About the Department
Dickinson’s Classical Studies department is dedicated to the study of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds in all their aspects. More
12th Annual Christopher Roberts Lecturer: Mary Beard, October 2nd and 3rd, 2009
Mary Beard (Newnham College, Cambridge) will give the 12th annual Roberts Lectures. (more)
Spring 2009: Classical Studies hosts Jonathan Shay, Gen. Omar N. Bradley Chair in Strategic Leadership
Jonathan Shay, Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Veteran Affairs Outpatient Clinic
Boston, Massachusetts, MacArthur Fellow 2007, is offering a course this semester through the Classics Department: Homer on Character and Trust. More
Meghan Reedy joins faculty as Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
Prof. Reedy grew up in South Africa and received her D.Phil. from Oxford University. Her scholarly specialty is the Roman poet Propertius. (more)
Spring 2009: Prof. Reedy's Greek 233 class translated the Gettysburg Address into ancient Greek after which they took a field trip to Gettysburg where they gathered at the site of President Lincoln's remarkable speech and recited their now immortalized Greek text. (photos)
Prof. R. Leon Fitts retires
R. Leon Fitts arrived at Dickinson as assistant professor of Classical Studies
in 1972 and retired in 2008 as Asbury J. Clark Professor of Classical Studies. (more)
Prof. Mastrangelo publishes book on Prudentius
In early 2008 The Johns Hopkins University Press published The Roman 
Self in Late Antiquity: Prudentius and the Poetics of the Soul. (more)
Prof. Francese publishes book on Roman life and language
In late 2007 Hippocrene Press published Ancient Rome in So Many Words. (more)