Studying the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds at Berkeley
The department teaches and studies the languages, cultures, histories, philosophies, literatures, art, and material culture of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. It is home to exciting and welcoming undergraduate major programs and maintains a rich and varied schedule of undergraduate courses, including a full curriculum of ancient Greek and Latin language instruction. Its PhD programs in Classics and Classical Archaeology are enriched every year by the arrival of new future leaders in the study of the ancient world, and for generations their graduates have gone on to renew or remake their fields. Itself a teeming center of intellectual vitality on campus, the department is affiliated with internationally important research units directed by its faculty, including the Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, the Sara B. Aleshire Center for Greek Epigraphy, and the Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology. The department organizes many events of interest and hosts many visits, most notably the storied annual Jane K. Sather Professorship of Classical Literature.
Featured Courses
The first half of a two-semester language sequence preparing students to read Classical Latin.
Themes from the literature & culture of ancient Greece, the Hebrew Bible, ancient Rome, and early Christianity significant for Western Civilization's development. 5 units. Fulfills R&C A or B + one L&S Breadth.
This course will study sexuality and gender in two very different historical periods--ancient Greece and 19th-century Europe.
News
The campus news has posted an interesting and informative item, featuring Kim Shelton, about the Nemea Center and the site at Nemea in relation to the upcoming 2024 Olympics and the Society for the Revival of the Nemean Games.
The Department is delighted to announce that Kim Shelton has just been promoted to Full Professor. Our congratulations to Professor Shelton!
Congratulations to Andrew Wein (PhD 2022), who has secured a tenure-track position in Classics at the University of Pittsburgh starting in Fall 2025.
Events
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2024
"Cruising Rome: Queer Orientations in Ovid’s Ars Amatoria."
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12
2024
Nemea 100: From Blegen to Berkeley and Beyond
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