A hearty congratulations to Classics minor James Moens on the release of Philomathes 8.1, A Journal of Undergraduate Research in Classics in June through Austin Peay State University. James’s piece, “Agronomic Policy: Re-evaluating the Agricultural Decline of the Later Roman Empire,” along with the other articles in the journal, can be read here: www.apsu.edu/philomathes/Issues.php
Congratulations, James Moens!
Let us show how Classics and Archaeology transformed your Brock experience. Share a photo of your memories of Classics and Archaeology and you could be featured in a department exhibit, as we prepare to celebrate the Department’s 60th birthday.
All photographs will be entered into one pool, but winners will be selected in each of the following categories:
(1) Classics at Brock
(2) Archaeological fieldwork
(3) Study tours and travel
(4) Department life
Prizes for top entries!
Eligibility
All past and present undergraduate and graduate student majors and minors, faculty, and staff in the Department of Classics and Archaeology are eligible to submit photos for this contest. Submitted photos should capture some aspect of your Brock experience in Classics and Archaeology—from the classroom to the field, including the many adventures, discoveries, friendships, and memories you encountered along the way.
Please submit your photograph by email as a high resolution .jpg (a clear cell phone shot of a printed photo is also fine—we recognize that some people’s experiences may predate the digital era) to classics@brocku.ca with the subject heading, Brock Classics Photo Contest. Include the following in the body of your email:
(1) Your name (as well as your name at Brock, if different), current address and email, graduation year and major, minor or stream.
(2) A title and short description of your photo including the names (if applicable, and if you remember) of any people represented.
For full consideration, entrants from alumni/ae must also update their contact information with Alumni Relations at the following link before the submission deadline.
Submission Deadline: Friday, August 26th 2024 at 11:59 p.m. We can’t wait to hear from you!
The Winter 2024 CLAS 4P20: Archaeology of Technology class, led by Prof. Angus Smith, took a trip in February to the Third Space Pottery studio in downtown St. Catharines to get some hands-on learning experience as part of their coursework. The focus of their course was to learn about how technological perspectives can add to the archaeological analysis and interpretation of materials from the past to produce a better overall understanding of ancient societies. At the Third Space Pottery studio, with the assistance and guidance of fellow Professors Michael Carter and Nadine Brundrett, the class made their own recreations of some well known ancient artefacts.
A hearty congratulations to two of the Department of Classics and Archaeology’s graduate students, Miranda King and Cassidy Robertson, on being recipients of prestigious SSHRC scholarships for 2024!
For us receiving SSHRC is a huge honour because it will allow us to focus on our studies next year. It also validates our research as humanities students and as classical archaeologists.
Miranda was the recipient of the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC) for her work “Architectural Small Finds from the Pantelleria Project and their Cultural Meaning”.
Cassidy was the recipient of the Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Program (SSHRC) for her work “Considering Shipwrecks: the Utility of Predictive Modelling in Underwater Archaeology”.
Congratulations, Miranda and Cassidy!
A hearty congratulations to Classics and Archaeology undergraduate student Katie Mazurkiewicz on recently being awarded the prestigious Harry C. Maynard Scholarship! The Department of Classics and Archaeology has a long history of success in encouraging students to apply for this award; we are delighted to welcome Katie to their number.
The Harry C. Maynard Scholarship is awarded annually to students studying Classics in memory of the late Harry C. Maynard who taught Classics at the University of Toronto for many years. The Ontario Classical Association (OCA) has undertaken, by arrangement with the Trustees, to advertise the scholarship, receive applications, and rigorously access applicants. With recommendation from the OCA, the Trustees of Maynard’s estate select the recipients of this prestigious scholarship.
Congratulations, Katie Mazurkiewicz!
A hearty congratulations to Classics and Archaeology undergraduate student Andréa Szpika on recently being awarded the prestigious Harry C. Maynard Scholarship! The Department of Classics and Archaeology has a long history of success in encouraging students to apply for this award; we are delighted to welcome Andréa to their number.
The Harry C. Maynard Scholarship is awarded annually to students studying Classics in memory of the late Harry C. Maynard who taught Classics at the University of Toronto for many years. The Ontario Classical Association (OCA) has undertaken, by arrangement with the Trustees, to advertise the scholarship, receive applications, and rigorously access applicants. With recommendation from the OCA, the Trustees of Maynard’s estate select the recipients of this prestigious scholarship.
Congratulations, Andréa Szpika!
The Department of Classics and Archaeology is launching a Summer Reading Challenge this year through Instagram for the @BrockHumanities community to read fiction and non-fiction about the ancient world! Share your reviews and thoughts on classical books and get a chance to win prizes at the departmental Fall Open House in October!
For more information and a list of book recommendations, see the Classics and Archaeology Summer Reading Challenge page.
Don’t forget to check out and follow @BrockHumanities on Instagram!
We can’t wait to see your posts! Now, time to get reading…
Brock welcomed a renowned guest on Friday, March 15, 2024 when Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis, CEO and Director of the Aga Khan Museum, gave a public lecture “An Alternate Perspective on “The Museum.” This was the closing event of Brock’s 2023-24 Public Lecture Series on Archaeology, sponsored by the Niagara Peninsula Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. Other topics this year included the Bronze Age Collapse of 1177 BCE, and the lives of early Black Canadians in Niagara. We look forward to more great public programming for our 2024-25 season!
For more information on the Niagara Peninsula Society AIA please visit https://brocku.ca/humanities/classics/outreach/aia-niagara/.
On Thursday, March 7th, 2024, to celebrate International Women’s Day, Brock University took the time to acknowledge 12 of the many women researchers at Brock who contribute to the betterment of our society. The Department of Classics and Archaeology’s own Professor Allison Glazebrook was one of the women featured in the Brock News piece.
Allison Glazebrook, Professor of Classics and Archaeology, researches the social and cultural history of ancient Greece, focusing on women, gender, sexuality and slavery.
“Ancient Greek texts generally provide the perspective of elite male members of society. As a historian influenced by feminist, gender and queer theory, I reframe such texts to investigate the groups marginalized in those same narratives,” she says. “I focus on women, enslaved people and sex labourers; the diversity of experiences, agency, mobility and statuses within these sub-groups; and think about how these various identities intersected and emerged in different spatial and temporal contexts. I strive to broaden the questions asked and expand the approaches taken in my field and thus look beyond the dominant discourse as presented in the sources.”
To read the full story, click here: https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2024/03/international-womens-day-how-brock-women-researchers-are-creating-meaningful-change/.
On Wednesday, January 17th, 2024, the Department of Classics and Archaeology’s graduate student, Rachel Fawcett, was awarded the 2022-23 Brock Badgers Academic Excellence Award. This award honours student-athletes who achieve an average of 80 percent or higher within their program of study. Rachel is a member of Brock’s Women’s Figure Skating while completing her Master of Arts in Classics (Art and Archaeology).
I was surprised by the chorus of congratulations I received upon the announcement of this award. From previous experience, I am used to accepting such awards with little recognition and the response not only from Brock University Athletics, but both the Department of Classics and Archaeology and the Faculty of Humanities has been humbling.
Since I began my post-secondary career, I have enjoyed being able to participate in varsity figure skating. It helped keep me centered during my studies and when I first started my Masters program, I wasn’t sure if I would be able to maintain the level of academic and athletic achievement I had during my undergraduate career. Fortunately, with the warm welcome and continuing support of both the Department and Brock Figure Skating I have been able to excel in both activities and look forward to completing my final season of skating and my program hand-in-hand.
– Rachel Fawcett
