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Interested in seeing sites you’ve only heard about or dreamed of seeing? Join us as we explore the many places, stories, heroes, legends of Southern Italy and Sicily! This Spring Semester (2018) the Departments of Anthropology and Classical Studies will be conducting a study trip abroad to Italy with a focus on the sites and history of Southern Italy and Sicily (Magna Graecia).

University of Waterloo’s own Dr. David Porreca in collaboration with Dr. Frank Klaassen (University of Saskatchewan) are proud to present a new exhibit on the magical intersections between the medieval and modern worlds.

Classical Studies is delighted to share the news that Professor Ron Kroeker is one of the 2017 Arts Faculty’s Excellence in Teaching Award Winners! Ron has taught for us for ten years, across a wide array of classes, large and small, Greek and Latin, history, literature, and religion. His CLAS 104 is the largest single-section class on campus, and every year Ron introduces hundreds of students from across the University to the delights of classical mythology.

Congratulations to all those honoured at the Annual Wine and Cheese Gathering!

The gathering began with an all day workshop on Hellenistic Queens. Following the workshop, the annual awards for Classical Studies students were awarded.

The winners of prizes and scholarships for both graduate and undergraduate students were:

Congratulations to all those honoured at the Annual Wine and Cheese Gathering!

The winners of prizes and scholarships for both graduate and undergraduate students were:

Epigraphy workshop held on November 16, 2015 by Professor Ager.

Congratulations to all those honoured at the Annual Wine and Cheese Gathering!

The gathering began with an excellent lecture from Dr. Victoria Wohl from the University of Toronto. Following the lecture, the annual awards for Classical Studies students were awarded.

The Classical Studies Department is delighted to announce to our students, alumni, and friends that our own Professor Christina Vester has been chosen to receive one of the University of Waterloo's four Distinguished Teacher Awards for 2014!

The Department of Classical Studies is proud to announce that Prof. Sheila Ager has accepted the position of Area Editor, Hellenistic World, Encyclopedia of Ancient History (Wiley-Blackwell). In both print and on-line formats, the EAH is the definitive, modern reference work for the study of the ancient world. This is a wonderful recognition of Prof. Ager's noted expertise in Hellenistic history, as well as her editorial and leadership skills. As of Fall 2013. Prof.

When professors Sheila Ager and Riemer Faber convened the first international conference under the Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies in 2008, they may not have anticipated the outcome. But the conference called ‘Belonging and Isolation in the Hellenistic World’ has materialized five years later in a University of Toronto Press publication of the same name.