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The University of Chicago Secondary Menu Give search menu Department of Classics The University of Chicago Search Search Main navigation About History Resources What is Classics? Contact Us People Faculty Associated Faculty Graduate Students Alumni Staff Faculty Publications Graduate Overview Program Program Requirements Workshops Mentoring Funding PhD Admissions MA Admissions Handbook Undergraduate Major in Classics Minor in Classical Studies Prizes Study Abroad The BA Paper Courses Classical Philology About CP Contributing to CP Instructions for Authors News and Events News Events Annual Events Secondary Menu Give Department of Classics The faculty of the Classics department work in literature, linguistics, history, archaeology, and philosophy. We are developing innovative approaches to the study of Greco-Roman antiquity through our collaborative work with scholars in a wide variety of fields. We belong to international research networks and we teach, publish, and host workshops and conferences with colleagues from Art History , the Committee on Social Thought , Comparative Literature , the Divinity School , English , Germanic Studies , History , the Law School , Linguistics , the Oriental Institute , Philosophy , Political Science , Romance Languages , and Theater and Performance Studies . In keeping with the wide ranging research agendas of our faculty, the culture of Classics at the University of Chicago is pluralistic. The Department offers four different Ph.D. programs, each of which fosters a distinctive interdisciplinary approach to the study of Greco-Roman antiquity: Classical Languages and Literatures, the Ancient Mediterranean World, Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, and the joint Ph.D. in Classics and Social Thought. More information about each of these programs can be found in the program descriptions . History of the Classics Department Upcoming Events More... Recent News Remembering W. Ralph Johnson. April 26, 2024 W. Ralph Johnson, John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Classics, passed away on April 13 th 2024. Sigmund H. Danziger Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series: What Is A Classic? Community and Care in the Age of A.I. April 25, 2024 Join us on Thursday, May 9 th at 5:00pm for " What Is A Classic? Community and Care in the Age of A.I." hosted by Barbara Graziosi, Ewing Professor of Greek Language and Literature and Chair in the Department of Classics, Princeton University. Congratulations Dr. López-Ruiz May 30, 2023 The Mediterranean Seminar has just announced its Best Book prizes for 2023, and Dr. Carolina Lopez-Ruiz’s monograph, Phoenicians and the making of the Mediterranean (Harvard, 2021) was one of this year’s winners. Survey of Latin Literature 2023 February 03, 2023 Some of our graduate students enjoying Survey of Latin Literature with Professor Shadi Bartsch . More news Department of Classics Division of the Humanities 1010 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637 Email the Department of Classics Office at Classics-Department@uchicago.edu Phone 773-702-8514 Facebook Twitter YouTube Quick Links Privacy Notice...