Classics
Explore the ancient world with a Major or Minor in Classical Studies. This interdisciplinary field explores all aspects of ancient Greek and Roman life – history, society, literature, science, religion, and mythology. Study the impact the Classical cultures have had on the world today, and compare those with other ancient world cultures.
To help students develop their own interests, we offer a choice of three tracks emphasizing Classical languages (Latin and ancient Greek), literature and culture, or material culture and history.
Current and Upcoming Classics Events:
Classics CommuniTea, monthly Mondays, 4:45 p.m. Staaks Lounge (SC 131)
FALL 2019
DATE |
TIME & PLACE |
EVENT |
HOST |
26 August |
4:45pm SC 131 |
Ice Cream Social |
Prof. Dickson |
30 September |
4:45pm SC 131 |
Comedy Reading (Plautus, Casina) |
Prof. Campbell |
28 October |
5pm SC 239 |
Open House with Rare Books |
Prof. Mercier |
2 December |
4:45pm SC 131 |
Research Presentation: Greek & Latin Etymologies |
Prof. Moodie |
3 February |
4:45pm SC 131 |
Pottery Day |
Prof. Rauh |
2 March |
4:45pm SC 131 |
Tragedy Reading (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis) |
Prof. Conner |
6 April |
4:45pm SC 131 |
Celebrating Seniors & Farewells |
Prof. Dickson |
Purdue Classics Club: Eta Sigma Phi (Purdue Chapter of National Honors Society for Latin and Ancient Greek http://www.etasigmaphi.org/hsphi)
Advisor: Liz Mercier (eemercie@purdue.edu)
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Purdue students attending Prof. Rauh's archaeological Field School (A. Macallister, R. Kelly, and C. Smith) at the Roman defenses of Lamos in southern Turkey | Student Nathan Burnett mapping a Hellenistic Era Tower at Ovacik, Turkey, in Prof. Rauh’s Anatolian Archaeology Field School. |