Nanno Marinatos, Professor and Head of the Department of Classics and Mediterranean Studies, has just been honored with a Festschrift. A special issue of the Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections celebrates Professor Nanno Marinatos…
February 1 is the deadline for proposals for the Chicago Language Symposium, co-sponsored by the LCLC, DePaul, U of C, and Northwestern. Proposals from all languages and TESOL are welcome. See below for…
Sixth Annual In/Between Conference March 5-6, 2015 The School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics invites papers based on all current research by our faculty and graduate students. No matter your topic, we’d…
We are pleased to announce the first ever interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference in Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago hosted by graduate students from different departments in the School of…
Academic Advisor, Kat Aldag, will present on Food and Agriculture Organization: Food Security in the Developing World at the InterGenerational Model United Nations. Kat Aldag is the Academic Advisor for all programs within the School…
The Department of Classics and Mediterranean Studies will be hosting Professor Thanos Veremis, one of the best known Modern Greek historians of Greece, for the month of October 2014. The Visit is sponsored by the…
Nanno Marinatos will be the keynote speaker in an International Conference on Ritual, Myth and Symbolism in the Aegean Bronze Age, organized by the University of Vienna, April 22-25, 2014. More information can be found here and…
THE SOUNDSCAPES OF CULTURE February 27-28, 2014 The School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics invites papers connected to this year’s overarching theme of sound, as well as papers based on all current…
The Department of Classics and Mediterranean Studies recently received a generous gift of $5,000 from Dr. George Skarpathiotis. The donation is meant to support the department’s continuing outstanding work on classical languages, literatures,…
It is with deep regret that the Department of Classics and Mediterranean studies announces the death of our former colleague Alexander MacGregor, retired associate professor of Classics specializing in Latin poetry. He passed…