Classics :: Swarthmore College

Spring 2018: Clst 094-

Jeremy Lefkowitz

Capstone Seminar:

Ancient Drama and Performance.

Spring 2018: Greek 112-

Rosaria Munson

Honors Seminar: Greek Epic.

Spring 2018: Greek 012-

Rosaria Munson

Homer's Iliad.

Spring 2018: Greek/Latin 096-

Jeremy Lefkowitz

Aesop's Fables.

Spring 2018: Greek 002-

Marilyn Evans

Intensive First-Year Greek.

Spring 2018: Anch 046-

Marilyn Evans

History and Archaeology of the Late Roman Empire.

Spring 2018: Anch/Clst 021-

Jacob Morton

Roman Society and Identity: Food and War.

Spring 2018: Latin 019-

Marilyn Evans

Roman Imperial Literature.

Spring 2018: Relg 057 / Ling 007-

Helen Plotkin

Hebrew for Text Study I.

May be counted toward the Classical Studies Major

Spring 2018: Art History 013-
Patricia Reilly

The Art and Architecture of Ancient Greece and Rome.

May be counted toward the Classical Studies Major

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Compiled by librarian Maria Aghazarian, the College's annual summer reading list highlights recommendations from faculty and staff members. Read More: 6+ Books to Read This Summer

Ten Recent Alumni Receive Fulbright Grants
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Alumni with Graduate Degrees in Classics and Related Fields

Some of our alumni go on to receive advanced degrees in classics and related fields. Recent graduates have been accepted into PhD programs at Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, UNC, Yale, Duke, CUNY, and Harvard, as well as Oxford, Cambridge, and Humboldt University in Berlin, among others.

Listing of Alumni with Graduate Degrees in Classics and Related Fields

Classics

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The Gil Rose Prize 2018

The Classics department is delighted to announce that the winner of this year's Gil Rose Prize is Irene Elias '18.

The winner in 2017 was Emma Remsberg '17.

Endowed by John Marincola ’76 in honor of Gilbert P. Rose, Susan Lippincott Professor Emeritus of Modern and Classical Languages, this prize is awarded to a senior student of Latin and/or Greek, who, in the judgment of the department faculty, displays deep knowledge of the ancient language(s) and whose written work is both rigorous and imaginative.

Learning Goals of the Swarthmore Classics Department

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Socializing with the Classics Department

Prospective Students: Read about Senior Canaan Breiss' Experience Studying Classics

Grappling with the Greeks

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Department of Classics
Trotter 110
Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1397
Phone: 610-328-8165
Fax: 610-328-8673
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Classics Department Summer Funding Opportunities

The Classics Department has limited funds available to support current Swarthmore students interested in intensive language study, archaeological field work, or internships related to classics.

Summer Study Information and Application