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DiBiasie-Sammons receives College of Liberal Arts New Scholar Award in Humanities
The Department of Classics is proud to announce that Assistant Professor Jacqueline DiBiasie-Sammons has been chosen by the College of Liberal Arts as the 2021 recipient of the Dr. Mike L. Edmonds New...
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June 2020 faculty statement of commitment to antiracism
We, the faculty of the Department of Classics of the University of Mississippi, collectively and unanimously condemn the role of police brutality in perpetuating racial oppression, in particular the...
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Inaugural Classics Capstone Conference: Andriantes: Sculptures in the Landscape, From Greek to Roman
On November 19, 2019, the four students in Dr. Aileen Ajootian’s inaugural Classics Capstone Seminar presented 10-15 minute talks on their research on Greek and Roman sculpture in the landscape...
Read MoreStudents and Faculty offer Aequora Latin Club at Oxford Intermediate
Beginning in January 2018, a team of faculty and student volunteers from the Department of Classics have run a weekly after school Latin club for 5th and 6th graders at Oxford Intermediate School. The...
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In Memoriam: Dr. Lucy Turnbull
We received the sad news Sunday, April 21, 2019 of the death of our emerita colleague, Dr. Lucy Turnbull. Dr. Turnbull joined the University of Mississippi faculty in 1961, teaching classical art...
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