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Department of Classics

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  • The Value of a Non-STEM Major, with Dean Stacey

    College of Arts & Sciences Dean Stacey explains that there is an important civic, political, social, and cultural element to an education and that you can get that in a wide variety of majors.

    01/05/2021
  • Six unique majors that may not be on your radar

    Interested in the College of Arts & Sciences but don’t know what to study? Here are six majors that you may not have discovered yet.

    01/05/2021 | The Daily
  • The Kraken comes to town

    In an era of quantum computing and self-driving cars, Sarah Stroup, professor of classics at the UW, teaches a class called "STEM in the Ancient World." [This is the second segment of "The Record"]

    12/30/2020 | KUOW
  • Dillon Gisch (B.A. 2013) Wins Rome Prize!

    Dillon Gisch (B.A. 2013, summa cum laude, Classical Studies and Art History) won the Arthur Ross/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize! 

    11/05/2020 | Department of Classics
  • UW podcasts: EarthLab, Canadian Studies, Nancy Bell Evans Center, UW Bothell — and a book featured in Times Literary Supplement

    A podcast by the Jackson School's Canadian Studies Center and a book by classics Professor Sarah Levin-Richardson featured in the Times are featured in this article.

    06/24/2020 | UW News
  • Why Is Cupid the Symbol of Valentine’s Day?

    Classics Professor Catherine Connors discusses how and why Cupid became the symbol of Valentine's day.

    02/02/2020 | Reader's Digest
  • UW Professor Sarah Stroub interviewed on KUOW

    University of Washington Professor of Classics Sarah Stroub talks about her class, "STEM in the Ancient World." 

    10/02/2019 | KUOW
  • For Love of Stories

    Grecia Leal Pardo (BA, 2019) celebrates stories and storytelling. 

    June 2019 Perspectives
  • ARTSUW Roundup: Peruvian Textiles, This Moment, Innovation the Nordic Way, International Experimental Music Ensemble, MFA Concert, and more!

    This week in the arts, examine up-close a selection of Peruvian textiles from the Henry’s collection, attend a lecture about Nordic innovation at the Nordic Museum, and more!

    UW News
  • Faculty Spotlight: James Clauss

    James Clauss, professor of classics, challenges students to go in search of myth and meaning in moving making.

    The Whole U
  • Classics & Catapults

    A popular course combines building catapults and other ancient technologies with the study of ancient philosophers. 

    December 2017 Perspectives
  • Big honors to A&S in UW Awards of Excellence

    The University of Washington has announced this year’s Awards of Excellence recipients, several come from the College of Arts & Sciences.

    UW Today
  • Playing Favorites

    Faculty across the College recommend a favorite book related to their field.

    December 2015 Perspectives
  • Cutting a Wide Swath with Math and Classics

    "Scary-smart" is how one professor describes David Jekel, who majored in math and classics.

    June 2015 Perspectives
  • The Fantastic Four

    A violist, an economist, a poet, and a mathematician share the College of Arts & Sciences’ highest undergraduate honor, the Dean's Medal.

    June 2015 Perspectives

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