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Professor Martha Nussbaum to lecture on “Equal Respect for Conscience”

Professor Martha Nussbaum will present the 2008 Ryerson Lecture on “Equal Respect for Conscience: The Roots of a Moral and Legal Tradition” on Wednesday, May 14 at 5:30 p.m. at the International House....

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Department of Classics to host lecture on classical Athenian culture

Claude Calame, Director of Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, will deliver the 2008 Walsh Memorial Lecture, entitled “Heroic Death, Political Cult, Tragedy and Gender...

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Danzinger Lecturer will examine Book of Revelation

Who wrote the Book of Revelation? Why was it written, and why was it chosen as the last book of the Bible instead of any of the other “books of revelation” written around the same time? How has that...

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Spring lectures highlight compelling scholarship in the humanities

The University of Chicago’s 2009 Spring Lecture Series features internationally renowned scholars and artists. Presented by the Division of the Humanities, these lectures open a window onto such...

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Jonathan Hall, Malynne Sernstein receive Quantrell Awards for teaching

The University of Chicago Chronicle reports that two Humanities Division professors have been honored with 2009 Llewellyn John & Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate...

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Kathy Fox wins 2009 Richman Award

Kathy Fox, Administrative Assistant for the Classics Department, was honored for her commitment to helping students as the winner of the 2009 Marlene F. Richman Award for Excellence and Dedication in...

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2010 Spring Lecture Series Closes with Lecture by Page duBois

May 18, 2010 Sigmund H. Danziger Jr. Distinguished Lecture in Literature “In Praise of Polytheism” Page duBois Professor of Classical and Comparative Literature University of California, San Diego 5:00...

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Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer Receives New Named Professorship

Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer, the Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenweiser Professor in Classics and the College, has been named the Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor in Classics and the College....

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Clifford Ando Receives Research Prize

Clifford Ando, Professor of Classics and the College, has received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Winners of the €45,000 prize are invited to...

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Michael I. Allen Donates Rare Manuscripts to Honor University Librarians

To honor University Librarian Judith Nadler’s “leadership and careful guidance for researchers”, Michael I. Allen, Associate Professor in Classics, donated the fifth-century military science text De re...

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