Classical Religious News

See his publication here. The paper has also recently been translated into German. Congratulations, Jaret!… Read More

Track and field athlete and honors student Josephine Dal, BA’23, was awarded the 2022-23 Vanderbilt Arabic Student of the Year award. As a track and field athlete and Honors student, Dal exemplifies what it takes to be a successful student athlete. Read full story. Read More

Congratulations to Jaret Rushing, the recipient of the 2022-2023 AAR Undergraduate Research Grant. A student at Vanderbilt University, Jaret’s research project is supervised by AAR member Richard McGregor. Read More

Read more about Issam Eido and his research in the Islamic Law Blog’s “Spotlight Series.”… Read More

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. Read More

Associate Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Studies, David Michelson, has published his newest book: The Library of Paradise – A History of Contemplative Reading in the Monasteries of the Church of the East (Oxford Early Christian Studies). Contemplative reading is a spiritual practice developed by Christian monks in sixth- and… Read More

Associate Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Studies Joseph L. Rife has released his latest book, On the Edge of a Roman Port: Excavations at Koutsongila, Kenchreai, 2007–2014, which he chiefly wrote and edited with Elena Korka, Honorary General Director of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage of the Greek Ministry of Culture. Read More

Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Studies, William Caferro, had been elected as a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. This is the highest career honor for an American Medievalist and highlights Professor Caferro’s significant contributions to the field. Professor Caferro will be formally honored for this achievement at… Read More

Over the past five years, Vanderbilt researchers and students working at the ancient port-city of Caesarea Maritima, on the north coast of modern-day Israel, have unearthed tantalizing clues to life in the city during the Early Islamic period as well as the best-preserved remains yet discovered of Herod the Great’s… Read More

Daniel Solomon delivered a lecture entitled “War and Peace in Augustan Propaganda” at the Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association Annual Conference in November 2021. Professor Solomon is an expert in Roman thought, society, and literature, and he regularly teaches courses on the reign of Augustus and… Read More