Classics at the University of Arizona

09/06/2026

Arizona Classics alumna JuliAnne Rach on Circe in the Odyssey

The fourth installment of The Odyssey Files is available now.

Written by graduate student JuliAnne Rach, she describes how Nolan’s Circe is quite different from Homer’s Circe and why she is convinced that Nolan’s portrayal of the witch is true to ancient culture.

Nolan’s Circe: Circe the Witch, Circe the Hag: https://classics.ucla.edu/blog/the-odyssey-files-4-nolans-circe-circe-the-witch-circe-the-hag/

07/15/2026

Robert Groves from the College of Humanities explains how the story may be set in the Greek world and filled with monsters, but it's about family, identity, who we love and where we call home.

07/11/2026

05/16/2026

Congratulations to the College of Humanities’ Outstanding Senior for Spring 2026, Marisol Marquez Perez! A first-generation student, Marquez Perez is graduating with a B.A. in Applied Humanities, Public Health emphasis, and a minor in Classics, with plans to continue to graduate school in public policy.
In her convocation address, Marquez Perez told fellow graduates about studying abroad during her sophomore year, walking into Sainte-Chapelle in France for the first time, not realizing at the time how much that experience would shift the way she sees the world.
“It is one thing to learn about history, culture, or inequality in a classroom. It is another to stand in a place where those realities exist and recognize that your perspective is only one version of a much bigger story. And that is when it really clicked for me. This is what the humanities are about.”
https://humanities.arizona.edu/news/coh-outstanding-senior-marisol-marquez-perez

02/03/2026

UA Classics Profs. Nat Katz and Arum Park, unexpectedly running into each other in the wild! Also pictured, UA English Prof.
Diane Ransdell, who worked with Dr. Katz at Arizona in Orvieto and plays violin with Dr. Park in the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra.

01/30/2026

An overdue post: Congratulations to UA Classics' very own Professor Sarah McCallum, recipient of a Society for Classical Studies Excellence in Teaching Award! Prof. McCallum joins Prof. Rob Groves, a previous awardee, to form a small but growing club of UA Classicists recognized for their outstanding and inspiring teaching. https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/2025-prize-and-award-winners

01/10/2026

More impressive UA Classics alumni! Luke Giuntoli (University of Washington) presenting an intriguing and thoughtful paper on metapoetics in Apollonius’ Argonautica, with fellow alumni Thomas McMath (OSU) and Delaney Fisher (UT-Austin, not pictured) showing up in support.

01/09/2026

UA Classics alumna Delaney Fisher (University of Texas at Austin) presenting her fascinating research on grave good wealth at the AIA poster session.

01/09/2026

ETA: Katrina's poster won the AIA's best graduate student poster prize!

UA Classics alumna Katrina Kuxhausen-DeRose (UCLA)’s transformative research on wall transformation at the AIA poster session.