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THE CLASSICAL STUDIES PROGRAM is the home of a vibrant community of scholars working in ancient studies at Columbia University. The interdepartmental program takes full advantage of Columbia's unparalleled resources and the troves of classical treasures here in New York City. Faculty from Art History and Archaeology, Classics, History, and Philosophy work with students in the program to pursue a Ph.D. or an M.A. in Classical Studies, meeting requirements in three fields relevant to the study of Greek and Roman antiquity as well as the larger Ancient Mediterranean. >> more

 

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Sunday, December 15, 2024
Announcement CLST MA Alumni Reflect on their Time at Columbia Sunday, December 15, 2024 Sunday, December 15, 2024 more >>
Friday, November 8, 2024
Classical Dialogue Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity Simcha Gross University of Pennsylvania Friday, November 8, 2024 Friday, November 8, 2024 607 HAM more >>
Friday, October 4, 2024
Classical Dialogue Christianity, Philosophy, and Roman Power: Constantine, Julian, and the Bishops on Exegesis and Empire Lea Niccolai University of Cambridge Friday, October 4, 2024 Friday, October 4, 2024 Hamilton 607 more >>
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Announcement CLST Faculty John Ma Publishes New Book: "Polis: A New History of the Ancient Greek City-State from the Early Iron Age to the End of Antiquity" Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Wednesday, September 18, 2024 more >>
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Announcement Congratulations to Mary-Evelyn Farrior on Successfully Defending her Dissertation! Thursday, September 5, 2024 Thursday, September 5, 2024 more >>
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Announcement Congratulations to Giovanni Lovisetto on Successfully Defending his Dissertation! Thursday, July 11, 2024 Thursday, July 11, 2024 more >>
Friday, April 5, 2024
Classical Dialogue The Philosophical Stage: Drama and Dialectic in Classical Athens Joshua Billings Princeton University Friday, April 5, 2024 Friday, April 5, 2024 Hamilton 607 more >>
Friday, March 29, 2024
Event The Barnard/Columbia Ancient Drama Group presents Mangled House Friday, March 29, 2024 Friday, March 29, 2024 Minor Latham Playhouse more >>
Friday, February 23, 2024
Classical Dialogue Pindar, Song, and Space: Towards a Lyric Archaeology Richard Neer and Leslie Kurke The University of Chicago and University of California, Berkeley Friday, February 23, 2024 Friday, February 23, 2024 Hamilton 603 more >>
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Announcement CLST Alum Evan Jewell Appointed Classical Summer School Director Thursday, February 1, 2024 Thursday, February 1, 2024 more >>
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Announcement CLST Faculty Katharina Volk Publishes in and Edits the Collection 'Nigidius Figulus: Roman Polymath' Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Tuesday, January 16, 2024 more >>
Friday, December 15, 2023
Announcement CLST Doctoral Candidate Ayelet Wenger Publishes Article in the Jewish Quarterly Review Friday, December 15, 2023 Friday, December 15, 2023 more >>
Friday, December 8, 2023
Announcement CLST Doctoral Candidate Susan Rahyab Publishes Chapter in Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy Friday, December 8, 2023 Friday, December 8, 2023 more >>
Friday, November 10, 2023
Classical Dialogue Phoenicians among Others: Why Migrants Mattered in the Ancient Mediterranean Denise Demetriou University of California, San Diego Friday, November 10, 2023 Friday, November 10, 2023 Hamilton 509 more >>
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Event Celebrating Recent Work by Ellen Morris Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Heyman Center more >>
Friday, October 6, 2023
Classical Dialogue In Blood and Ashes: Curse Tablets and Binding Spells in Ancient Greece Jessica Lamont Yale University Friday, October 6, 2023 Friday, October 6, 2023 Hamilton 509 more >>
Monday, July 10, 2023
Announcement CLST Chair Dr. Ellen Morris Publishes New Book: "Famine and Feast in Ancient Egypt" Monday, July 10, 2023 Monday, July 10, 2023 more >>
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Conference Italics: Italian poetry in America Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Wednesday, June 7, 2023 The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University more >>
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Announcement Congratulations to the Class of 2023! Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Wednesday, May 17, 2023 more >>
Monday, May 15, 2023
Announcement Abigail Breuker Awarded SWIP-NYC Graduate Essay Prize Monday, May 15, 2023 Monday, May 15, 2023 more >>
Friday, April 28, 2023
Conference A Roman World? Imperial Power and Provincial Communities Friday, April 28, 2023 Friday, April 28, 2023 The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University more >>
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Announcement Mary-Evelyn Farrior Awarded Rome Prize Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Tuesday, April 25, 2023 more >>
Friday, April 21, 2023
Event Lodge Papyrology Fellowship Publication Party Friday, April 21, 2023 Friday, April 21, 2023 RBML at Butler Library more >>
Friday, April 14, 2023
Classical Dialogue Domesticating Empire Caitlín Eilís Barrett Cornell University Friday, April 14, 2023 Friday, April 14, 2023 930 Schermerhorn more >>
Friday, March 24, 2023
Lecture Competing Cultures: Greek Legacy, Roman Culture, and the Cosmopolitan Identity within the Athletic Association of Imperial Rome Mary-Evelyn Farrior Columbia University Friday, March 24, 2023 Friday, March 24, 2023 832 Schermerhorn more >>
Friday, February 17, 2023
Lecture The Seleucid Paradox: Ethnicity and Cultural Change in Late-Hellenistic Sidon and Tyre Tal Ish-Shalom Columbia University Friday, February 17, 2023 Friday, February 17, 2023 616 Hamilton more >>
Friday, February 3, 2023
Classical Dialogue Calling Philosophers Names Christopher Moore Pennsylvania State University Friday, February 3, 2023 Friday, February 3, 2023 832 Schermerhorn more >>
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Announcement CLST Faculty Richard A. Billows Publishes New Book: 'The Spear, The Scroll, and The Pebble' Tuesday, January 10, 2023 Tuesday, January 10, 2023 more >>
Friday, November 18, 2022
Classical Dialogue Scale, Space and Canon in Ancient Literary Culture Reviel Netz Stanford University Friday, November 18, 2022 Friday, November 18, 2022 507 Hamilton more >>
Friday, October 28, 2022
Classical Dialogue Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome Maggie Popkin Case Western Reserve University Friday, October 28, 2022 Friday, October 28, 2022 more >>
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Announcement CLST MA CANDIDATE JORDI ALONSO IS A FEATURED POET IN THE BANYAN REVIEW Tuesday, October 4, 2022 Tuesday, October 4, 2022 more >>
Monday, September 19, 2022
Announcement PROFESSORS DEBBIE STEINER & KATHARINA VOLK WIN GOODWIN AWARD Monday, September 19, 2022 Monday, September 19, 2022 more >>
Friday, May 6, 2022
Announcement CLST Alum Evan Jewell awarded Rome Prize Friday, May 6, 2022 Friday, May 6, 2022 more >>
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Announcement CLST DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES DR. JOSEPH HOWLEY AWARDED THE 2022 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FACULTY MENTORING AWARD Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Wednesday, April 20, 2022 more >>
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Event Heyman Center: Celebrating Recent Work by Katharina Volk Thursday, December 2, 2021 Thursday, December 2, 2021 The Heyman Center for Humanities, Second Floor Common Room, Columbia University, 74 Morningside Drive New York, NY, 10027United States more >>
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Workshop Why does Aristotle ascribe a notion of matter to his predecessors? On matter in Metaphysics A Thursday, November 18, 2021 Thursday, November 18, 2021 Zoom more >>
Monday, September 13, 2021
Announcement CLST DOCTORAL CANDIDATE TAL ISH-SHALOM PUBLISHES ARTICLE IN THE JOURNAL OF ROMAN STUDIES Monday, September 13, 2021 Monday, September 13, 2021 more >>
Friday, April 16, 2021
Classical Dialogue The Early Roman Expansion into Italy Nicola Terrenato University of Michigan at Ann Arbor Friday, April 16, 2021 Friday, April 16, 2021 Virtual Event: Zoom more >>
Friday, October 30, 2020
Classical Dialogue Void and Space in the Thought of the Presocratics, Plato, and Aristotle Barbara Sattler Ruhr-Universität Bochum Friday, October 30, 2020 Friday, October 30, 2020 Virtual Event: Zoom more >>
Friday, June 19, 2020
Announcement Statement of Solidarity Friday, June 19, 2020 Friday, June 19, 2020 more >>
Friday, March 6, 2020
Workshop CLST Placement Workshop Friday, March 6, 2020 Friday, March 6, 2020 Schermerhorn 930 more >>
Friday, November 15, 2019
Classical Dialogue Two questions about the rule of Law in Plato Susan Sauvé Meyer University of Pennsylvania Friday, November 15, 2019 Friday, November 15, 2019 Schermerhorn 807 more >>
Friday, October 18, 2019
Classical Dialogue ​​The Open Sea Joseph Manning Yale University Friday, October 18, 2019 Friday, October 18, 2019 Schermerhorn 807 more >>
Monday, October 7, 2019
Workshop Being and Seeming: Plato’s Epistemology Monday, October 7, 2019 Monday, October 7, 2019 Philosophy Hall 716 more >>
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Announcement CLST Photo Contest: Call for Submissions Thursday, September 26, 2019 Thursday, September 26, 2019 more >>
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Announcement CLST STUDENT MENTORING PROGRAM: 2019-20 MENTORS SELECTED Thursday, August 29, 2019 Thursday, August 29, 2019 more >>
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Event Graduate Traveling Seminar to Egypt Sunday, May 26, 2019 Sunday, May 26, 2019 more >>
Friday, April 26, 2019
Classical Dialogue Plautus and Popular Comedy Amy Richlin UCLA Friday, April 26, 2019 Friday, April 26, 2019 Schermerhorn 807 more >>
Monday, April 22, 2019
Workshop Workshop in Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy: Pyrrhonian Skepticism as a Way of Life Monday, April 22, 2019 Monday, April 22, 2019 Philosophy Hall 716 more >>
Friday, April 19, 2019
Workshop Margarete Bieber Reading Group Friday, April 19, 2019 Friday, April 19, 2019 Schermerhorn 930 more >>
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Lecture USem in Classical Civilization: Campbell Grey Campbell Grey University of Pennsylvania Thursday, April 18, 2019 Thursday, April 18, 2019 more >>
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Announcement Jeremy Simmons Awarded Rome Prize Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 more >>
Monday, March 25, 2019
Lecture Workshop in Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy: Vicious Character Traits as Rational Mistakes Simon Shogry University of Oxford Monday, March 25, 2019 Monday, March 25, 2019 Philosophy Hall 716 more >>
Friday, March 1, 2019
Classical Dialogue The Journey of Christianity to India in Late Antiquity Nathanael Andrade Binghamton University Friday, March 1, 2019 Friday, March 1, 2019 Schermerhorn 930 more >>
Friday, February 8, 2019
Announcement Alice Sharpless Awarded the Bothmer Fellowship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Friday, February 8, 2019 Friday, February 8, 2019 more >>
Friday, December 14, 2018
Announcement Application Deadline for PhD Admissions Friday, December 14, 2018 Friday, December 14, 2018 more >>
Friday, November 9, 2018
Classical Dialogue Classical Greek Oligarchy Matthew Simonton Arizona State University Friday, November 9, 2018 Friday, November 9, 2018 Schermerhorn 934 more >>
Friday, October 26, 2018
Conference Conference in Memory of Alan Cameron Friday, October 26, 2018 Friday, October 26, 2018 Italian Academy, 3rd Floor more >>
Friday, October 19, 2018
Workshop Ways of Seeing, Ways of Reading II: The Anthropology and Aesthetics of Arms and Armor Friday, October 19, 2018 Friday, October 19, 2018 Schermerhorn Hall, 612 more >>
Friday, September 28, 2018
Classical Dialogue Ancient Eudaimonism and Modern Morality Julia Annas University of Arizona Friday, September 28, 2018 Friday, September 28, 2018 Schermerhorn 807 more >>
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Announcement CLST Student Mentoring Program: 2018-19 Mentors Selected Thursday, August 30, 2018 Thursday, August 30, 2018 more >>
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Workshop Munich New York City Workshop in Ethics Thursday, June 28, 2018 Thursday, June 28, 2018 more >>
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Announcement Evan Jewell Awarded Mellon International Travel Fellowship Wednesday, April 25, 2018 Wednesday, April 25, 2018 more >>
Monday, April 23, 2018
Lecture Columbia at Hadrian’s Villa: The 2017 Campaign Monday, April 23, 2018 Monday, April 23, 2018 Schermerhorn Hall 612 more >>
Friday, April 13, 2018
Classical Dialogue Virgilian Geopoetics, or the Emotional Science of Geography Alessandro Barchiesi New York University Friday, April 13, 2018 Friday, April 13, 2018 Schermerhorn Hall 934 more >>
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Announcement Jeremy Simmons Awarded AIIS and SSRC Fellowships Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Tuesday, April 10, 2018 more >>
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Announcement Mariana Noé Receives 2018 Presidential Teaching Award Thursday, April 5, 2018 Thursday, April 5, 2018 more >>
Friday, March 23, 2018
Workshop Classical Studies Dissertation Workshop Friday, March 23, 2018 Friday, March 23, 2018 Schermerhorn 930 more >>
Friday, March 2, 2018
Classical Dialogue Office and Rule in Constitutional Change Melissa Lane Princeton University Friday, March 2, 2018 Friday, March 2, 2018 Schermerhorn Hall 934 more >>
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Conference The Creation of Roman History and Epigraphy: Theodor Mommsen from 1817 to 2017 Saturday, December 9, 2017 Saturday, December 9, 2017 Italian Academy, 5th Floor, Columbia University more >>
Friday, November 17, 2017
Classical Dialogue Tyrannicide in Ancient Greece David Teegarden SUNY Buffalo Friday, November 17, 2017 Friday, November 17, 2017 Schermerhorn Hall 930 more >>
Friday, October 20, 2017
Classical Dialogue The Beginnings of Latin Literature Denis Feeney Princeton University Friday, October 20, 2017 Friday, October 20, 2017 Schermerhorn Hall 930 more >>
Monday, June 5, 2017
Announcement Giulia Bonasio Awarded Chateaubriand Fellowship Monday, June 5, 2017 Monday, June 5, 2017 more >>
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Lecture Agreement and Consensus in Plato’s Crito Dr. James Warren University of Cambridge Thursday, April 13, 2017 Thursday, April 13, 2017 Philosophy Hall 716 more >>
Friday, March 24, 2017
Classical Dialogue Human and Animal Bodies in Ancient Greece Annetta Alexandridis Cornell University Friday, March 24, 2017 Friday, March 24, 2017 930 Schermerhorn more >>
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Lecture Columbia University at Hadrian’s Villa: The 2016 Archaeological Campaign Thursday, February 23, 2017 Thursday, February 23, 2017 Italian Academy more >>
Friday, November 11, 2016
Conference Refuge and Refugees in the Ancient World Friday, November 11, 2016 Friday, November 11, 2016 Italian Academy, 5th Floor, Columbia University more >>
Friday, October 28, 2016
Conference Epistemology After Sextus Empiricus Friday, October 28, 2016 Friday, October 28, 2016 Philosophy Hall 716, Columbia University more >>
Friday, October 28, 2016
Classical Dialogue Networks Colonization, and Regional Hybridity Irad Malkin Tel Aviv University Friday, October 28, 2016 Friday, October 28, 2016 Schermerhorn Hall 930 more >>
Friday, September 30, 2016
Conference Aristophanes and Politics Friday, September 30, 2016 Friday, September 30, 2016 more >>
Friday, April 15, 2016
Classical Dialogue Two Classic Problems in the Stoic Theory of Time Ricardo Salles Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Friday, April 15, 2016 Friday, April 15, 2016 more >>
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Workshop Hellenistic Literatures in Context Saturday, April 9, 2016 Saturday, April 9, 2016 Italian Academy, 5th Floor, Columbia University more >>
Friday, February 19, 2016
Classical Dialogue Stoics and Skeptics on Cataleptic Impressions Tobias Reinhardt Corpus Christi College, Oxford Friday, February 19, 2016 Friday, February 19, 2016 Schermerhorn Hall 934 more >>
Friday, December 4, 2015
Classical Dialogue Killing Mummies: On Inka Epistemology and Imperial Power Terence D’Altroy Columbia University Friday, December 4, 2015 Friday, December 4, 2015 Schermerhorn Hall 934 more >>
Friday, November 13, 2015
Lecture Columbia's Archaeological Campaign at Hadrian's Villa (APAHA Tibur 2015) Friday, November 13, 2015 Friday, November 13, 2015 Schermerhorn Hall 612 more >>
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Lecture Inaugural Classical Philosophy Lecture: Aristotle on Productive Understanding and Completeness, by Ursula Coope, Corpus Christi College Oxford Professor Ursula Coope Thursday, September 24, 2015 Thursday, September 24, 2015 Philosophy Hall 716, Columbia University more >>
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Event Columbia Classical Studies Photo Award 2015 Sunday, August 30, 2015 Sunday, August 30, 2015 more >>
Friday, August 14, 2015
Announcement Giulia Bonasio Awarded DAAD Fellowship Friday, August 14, 2015 Friday, August 14, 2015 more >>
Friday, April 10, 2015
Classical Dialogue Tombs and Burial Customs in Third-Century CE Rome Barbara Borg University of Exeter Friday, April 10, 2015 Friday, April 10, 2015 Schermerhorn Hall 930 more >>
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Classical Dialogue Natural Character Mariska Leunissen Chapel Hill Wednesday, March 4, 2015 Wednesday, March 4, 2015 Hamilton Hall 603 more >>
Friday, October 17, 2014
Classical Dialogue The Divinization of Caesar and Augustus Michael Koortbojian Princeton University Friday, October 17, 2014 Friday, October 17, 2014 Schermerhorn Hall 832 more >>
Friday, March 14, 2014
Classical Dialogue Miskawayh on Pleasures and Pains Peter Adamson Ludwig Maximilian University Friday, March 14, 2014 Friday, March 14, 2014 716 Philosophy Hall more >>
Friday, March 7, 2014
Classical Dialogue Ancient Theories of Color Katerina Ierodiakonou Athens and Geneva Friday, March 7, 2014 Friday, March 7, 2014 716 Philosophy Hall more >>
Friday, April 19, 2013
Workshop Technology and Skills Workshop II: Researching Ancient Places Friday, April 19, 2013 Friday, April 19, 2013 more >>
Friday, February 1, 2013
Classical Dialogue The Ancient Middle Classes Emanuel Mayer University of Chicago Friday, February 1, 2013 Friday, February 1, 2013 Schermerhorn Hall 930 more >>
Monday, June 18, 2012
Event APAHA Excavation at Stabiae 2012 Monday, June 18, 2012 Monday, June 18, 2012 more >>
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Workshop Technology and Skills Thursday, March 8, 2012 Thursday, March 8, 2012 more >>
Friday, September 9, 2011
Conference The Many Worlds of the Odyssey Friday, September 9, 2011 Friday, September 9, 2011 Philosophy Hall 716, Columbia University more >>
Workshop Workshop in Ancient & Contemporary Philosophy more >>

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