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 Department of Classics and Archaeology is so proud of our graduates who received their diplomas at June Convocation!
The following students earned a Bachelor of Arts in Classics:
Anna Harley, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Classics (Ancient Art and Archaeology)
Samuel Hough, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Classics and History
Samuel Kelly, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Classics (Ancient Art and Archaeology)
William Kiernan, Bachelor of Arts in Classics and Sociology
Jessica Kroeze, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Classics with First-Class Standing (Ancient Art and Archaeology), minor in Business and Management
Frederick Loucks, Introductory Certificate in Ancient Greek and Latin Language
Lucie Mackintosh, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Classics with First-Class Standing (Greek and Roman Studies)
Connor O’Rourke, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Classics with First-Class Standing (Classical Civilization)
Kathryn Pye, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Classics with First-Class Standing (Classical Civilization), minor in Italian Studies
Two students received a Master of Arts in Classics:
Madelyn Huston, Master of Arts in Classics (Text and Culture)
Jessie Simpson, Master of Arts in Classics (Art and Archaeology)
We enjoyed teaching and learning from all of you over the past few years and wish you many future successes, which we hope you will share with us through the alumni portal. Please keep your contact information updated so we can stay in touch. Surgite!
Congratulations to recent graduate, Connor O’Rourke, who was awarded the Desmond Conacher Scholarship by the Classical Association of Canada to support his M.A. study in the Department of Classics and Archaeology here at Brock.
This scholarship is offered in memory of Desmond Conacher, formerly Professor of Classics at Trinity College, Toronto, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and Honorary President of the CAC. The scholarship has been endowed through donations from his family, friends, colleagues, and universities with which he was associated. Its purpose is to assist and encourage a young scholar entering graduate studies in classics. The scholarship is administered by the CAC through its Awards Committee. One award of $4,000 is offered each year.
After spending his summer working with Carrie Murray on the excavations at Pantelleria, Connor will return to Brock to begin research with Angus Smith on regional trade and interaction in the Minoan World as visible through the circulation networks of Marine Style pottery.
Check out the Brock News’ profile of graduating M.A. student, Madelyn Huston who received the Spirit of Brock Award at Convocation. Huston earned the highest academic average in all Humanities graduate programs, while also competing as a member of the Brock Badgers women’s cross-country team and the women’s track and field team. Congratulations Madelyn!
Sports history, athletics connect Humanities grads to community
Don’t miss the Brock News’ profile of Lucie Mackintosh, who graduated this with a Bachelor of Arts in Classics, in the Greek and Roman Studies stream, on Friday, June 14 during Brock’s 115th Convocation. Congratulations, Lucie!
Current and former department members were active at the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, held at the University of Laval in Quebec City on May 13-16.
Faculty members spoke on their current research initiatives: Allison Glazebrook delivered a paper titled, “Vulnerability, Sex, and Labour in Lysias 4: A Case Study.” Glazebrook also chaired a session titled, “Beauty and Ugliness.” Adam Rappold presented, “Meeting the God: Religious Innovation, Epiphany and Memory in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo”
M.A. student Madelyn Huston spoke on a topic emerging from her Major Research Paper, “Briseis’ Lament and the Agency of Enslaved People.” M.A. alumna and Ph.D student at Western University, Stephanie Dennie, discussed her dissertation research, “Legitimizing the Spartan Dyarchy: The Return of the Herakleidai in Tyrtaios fr. 2 West.” She recently defended her dissertation, “Creating Legitimacy: The Dyarchy in Spartan Social Memory.” Simone Mollard, now a Ph.D. student at McMaster completed her term as Chair of the Graduate Student Caucus of the CAC.
Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to Elizabeth Greene, who was elected as a corresponding member of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI). Founded in 1829, the German Archaeological Institute is one of the leading international archaeological organizations. It has its headquarters in Berlin and a worldwide network of departments and branches, including its long-established departments in Athens, Rome, Cairo, Istanbul, and Madrid. It has sponsored numerous important excavations around the world and publishes some of the leading archaeological journals and monograph series.
Each year the Board of Directors of the DAI elects a small group of Corresponding Members from among those “individuals who are most meritorious concerning the literature and monuments of the ancient world” (homines eximios et de litteris monumentisque aetatis antiquae). She was presented with a diploma by Prof. Dr. Ortwin Dally, Director of the Rome division of the German Archaeological Institute, at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in January 2024.
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!
