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Welcome to the UNC-Asheville Department of Classics website. The Department of Classics offers BA degrees in Latin, Greek, and Classical Civilization as well as teacher licensure in Latin, with additional course offerings in Hebrew language and literature, and Greek, Etruscan and Italian art and archaeology. We offer our students the advantages of a private Liberal Arts setting in the public sphere, offering individualized attention, a rigorous curriculum, local Latin teaching internships, opportunities for study abroad, an active and collaborative program of undergraduate research, and a committed faculty actively engaged in outreach, teaching and research. Extracurricular opportunities include our Eta Tau Chapter of Eta Sigma Phi, The Classical Society, and The Ancient Gardens Club. We welcome inquiries and visits from high school students and others who are seeking a quality education. Please contact us for more information. The 88th Anniversary Meeting of the CAMWS Southern Section is coming to UNC-Asheville November 13-15, 2008! To find out more about the Southern Section meeting in Asheville, click on the following URL for the Call for Papers http://www.camws.org/southernsection/meeting2008/index.htm UNC-Asheville Classics Faculty Summer News Congratulations to Dr. Brian Hook, who in May was awarded the 2008 Distinguished Teaching Excellence in the Humanities award.
All previous Teaching Award winners are listed at: http://www.ctl.unca.edu/Awards/Distinguished%20Teaching%20in%20the%20Humanities.htm Congratulations to Dr. Sophie Mills, who in April was awarded a UNC-Asheville Faculty-Student Partnership in Undergraduate Research with Classics major Megan Miller. Some of their work will be conducted at Oxford University in England.
Professor Mills is also a past awardee of the Distinguished Teaching Excellence in the Humanities, and won the UNC-Asheville 2006-2007 Ruth and Leon Feldman Professorship Distinction for Outstanding Scholarship and Service. The citation for her award is linked here. Congratulations to Dr. Lora Holland, who in March was awarded an NEH Summer Seminar for Colleges and Universities slot in "Identity and Self-representation in the Sub-Cultures of Ancient Rome" at the American Academy in Rome, Italy. The seminar is directed by Profs. Eleanor Leach of Indiana University and Eve D'Ambra of Vassar. Dr. Holland's summer in Rome is profiled in Verve Magazine--"Vitae"
Dr. Holland was also selected to be a Reader for the 2008 Advanced Placement Latin exam, which will be conducted in Kansas City, MO in June. At UNC-Asheville she is also teaching CLAS 499, Undergraduate Research in Latin Manuscripts to Classics/History double major Ally McCall, who is doing archival research on the Jesuits and their Latin manuscripts this summer in Spain, Italy, and Chile. Dr. Holland also teaches an early summer Latin Paleography class to interested students as part of the joint Classics-Philosophy Collaboration on the international Henry of Ghent project for which Philosophy professor Gordon Wilson is General Editor. For more information on this project, click on the Undergraduate Research box to the left on this page! This summer's students are hard at work:
Dr. Dorothy Rohner and Dr. Laurel Taylor are at Palazzaccio, Italy this summer along with a number of students who are learning how to do archaeological field work at an ancient site. Photos from last season's dig taken by Suzzy Sams, the slide librarian in the Art Dept. and dig chronicler, are available at: http://www.unca.edu/classics/Trip2007_.pdf. Dr. Taylor is teaching the Field School course in Classical Archaeology at Palazzaccio. Dr. Rohner is a ceramics specialist and will be working on the pottery excavated from the site, as well as working with the students on the dig.
Site updated on 6 June, 2008. This site is maintained by Webmaster Lora Holland. If you have questions or comments, contact her at lholland@unca.edu. We are grateful to our student Nicholas Mauriello, class of 2008, for redesigning this website, making it both more attractive and more user-friendly. |
SPOTLIGHT ON SUMMER COURSE OFFERINGS The Classics Department is offering the following regular summer class in 2008. For registration information visit the UNC-Asheville Admissions website: *********************************** To explore ways you can contribute to the Classics Department, contact the UNC-A Development Office: DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
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From left to right, 2008 Latin Paleography Team Members: Jennifer Sons, Scot Robinson, and Jeremy Duncan. Not pictured is McKayne Hill. 