Classical Studies

Students participating in Elon's Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) offer their thoughts about what the opportunity means to them.

Assistant Professor Tedd Wimperis celebrates the publication of his new book that focuses on how cultural identities are formed, expressed, and used in politics, inside the fictionalized world of the "Aeneid" and in the real-world Roman Empire. This book offers a chance for readers to think critically about how identities are formed through community and history across time periods.

The southeast regional meeting was held March 1-3 at the College of Charleston.

Jasper Serenity Myers '24 and Professor Lynn R. Huber presented at the annual Queer and Trans Studies in Religion Conference at the University of California, Riverside.

Their research, “Cleopatra on Screen: How Western Biases and Orientalism Informed Early Film Adaptations of Cleopatra,” examined stage and screen representations of the famous Egyptian queen — and the ideologies behind them.

On Sept. 27, the Classical Studies program put on an amazing event in Carlton Commons. Mediterranean food was not missing, and students got a chance to get together and hear from four panelists on the theme, “Why study the ancient world?”

The professorships, announced during the university's Opening Day for the new academic year, support members of the faculty from a variety of disciplines across the university.

The associate professor of classical languages was selected as the first faculty member to be honored by the endowed professorship that was created by the university’s board of trustees in spring 2022.  

Through a two-year fellows program, the six students in this multidisciplinary cohort will undertake mentored undergraduate research projects, enroll in specialized coursework and engage in community-based learning with diverse religious communities.

Gatti publishes article on the significance of three portraits depicting the German Bishop Sigebert of Minden (1022-1036) in Gesta: The Journal for the International Center for Medieval Art.