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Classics

Welcome to Classics

Classics students explore the cultural output of ancient Greece and Rome and its worldwide reception.

Congratulations to the Class of 2026! We're so excited for all of you!

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2025 Classics Newsletter

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Faculty Spotlight

The department welcomes back Sergey Ivanov, who will be serving a three year term as Visiting Professor teaching courses in Classics, History, Religious Studies, and Slavic Languages and Literatures.
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Faculty Publications

Classics faculty regularly publish their research in books and journal articles.
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Classicizing Chicago

 
From the late 1800s, Chicagoans from all walks of life and with widely varying measures of familiarity with the classical sources have found elements of the ancient past useful for making meaningful contributions to their own struggles and ventures. The Classicizing Chicago Project is building a digital archive of examples of this cultural mingling across time and space.

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Latest News

 
Professor Francesca Tataranni celebrates 20 years as Northwestern Classics faculty.
Professor Abbe Walker and her Spring 2024 Advanced Latin students co-published a commentary, Willetrudis. “Verses about Susanna.”
The Odyssey Q&A with Professor Germán Campos-Muñoz at the Music Box Theatre.
Congratulations to Kyle T. Jones, an award-winning Classics TA, on the successful defense of his dissertation, “Solon Songs and Political Theory” on May 4, 2026.
Frederika Tevebring (PhD 2017) has accepted a position as assistant professor of German at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

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