University of Pittsburgh, Department of Classics
Pittsburgh, PA
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A registration season announcement: we've got a new course on the books for Spring 2024! CLASS 1180: Goddesses & Gladiators: The Ancient World on Screen, taught by Prof. Ellen Lee! It's been approved for both Historical Analysis and Geographic Region GERs!
ALT Flyer for new course, CLASS 1180: Goddesses & Gladiators: The Ancient World on Screen, meets MW 10-11:15am in Spring 2024. The course is taught by Prof. Ellen Lee, in the Department of Classics. The central image represents Barbie (from the Barbie movie) dancing while asking "Do you guys ever think about the Roman empire?" The description reads: "This course investigates representations of ancient Mediterranean history and culture in modern media, considering a wide variety of historical topics. This course fulfills DSAS General Education Requirements in Historical Analysis & Geographic Region."
Job Alert! 🚨 The Dept of Classics at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for a TT Asst Prof specializing in ancient science. We welcome candidates who approach ancient Greece & Rome as part of a multicultural ancient Mediterranean. #ClassicsTwitter
Appointment begins on September 1, 2024; teaching load is 2/2. Deadline for submission of applications is November 15, 2023! See full ad and apply here: cfopitt.taleo.net/careersect…
Congratulations, Alex-Jaden!
Check out Pitt Classics student Alex-Jaden Peart's award-winning paper, "Divina Mens: Imperial Propaganda in De architectura 6.1," here: crossworks.holycross.edu/nec…
I’m beyond excited and grateful to say that my first article has been published in @ClassAssnNE’s NECJ! Thank you, to the moon and back, to @PITTclassics for their unceasing support—this would not have been possible without them 🫶🏿 crossworks.holycross.edu/nec…
Congratulations to our 2022-2023 graduates! The Pitt Department of Classics would like to celebrate the achievements of all our amazing seniors and wish them best of luck as they start their next chapters! A 🧵!
Diana Velasquez, a Classical Civilization & English Writing major, has earned Departmental Honors with her thesis “'Oh My God They Were Urnmates' - How Achilles & Patroclus Are Perceived in Online Fandom Spaces,” awarded 1st prize, Robert S. Marshall Prize in Writing! Congrats!
ALT photo of Diana Velasquez, a Pitt Classics Class of 2023 graduate!
Congratulations to all our seniors! 🎉 We know your futures are going to be bright! 😎
Find more info about our graduating seniors here: classics.pitt.edu/news/meet-…
Check out this profile of one of our amazing Classics majors, Alex-Jaden Peart, on @ApothekeBlog! The future of the field is right here! notesfromtheapotheke.com/bip…
Pitt Classics students, get excited! We've got olives and feta for this week's Language Coffeehouse!!! How do you say "yum" in ancient Greek???
Βούλομαι ἔχειν τὸν τυρόν καὶ τάς ἐλαίας. Don’t worry, we got you. Back from #Stamoolis again, this time with olives and feta! #PittAncientGreek #PittClassics #StayOutOfTheLCTLFridgeIfYouKnowWhatsGoodForYou
See you at the LCTL Language Coffeehouse this Friday!
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Language Coffeehouse: Friday, Feb 17 in the WPU Assembly Room 11:00-1:00. Our students can’t wait to teach you how to order drinks and snacks in 20 languages! And then you get to *actually order in the languages and try out treats from around the world!*😲☕️🥮🌍🌏🌎🔥❤️ #PittNow
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Language Coffeehouse: Friday, Feb 17 in the WPU Assembly Room 11:00-1:00. Our students can’t wait to teach you how to order drinks and snacks in 20 languages! And then you get to *actually order in the languages and try out treats from around the world!*😲☕️🥮🌍🌏🌎🔥❤️ #PittNow
Happy first day of Spring semester, everyone! Take a look at what one of our Classics faculty has been up to over break! Congrats, Dr. Lee!
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And here's Prof. Lee's thread on some of the research that went into being a film consultant on a period piece: xitter.cf/EllenLeePhD/status/161…
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New at DCC: Lysias, "For the Disabled Man (Oration 24)" edited by Taylor Coughlin. Delivered at the turn the fourth century BCE, it is one of the few extant speeches intended to be delivered by a poor Athenian.
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