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We mourn the death of the department’s long-time friend and supporter, William Phillips. He created the M. D. Phillips Award to honor outstanding outstanding majors. Read more about his life and work by clicking here.

In the second event in our Proculloquium Classicum series, “Classics Beyond Europe” on November 15th, Professor Sasha-Mae Eccleston of Brown University gave an enlightening and powerful talk on the intersections of race, colonialism, and the Classical tradition in Suzan-Lori Parks’ theatrical trilogy Father Comes Home […]

Congratulations to Caitlin Marley (WFU Classics 2011), whose dissertation was recently featured on the SCS blog. Dr Marley is currently Visiting Assistant Professor at the U of Iowa.  Check it out by clicking here!

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This September saw the 3rd annual Wake Forest Ancient Olympics, attended by students and alums of Professor Gellar-Goad’s first-year seminar, Beware the Ides, Beware the Hemlock: Roleplaying Crisis in Ancient Greece & Rome.  Participants recited hymns to the gods and victory odes (epinikia), dressed in chitons, feasted on authentic Ancient Greek […]

We love hearing from our alumni!  Check out what Sinclair Bell has been doing by clicking here.

Where have the Wake Forest Faculty Classicists been this summer? Click HERE or see below to learn more about the travels of the Classical Languages professors this summer! More photos of summer travels can be viewed on our department facebook page.

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Check out this article written on Cheyenne Zuck (’18) in the Old Gold & Black: http://wfuogb.com/2018/05/cheyenne-zuck-classical-languages/