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!
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…
On Saturday, April 6th, fourteen students (and three parents) from six high schools in the Niagara Region visited the Department to participate in Classics and Archaeology High School Day, an event organized by our Recruitment Committee.
Katharine von Stackelberg, Angus Smith, Allison Glazebrook, Michael Carter, and Adam Rappold introduced students to ancient artifacts, Roman coins, the Greek alphabet, and traditions of games and play–including a scavenger hunt in the Department. We hope the experience leads some of our visitors to choose Brock for their studies!
