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...
2022/2023 Lecture Series Event: Sacral topography of the Archbishopric of Ohrid from its founding in the beginning of the 11th to the mid-13th century
Apr. 19, 2023—The Department of Classical and Mediterranean Studies Lecture Series presents Sacral topography of the Archbishopric of Ohrid from its founding in the beginning of the 11th to the mid-13th century, a lecture by Dr. Ljubomir Milanović of The Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. This event will be held in...
“The Blues of Achilles” – Presented by Joe Goodkin
Apr. 7, 2023—The Department of Classical and Mediterranean Studies is excited to present “The Blues of Achilles”, a 17-song adaptation of the Iliad by modern bard, Joe Goodkin! For over two decades, Chicago-based musician and Classics degree holder Joe Goodkin has traveled the world as a modern bard performing his unique one-man folk opera retelling of Homer’s...