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.
We have just learned of the passing of our dear friend, colleague, and mentor, Kenneth J. Reckford, Langford Eminent Scholar for Spring 2009.
Kenneth (Harvard '54, '57) enjoyed a fruitful career spanning many decades at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he inspired and cultivated young students and aspiring scholars, including our own Professor Nancy de Grummond.
Luis Sanchez, an undergraduate senior majoring in Greek and Latin, will present “The Political Medicine of Asclepius in Plato’s Republic” at the Virtual President’s Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence on October 6th, 5:30–8:15pm. The presentation derives from his Honor’s Thesis, directed by Dr.
Prof. Murphy was interviewed for the podcast series, Peopling the Past: Real People in the Ancient World and the People who Study Them.
The Tallahassee Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Student Archaeology Club at FSU present “Andromeda, Alexander, and Ascalos: Founders and Foundation Myths in the Roman Near East,” an AIA Kershaw lecture in Near Estearn Archaeology by Professor Robyn Le Blanc of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
Please join us on November 16th, 2022 at 4:00 PM for the first Cosa Excavations informational meeting via Zoom. Come and hear more about the opportunities available through the Cosa Field School. All interested students are welcome to attend!
For more details, contact cosaexcavations@gmail.com, or visit http://www.cosaexcavations.org/
Zoom Meeting ID: 93693863132
We’re celebrating! To kick off the 50th anniversary of FSU’s Excavations at Cetamura, Dr. Nancy de Grummond (FSU Classics Professor) and Gregg Anderson invite you to join us for an evening wine tour of Chianti. You’ll sample three wines from Badia a Coltibuono paired with appetizers while learning more about some of the fantastic archeological discoveries soon to be on permanent display at the Museum at the Origins of Chianti in Gaiole, Italy. Supervising the pouring will be our distinguished host, Emanuela Stucchi Prinetti, owner of Coltibuono and Cetamura.
