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Department of Classical Studies
Classical Studies focuses on understanding the world of the ancient Mediterranean—including Greece, Rome, and surrounding cultures—by studying its languages, history, art, and archaeology. We offer major and minor tracks in Classical Studies, Latin, or Greek, and encourage all students to sample broadly among our offerings even while concentrating in a particular field. In addition to courses taught in the ancient languages, we teach literature in translation; history, art, and archaeology surveys and seminars; and courses on topics as varied as mythology and religion, Roman law, ancient leadership, and gender in the ancient world. Our program focuses on developing skills in critical thinking, reading, and writing, and all majors complete independent research projects. Our students find that exploring the past invites new perspectives on the modern world while opening doors to the future, and recent graduates have pursued advanced studies at the M.A. and Ph.D. level, medical school, law school, the Peace Corps, and careers ranging from teaching, to publishing, to business.
Featured Events, News, Students, and Faculty
The Changing of the Chairs
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Allison Emmerson's Life and Death in the Roman Suburb Book Release
Life and Death in the Roman Suburb
Allison L. C. Emmerson
- Provides detailed case studies of thirteen Roman cities in Italy as well as comparative information from over seventy-five others
- Incorporates the results of recent and ongoing excavations, including the author's own research at Pompeii
- Contextualizes the findings within the history of Roman urbanism from the pre-Roman period through the transformations of Late Antiquity
Allison Emmerson & Dennis Kehoe - SLA Faculty Showcase 2020
Featured in the SLA Faculty Showcase 2020:
Allison Emmerson with Life and Death in the Roman Suburb
Dennis Kehoe with Roman Law and Economics, Vol I and Vol II
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Michael Brumbaugh - Faculty Author Spotlight Series 2020
The Faculty Author Spotlight digital collection will be available to all Tulane affiliates and the public in an effort to celebrate the authors, promote the extensive scholarship at Tulane, and encourage cross campus scholarly conversations.
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Dennis Kehoe in the Faculty Author Spotlight Series 2020
The Faculty Author Spotlight digital collection will be available to all Tulane affiliates and the public in an effort to celebrate the authors, promote the extensive scholarship at Tulane, and encourage cross campus scholarly conversations.
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Dr Ryan Boehm - Sizeler Professorship
Dr. Ryan Boehm appointed the Sizeler Family Professor in Judaic Studies III.
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Undergraduate Program
The Department of Classical Studies allows students to design major and minor programs of study with broad exposure or more focused concentration in the fields of language and literature, art and archaeology, and ancient history.
Undergraduate Program – more about our undergraduate program
Graduate Program
Our full-time M.A. program emphasizes preparation in Latin and Greek and can include coursework in ancient history, archaeology, philosophy, and ancient religion. The program generally requires two years for completion. In the first year, students normally take three courses each semester. In addition, each student who is receiving a stipend serves as a teaching assistant to help a professor with course materials and grading. In the second year, students normally take two courses each semester and work on the M.A. qualifying papers under the direction of a professor.
Graduate Program – more about our graduate program
Campus Location & Contact Information
Joseph Merrick Jones Hall
Photo Credit: Paula Burch-Celentano, Tulane
Photo Credit: Paula Burch-Celentano, Tulane
Classical Studies
School of Liberal Arts
Tulane University
- 210 C Joseph Merrick Jones Hall
- New Orleans, LA 70118
- 504-865-5719
- classics@tulane.edu
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