Classics and Religious Studies at Iowa

09/04/2026

Real Housewives of Ancient Egypt when??

Dr. Nicholas Brown studies everyday people living in ancient times, showing they're more like us than we realize, especially when they get a little messy 👀

09/04/2026

As part of our upcoming E.P. Adler Graduate Student Conference, Dr. Sarah Dees from Iowa State University will present her keynote address, "The Study of Religion as a Public Good," in which she investigates religious studies programs in public institutions, the civic value of investigating religion, and the ongoing relevance of the study of religion to our society- topics that are important to us as we enter our 100th year of teaching religious studies at Iowa.

To learn more, visit our website below and to register for the conference, scan the QR code 🖤💛

https://honoringthepast.conference.uiowa.edu/

09/01/2026

As we kick off our 100th year of teaching religious studies at Iowa, we are excited to announce our first E.P. Adler Graduate Student Conference, Honoring the Past: Religion, Power, and Time!

Join us September 25th and 26th to hear how our graduate and undergraduate researchers explore religion's influence on power across diverse cultures and over spans of time.

To register for the conference, please see our website below or follow the QR code.

🖤💛🖤

https://honoringthepast.conference.uiowa.edu/

08/21/2026

Students Investigate: UI Archives help solve an ancient mystery Posted byElizabeth RiordanJuly 30, 2026July 30, 2026Posted inCollection Connection, Students Investigate, University ArchivesTags:clay tablet, Department of Classics, Noah Jedlicka, President Macbride, student workers This series featur...

07/31/2026

It's moving day!! Well, moving days...

We'll be back at it again Monday 💪🏼😩

07/17/2026

How far are we moving? Not far at all!

In the next few weeks, our new department is moving out of both our current spaces and into suites in Jessup Hall and Phillips Hall 🖤💛

07/16/2026

A shining example of the intersections between our two programs 💛🖤

Way to go, Grace!

07/12/2026

We're excited to be beginning this new chapter as Classics and Religious Studies at Iowa and to be celebrating 💯 years of Religious Studies at Iowa! 🖤💛

07/10/2026

Dr. Justin Vorhis has been hard at work building up our Ancient Greek program. Read more about his methods at the link below!

Today on the blog, Justin Vorhis shares strategies he's developed for building and maintaining a strong undergraduate program in Ancient Greek at the University of Iowa.

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/justin-vorhis/blog-building-strong-undergraduate-greek-program

Image of an Ancient Greek inscription containing account of the supervisors for the construction of the statue of Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon by the sculptor Phidias (EM 6765), 440/439 BC. New Acropolis Museum, Athens. Photo by Tilemahos Efthimiadis, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

06/04/2026

In her interview with Iowa Now, Dr. Celsiana Warwick discusses the continued importance of Homer's Odyssey 🏹🖤💛

Celsiana Warwick, assistant professor in the University of Iowa Department of Classics, explains why the ancient poem "The Odyssey" still feels strikingly modern — and what students and readers can learn from it today. Her forthcoming book, Gendered Voices in the Iliad, will be published by Oxford...