Awards and Recognition

Diane Conlin Awarded Emeritus Status! The Department of Classics is delighted to announce that our colleague Diane Conlin has been awarded the title of Associate Professor Emerita by the College of Arts and Sciences, effective August 23 rd , 2020! This honor is well-deserved for Diane’s many contributions of every...

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Beth Dusinberre will be named a CU Professor of Distinction, an honorific title awarded by CU’s College of Arts and Sciences that is “reserved for scholars and artists of national and international distinction who are also recognized by their college peers as teachers...

The Department of Classics congratulates Isabel Köster on her successful comprehensive review and reappointment! Isabel Köster (Ph.D. Harvard 2011) studies the history and literature of the Roman Republic and early Empire with a special interest in matters of religion. Her publications include articles and chapters on divine punishment, various aspects...

The Department of Classics congratulates Sarah James on her tenure and promotion to Associate Professor! Sarah James (Ph.D. UTexas Austin 2010) studies the archaeology of Hellenistic Greece, particularly of the northeast Peloponnese from the 3rd-1st centuries B.C. Her numerous publications treat the economies and socio-cultural histories of this region through...

The Department of Classics congratulates John Gibert on his promotion to Full Professor! John Gibert (BA Yale, PhD Harvard) is interested in archaic and classical Greek poetry, especially Homer and drama, and in particular the tragic playwright Euripides. His edition of Euripides’ Ion with introduction, Greek text, and commentary appeared...

Jackie Elliott has won a College Scholar Award, which she will use to support the completion of the following two projects: A short, introductory volume on Early Roman Poetry , for Brill’s Research Perspectives in Classical Poetry series. This volume will offer an overview of current scholarship and interpretive trends...

The Department of Classics congratulates the following award-winners: (Jump to: Graduate Award Winners ) UNDERGRADUATE AWARD WINNERS The Matthew Dwyer Prize for the Translation of Latin and Greek Cameron Hunter James Tranchetti The 2020 Dwyer prize for Latin translation has been jointly won by Cameron Hunter and James Tranchetti for...

The Department of Classics congratulates Lauri Reitzammer! Lauri Reitzammer has won a LEAP (Leadership Education for Advancement and Promotion) Growth Grant , that will give her a teaching release next academic year to work on her current book project: Resident Aliens and Sacred Sightseers: Female Immigrants and Travelers in Athenian Tragedy .

The Department of Classics congratulates Sarah James! Sarah James has been awarded a CU Research and Innovation Seed Grant , a major grant that will support two seasons (in 2021 and 2022) of the Classics Department’s new archaeological project! The project is a collaboration with the University of Split that...