway weekend at Hanging Rock State Park in Danbury, NC. Graduate student Courtney Monohan on top of the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy. Classical Studies graduate students hard at work studying. Graduate student Melissa Huber with Professor N. Gregson Davis at the Hotel Minerva rooftop near the Pantheon in Rome, Italy. PhD student Alex Karsten competed in the intramural basketball championships, playing in Cameron Indoor as fellow grads cheered him on. PhD student Alex Karsten competed in the intramural basketball championships, playing in Cameron Indoor as fellow grads cheered him on. PhD student Alex Karsten competed in the intramural basketball championships, playing in Cameron Indoor as fellow grads cheered him on. Graduate student Katie Langenfeld during a visit to the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. Graduate student Laura Camp studying hard. Graduate student Mack Zalin on a recent trip to Messene, Greece. Featured Faculty Projects Journal of a Homecoming ⁄ Cahier d′un... Aimé Césaire (Translator: N. Gregson Davis) Bookrolls and Scribes in Oxyrhynchus William A. Johnson The Oxford Handbook of The Second... William...