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Eight Classics Undergrads Receive Phi Beta Kappa Distinction

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 2:29pm

 2013 Phi Beta Kappa recipients from Classics:

Seniors:

Matthew Eric Garret (Greek major)

Jacob Kovacs-Goodman (Greek and Latin major)

Hayden Rodarte (Latin major)

Elizabeth Fair (Classical Languages minor)

Nathan Nolop (Classical Languages minor)

Arun Prasad (Classical Studies minor)

Juniors:

Julia Guenther (Greek and Latin major)

Maya Krishnan (Classical Studies major)

 

Prof. Marsh McCall honored with 2013 H&S Dean's Award for Lifetime Achievements in Teaching

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 12:27pm

Marsh McCall has been awarded a 2013 H&S Dean's Award for Lifetime Achievements in Teaching in the School of Humanities and Sciences.  This award recognizes faculty for their dedication and commitment to outstanding teaching.

 

Prof. McCall will be recognized formally at an upcoming ceremony. Congratulations!

Prof. Michael Shanks interviewed about collecting in Stanford Alumni Magazine

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/13/2013 - 3:09pm

Professor of Classical Archaeology Michael Shanks was featured in the Stanford Alumni Magazine's recent story on collectors and collections in the Stanford alumni family. To read the article and see professor Shanks's comments, click on this link: 

http://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=61580#.UZAZqF3cp8k.email 

Congrats to Hans Wietzke! Recipient of 2013 Dan David Prize Scholarship

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/01/2013 - 2:37pm

Graduate student Hans Wietzke has been chosen to receive the 2013 Dan David Prize Scholarship for his research "Poses in prose: cross-genre typologies of authorial self-fashioning." This international scholarship, administered at Tel Aviv University and conferred annually since 2002, awards three prizes to individuals with proven exceptional excellence in the sciences, arts, humanities, public service and entrepeneurship that have made an outstanding contribution to humanity. The prizes are awarded in fields selected within the three time dimensions-past, present, and future.

Jackie Arthur-Montagne receives fellowship

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 3:32pm

Jackie Arthur-Montagne (graduate student, Classics) has been selected as one of hte inaugural fellows of the Pigott Scholars Program for 2013-14. The Pigott Scholars Program is a one-year fellowship for advanced doctoral students in the Humanities and Arts and selection is contingent upon departmental nomination from a pool of peers. 

Stanford Daily: Giovanna Ceserani leads groundbreaking digital humanities project

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 11:37am

 Associate Professor of Classics Giovanna Ceserani, with help from a research team including Classics graduate student Sarah Murray, is leading a digital mapping project to trace patterns in the routes, people and places making up the 18th century Grand Tour of Europe. The five year collaborative project was recently featured in an article in the Stanford Daily: 

http://www.stanforddaily.com/2013/04/24/digital-humanities-project-maps-...

Adrienne Mayor speaks on the ancient history of chemical and biological weapons

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/11/2013 - 12:05pm

On April 8, Adrienne Mayor (research scholar, Department of Classics), was invited to speak to the "Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Response" class at Stanford Medical School, cross-listed with Public Policy, on the ancient history of biological and chemical weapons.

Justin Leidwanger awarded the inaugural AIA Cotsen Excavation Grant for the Marzamemi Maritime Heritage Project in Sicily.

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 4:25pm

Incoming Stanford Classics professor, Justin Leidwanger, is the recipient of the inaugural Cotsen Excavation Grant by the Archaeological Institute of America for the Marzamemi Maritime Heritage Project in Sicily. Congratulations to Justin who will join the Stanford faculty on July 1, 2013. Official AIA announcement: http://www.archaeological.org/news/aianews/11759.

Edward W. Spofford, former Classics professor, dies at 81.

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/05/2013 - 2:06pm

Edward "Ned" Spofford
        On February 17 Ned Spofford died of pneumonia in Stanford hospital. He was 81, and for some time had been in declining health. He had lived in Lytton Gardens Health  Care Center in Palo Alto for several years.

Prof. Ian Morris featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education

Submitted by Valerie Kiszka on Mon, 02/25/2013 - 1:30pm

Professor of classics Ian Morris' latest book analyzed 15,000 years of data to explain why the West is dominant. Now the intelligence community wants to know what will happen next. Chronicle of Higher Education, Mon, 2/25/13 http://chronicle.com/article/In-Ian-Morriss-Big-History/137415/