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The University of Mississippi

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Documenting Freedom in Ancient Greece and a Bronze Inscription in Oxford Mississippi, Monday, February 11, 2019 at 7:00 in Bryant 209

Dr. Cook named University of Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year

We are very proud to announce that the Mississippi Humanities Council has named Associate Professor of Classics Dr. Brad Cook the 2019 University of Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year. As part...
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Ave atque vale: Dr. Edward Capps III

The Department of Classics is saddened to report that our emeritus colleague Dr. Edward Capps III passed away in Oxford, MS on August 15, 2018. Dr. Capps was born in 1935 in Oberlin, Ohio where his...
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Molly Pasco Pranger

Dr. Molly Pasco-Pranger wins teaching award.

Associate Professor and Chair of Classics Dr. Molly Pasco-Pranger was awarded the College of Liberal Arts’ 2018 Cora Lee Graham Award for Outstanding Teaching of Freshmen. The award was...
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The students at work in a Roman house in Herculaneum

Dr. Jacqueline DiBiasie Sammons and UM undergrads in Herculaneum

Assistant professor of Classics Dr. Jacqueline DiBiasie Sammons and three UM undergrads, Arianna Kitchens, Madeleine McCracken, and Mweyeria Offord spent part of Summer 2018 hard at work locating and...
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Dr. Brad Cook

Dr. Brad Cook awarded NEH Fellowship in Athens

          Associate Professor of Classics Dr. Brad Cook will spend February-June 2018 at the American School for Classical Studies in Athens, having been awarded a National...
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