McGill Classical Studies

12/02/2024

09/16/2024

Interested in Greek Tragedy? Check out the "Ancient Drama: Between Tragedy and Horror" programme this week, with free on-line panels. For a full schedule (all times Athens times), https://ancientdrama.gr/en/webinars-2/ To register on zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lf-uupj8rHNz5_FdmbnFVBjNQBNxy_wdA #/registration

06/11/2021

Installation of new pathway and lift has been criticised by archaeologists and called ‘a scandal’

06/01/2021

“What the Romans are teaching is always at that meta level of what it might be like to take a view different from your own.”

05/29/2021

The author and classicist on the greatest play ever written – and the enduring appeal of Calvin and Hobbes

05/27/2021

Thanks to Naomi Kaloudis for the tip on this one, with a bit from Richard Thomas on Dylan's Greek and Roman influences... :)

Professor Richard Thomas and writer Charles P. Pierce join Morning Joe to discuss the life and legacy of the pioneering Bob Dylan on his 80th birthday.» Subs...

05/27/2021

Words the most recent Greek lexicon translated as ‘to wench’ or ‘do one’s need’ have been given much earthier new readings for modern students of classics

05/26/2021

Summer volunteer opportunities with CHS's Open Greek and Latin Project!

The Open Greek and Latin Project (OGLP), in collaboration with the Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS), is seeking volunteers to help the First Thousand Years of Greek Project reach its goal! There are approximately 8 million words of Greek remaining to be digitized, a large but achievable task given....

05/25/2021

Cool online event on Ancient Nubia!

05/19/2021

https://classicalstudies.org/awards-and-fellowships/erich-s-gruen-prize

THE ERICH S. GRUEN PRIZE On behalf of the Society for Classical Studies (SCS), the Erich S. Gruen Prize Committee invites all graduate students in North America to enter the second annual competition for the best graduate research paper on multiculturalism in the ancient Mediterranean. This year the...

05/16/2021

For years a priceless sculpture collection lay hidden behind a door on the staircase leading to David Willey's flat.

05/16/2021

The 3D printer is enabling ever more sophisticated forgeries to be sold as Greek or Roman collectibles