Department of Classics

Eliodoro Etiopiche

Congratulations to our affiliate faculty member Silvia Montiglio for the publication of the second volume of her major project on Heliodoros.

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Classics hosts first certamen tournament

The event, held Saturday, Feb. 17, was coordinated by first-year students Ellie Riggs and Jonathan Nunes.

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UF Classics students, Wavid Bowman, Srija Dey, and Charlotte Sanders will present their work at the 12th Annual Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research Conference.

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Congratulations to Dr. Victoria Pagán on the publication of Women and the Collaborative Art of Gardens: From Antiquity to the Present, co-edited with Judith W. Page.

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Data-Driven Humanities Research Group Presents at UF AI Days

During UF AI days, the Data-Driven Humanities Research Group presented a poster to showcase their work on Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis on ancient Greek and Latin. Wavid Bowman (Computer Science and Classics/CLAS), Austin Stein (Data Science/CLAS), and Neema Owji (Computer Science and Philosophy/Engineering) represented the group

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Classics alumnus featured in the Nigerian Tribune

In his MA work at UF, Kariola Mustapha studied African authors who have adapted classical texts in creative and innovative ways, demonstrating the global reach and context of African literature. Kariola worked under the supervision of Professors Eleni Bozia and Victoria Pagán and received his MA in Latin in the Summer of ’23.

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Congratulations to Dr. Victoria Pagán on the publication of The Tacitus Encyclopedia

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How to Predict the Future with Classics and AI

At TedXUF 14, Eleni Bozia talked about visualizing a world driven by the wisdom of the past and the technological advancements of the present. She discussed how a partnership between Classical Studies and AI can achieve precisely that.

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Classics’ Own Andrew Nichols Discusses the Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism on the History Channel

Nichols helps decode what has become known as the world’s first computer in season 4, episode 9 of “History’s Greatest Mysteries.” Photo courtesy of the History Channel.

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