Congratulations to Dr. Jack Orces
Dr. Jack Orces is pictured at commencement on August 8, 2025, with faculty escort Victoria Pagán, in lieu of his dissertation advisor, Flora Iff-Noël.
Center for Greek Studies Annual Awards Ceremony 2025
As part of the annual awards ceremony of the Center for Greek Studies this academic year (2024-2025), the department of Classics and the Center for Greek Studies celebrated the exceptional services of Professor Kostas Kapparis and Professor Robert Wagman, the two former co-directors of the Center for Greek Studies, University of Florida.
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Congratulations to Anthony Smith and Eleni Papadopoulou for winning Graduate Student Teaching Awards this year!
Each academic year, the UF Graduate School recognizes the most industrious and innovative GTAs with the Graduate Student Teaching Awards (GSTA) to applaud their work as instructors in classrooms and laboratories across campus.
UF’s Teacher-Scholar of the Year Award Winner
Congratulations to Dr. Victoria Pagán. She is the first member of the UF Classics Department to win UF’s Teacher-Scholar of the Year Award! The award recognizes faculty members who demonstrate distinguished achievement in both teaching and scholarly activity as well as visibility within and beyond the university. The award recipient serves as a model of […]
Selection as a Fellow of the Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University
Congratulations to Dr. Ifigeneia Giannadaki who has been selected as a fellow of the Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University for 2025-2026. The Center for Hellenic Studies, located in Washington DC, encourages and supports postdoctoral research of the highest quality on topics related to ancient Greek civilization.
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UF’s Second Annual Certamen
Thanks to our undergraduates Jonathan Nunes, Ellie Riggs, and Eric Yang for organizing UF’s second annual Certamen with great success. On Saturday March 1, nine Florida high schools sent Latin students to UF to compete in the quiz-bowl style game that tests students’ knowledge in language, literature, culture, history, etymology, and art history. Oak Hall […]
Democracy in Theory and Action (CLA1011) — Experiential Learning
The students of the class Democracy in Theory and Action had a tour of the very timely and well-curated exhibition of Matheson Museum of Gainesville entitled ‘Democracy in America’ (August 2024). This visit was part of the experiential learning activities this class offers to undergraduate students from extremely diverse academic backgrounds. This proved to be […]
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FIRST Distance Program Open House for 2025 Admissions season!
Friday, Sept. 13, 8:00 p.m. Eastern time in Zoom (email vyates@ufl.edu for invite). Dr. Yates will do a short presentation on the program at 8:00, then stick around until 9:30 to answer questions – feel free to drop by any time.
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Reinventing Tacitus: The Dynamics of Reappropriation
Thursday, Sept. 26, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00p.m.
An international workshop on the influence of Tacitus in Early Modern European intellectual history, bringing together scholars from Norway, Italy, France, the UK, Germany, and Poland.
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Promotion to Associate Professor
UF Classics congratulates Dr. Ifigeneia Giannadaki on her tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. Dr. Ifigeneia Giannadaki holds the Andronicos Nicholas Cassas Professorship in Greek Studies at University of Florida. Educated in Greece and the United Kingdom, Dr. Giannadaki specializes in ancient Greek law and teaches courses in both Classics and Greek Studies.
How Can Antigone and Athena Empower Young Girls?
Anastasia Pantazopoulou, PhD ‘22 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Carleton College (MN), and Anthony Smith, current PhD candidate, recently had their blog post “How Can Antigone and Athena Empower Young Girls?” published on the ACE & Creativity Blog through the University of Liverpool.
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Congratulations to Eleni Papadopoulou!
Eleni Papadopoulou, Ph.D. student and graduate assistant, has won a Gerondelis Foundation Graduate Student Grant.
Congratulations to CAMWS Presenters!
Congratulations to all of the members of our department who presented papers at CAMWS in St. Louis this last week.
Democracy in Peril International Conference
Join the Center for Greek Studies on April 10-12 for this international conference organized by Ifigeneia Giannadaki, Kostas Kapparis, and Andy Wolpert.
Eliodoro Etiopiche
Congratulations to our affiliate faculty member Silvia Montiglio for the publication of the second volume of her major project on Heliodoros.
Classics Virtual Open Day, March 4
We are thrilled to offer the first CLASSICS OPEN DAY for sharing critical information about our programs in Classical Studies and Greek Studies, our rich and diverse course offerings, scholarships available to students in our programs, and careers for Classical Studies graduates.
(Image: Athena’s birth from the head of Zeus, theoi.com)
UF Classics students present their work
UF Classics students, Wavid Bowman, Srija Dey, and Charlotte Sanders will present their work at the 12th Annual Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research Conference.
Reflections at the Summit: Similes, Relationships, and Emotion in Iliad 24 and Odyssey 23
Rothman Distinguished Lecture Series presents Deborah Beck, PhD, Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Victoria Pagán publishes new book
Congratulations to Dr. Victoria Pagán on the publication of Women and the Collaborative Art of Gardens: From Antiquity to the Present, co-edited with Judith W. Page.