Department of Classics

This week at the UW, attend a talk on Gender in the E.U, visit the Henry Art Gallery, and more.

Fifty-one Greek Hellenistic and early Islamic empire coins were seized by border patrol agents in Blaine. Homeland Security contacted UW classics professor Sarah Stroup to help identity them. [This is the third segment of "The Record"]

UW classics professor Sarah Stroup says that ancient coins that were seized at the Canada-U.S. border represent the cultural history of the world, and Sandra Kroupa, UW Libraries' book arts and rare books curator, talks about how impactful it will be for students.

Professor Sarah Stroup of the Department of Classics explains the process of getting seized ancient coins transported to the UW Libraries.

In a ceremony, Homeland Security gave ancient coins to the UW. UW classics professor Sarah Stroup talks about how impactful it is to be able to show students coins that are 3,000 years old.

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."