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With support from $300,000 grant, Elon’s Freedom Scholars to welcome area high school students in summer 2022
December 16, 2021
The year-long program will foster civic engagement, reflect on ideals of democracy and freedom, and increase college access for Alamance County high school seniors. It is funded by a $300,000 grant from the Teagle Foundation.
Elon College adds data analytics, classical studies majors
August 30, 2021
Offered for the first time in 2021-22, the data analytics and classical studies majors are designed to be applied to an array of disciplines
International Classical Studies Symposium explores the place of Roman Epic in racial and national identities
June 17, 2021
Classical Studies faculty member Tedd Wimperis is co-directing a virtual symposium that brings together international scholars of Vergil, deepening understanding of both the ancient poet's context as well as ways in which the reception of the poem has informed post-classical discourse, ideas, and movements.
Gatti presents paper at the Sewanee Medieval Colloquium
April 9, 2021
Evan A. Gatti, associate professor of art history, presented “Legacies of Privilege: Making Meaning for Medieval Manuscripts” at the 46th annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium.
Gatti presents paper at International Conference of Iconographic Studies
October 19, 2020
Evan A. Gatti, associate professor of art history, presented “The Vercelli Rotolus: Images of the Acts of the Apostles the Arts of Imitation” at the conference, which was organized by the Center for Iconographic Studies and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, the Société des Bollandistes (Bruxelles), and Hagiotheca: Croatian Hagiography Society (Zagreb).
Mary T. Boatwright – “The Jewish Revolts against Rome: Exceptional, or To Be Expected?” – Public Lecture, Sept. 16
September 7, 2019
Boatwright, a professor of classical studies at Duke University, will examine a series of dramatic rebellions against the Roman Empire to explore ancient imperialism and identity.
Ancient Minds, Modern Science: What Neuroscience, Psychology, and Cognitive Studies can tell us about antiquity
March 9, 2018
A public lecture by Professor Peter Meineck (Classics, New York University).
5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 12
Whitley Auditorium
Peter Meineck, 'Ancient Minds – Modern Science' – March 12
January 11, 2018
NYU Professor of Classics shares what neuroscience, psychology and cognitive studies tell us about antiquity.
Elon names 2017 Lumen Scholars
April 21, 2017
The university's top award comes with $15,000 to support and celebrate academic and creative achievements.
Elon art history professor presents paper on the material world of the Early Middle Ages
October 11, 2016
Evan A. Gatti, associate professor of art history and associate director of the Elon Core Curriculum, presented "Frescoes in Fragments: What material loss allows us to see" at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon.