News – Department of Classics

Evelyn Adkins Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor

December 9, 2024

Dr. Evelyn Adkins has been awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of Classics.

Evelyn Adkins Speaks to Garfield Heights Students

December 9, 2024

Dr. Evelyn Adkins visited Andrew Lucien's 7th grade Social Studies classes at Garfield Heights Middle School this December to talk about Roman sports, including gladiatorial games and chariot racing. The students had great questions and were delighted to share their favorite facts about ancient Rome (specifically that the ancient...

Classics Students Present Senior Capstones

December 9, 2024

Three Classics majors presented their senior capstone projects on Monday, December 9: Cason Willman discussed the Greco-Roman aspects of the cult of Mithras, Jess Stompor applied theories of cognitive dissonance to ancient experiences of the cult of Asklepios, and Silvana Cantelmi discussed transformation and continuity in the cult of...

August 1, 2023

Students and faculty taking and teaching all levels of Latin from elementary through advanced gathered at Barrio’s at the end of the spring semester for our annual Latin Convivium or dinner.

Photos from Recent Greece Trip

July 6, 2023

Please enjoy these photos from our recent trip to Greece!

Evelyn Adkins Publishes Book on Discourse and Power in the Latin Novel

November 2, 2022

This May, Evelyn Adkins, Assistant Professor in Classics, published the book Discourse, Knowledge, and Power in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses with the University of Michigan Press.

Paul Iversen Featured in an Episode of UnXplained with William Shatner on History Channel

October 10, 2022

Paul Iversen, Associate Professor and Chair of Classics, appeared in episode 20 (entitled "Wonders of the Ancient World") of the History Channel's season 3 of the UnXplained hosted by William Shatner of Star Trek fame. There he discussed the remarkable ancient computer known as the Antikythera Mechanism.

Thirteen CWRU Students Join Professors Adkins and Hammond for the Course “Rome on Site: The Archaeology of the Eternal City”

July 13, 2022

This summer, thirteen CWRU students joined Professors Adkins and Hammond for the course CLSC 326/426, "Rome on Site: The Archaeology of the Eternal City." The group spent 17 days exploring Rome and Pompeii, Italy, and learning about ancient Roman archaeology, art, history, and culture on site - as well as...

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Evelyn Adkins Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor

Evelyn Adkins Speaks to Garfield Heights Students

Classics Students Present Senior Capstones

Photos from Recent Greece Trip

Evelyn Adkins Publishes Book on Discourse and Power in the Latin Novel

Paul Iversen Featured in an Episode of UnXplained with William Shatner on History Channel

Thirteen CWRU Students Join Professors Adkins and Hammond for the Course “Rome on Site: The Archaeology of the Eternal City”

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