Department of Classics

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 […]

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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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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 […]

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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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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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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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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.

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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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Eleni Papadopoulou, Ph.D. student and graduate assistant, has won a Gerondelis Foundation Graduate Student Grant.

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Congratulations to all of the members of our department who presented papers at CAMWS in St. Louis this last week.

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Join the Center for Greek Studies on April 10-12 for this international conference organized by Ifigeneia Giannadaki, Kostas Kapparis, and Andy Wolpert.

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Congratulations to our affiliate faculty member Silvia Montiglio for the publication of the second volume of her major project on Heliodoros.

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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)

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UF Classics students, Wavid Bowman, Srija Dey, and Charlotte Sanders will present their work at the 12th Annual Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research Conference.

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Rothman Distinguished Lecture Series presents Deborah Beck, PhD, Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin.

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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.

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