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L. to r., Dawson Dinsmore, Sarah Lowery, Dr. Aileen Ajootian, Constance Hartline, Lucas Sewell.

Inaugural Classics Capstone Conference: Andriantes: Sculptures in the Landscape, From Greek to Roman

November 20, 2019

L. to r., Dawson Dinsmore, Sarah Lowery, Dr. Aileen Ajootian, Constance Hartline, Lucas Sewell. On November 19, 2019, the four students in Dr. Aileen Ajootian's inaugural Classics Capstone ...

Students and Faculty offer Aequora Latin Club at Oxford Intermediate

May 2, 2019

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 ...

Dr. Lucy Turnbull works with a student on an item from the Robinson Collection in 1971.

In Memoriam: Dr. Lucy Turnbull

April 24, 2019

Dr. Lucy Turnbull works with a student on an item from the Robinson Collection in 1971. We received the sad news Sunday, April 21, 2019 of the death of our emerita colleague, Dr. Lucy ...

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

January 11, 2019

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 ...

Ave atque vale: Dr. Edward Capps III

August 22, 2018

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 ...