Department of Classics

Homeland Security agents transferred ancient coins seized at the Canadian border to the University of Washington on Thursday. UW classics professor Sarah Stroup and Sandra Kroupa, UW Libraries’ book arts and rare books curator, are interviewed.

This week at the UW, attend a book launch for "Union by Law," the Critical Issues Lecture Series, and more.

This week at the UW, attend Meany on Screen events, listen to a lecture from Dr. Ruth Westheimer, and much more.

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.

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.

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"]

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! 

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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