Welcome to classics.sites!

Welcome to Haverford’s classics.sites. Here we plan to feature student and faculty work and experiences in the department, as well as provide timely updates about our program! Our department website still includes program requirements, faculty bios, and more.

When/How to Visit Philadelphia Museums

https://www.penn.museum Free for College students and Teachers Tuesday–Friday, 3–5 pm and First Wednesdays, 5-8 pm. Show your ID at the welcome desk. $13 otherwise. Directions // 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104  https://philamuseum.org Enjoy Pay What You Wish admission on the first Sunday of […]

SPEAC Yoga for BiCo Mutual Aid

SPEAC (Students Promoting Equity in Archaeology and Classics) are excited to announce that they will be hosting “Yoga for the Chronically Stressed” led by Professor Romano as their Spring event in support of Bi-Co Mutual Aid!  When: Sunday, April 10th, […]

ON DURATION: April 4-8 at Haverford College

2022 Mellon SymposiumApril 4-8Haverford College One footstep. A tug of hair. Chains Rattling. Smoke. Water Body. A body of water. At this critical moment of rediscovering the “live” ON DURATION brings together six durational performance artists for a week of […]

Summer and Fall Student Jobs

Every year the faculty members in Haverford’s Department of Classics work with students during the summer and the academic year. Student Research Assistants help faculty with their scholarly projects, course development, and other departmental initiatives. Students can also apply to […]

Black History Month at SPEAC

SPEAC (Students Promoting Equity in Archaeology and Classics) is back with their annual Black History Month blog post series! Last year the series focused each week on specific Black scholars, but this year they’re broadening their focus a bit. A new post […]

Senior Speaker: Prof. Dan-el Padilla Peralta

Dreams from our Fathers: The Classicisms of Kehinde Wiley Dan-el Padilla Peralta Associate Professor of Classics, Princeton University  Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 7:30 pm Virtual Talk in Sharpless Auditorium or via Zoom Sharpless Auditorium (tea at 7:15 pm) Join by Zoom Sponsored by […]

Hanna Holborn Gray Research Presentations

HHG student researchers will be presenting their research projects from this summer on Monday, September 27th at 4pm in Old Library 224 at Bryn Mawr. The presentations will be in person but we will also have an online component in case […]

SPEAC Reading Group Thursday 9/23

Hi all! This Thursday, 9.23 at 4:30pm, SPEAC is holding the semester’s first meeting of our Anti-Racist Reading Group on Zoom. For this week, we will focus on racism in archaeology. We’ve selected three articles, all discussing this topic in different […]

The Future of Classics: A High Schooler’s Perspective

Zhao Gu Gammage, incoming first-year student, reflects on experiences in the field of Classics, including attending SPEAK’s 2021 conference, Now and Then: (Inequity) and Marginalization in Ancient Mediterranean Studies. The Future of Classics: A High Schooler’s Perspective