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Phi Beta Kappa inductees 2021

Congratulations to Classical Studies majors Toni Shae Ferguson and Maria Laura Montero, who have been elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Election to Phi Beta Kappa  is one of the highest academic honors that a student can receive. Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest (est. 1776) academic honor society in America. Only one in ten institutions (colleges […]

New Book by Kostas Kapparis

Congratulations to Kostas Kapparis, Director of the Center for Greek Studies, on the publication of his work  Women in the Law Courts of Classical Athens (Edinburgh University Press 2021).  This new book (Kostas’ ninth) is the latest of an impressive series of studies on Greek culture and civilization to see the light at the Center for […]

AIA Statement On Archaeology And Social Justice

Archaeologists examine the physical remains of humankind to answer questions animated by our present. The material record helps us understand the production of inequality, the representation of power, and the targeted discrimination of communities. Archaeological research that describes the lives of everyday people also gives voice to those who lack privileged representation in the dominant […]

SCS Statement on Police Brutality, Systemic Racism, and the Death of George Floyd

The Society for Classical Studies condemns the relentless horror of police brutality and murder of black men, women, and children, including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson, Rekia Boyd, Sandra Bland, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Freddie Gray, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, and Rodney King, to name just a few of the victims. Brutality […]