How to Be Healthy: Discussion + Signing
Feb. 15, 2024—On Tuesday, March 5th Adjoint Assistant Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Studies, Katherine D. Van Schaik, will be hosting a reading of her new book, “How to be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness“. Assistant Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Studies, James Zainaldin, will be joining Assistant Professor Van Schaik in conversation for the discussion....
2023/2024 Lecture Series Event – Remind Me of Anactoria: Models for Meaning from the Structure(s) of Early Modern Greek Poetry
Feb. 14, 2024—The Vanderbilt Department of Classical and Mediterranean Studies is excited to welcome Joel Christensen, Professor of Classical Studies at Brandeis University, to present Remind Me of Anactoria: Models for Meaning from the Structure(s) of Early Greek Poetry. This event is the second of the department’s 2023/2024 lecture series. Professor Christensen will present his talk on...
Assistant Professor Katherine D. Van Schaik Publishes New Book
Jan. 12, 2024—In How to Be Healthy, Adjoint Assistant Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Studies and Vanderbilt University Medical Center practicing physician Katherine D. Van Schaik presents a collection of Galen’s enduring insights about how we can take care of our bodies and minds, prevent disease, and reach a healthy old age. The second-century Greek physician Galen—the most...
Two Vanderbilt faculty members present at national meeting of Society for Classical Studies
Jan. 2, 2024—Two Vanderbilt Classical and Mediterranean Studies faculty members are representing the department at the January 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, the national professional organization for the discipline. Isabella Reinhardt will present on “Ares, Xerxes, and Collective Suffering in Aeschylus’ Persians” on Jan. 6 in the panel “Tragedy and Theory.” Dr. Reinhardt says, “The talk offers...
James Zainaldin presents on comparative Greco-Roman and Chinese classics in distinguished global lecture series
Dec. 18, 2023—James Zainaldin, Assistant Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Studies, delivered a presentation on December 15th, 2023, entitled in the distinguished Guangqi Classics Lecture and Seminar Series hosted by the Guangqi International Center for Scholars of Shanghai Normal University. The lecture, presented as a webinar and attended by more than 100 students and scholars around the...
2023/2024 Lecture Series Event: Epic Racecraft and the Race of Heroes
Sep. 26, 2023—The Department of Classical and Mediterranean Studies welcomes Professor Jackie Murray to present the lecture, Epic Racecraft and the Race of Heroes, as part of the Classical and Mediterrranean Studies 2023/2024 Lecture Series. Jackie Murray is an Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at University of Buffalo. This lecture will be presented on Thursday,...
Alexys Ahn (’24) has been named as a Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intern at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles for Summer 2023
May. 9, 2023—Alexys Ahn (’24), a junior Classical and Mediterranean Studies major, has been named as a Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intern at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles for the summer of 2023. Alexys will work alongside staff to publish and maintain the Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts (AATA) Online database. AATA Online is a free...
