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The John and Penelope Biggs Department of Classics at WashU teaches and researches the languages, literatures, history and cultures of ancient Greek and Roman worlds.

Welcome back stateside to our Rome: Eternal City? Ampersand crew 🇮🇹✈️🇺🇸We’re so excited to start sharing the first photo...
05/28/2026

Welcome back stateside to our Rome: Eternal City? Ampersand crew 🇮🇹✈️🇺🇸

We’re so excited to start sharing the first photos trickling in—from the Roman Forum to Pompeii, the Vatican to Ostia—capturing a trip where history truly came alive.

From standing where Cicero once lived to exploring ancient cities layer by layer, this group experienced Rome not just as a place, but as a story still unfolding.

More highlights (and many more photos!) coming soon—but for now, welcome home and arrivederci, Roma ❤️

Last chance to join CLASSICS 3420: Ancient History – The Roman Empire this summer! 🏛️Travel from Augustus to Constantine...
05/18/2026

Last chance to join CLASSICS 3420: Ancient History – The Roman Empire this summer! 🏛️
Travel from Augustus to Constantine while exploring power, religion, and crisis across the empire.
📅 June 8–July 10
🕐 M–F, 1:00–2:45 PM
Don’t miss out—register now!

To all of our Classics & Ancient Studies majors and minors graduating this week — congratulations! 🎓 We are so proud of ...
05/14/2026

To all of our Classics & Ancient Studies majors and minors graduating this week — congratulations! 🎓 We are so proud of all you have accomplished and grateful to have been part of your journey. One of our favorite parts of graduation week is meeting the families, friends, and supporters who have cheered you on along the way. Thank you for celebrating with us. We can’t wait to see where your next chapters lead. 💚

The Rome Ampersand group has arrived safely and is already soaking in their first sights of the Eternal City! Today bega...
05/14/2026

The Rome Ampersand group has arrived safely and is already soaking in their first sights of the Eternal City! Today began with a walk through the Roman Forum, where history feels close enough to touch, and next up: the Palatine and the Colosseum. We’re wishing our Ampersand students a journey filled with discovery, learning, and unforgettable moments. Buon viaggio and enjoy every step through history! 🇮🇹🏛️

Today we celebrate years of curiosity, perseverance, research, teaching, writing, and discovery. 🎓☀️Congratulations to o...
05/13/2026

Today we celebrate years of curiosity, perseverance, research, teaching, writing, and discovery. 🎓☀️

Congratulations to our graduating graduate students in the Biggs Department of Classics at Washington University in St. Louis — earning MA and PhD degrees and reaching an incredible milestone. We are so proud of all you’ve accomplished and can’t wait to see where your next chapters lead.

On a beautiful spring day, we celebrate you. 💚🏛️ Graduatio

🌍✨Prof. Nicola Aravecchia (Classics; Art History & Archaeology) delivered an invited lecture at Seoul National Universit...
05/06/2026

🌍✨Prof. Nicola Aravecchia (Classics; Art History & Archaeology) delivered an invited lecture at Seoul National University, sharing his research on “At the Edge of Empire: Archaeology of a Late Roman Oasis City.”

Hosted by SNU’s Department of Archaeology & Art History and Interdisciplinary Program in Classical Studies, the talk was part of the “Prestigious Foreign Scholars’ Initiative.”

📢 Upcoming Classics Lecture (via Zoom)Join us for a virtual lecture by Tim Moore, John and Penelope Biggs Distinguished ...
05/05/2026

📢 Upcoming Classics Lecture (via Zoom)
Join us for a virtual lecture by Tim Moore, John and Penelope Biggs Distinguished Professor of Classics, hosted by the University of Patras (Greece). His talk, “Menander and the Male Gaze,” examines how ancient comedy reflects and shapes ways of seeing in a patriarchal performance culture.

🗓️ Thursday May 7 | 11:00 a.m. Central
💻 Zoom

👉 Visit our Events page for full details and the Zoom link.

We’d love to see you there!

Big news from Classics! We’re thrilled that renowned classicist and translator Emily Wilson has been named the recipient...
05/04/2026

Big news from Classics! We’re thrilled that renowned classicist and translator Emily Wilson has been named the recipient of Washington University’s International Humanities Prize. We look forward to welcoming her to campus in Fall 2027. 🏺📖

Affiliates are official! 🎉We’re delighted to celebrate the Dean’s official approval of four long‑time collaborators as a...
05/01/2026

Affiliates are official! 🎉
We’re delighted to celebrate the Dean’s official approval of four long‑time collaborators as affiliated faculty in the Biggs Department of Classics: Eric Brown (Philosophy), Rob Henke (Performing Arts), Nate Jones (Art History & Archaeology), and Frank Lovett (Political Science). We’ve enjoyed working with all of them for many years and are thrilled to welcome them—officially—as part of our extended Classics community.

🎉 Student Spotlight! Congrats to Lucas Caswell, a Political Science and Classics double major, on being named a Merle Kl...
04/29/2026

🎉 Student Spotlight! Congrats to Lucas Caswell, a Political Science and Classics double major, on being named a Merle Kling Undergraduate Honors Fellow! Lucas’s research explores Classical political theory and its influence on modern political thought. We’re excited to see where his work takes him! 👏🏛️

📚✨ Join us for the Classics Student Research Colloquium!Come support our undergraduate and graduate students as they sha...
04/26/2026

📚✨ Join us for the Classics Student Research Colloquium!
Come support our undergraduate and graduate students as they share their research and works-in-progress.
All are welcome—we hope to see you there!

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