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Daniel Pullen Interviewed by AIA on the Publication of his New Book

Daniel Pullen was interviewed by the AIA for his recent publication, The Early Bronze Age Village on Tsoungiza Hill (Nemea Valley Archaeological Project I).

Classics Undergraduate Profiled at FSU Website

Aaron Brown, an undergraduate studying Classical Archaeology and Latin, is currently being profiled on the FSU website.

Eight to Present at the Annual AIA/APA Meeting in January

Dr. Nancy de Grummond, Dr. Laurel Fulkerson, Dr. Daniel Pullen, Dr. Svetla Slaveva-Griffin, Stephen Collins-Elliot, Ann Glennie, Kyle Jazwa, and Joe Vansuch will be representing Florida State University at the annual AIA/APA Meeting in January.

Classics Undergraduate Profiled at FSU Website

Caitlin Snelson, an undergraduate studying Greek and Classical Civilizations, is currently being profiled on the FSU website.

Undergraduate Research in Classics

Two of our undergraduate majors in Classical Archaeology, Aaron Brown and Cassidy Phelps, received Undergraduate Research Creative Activity Awards from the Office of Undergraduate Research at FSU to study different aspects of the archaeological site at Cetamura del Chianti this past summer, under the supervision of Dr. Nancy de Grummond, M. Lynnette Thompson Professor of Classics. They will present the findings of their work at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Award Symposium at FSU, Oct 6 2011.

Fall Langford Seminar Will Examine Bucolic and Mime

This year’s Fall Langford Seminar will treat the topic of bucolic and mime. Speakers include Marco Fantuzzi (Columbia University), Costas Panayotakis (University of Glasgow), Regina Höschele (University of Toronto) and Joan Burton (University of Maryland)

Graduate Student Deb Trusty Wins NSF Grant

Debra Trusty, doctoral candidate in Classical Archaeology, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant for her study of changes in the production and distribution of prehistoric ceramic cooking vessels from five sites in the northeast Peloponnese of Greece during the Late Bronze Age (ca 1600-1100 BC).

On-line Journal Histos Revived Under Auspices of FSU Classics

Histos, the on-line journal of ancient historiography, has been revived under the auspices of Florida State University and the University of Newcastle.

Douglas Cairns is Langford Family Eminent Scholar for Spring 2012

Professor Douglas Cairns of the University of Edinburgh will be the Langford Family Eminent Scholar at FSU in Spring semester 2012. Professor Cairns, one of the most distinguished Hellenists in the scholarly world today, works on Greek society and ethics, especially the emotions, and especially as these are reflected in Greek epic, tragedy, and lyric poetry.

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