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The Classics Department at Florida State University is a leading center of Classical Studies, with nationally and internationally distinguished faculty for both teaching and research. It provides undergraduate students the intimacy of a small liberal arts college, while providing graduate students the resources and experience of a large Research I university. With approximately 50 majors and 35 graduate students, the department is among the largest Classical Studies programs in the public university system, and it is designed to prepare its students for careers in the 21st century, with FSU Classics alumni currently holding positions in diverse fields including university academia, museums, professional archaeology, secondary education, and law.
This past February 16th through the 18th, 2023, Melissa presented a paper at the Mid-Republican Rome workshop, hosted by the Royal Netherlands Institute of Rome (KNIR) in Italy.
Click here to read more about the workshop...
Ashleigh will present her paper, "Migration of a Text: The Death of Antigonus in Josephus' Works" on March 12, at the AAR-SE Annual Meeting to be held at Mercer University in Atlanta.
Congratulations to Allison Smith for winning the Presidential Award for Outstanding Paper by a Graduate Student at the 2022 conference of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South. Her paper entitled, "The Sims IV Balneum Building: Interconnections and Potential Templates in Central Italian Bath Design" was presented at the annual CAMWS meetings in Winston-Salem, and she was awarded the Ermine M. Owenby Jr.
Join us on Friday, May 5th at 3:00 PM for the 28th annual departmental ceremony for our graduates in Classics! The ceremony will be held at the Turnbull Center in room 208.
Reserved parking available on the fourth floor of the St. Augustine parking garage. Click here to view a map (PDF) of the garage and more information on parking.
The Department of Classics will be holding its annual book sale on the Dodd Hall Landing, Tuesday, March 21st.
Come and stock up!
SILVIA MONTIGLIO
GILDERSLEEVE PROFESSOR IN CLASSICS EMERITUS
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
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