College of Arts and Sciences

Assistant Professor of Classics, Evelyn Adkins, was featured on The Mirror of Antiquity podcast, where she answered the question, "what excites you about the study of Classical antiquity?" She discusses how it helps us connect with people from the past–both in understanding how people are similar, but also how they are...

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Dr. Paul Iversen, Associate Professor and Chair of the Classics Department, has won an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to research the world's oldest known computing device, the Antikythera Mechanism. This device, discovered in 1901 off the coast of a Greek island, was found to be...

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The Sportula provides microgrants for any need and any amount up to $300 to students taking Classics courses or students who are interested in Classics, especially students from historically marginalized and/or working-class communities. Students can find out more information and ask for grants through their website: https://thesportula.wordpress.com/. Support the Sportula through this virtual 5k, Greased Lightning! Any activity submitted before December...

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Date: Tue. November 13th, 2018, 4:30 pm-5:30 pm Location: Clark Hall Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 44106 Add to Google Calendar In her talk, Rachel Sternberg, Associate Professor in the Department of Classics, argues that Plato’s criticism of tragedy reflected a significant change he observed during his lifetime (c. 429-347 BCE):  that...

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  Classics Department Chair and Associate Professor, Dr. Paul Iversen, was interviewed in the Faculty Spotlight feature of Discussions: The Undergraduate Research Journal of CWRU. Find his interview here!

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  Think Magazine highlighted Classics and World Literature course: Heroes and Hustlers in Roman Literature (CLSC-WLIT 204), taught by Dr. Timothy Wutrich, as part of their "On Course" feature, advertising intriguing or unusual classes taught at CWRU. Read up on the course, including an interview with Dr. Wutrich, in their...

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