May 10, 2023
Classics PhD Student Receives SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship
We are excited to announce that Maia Fiorelli, a Classics PhD student, has been awarded a Canada Graduate Scholarship by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Maia’s research focuses on how women and feminized men from Greek tragedy and Latin elegy are sexualized and objectified. She is examining how the influence of … Continued
March 14, 2023
Department of Classics to be Renamed
The Department of Classics will have a new name as of July 1st, 2023: the Department of Greek and Roman Studies. Classics courses will also have a new course code, “GKROMST,” when students enroll for the 2023-2024 academic year. The new name was previewed at the Humanities Majors Fair on March 9, 2023. … Continued
September 20, 2022
Classics Instructors Present at International Symposium for Clinical and Applied Anatomy
On Saturday, September 17th, 2022, two members of the Department of Classics, Dr. Stephen Russell (instructional assistant/sessional), and Amanda Hardman, (PhD candidate/sessional), presented a paper at a roundtable on terminology at the 13th (annual) International Symposium of Clinical and Applied Anatomy (ISCAA) in Vilamoura, Portugal. Stephen currently teaches and Amanda has taught Classics 2MT3-Ancient Roots … Continued
September 19, 2022
PhD Candidate Recipient of MacDATA Graduate Fellowship
Edward Middleton, a PhD candidate in the Department of Classics, is the recipient of a 2022 MacDATA Graduate Fellowship. The MacDATA Graduate Fellowships are administered by the MacData Institute. The aims of the fellowship program are: 1) To provide trainees with an opportunity to acquire practical and theoretical skills in data science. … Continued
August 2, 2022
Students at Roman villa project help unearth 2,000-year-old artifacts
Amphorae, Roman coins and soot-blackened cookware: McMaster students are literally unearthing fascinating insights into first-century life as they return to an archeological dig in Italy....
July 19, 2022
2022 Villa di Tito Archaeological Project
In May and June 2022 McMaster students returned to Italy to participate in the Villa di Tito Archaeological Project, directed by Martin Beckmann (McMaster) and Myles McCallum (Saint Mary’s University). The goal of the project is to shed light on life in the early first millennium CE in the Velino Valley in the foothills … Continued
May 26, 2022
Return to Metaponto
For the first time since 2019, field work has resumed at the Metaponto Archaeological Project in Basilicata, Italy. Shut down for two seasons because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the project was able to resume in early May thanks to a concession for archaeological excavation from the Superintendancy of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape … Continued
May 18, 2022
Department members awarded at Classical Association of Canada (CAC) conference
The Classical Association of Canada (CAC) held their annual conference this past weekend and two members of our department were honoured with awards. We are excited to announce that Dr. Michele George was the winner of the Award of Merit for outstanding services to the discipline of Classics. Cassandra Tran, a PhD Student in our … Continued
April 1, 2022
Dr. Stephen Russell will chair a symposium on "The Anatomy of Medical Terminology"
Dr. Stephen Russell will chair a symposium on “The Anatomy of Medical Terminology” at the 20th Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA 2022), organized by the world’s largest association of professional anatomists, in Istanbul, Turkey. “We have been teaching introductory and advanced courses in medical language from textbooks we have authored … Continued
November 11, 2021
MA and PhD opportunities with the University of Rome available!
New MA and PhD opportunities in archaeology and Classics with the University of Rome allow students to participate in archaeological excavations in Italy, while studying at one of the disciplines’ top schools. McMaster University and The University of Rome are rolling out a new partnership that will include the exchange of graduate students between … Continued
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