classics
Languages and the Arts: The Perfect Love Story
Celebrate A&S: 2012 Hall of Fame Inductee Louis J. Swift
Lou Swift graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1963 and joined UK’s faculty as the chair of the newly reformed Department of Classics in 1970. His research interests focus on the study of early Christianity, including the issue of war and peace in late antiquity, and the relationship between religion and politics in America. Though he officially retired in 2001, he continues to teach an undergraduate course on the connection between religion and politics in America.
UK Latin Seminar, Internationally Recognized and Celebrated
UK Graduate Awarded Prestigious Fellowship in Germany
Classics Alum Casey Carmichael Receives Prestigious Doctoral Fellowship in Germany
By Guy Spriggs
Casey Carmichael, who earned his masters degree in Classics at the University in Kentucky in 2010, has been awarded six-month doctoral fellowship from the Leibniz Institute for European History in Mainz, Germany.
Leighanne Root
Classics Graduate Student Awarded Fellowship to Study in Athens, Greece
Classics Students Awarded Otis Singletary Fellowship
Latin Is Not Dead: Latin as a Living Language with Jonathan Meyer
Latin is not dead, at least not at the University of Kentucky. "Latin is spoken as a living language here" says Jonathan Meyer, a graduate student in the Latin Studies program. Jonathan was recently nominated in the Masters Category for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Excellence in Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants. In this podcast, Guy Spriggs interviews Jonathan about his nomination as well as the unique aspects of the Latin Studies program.