Recent News

PhD graduate student, Alyson Melzer defending this past Winter quarter. 

We are happy to report that Leonardo Cazzadori , Anne Duray, Eunsoo Lee and Alyson Melzer successfully passed their PhD defenses in Winter and Spring quarters.   Congratulations, Dr. Cazzadori, Dr. Duray, Dr. Lee and Dr.…
Graduate student David Pickel has accepted the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellowship from Stanford's Humanities Center.  These fellowships are awarded to "advanced doctoral students whose work is of the highest quality" and…
Classics PhD candidate Ronnie Shi has been awarded the Geballe Dissertation Prize Fellowship from Stanford's Humanities Center.  These awards go to Stanford doctoral students whose work is "of the highest distinction and promise."  …
Classics faculty Josiah Ober and Giovanna Ceserani are members of research teams which have been awarded Stanford's first Cultivating Humanities Grants. The Changing Human Experience (CHE), part of Stanford’s Long-Range Planning, seeks to advance…
The Department of Classics wishes a warm congratulations to our very own Justin Leidwanger upon his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure.  Following recent approval by the university's provost and the Academic Council Advisory Board,…